The List v 2.0...

Today marks the beginning of my new list!  A new 101 things to do (ok...there are two from the 1st list) and another 1001 days to get it done.  With a start date of today my 1001th day will be on August 28th, 2016. 

2016!!!

(If you aren't sure what I am talking about go check out www.dayzeroproject.com.  You might be inspired to start a list of your own!)

Like my last list, I have it listed on the right side of my blog.  I will bold each item as I finish it and if it is one in progress you will see it in italics. 

Wish me luck!

1. Actually do 20 of things that I have pinned on Pinterest

2. Attend a major league baseball game

3. Attend a sand castle building competition

4. Blog a gratitude post once a week

5. Build a snowman

6. Buy someone flowers

7. Collect 1/4 inch of sand from enough beaches to fill a cool bottle

8. Complete 25 writing prompts from www.creativewritingprompts.com

9. Complete a "Wreck This Journal"

10. Complete an online class

11. Complete the state quarter collection with Taelin

12. Cook 20 new vegetarian main dish recipes

13. Do a Lowes or Home Depot Kids Workshop

14. Do a nature scavenger hunt with Taelin

15. Do family board game night once a month

16. Don't eat fast food for one month

17. Donate blood

18. Donate to the food bank every month

19. Find 5 artists/bands and listen to their entire collection in chronological order

20. Fly a kite

21. Get a bike

22. Get to goal weight

23. Go golfing with Joe

24. Go grape stomping

25. Go horseback riding

26. Go on a cruise

27. Go sledding

28. Go through my closet and get rid of old clothes

29. Go to 5 new-to-me state parks

30. Go to a new-to-me musical

31. Go to a new-to-me National Park

32. Go white water rafting

33. Have a water balloon fight

34. Help build a house with Habitat for Humanity

35. Hike around Multnomah Falls

36. Host a cookie exchange

37. Host a Project 52 photo challenge

38. Kayak in 5 new places

39. Learn about investing

40. Learn Spanish

41. Leave an inspirational note inside a book for someone to find

42. Light off fireworks...myself

43. Maintain goal weight

44. Make a dinner entirely from things purchased at a Farmer's Market

45. Make a fall bucket list with Taelin

46. Make a spring bucket list with Taelin

47. Make a summer bucket list with Taelin

48. Make a winter bucket list with Taelin

49. Make artisan bread

50. Make homemade salsa

51. Make homemade vanilla

52. Make krumkake at Christmas

53. Make marshmallows from scratch

54. Make rock candy

55. Meditate every day for 30 days

56. Participate in NaNoWriMo

57. Pay extra to the principal of our mortgage every month

58. Pick a fitness challenge and complete it

59. Plan a family road trip

60. Read 10 new children's books a month

61. Read 2 biographies of the same historical figure

62. Read 5 "classics" that I have never read

63. Read a book of poetry

64. Read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone to Taelin

65. Refinish my grandparent's swing

66. Renew my CPR certification

67. Ride a ferry to an island

68. Run a 5K

69. Secret goal

70. See a new-t0-me ballet

71. See the lights at Peacock Lane

72. Send a secret to PostSecret

73. Send something to a publisher

74. Spend a spa day with my sister

75. Spend a weekend at Great Wolf Lodge

76. Start a tradition of a once a year sister's weekend

77. Surprise someone with an unexpected gift

78. Surprise Taelin with a day-of Disneyland trip

79. Take a class with Taelin

80. Take a photo of the same place once a month for a year

81. Take a picture for each letter of the alphabet

82. Take a train somewhere

83. Take Taelin ice skating

84. Take Taelin to 5 different museums

85. Take Taelin whale watching

86. Teach Taelin to ride a bike

87. Try 10 new crockpot recipes

88. Try to make deep dish pizza like the kind I had in Chicago

89. Tye dye t-shirts with Taelin

90. Visit 5 different Farmer's Markets

91. Visit Mount St. Helens

92. Visit the Redwoods

93. Visit the Space Needle

94. Volunteer at a beach clean up

95. Volunteer for Earth Day

96. Watch all 10 seasons of Friends

97. Watch Blazing Saddles and eat fried chicken on June 8th

98. Watch Edward Norton's entire filmography

99. Work on a potter's wheel

100.Write a will

101. Write weekly "Top Five Friday" feature for blog

Begin doing what you want to do now. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand, and melting like a snowflake. ~Marie Ray

This last Monday, the 25th, was the 1001st day since beginning my 101 list.  My second list of 101 things is made and will be shared with you all soon enough.  I originally planned on writing this post outlining the things that didn't get done on my first list and give the reasons I didn't get them done.  But then, something Taelin did shifted my thinking about what I needed to write.

