2005-01-07 - 10:48 a.m.
101 in 1001
I've always had the theory of if you tell someone else that oyu will do something, it'll happen. So seeing other online journals do it I've decided to jump on the bandwagon of getting 101 things done in 1001 days
It’s a bit late after the New Year but what the hell –
1. Help pass a state level safe schools bill that includes sexual orientation AND gender identity as a protected category
2. Go to Italy
3. Go on a ski vacation
4. Get my passport
5. Get a driver’s license
6. See D Squared and my lovely nieces and nephews
7. Visit Lady Bountiful in Lafayette
8. Go back to Toronto
9. Run a 10K
10. Run a 10 miler
11. Run a half marathon
12. Run a marathon
13. Join the gay tennis league
14. Read the new Harry Potter when it comes out
15. Be able to read Vietnamese
16. Pay off the in-Laws
17. Pay off one credit card
18. Pay off the other credit card
19. Get pre-approved for a home loan
20. Buy a house
21. Buy a car
22. Make sure there is always salmon, bag o’ lettuce, and shrimp in the fridge
23. Go to Key West
24. Go back to the B&B where mr. Activision proposed
25. Buy the damn sixth season of Sex and the City
26. Go to that damn abs class once a week
27. Adopt a baby
28. Throw a killer 30th birthday for Rootbeer
29. Make that damn falling leaves quilt
30. Finish that even damner turtle quilt
31. Have 10 students in my quilting classes
32. Make a croque en bouche
33. Make a bouche de noel
34. Go to SoCal with mr. Activision and take him to Little Saigon
35. Get married in a state that issues licenses so that the Washington Post can run our marriage announcement
36. Floss once a week (I want this to be ACHEIVEABLE)
37. Have a dinner party with mr. Activision’s co-workers and their friends (they are that much fun)
38. Go to a USFSA or ISU eligible sponsored competition
39. Finish the wedding album
40. Make a baby quilt for the D squared new baby
41. Make Unnae’s two quilts
42. Finish the commissioned quilt
43. Join a quilting bee
44. Start a savings account I don’t take money out of
45. Fix the vacuum cleaner
46. Organize the chorus fundraising stuff
47. Take a break from the chorus
48. Buy new dress shoes
49. Roast a turkey
50. Make Nigella Lawson’s Clementine cake
51. Get a massage
52. See a chiropractor
53. Make Jill’s retirement quilt
54. When house is bought, paint walls
55. Volunteer for a campaign
56. Get a Risk game going
57. Get food article placed in Royce of the Rill
58. See the Indigo Girls
59. Eat Banh Cuon
60. Buy replacement wedding plates for the ones that broke
61. Donate to Bitch magazine
62. Buy a set of champagne glasses
63. Go to the dentist and get my teeth cleaned
64. Get new glasses, preferably the kind with clunky heavy frames that’ll be described as geek chic
65. Eat at Jaleo
66. Make a dish with brussel sprouts or collard greens at least once a month
67. Make corn pudding because that shit is good
68. Make another round of fried chicken
69. Throw out the Bon Appetits I no longer read
70. Go through the two laundry baskets of crap and actually use said baskets for laundry
71. Go to Quaker meeting
72. Volunteer on an FMW committee
73. Put DVDs back in their cases
74. Watch or send back at least three netflix a month
75. Go on a personal retreat that is focused on quiet
76. Make sure to see Beannie, Beatpoet and Baby Bean next time I am in SoCal
77. Send that damn Commission Quilt to the NAMES Project
78. See the Incredibles again
79. Buy the Incredibles on DVD when it comes out (ok really struggling here)
80. Finish decorating my office
81. Make a true blue chicken pot pie
82. Go to Keihls and get a supply of facial products
83. Take Pleather and Leanne to G&M
84. Go back to Pasta Plus
85. Get enough sleep to get rid of the bags under my eyes
86. Buy a new mattress< br>87. Subscribe to Chow magazine
88. Visit Evelyn in Chicago
89. Visit the Bay area
90. Learn to read music
91. Learn how to do foundation piecing
92. Help Pauline finish the butterfly quilt
93. Learn how to do pictures and links on veracaamish
94. Go on another Assateague Island trip
95. Take a cooking class
96. Go to Disney World and stay a the Disney Institute
97. Write an article on the joys of quilting
98. Plant a new crop of tomatoes
99. Plant another rosemary plant in the Lancasters
100. Have frozen berries on hand at all times
101. Smile more!
