Details: Start date: January
20, 2013. End Date: October 19, 2015
Document each one as a blog post, as applicable (beginning with #1).
Re-visit every 6 months:
January 20, 2015; July
20, 2015
101
Things in 1001 Days
2)
Average yoga classes 3x a week
10)
Have sit down with closet-Determine true casual and professional style
·
She’s
getting there – I’ve purged a lot more than I remember, and am starting to buy
out of likes, rather than needs, which makes a very big difference. I’ve become
a lot more picky and spend more time in decision mode. I’m a lot less impulsive
11)
Buy/Invest new camera
12)
Send pitches to 20 agencies for Blood and Wine
·
Still
working the courage to be able to handle all the rejection – and yes, there
will be more rejection than acceptance. I may just have to bite the bullet. Not
interested in self-publishing at the moment, as I want to smell the paper.
13)
Go to Le
Bernardin
·
I’m
on the fence for this place right now. Not sure why, but I will get there by
end of 2015. Just trying to find the right time, the right event.
·
Thanks
to Mrs. Thomas for Jacque. He’s alive and well in his 3.5 gallon tank
16)
Host dinner party
17)
Read 1 book a month (22/33)
·
Currently
reading Life after Life by Kate Atkinson. I read through the last four of Harry
Potter to jumpstart some creativity. Seems to have worked, as I’ve written more
in the last few days than I have in months.
18)
Attend a boxing match
·
Went
to a GOT premiere party – April 6, 2014
·
Hope
to host one for Season 5 coming in 2015
20)
Go to 1/3 restaurants on my list - EDIT: list no longer exists. Went to ink. (click here).
Went to Amis (click here).
Going to some good places in Vegas in September,
excited! Below are where I currently have reservations.
·
Joel Robuchon at the MGM Grand - only 3 Michelin star restaurant in Las Vegas, only Robuchon restaurant
in the United States!!
·
Bouchon
– Thomas Keller of The French Laundry fame!!
21)
Blog once a week per blog
·
This
was way too ambitious. It’s like trying to make electricity with paper.
22)
Go camping/glamping
23)
Try new recipe once a week
25)
Create office
26)
Go to Dewey Beach in summer - Went to Ocean City, Maryland – August 2013, going August 8-11, 2014
·
Very excited about this weekend!
27)
Master Crock-pot skills
28)
Go international
29)
Go on international cruise (Going to Grand Cayman Islands in October 2014)
·
Coming
up fast, and will be spending a night or two in New Orleans. If you have any
suggestions, shoot them my way!
31)
Visit 5 museums - The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, Nov 2013
34)
Try acupuncture
35)
Send handmade birthday cards
36)
Collect all Neil Gaiman works
37)
See the ballet
38)
See the opera
39)
Find 10 vegetarian recipes [that Mr. V will eat]
40)
Perfect No. 39 recipes
41)
Go hiking for the day
43)
Get debt to half - $14,744 as of August 4th, 2013
44)
Buy new computer (or help buy new computer for Mr. V)
45)
Learn to skate backwards
47)
Visit LA 3x in 2013 - 2 out of 3, March 6-9 and Oct 23-28 – I went to Santa Rosa
in June 2013
48)
Visit California 2x in 2014
·
Don’t
know if I’m even getting to go once
49)
Visit California 2x in 2015
51)
Attend a football game (college OR pro)
·
The
NFL starts in 5 weeks, so hopefully this will happen sooner rather than later!
52)
Have Maine lobster in Maine
53)
Have Maryland soft shell crab in Maryland
54)
Have New England clam chowder in New England
55)
Learn to roast pork
56)
Find way to harass Republicans (emails/letters). Repeat. Often.
57)
Visit the 9/11 Memorial
58)
Go to the White House
·
Did
this, gave up Facebook instead for a friend’s support
62)
Do cleanse
63)
Buy a house (this will probably be more closely to end of 2015, but I was very
inspired by a friend’s birthday party last night)
·
This
may change in the coming months. We’re working on deciding if we’re going to
rent again for awhile or buy, and we’re leaning more towards renting a
different place.
64)
Volunteer at a soup kitchen [on a non-Thanksgiving Day, and non-work function]
66)
Understand my spirituality
67)
Finish Luca
·
She’s
coming along. I’ve been wrestling with some ideas and thought points, and then
it kind of disappeared. Hoping to regain some of that darkness.
68)
Turn finished Luca into graphic novel
69)
Get paid for freelance
·
I’ve
been applying! Delaware Today and The Kitchn - sadly, to no avail
70)
Take nude [art] photos
71)
Learn Excel
·
Getting
a whole lot better. Spending 10 months in my role at work is requiring it
72)
Learn Photoshop
·
Learning
slowly how to edit my pictures. Most of them just need brightening.
74)
Read Autobiography: Volume 1 of Mark Twain
76)
Be leveled to advanced yoga master
77)
Complete a Mud Run
78)
Write a love letter once a month for Mr. V (starting Jan 2014. Do sticky notes
count?)
79)
Visit an apple orchard
80)
Build bar cart with premium whiskey/scotch/brandy
·
I
have the bar cart, good wine, some craft beers, and tequila.
·
Need
scotch and/or brandy and/or more whiskey
81)
Learn to make an over easy egg by flipping
82)
Begin running once a week
83)
Maintain once a week running
84)
Move to 2x a week running
·
Brandon!!
This was kind of two-fold with the MN one up a bit
86)
Go to Atlantic City
·
Not
this Mom visit – too stormy
·
I’ve
also decided that AC may just not be worth it in my book. Maybe as a day trip
to see some history (?) but I’d rather spend my money and time in Vegas.
87)
Beat Mr. V at a video game (Do the Christmas games count??)
88)
Have picnic in Central Park
90)
Learn to make [perfect] apple pie
92)
Wear a pink/silver wig
93)
Find perfect lip color (and wear it!)
·
First
I have to get used to wearing lipstick, but that’s coming along.
94)
Own one Tom Ford piece
95)
Make signature cocktail
97)
Spend one weekend unplugged
98)
Finish Emma
99)
Watch meteor shower (or spend a night watching for shooting stars)
100)
Compile book of essays/poems
101)
$10 for every goal/item accomplished (21/101)