We were on our way to preschool/work Tuesday and I was trying to gather all the things we needed to take with us; blanket and sheet for rest time, lunch for her, lunch for me, phone/wallet/keys/workbag, etc, etc.  With Tucker safely in the garage and the front door open, I tried one-handed to get Taelin's coat on her as I nudged her towards the car.  On our way down the sidewalk she suddenly stopped, gasped and exclaimed with a voice of wonder, "Wait!  Look at that incredibly beautiful sunrise Mama!"

I had noticed the sunrise about 15 minutes earlier as I was making our lunches and Taelin was brushing her hair and teeth.  At that point, it was a beautiful combination of pink and blue and I had stopped for a moment.  I hadn't really thought anything of stopping to notice it.  Until, Taelin did on our way to the car.

After we stopped together and noticed the colors we saw and how strange it was that it was cold enough to see our breath but still have the sun shining (clearly an Oregon girl and used to cold = cloudy/rainy), we got in the car and in just a few minutes arrived at her school.

It was on the continued drive to work that I realized what this post needed to be about.

When I started this list, 1003 days ago now, there was a blanket of grief covering our lives.  We had "made it" through the first holiday season without John.  His absence was felt every single day by the pictures hanging in our home, the songs coming through our speakers and the stories we wished we could share with him about Taelin. Man, he adored her. There hadn't been a day that I hadn't cried. A piece of Joe was missing.  We were going through the motions of living, but we weren't living.  There was no stopping to notice sunrises. It was like we had stopped, not knowing how to go on...not wanting to go on without him.

But something in me knew we needed to.  Taelin had just turned two.  We needed to go on...without him.  So inspired by my brother-in-law and his own list, I made this list and filled it with things I knew I loved to do and things I wanted to do with Taelin.  I filled it things that scared me but wanted to try and with places to go.  I filled it with things to do for others and things I hoped would help us really live again.

And now here I am.  Not missing John any less really.  My trip to Boston last week punctuated that.  I wasn't expecting to tear up when I arrived at the airport and thought of the last time I had arrived at the same airport the day after he died.  I wasn't expecting to tear up on the trolley tour I took as I listened to the guide that said "horse" the same as John did. We still hear songs that make us think of him and wish that Taelin and her Papa would have had more time.  No, we don't miss him any less but we did keeping going.

I got 82 of my 101 things done.  There are many things I did in the spirit of the list, in the spirit of living, too many to remember really.  And I celebrated the last day of my list thinking about my great life; my daughter, my husband, my family, my friends, my career, books, music, writing, impromptu dance parties and sunrises.

On this eve of Thanksgiving, I am grateful for all those things and for this list... this list that lifted the blanket of grief and helped us remember to live. The list that helped us to wait and notice the sunrises.

16 days and counting!

Yikes!!!  I only have 16 days left in my 1001 days.  I meant to do this post awhile ago to take stock and see what was left, but, well, I didn't.  So I am here now, looking at what's left and what is realistic to get done!

Right now, I have 75% of my list complete.  (My brain says, "Crap!  That's a C, Jodie!)  But I am choosing to say out loud..."Yay me!"  Here is what is still missing...  (The bold ones are the ones I think I can/or want to still get done.)

• Kayak in Hawaii (It was a nice idea...but unless I win the lottery in the next 16 days, not going to happen!)
• Write a love letter to my husband (not feeling like I need to...he knows exactly how I feel everyday)
• Write a list of 50 things I like about myself  (I am not looking forward to this one but not going to count it out yet)
• Make a list of all family and friend birthday and anniversaries (that's what Facebook is for)
• Complete a coloring book 
• Get to my goal weight (yeah...not going to happen)
• Go to a wine tasting
• Take a cake decorating class
• Make a list of my 50 favorite songs
• Make a font out my handwriting
• Go skiing again
• Go to a movie by myself
• List my top 10 movies
• Scrapbook an album of John for Taelin
• Play and finish a game of Monopoly with Joe without cheating (This is in the plan for this weekend...and if I actually do it there is sure to be a story.)
• Play bingo
• Complete the 100 Snapshots Challenge
• Renew my passport (I looked into doing this...and it would be more money than I want to spend right now.  If we end up wanted to go somewhere we need them...then I will do it.)
• Redo the bedroom: paint, new furniture, new bedding (No new furniture...we went to Disneyland instead.)  
• Write a letter to Taelin about how Joe and I met
• Walk a cancer walk in memory of John
• Write a fan letter
• Finish a wordfind book
• Maintain my goal weight
• Finish writing another 101 things list by the end of 1001 days (any suggestions?)
• Celebrate Day 1001!

