101 in 1001 list

I can't take credit for this list - I saw it on Dana's blog, but I like the idea, so I'm going to do it too. The list is a work in progress, so I'll have to update it as I add more things. :)

June 10, 2009 - May 7, 2012

The List:

1. Make 20 new recipes. (0/20)
2. Bowl a score over 150.
3. Talk to a different friend once every week either via phone or in person...no email, facebook or text messages. (3/156)
4. Grow my own herb garden.
5. Lose 20 pounds of baby weight...or hell, any weight for that matter. (0/20)
6. Read a book with over 600 pages.
7. Treat myself to a massage at least once a year. (0/3)
8. Update my blog weekly for at least 6 months.
9. Donate 10,000 grains of rice through Free Rice. (5020/10000)
10. Try 15 new wines. (9/15)
11. Go to a show on Broadway.
12. Take Braeden to a Denver Broncos game.
13. Read 25 of the 100 all time novels by Time Magazine. (5/25)
14. Send 50 birthday cards per year via USPS mail. (2008 - 6/50)
15. Buy someone I don't know a cup of coffee.
16. Go to a professional hockey game.
17. Go to a professional baseball game.
18. Go to a professional basketball game.
19. Go to a professional soccer game.
20. Pay for the order of a person behind me in the drive thru.
21. Take 5 cooking classes. (0/5)
22. Get laser eye surgery.
23. Go to 5 new states I've never been to before. (0/5)
24. Carve a turkey that I cooked myself.
25. Run at least a 5K.
26. Donate $500 to charity (not the PTA).
27. Buy an expensive pair of jeans just because they fit perfect (after losing the 20 lb!).
28. Stay out of Target for a month.
29. Install new wood floors in my house on my own.
30. Use an ingredient in a recipe that I have never used before.
31. Go for a walk every day for a month.
32. Take my family on a road trip.
33. Ride 5 new roller coasters I've never been on before.
34. Get & use an iPod or Zune.
35. Visit Yankee stadium.
36. Build a sandcastle.
37. Go to a concert.
38. Visit the Statue of Liberty.
39. Catch my own fish.
40. Take dance lessons.
41. Visit 5 National Parks.
42. Own my own house.
43. Pay off (and keep paid) all my debt (except car & house).
44. Play 5 new Board games. (1/5) - Careers
45. Take a "girls weekend" away.
46. Sell something on eBay.
47. Clean out my closet & donate.
48. Go see 3 rated PG-13 or higher movies, in a theater.
49. Have at least 1 date night with my husband every month.
50. Watch a new movie at least twice per month.
51. Ride on a motorcycle.
52. Teach my kids how to use a real card catalog at the library.
53. Take a vacation with my husband (and no kids).
54. Inspire another person to come up with their own 101 list.
55. Go pick our own Halloween pumpkins.
56. Help someone accomplish one of their 101.
57. Go to an opera.
58. Send someone flowers, just because.
59. Send a care package to a US soldier.
60. Get a dog.
61. Visit all of the monuments in DC.
62. Read 5 biographies. (0/5)
63. Have a yard/garage sale.
64. Actually spring clean each spring. (0/3)
65. Take the kids & go kite flying.
66. Decorate a birthday cake for all 3 of the kids.
67. Visit another country.
68. Plant a garden.
69. Go 1 full month without eating out at all.
70. Buy 100 shares of stock of something I use regularly.
71. Smoke ribs in the grill.
72. Reconnect with a childhood friend.
73. Drive an exotic car.
74. Play on a softball team.
75. Watch fireworks on the 4th of July from the National Mall.
76. Save $5000.
77. Complete a NY Times crossword puzzle.
78. Give up Facebook for a week.
79. Learn how to play cricket.
80. Participate in a Community Service project.
81. Cut down my own Christmas tree.
82. Host a dinner party.
83. Cut 2 TV shows out of my repoitoire.
84. Try 10 new restaurants that are not chains. (0/10)
85. Be on an HGTV show.
86. Meet a celebrity.
87. Take a photography class.
88. Learn to write calligraphy.
89. Make a plan to graduate from college.
90. Do the Breast Cancer 3 day 60 mile walk.
91. Learn how to change a tire on a car.
92. Earn a Traveling Vineyard incentive trip.
93. Buy a Louis Vuitton handbag.
94. Take golf lessons (and make my husband REALLY happy).
95. Try a new food.
96. Build a snowman.
97. Swim in the Atlantic & Pacific oceans.
98. Tour a winery.
99. Give up something for lent even though I'm not Catholic.
100. Bake a cheesecake from scratch.
101. Donate $5 to charity for each one of the 101 I didn't accomplish.