My 101/1001 List

The following is my second 101/1001 list. I completed aprox. half of my previous list. This list is not a list of must dos, but rather a list of things I'd like to do. The list serves as a way to keep me focused. I have until December 10, 2017 to complete my list.(How fitting that it ends on my birthday!) At that time I can reevaluate.

When we moved to Korea I extended the timeline on my list from 2015 to 2017.

The italized items are in progress, the completed items are italized and bold.

TRAVEL (2/14)
  1. Go to Vegas with Mr. Groom
  2. Visit the Bedford Village
  3. Take a couples trip (in progress )
  4. Visit Cake Boss Bakery
  5. Take a road trip (in progress )
  6. Lay plans for a recoccuring girls vacation/get together
  7. Go to a concert
  8. Go to the beach
  9. Visit Boston
  10. Go to Philadelphia
  11. Visit Baltimore
  12. See wild horses
  13. Renew my passport
  14. See the locks
EATING AND DRINKING (1/4)
15. Tour a winery
16. Go to a fondue restaurant
17. Make a cocktail not from a mix
18. Have a pizza making competition

COOKING (6/9)
19. Make truffles again
20. Make Smores with homemade graham crackers and marshmallows
21. Bake 3 inventive cupcake flavors
22. Try 15 new dessert recipes (15/ 15) (chocolate disaster, strawberry apple slab pie, cannoli cake, strawberry sugar cookie cupcakes, chocolate covered strawberry yogurt, deconstructed apple pie a la mode, persimmon compote, stewed apples, deep fried cookie dough, fried bananas, banana cake,pear gingerbread cake, pumpkin hot chocolate, spice cookies,  Thin Mint ice cream  )
23. Try 15 new non dessert recipes (15/15) (jalapeƱo boats, strawberry  scones. banana pepper poppers, frito pie, baked salmon, habanero steak sandwiches, tortillas, chicken stock, duck gumbo, fried rice, tuna cakes, tuna veggie rice, cubed steaks, smothered chicken, tuna helper)
24. Make homemade icecream
25. Make deep fried cupcakes
26. Try a Cupcake Project recipe (mojito curd bars)
27. Try a Brown Eyed Baker recipe

WRITING (0/6)
28. Finish Westbound Hope
29. Finish Imag
30. Submit Imag to a Publisher
31. Finish Wives book
32. Submit Wives book to Publisher
33. Attend a writing workshop or seminar

CRAFT/CREATIVE (4/7)
34. Create postcards out of pictures I’ve taken
35. Take a card making class or a cake decorating class
36. Make a travel scrapbook
37. Finish my wedding shadowbox (check)
38. Finish tshirt quilt (check)
39. Learn to use my sewing machine
40. Finish my writing desk

DOMESTICNESS (4/7)
41. Host a dinner party (burger bar and monopoly night)
42. Get Mr. Groom a personal Christmas ornament (check )
43. Buy personalized stationary
44. Wrap a gift with a Bobo scarf
45.Host a Theme Party
46. Grow vegetables and fruit
55. Buy a life planner


SPIRITUAL (3/6)
47. Write out bible verses that inspire me and post them around the house
48. Read the entire Bible
49. Attend an Easter Service (check)
50. Attend Christmas Eve/Christmas Candle Service
51. Strengthen my prayer life
52. Share my faith with someone

BODY (1/2)
53.Get in shape (I can now run for 40 minutes, at a good pace, nonstop!) 
54. Get new glasses


GIVING BACK (4/8)
56. Participate in Operation Christmas Child( check)
57. Volunteer at the soup kitchen or food pantry
58. Volunteer with Girl Scouts
59. Be a Girl Scout Leader
60. Send a gift to Morningside
61. Adopt a soldier
62. Send Christmas Cards to St Judes every Christmas (2/2)
63. Look into being a foster parent or adoption

ORGANIZE (3/7)
64. Load all pictures on my camera onto cds
65. Sell my prom dresses
66. Put all my books on shelves (check )
67. Put all my printed pictures in an album
68. Clean out my room at my parents house (check )
69. Hang artwork
70. Have my wedding dress preserved

FAMILY AND FRIENDS (8/11)
71. Go on a double date with Hotglue and her man
72. Host a holiday celebration (Easter 2013)
73. Host a holiday celebration where both sides can attend
74. Have a niece or nephew stay the night
75. Have my sister spend a weekend or so with us
76. Continue to send snail mail to my friends
77. Give family history books for grandparents and parents to complete
78. Pray for my futrure children and thier spouses
79. Get Mike a pet. And not a rock (we adopted Mila Jan 2014)
80. Make recipe dish towels for family
81. Plan something special for our 5 year anniversary

THINGS (3/4)
82. Buy a new laptop
83. Get my camera fixed
84. Start a charm bracelet (check)
85. Get a Nook case

FUN (5/12)
86. Take pictures in a photo booth again
87. Get another massage
88. Play laser tag
89. Go outlet shopping
90. Host a craft night party
91. Have a bonfire
92. Go on a picnic
93. Host a murder mystery party
94. Host a girls night in
95. Makeover
96. Attend a scrapbooking weekend
97. Have boudoir shots made
98. Learn to braid

PROFESSIONAL (0/3)
99. Start a business
100. Send my freelance writing resume to 5 places (2/5)
101. Learn Sign language

TOTAL: 101
Completed: 44