If I get the ones that are in bold done, that will put me at 81%. And, I can live with that.  There is really only one (two really) that I am disappointed about.  I do think that at some point, I will need to make a different list..of all the things that I did in the spirit of the list and I have a feeling if I do that I will find myself well over 101 items.  But until November 25th, I will keep my focus on finishing the current list and see how far I get!

Time is an old firmly rooted tree; we are the breeze rustling its leaves. ~Terri Guillemets

49 done
15 in progress
37 undone

365 days left

November 25, 2013 will be the last day of my 1001 days.  It seems reasonable that I stop for a bit and take stock at what is left, what I think will get done and what might not.  Of the 15 items on the list that are in progress I am hopeful that they will move to the done column by this time next year.  It is the 37 items that are not done that are what I am looking at a little more closely.

There are some that will be easily taken care of.  Buying a lottery ticket, paying for someone's Starbucks, playing bingo, cake decorating class...those are just a matter of scheduling or doing.

There are some that are already scheduled, we are going to Sunriver for New Years and are planning on going skiing, Christmas is coming so the gingerbread house is going to turn into a themed party (2 birds, 1 stone) and Taelin is going to have to share the Santa picture this year.

There are some that just aren't going to happen...kayaking in Hawaii (unless I win the lottery) or getting new bedroom furniture.  There are just some things that happened (kitchen remodel, back surgery, Disneyland) and there is just only so much money.  This is especially true with Joe's bank uncertainty.

And then there are those that I look at and just kind of don't want to do anymore.  Those honestly are the hardest ones for me think about.  At the time of making the list they sounded like a fun/cute/good idea but now I just feel like I want to spend my time differently.  Writing a fan letter, doing a word find, using chopsticks, juggling 3 balls....I suppose I could do them but they just don't sound super inviting.  Do I do them anyway or can I abandon them?  There are things that I have done that weren't on the list that I have been in the spirit of the list and in some ways I think that is more important.  The 100 snapshot photography challenge is a perfect example.  Put it on my list to make me take more pictures but I now find myself six months into a photo a day challenge that I never intended.  Still thinking on that...

One thing is for sure.  I am having a great time and I am looking forward to this next year.  There are some big things coming up this year!  A trip to Yellowstone Park, a drive in movie, a full day at the beach, and glass blowing just to name a few.  What a year it will be!

 

501 days done...500 to go!

Today marks one day over the half way point of my 1001 days.  I thought it appropriate that I check in with the list and do a status update of sorts.

As of today, I have completely 39 of my 101 items.  Of the 62 items left, I have 18 that are "in progress".   So, I do have to say that overall I am pretty satisfied with where I am on the list.

There a few things that are turning out to be more difficult than I originally, others were or are going to be  pretty easy, and still others leave me scratching my head as to why I even put them on the list.  I don't know that I will really be able to finish everything on the list but I am hopeful.

I guess the next 500 days will tell...

Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it. ~Buddha

A little over a year ago I was feeling a little lost.  I felt like my life was just a series of actions that I repeated day after day.  Work, cook, clean, take care of Taelin, sleep, grocery shop, etc.  They were all things I had to do and only a few of them were things I enjoyed.  I was also grieving John's death and was helplessly watching Joe do the same.  I was living my life but I wasn't living.

And then I stumbled on my brother-in-law's blog which had a secret tab of sorts.  It listed his 101 things to complete in 1001 days.  It looked and felt a little like a bucket list...but without such a final feel to it.  (We had been feeling that feeling enough as it was.)  As I read through his list, I felt like I was getting to know him a little better and was starting to see part of who he wanted to become.  I stayed up for hours that night scouring http://dayzeroproject.com/ and began to create my own list.

Looking at the list now, I can see that many of the things I put on the list were things I used to do but for whatever reason didn't anymore.  Some of them were focused on newer interests I had but needed a gentle push to not give up on them.  Some of them were geared towards self-reflection and personal growth.  Some of them were geared to making me do something that I had never done before.  None of those thoughts were formed enough back then, I was just trying to fill an emptiness that I felt.  The list represented looking ahead to what was next and it was very much needed.

