My 101 things in 1001 days

Ever since I saw this meme over at Zandria's, I wanted to create it too. Now I finally have come up with a list of 101 tasks to complete in 1001. It's not a New Years resolution list. I don't do those. It's a list of things I really want to do in 1001 days, but also things that I don't have to do. Which is why - up until now - I let daily routine and life get in the way of those things and they end up being postponed all the time. It's not before you actually turn a list like that into goals, you'll be likely to do them.

I plan to write about completing the tasks on this blog, so it will also be away of remembering the fun things you do in life.

More about the 101 in 1001 days meme here.

Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - Tuesday, October 12, 2010

Family
1 Make Tim's first year photo album
(shame on me!)
2 Make my daughter's first year photo album
3 Have at least 20 family outings to places we have never visited before
4 With my family, make at least three creative things with things found on one of our family outings (like beach pebbles or forest leaves) and hang it somewhere in the house
5 Make our wedding photo album
6 Learn Tim how to ride a bike
7 Get Tim and his little sister on at least one family bike ride
8 Breastfeed our daughter for at least 9 months (just like with Tim)
9 Learn our daughter sign language (just like with Tim)
10 Have a family portret taken of our family of four and put it up the wall
11 Take Tim swimming at least 3 times
12 Make Tim's second year photo album
13 Make sure Tim has at least 15 fun outings with mom, dad or both of us without his little sister.
14 Go to at least 6 fun outings, plays, musicals or something cultural with my husband without kids
15 Write quarterly letters to Tim and post them on my blog
16 Write monthly letters of the first year of our daughter and post them on my blog
17 For the period of 1001 days, make quarterly videos of our family.

Kitchen
18 Make a Mexican mole
19 Make a recipe book with photos and at least 30 recipes we've tried as a family
20 Make at least one meal with organic ingredients solely grown by farmers in the area
21 Make up a new pie recipe, with only the basics/ ideas from a recipe, perfect it, and share it.
22 Finally learn to make a good muffin, and make it
23 Home make every meal for our daughter (just like with Tim)
24 Prepare at least 3 meals of every season of one year with solely seasonal vegetables
25 Prepare at least 3 fresh made fruit juices of every season for one year with solely seasonal fruits
26 Make 3 different kinds of ice cream, one must be vegan
27 Replace all our old kitchen pans with high quality non teflon coated pans
28 Make 5 never tried different kinds of bread
29 Make 5 new soups
30 Eat raw food for at least 2 consecutive days
31 Try a new vegan recipe every day, for one week
32 Try a new vegetarian recipe every day, for one week
33 Try 20 recipes with at least one ingredient I have never used before
34 Read more about vitamins and nutrition and check if we need to adjust our eating habits

House
35 Pimp/ recycle at least one piece of self owned furniture and re-use it
36 Buy at least one piece of furniture second hand
37 Make a list of home improvement things that need to be done and make a plan to actually realize those things.
38 Do three 'man things' around the house
39 Re-do/ pimp our garden
40 Pimp Tim's room
41 Make part of our garden a vegetable & fruit garden

Back to basics
42 Replace three beauty or cleaning products by natural products. For at least 21 days in a row.
43 Replace three throw away things I use on a daily basis by a non throw away version.
44 Don't buy new stuff (other than the daily basics like food/ diapers/ etc.) for 21 days in a row
45 Make a list of things we're already doing in our home that are good for the environment, add 10 things that could be added to that list and do at least 5 of those.
46 Reduce washing hair every day to every other day for 21 days but with the intention to make this a permanent change.
47 Celebrate one anniversary with the husband on a maximum budget of 100 euros (instead of the normal bathing ourselves in luxury) and it has to include something fun, a dinner and a night.
48 Don't use the laundry dryer for at least two weeks in a row.
49 Look up the history of 10 objects I daily use and write/ blog about it
50 Don't watch TV for one week, no matter what. (I know this one is on my husband's list as well)

Out
51 Go to a play or musical with Tim
52 Visit an art exposition
53 Find and do 5 'free' things to do in the neighborhood and review
54 As a tourist, visit 3 cities in The Netherlands I have never visited before
55 Go to a market
56 Attend a wine tasting evening
57 Visit 3 Dutch museums
58 Take Tim to an indoor playground
59 Take a international family vacation
60 Go to a concert with my husband
61 Watch a cultural movie in the Filmhuis

Creativity and music
62 Make Tim one piece of clothing
63 Make his little sister one piece of clothing
64 Make all tree ornaments for next Christmas (and next.. and next..)
65 Do something with the many foreign and old Dutch coins the husband and I have collected over the years
66 Design my daughter's birth announcement
67 Take improv lessons
68 Take piano lessons
69 Get a piano
70 Learn the basics of digital photography

Media and books
71 Watch at least five documentaries
72 Read 3 classic books
73 Read one biography of an interesting person or someone I admire
74 Read 5 books (other than the ones above) and review them
75 Read at least 3 non novel books

Me
76 Don't drink regular coffee for 7 days in a row (decaf is allowed!)
77 Attend a church service (I know this one is on my husband's list as well)
78 Don't complain about anything to anyone for 7 days in a row. Not even on my blog.
79 Get my drivers license
80 Make a new 101 in 1001 days
81 Make a list of places to visit before I die
82 Update the photo on my blog at least 2 times
83 Write a 101 list for things I am grateful for and make photos of at least 10 of the items on the list and make something with those photos so it will last.
84 Ride my bike to work for at least a week
85 Get a manicure (never had one!)
86 Get a pedicure (never had one!)
87 Get a beauty face treatment (never had one!)
88 Take up a sports and stick to it for at least once a week for a month
89 Floss every day for 21 days in a row
90 Replace the tennis shoes I have been wearing for over six years

Not me
91 Get, make, buy at least 2 very personal special presents for someone, that was special made for that someone.
92 Bake at least 3 pies and give them away "just because"
93 Get a recycle tree for Christmas
94 Participate in two different kinds of volunteer work, both taking up at least two hours.
95 'Buy' 3 'to do birthday gifts' (in stead of 'to have gifts')
96 Write a good and worthy contribution to Wikipedia
97 Add reviews of our Portugal vacation to Tripadvisor

Crazy/ fun
98 Find national holidays from 3 different countries and 'celebrate' them with friends or family or just the four of us by making the foods that go with the tradition of that country and find the history of those holidays
99 Surprise husband with a day out
100 Host 5 fun dinner just because parties for friends or family
101 Get at least one photo accepted to I-Stockphoto.com