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
Third Revisit (8/4/2014)
1)
Think of 101 things
9a)
Go see Orioles play in Baltimore -
April 3, 2014
14)
Raise another pet (fish included) -
June 2013
24)
Finish bedroom redesign
26)
Go to Dewey Beach in summer - Went to Ocean City,
Maryland – August 2013, Dewey/Rehoboth Beach,
Delaware - August 8-11, 2014
29)
Go on international cruise (Caribbean cruise with mom – October 2014)
30)
See Minnesota friends April
2014
32)
Get glasses (July
2013)
33)
Get a massage (February
2013)
37)
See the ballet (December
19th, 2014 – The Nutcracker, Academy of Music, Philadelphia, PA)
42)
Get a raise -
August 2013; February 2014; October 2014
46)
Attend MJ’s wedding (this
may seem like a given, but anything can happen, so I want to make it a
priority) - October 23-28, 2013
50)
Organize books (in preparation for Bucket List item of Build a Library) (July 2013)
61)
Give up sweets for Lent –
March/April 2014
65)
Get promoted -
July 18, 2013 & October 24, 2014
73)
Give up soda (regular AND diet) for one month - July 2013
85)
Have a friend visit and stay in Delaware -
April 2014
89)
Shoot a gun at a range
91)
Write a letter to my 30yr year self to open on my 30th birthday - July 16, 2013
93)
Find perfect lip color (and wear it!)
August 2013
96)
Go one month (or 30 days) without eating takeout (include Mr. V as much as
possible)
101
Things in 1001 Days
2)
Average yoga classes 3x a week
·
If I wasn’t so lazy, I could make this happen. But I find that
my mornings and evenings are best used for writing and reading. Sounds like a
cop out, sure, but it’s hard to ignore what actually makes me feel calm and
collected.
·
Hoping this one, #6, and, #8 will happen this year. My bucket
list of stadiums are almost complete. That’s so very exciting.
·
See #4
·
See #4
·
Why hasn’t this happened this yet? And Mr. V loves hockey. Must make
more effort here.
10)
Have sit down with closet-Determine true casual and professional style
·
She’s there – I purchased a standing coat rack, and that seems
to transform my closet…or the office…or whatever that 2nd room is
called.
11)
Buy/Invest new camera
·
Nope,
not yet
12)
Send pitches to 20 agencies for For Blood and Wine
·
Still haven’t done this. Perhaps I will? Perhaps I haven’t yet
cared enough about it. This I’m unsure about – I was recently chastised for
having a gift, a talent, and not using it the way I should be, that some would
give their left arms to be able to say things the way I do. And I don’t know
how I feel about that. Would you, really? All the pain and heartbreak that goes
into my words – because that’s really what writes the words. Knowing that it’s
hard, so very hard, to be able to put into words what my mind thinks? Be careful
what you wish for.
13)
Go to Le
Bernardin
·
Maybe for my 30th…which is this year. Since I’m not
commemorating it on an island – we’re doing that for my mom’s 60th –
I figure maybe we could.
·
Thanks to Mrs. Thomas for Jacque. He’s alive and well in his 3.5
gallon tank
·
And Mr. V bought me a print of his for Christmas. I wept.
16)
Host dinner party
17)
Read 1 book a month (23/33)
·
Currently re-reading The Sandman – Volume 3. I’ve reread Eragon,
Eldest, and on Brisingr. I shall begin on the books I got for Christmas from
MC.
·
A fun tidbit about me- I reread my favorite books until I can
create inspiration for my own writing
18)
Attend a boxing match
·
Went to a GOT premiere party – April 6, 2014
·
Season 5 starts the week before Mr. V and I go to LA and stay
with MC, so we have skirt steaks, roasted potatoes, and mead ready to go
20)
Go to 1/3 restaurants on my list - EDIT: list no longer exists. Went to
ink. (click here). Went to Amis (click here). Went to come Vegas places…find
the reviews below.
·
Roku – Of Anthony Bourdain fame in finding - Yes, I was inspired by this episode of Parts Unknown on CNN. This place should have it's own following. It's absolutely delicious, and one of the best sushi places I've ever been.
21)
Blog once a week per blog
·
I should change this to at least once a month
22)
Go camping/glamping
· Spring and Summer are coming!
23)
Try new recipe once a week
·
Mr. V has been doing much of the cooking – though with recipes he
is not
25)
Create office
· Still sitting in the kitchen, doing my writing and blogging (if one can call it that). The room is lopsided and uncomfortable.
27)
Master Crock-pot skills
28)
Go international
·
Turks and Caicos is coming this year! Staying in mid-August at
the Alexandra Resort
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
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 - $13,567 as of January 31st, 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
·
This was too ambitious and just didn't happen. However, it did
make me make more of an effort…so…
49)
Visit California 2x in 2015
·
Going to LA in April!
51)
Attend a football game (college OR pro) Eagles vs Jets Preseason (August 2013)
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
·
Yes! For Mr. V’s birthday this month
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
·
Does getting sick on New Years and having it last a week count?
I’m pretty sure I detoxed myself…
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)
·
Probably not going to happen for awhile. Though, we ARE moving this year, and probably within the next six months.
· There is just too much wrong with this place - the radiators make noise and the heater shuts off randomly. Pipes break. The ceiling was leaking, though I don't know why it's stopped suddenly. We probably have block mold and/or asbestos, which I was naively unaware still existed in real life. I thought it was some sort of myth..
· There is just too much wrong with this place - the radiators make noise and the heater shuts off randomly. Pipes break. The ceiling was leaking, though I don't know why it's stopped suddenly. We probably have block mold and/or asbestos, which I was naively unaware still existed in real life. I thought it was some sort of myth..
64)
Volunteer at a soup kitchen [on a non-Thanksgiving Day, and non-work function]
66)
Understand my spirituality
·
At least I know I have a spirit. And possibly a soul.
67)
Finish Luca
·
She’s coming along. I've written some good chapters and
excerpts. And have made my weekend mornings specifically for writing
68)
Turn finished Luca into graphic novel
69)
Get paid for freelance
·
Slacked on the applying…but will get back into it.
70)
Take nude [art] photos
71)
Learn Excel
·
Getting a whole lot better. Still so much to learn. Oy.
72)
Learn Photoshop
·
Learning slowly how to edit my pictures. Most of them just need
brightening and cropping.
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
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
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
·
Part of me just doesn’t really want to go here. I would rather spend money and lose a day to go to 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
·
Tom Ford Bruised Plum
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 (26/101)