So, here I am. 370 days into my list; just past the year one mark and it seems fitting that I pause for a bit and reflect on the progress I have made.  In technical terms, I have completed 29 of my 101 items.  Of the 72 items that are left, 19 of them are "in progress".  For the most part those are the ones that are "weekly" or "monthly" goals...something that can't really get checked off until the end.  Honestly, I am feeling good about the numbers.

But it isn't quite as easy as just looking at the numbers, I suppose.  The real question of progress can't really be measured in numbers, but rather in feelings.  I say that only because it was how I was feeling that drove my purpose for creating the list in the first place. So then, you might ask....how am I feeling?

First, I can't believe that it has been a year already.  There have been so many wonderful memories about this past year, many of them directly related to the list.  This very blog, for example, is a direct result of my list.  I had wanted to start a blog for some time, just to give me a place to write but didn't have a clue what I could blog about.  It isn't hard for me (most weeks) to find things to blog about and it gives me the accountable for some of the other things that I might otherwise ignore.  Taelin's first picnic, our recent San Diego trip, my new love for yoga (although you may recall the first class was a little rough)...those things and more have been wonderful and have made this year feel "full."

But while this year has been full of wonderful things, this has also been a challenging year.  The kitchen fire which led to a remodel and Joe's back surgery and recovery were definitely big challenges but were all created externally and somehow were easier to manage. This blog gave me a place to vent the hard parts and celebrate the accomplishments, both of which were necessary.

It was the internal challenges though, the ones I created for myself via this list have been the much harder to endure.  For instance, getting to my goal weight...I scratch my head even wondering what more I can write about that here.  I have more posts about my weight loss than any other topic...and I am not much further right now than I was a year ago.  That doesn't make me feel so great.  I have written a little bit about my work and about education and what I suppose could be my disillusionment with several aspects of what it means to be "teacher."  Just thank your lucky stars that I have only found a few quotes that fit how I am feeling about that because otherwise you might just stop coming and reading.  

But for the most part, I am overjoyed and ecstatic with this whole project.  It has put me in touch with a part of me that I had lost and has helped me learn to look outside of my norm and embrace change.  I have shared food with friends at new restaurants, looked for opportunities to show random acts of kindness, read the best book I have ever read, started new Christmas traditions, been inspired by the words of other people and found gratitude in everyday things.  Without this project, none of that would be true.

So, what's next?  I have a list of recipes that I want to try that will take me far and above the 50 I wanted to get to.  There is a stack of books (on the bookshelf and on my iPad) just waiting to be read.  There are vacations that need to be saved for.  There are few skills that need to be learned (cake decorating and and using chopsticks) and some skills that need to be put to good use (there are 3 different photography goals on the list).  There are some easy ones (paying for someone's Starbucks) and then are more difficult tasks ahead (making a scrapbook album for Taelin of John).  I need to keep working on those things I don't like about myself. There is still a lot to get done.

It only seems appropriate to thank you those of you that read.  It helps knowing that you are out there. You are the ones that I envision sitting across from at the coffee shop when I snuggled up here on my couch.  I forget sometimes that you are out there, because you are so quite. But I am quickly reminded that you are there when I run into you out and about or get a email from you.  Thank you, thank you, thank you.

I didn't really know what this list would lead too.  I didn't even really know if I would get that far.  But here I am; I think, a better person for it.  I guess the biggest thing that I have realized is that I need to be an active participant in my own life.  I need to be more aware of what is going on and be aware of how my actions (or inactions) can affect life.  It is up to me how I spend my time and who I spend it with.  We always have choices....always.  They aren't always the ones that we thought we would choose or the ones that others would hope we would choose.  It is up to each of us to make those choices and then be able to live with them.  If I had a glass of champagne I would say "Cheers!  Here is to another year!"

Revision of the List

I made my list on March 1st of 2011. Thirteen days into my list, I had to make a revision. You can read this if you want to know all about my Rubix cube debacle.  At that point, I was a little nervous that I was changing things so soon, but I got over it pretty quickly.  The Rubix cube now officially belongs to Taelin and every once and awhile I find it when I am cleaning and start shaking my head again.  Stupid puzzle.

Since then, number 68 has just been a line of question marks.  It bugged me a bit when I would notice it, but shook it off knowing that at some point I would be inspired by something that I just had to put on my list and that would be that.  And that would have probably been true except that tonight when I was reviewing my list to look at what might be next, I got an unpleasant nagging feeling as I scrolled past two other things on my list.  It was the same unpleasant nagging feeling I have had for awhile every time I scrolled past them.  So...tonight... for some reason, I have decided that my list needed some revising.

First, I suppose I should admit to what I am taking out.  Number 34 and 35 both reference writing letters; one was to be to my mom, the other to my dad.  Without going into the long psychology of it all (which I am sure could keep a therapist busy for months) it just comes down to the fact that I don't want to do it.  This list is about personal growth and enjoyment and I don't think doing either of those things would serve my list's purpose.  So, they are out.  I already feel better.

That being done, I am left with 3 of my 101 undefined.  I was willing to let one float out there unknown, but 3?  Not so much.  So...here are the new (and I think, improved) revisions to my list.

34. Learn a new word every week  (This will be good for me.  Joe is constantly using words that I don't know.  I have thought for awhile that my vocabulary could be expanded, so here is my chance.)
35. Simplify my life in 10 tangible ways (A dear friend once gave me a sign that said simplify...I need to embrace it a little more)
68. Complete the 100 Snapshots Challenge (I am excited about this addition.  I just kind of stumbled upon this and think it will be a great addition for several reasons.)

So, that is what is completely new.

In one final revision (for now), I am reclassifying number 95.  Back in May, I had decided to make Taelin the theme of my A-Z photos.  I even went as far as making an A-Z list and having it taped up on the inside of my kitchen cupboard.  I had started on it, but then lost track of it.  The cupboard that the list was taped in was the one that had to be ripped out because of the fire and when I pulled the list off when I was emptying the cupboard I just threw it out.  For another reason that would keep the same therapist mentioned above even more busy, I really don't want to spend my time with Taelin just taking pictures of her.  I will take pictures when I can, but I am not going to forgo having an experience with her so I can take a picture.  So, while I am keeping the A-Z photography list, I am changing the status from "in progress" to "not started" and will hope that inspiration will strike again for a different theme.

I think that is enough revision for the moment.  And now that it is taken care of, I can go back to scrolling through and picking what is up next!

50 days down...951 to go...

Today marks the first 50 days of my 1001 days to complete my list.  I have made progress on my list and while I like checking things off of lists, this particular list has done some unexpected things.  As time goes on, I would expect that the excitement for completing this list will come and go, but there isn't a day in the past 50 days that I haven't thought about it.  So...here are some things I have noticed in the last 50 days.

First of all, I realized how much I miss writing and how much I look forward to writing on this blog.  I will be the first to admit the kind of writing I enjoy doing isn't going to bring me to the point that I will need any kind of publisher, but I do enjoy storytelling and this blog has given me the opportunity to do that.  In addition to storytelling, it has given all those jumbled up thoughts in my head a place to go.  There have been a few times that my posts have served as a way for me to process what I am thinking and I walk away from the computer with more clarity than when I sat down.

The second thing that I noticed is how much more I am looking for opportunities to be kind.  I wouldn't consider myself an unkind person, but I think I am not abnormal in that it can be easy to get wrapped up in ones own trials and troubles.  It is easy to forget there are situations around me that warrant some attention, and at times, empathy and understanding.  I am not claiming to be any kind of Mother Teresa (in fact I am trying hard to steer away from any kind of religious conversation) but I will say I have considered what it would be like to walk in other people's shoes more since starting my work on the list.

Another unexpected result of me starting this list and this blog is how it has inspired others.  Obviously I didn't come up with this idea on my own and found my own inspiration from others.  And even though one of the things on my list was to inspire someone else to make a list, for some reason I didn't really expect people to give me credit.  It is a little humbling, for me anyway, for someone to say that they were inspired by something I did.  There are a couple of people that have started there own list (making #83 officially checked off), but there are even others that have modified the idea to fit what is going on in their life.  One new recipe a week, starting their own blog.....  Who knows what their own reasons are for wanting to add this into their life?  I don't even think I really know why this whole list thing struck such a cord in me....but it did.  And no matter their reason, it excites me that I have may have had a part in it.

Finally, I think the thing that was most unexpected was that I didn't expect this whole thing to be such a learning experience for me.  What I have been able to think about and put into words in the last 50 days is kind of like writing my own self-help book...and I wonder what I am going to learn next?  Kind of exciting and terrifying all at the same time.

So, if you are still reading this or any other of my blog posts...thank you.  The comments that you make here on the blog or when I see you in person, remind me that I am writing not only for myself, but for you as well (and knowing you are here makes me feel slightly less crazy) so keep them coming!

50 days down...951 to go

The List

I have been a list girl for quite some time.  I love making lists and crossing things off.  If I am feeling stressed or overloaded with too many things to get done, there is nothing that helps me more than making a list.

I have also been a wanting-to-start-a-blog girl for awhile too.  However, I couldn't on earth imagine what in the world I would blog about.  Enter...Charlie Capp, my soon-to-be brother-in-law.  Last week, when looking at his blog for an image from a card he had made, I noticed something I hadn't seen before. He had a list of 101 things that he wanted to accomplish in 1001 days.  Do I need to say it again?  There was a list.  I went to www.dayzeroproject.com.  There were a lot of people that had made lists.

So...I made a list.

The first thing I did from my list-start a blog.  And for me, I hope it will be a blog about my journey to complete, in 1001 days, the 101 things I put on my list.  Some of the things on my list will be easy and some will be more difficult.  Some will bring me great joy and others are sure to bring tears.  But in the end, checking this list off isn't what I want this to be all about.  I hope to learn more about myself and others around me.  I hope I stop and enjoy the little things before I don't have to the chance to enjoy them.  I hope those that mean the most to me, will know it. 

One thing done...100 more to go.  I have 998 days to finish the rest. Join me, won't you?

1. Start a blog

2. Kayak in Hawaii

3. Take a photo a day for one month 

4. Read 50 books

5. Jump in puddles with Taelin

6. Write a letter to someone I admire

7. Write a love letter to my husband

8. Write a list of 50 things I like about myself (50/50)

9. List 10 things I don't like about myself (and how to figure out how to improve) (10/10)

10. Make a list of 101 quotes that inspire me

11. Make a list of 101 things for which I am grateful

12. Make a list of all family and friends Birthdays and Anniversaries

13. Take Taelin camping

14. Complete a coloring book

15. Get to my goal weight

16. Write a matron of honor speech that will make my sister both laugh and cry

17. Bake and decorate sugar cookies

18. Bake a cake from scratch

19. Try 50 new recipes

20. Go to a wine tasting

21. Leave a 100% tip

22. Watch a movie at a drive-in

23. Complete a 1000+ piece puzzle

24. Ask 5 friends to suggest one book, and read them all

25. Pay off my student loan

26. See a Broadway show

27. Commit a Random Act of Kindness Every Month

28. Get rid of 100 things

29. Donate to Toys for Tots

30. Buy flowers for myself

31. Go on a picnic
32. Kayak on a river

33. Host a themed party

34. Learn a new word every week

35. Simplify my life in 10 tangible ways

36. Try glass blowing

37. Visit Crater Lake

38. Visit Yellowstone National Park
39. Eat at 10 new restaurants

40. Take a cake decorating class

41. Take a cooking class

42. Buy flowers for someone else just because

43. Send 50 handwritten cards

44. Make a list of my 50 favorite songs

45. Build a sandcastle

46. Volunteer somewhere

47. Make a font out of my handwriting

48. Go skiing again

49. Watch 10 documentaries

50. Go to a movie by myself

51. Start a garden

52. Submit a photo to failblog

53. List my top 10 movies

54. Scrapbook an album of John for Taelin

55. See a stand up comedian live

56. Play and finish a game of Monopoly with Joe without cheating

57. Learn to juggle 3 balls

58. Build a fire on the beach

59. Pay for the person behind me at Starbucks

60. Update my blog at least once a week

61. Go on a water slide

62. Have a family portrait taken

63. Take a Yoga class

64. Start a daily gratitude journal

65. Play bingo

66. Visit an art exhibition

67. Go sledding

68. Complete the 100 snapshot challenge (24/100)

69. Visit a butterfly garden

70. Renew my Passport

71. Make Mexican Chocolate ice cream

72. Put change in someone's expired parking meter

73. Visit the San Diego Zoo

74. Learn to use chopsticks properly

75. Redo the bedroom: paint, new furniture, new bedding

76. Watch 26 movies I’ve never seen starting with each letter of the alphabet.

77. Make a gingerbread house

78. Write a letter to Taelin about how Joe and I met

79. Take a picture with Joe in a photobooth

80. Make jam

81. See the Nutcracker at Christmastime

82. Walk a cancer walk in memory of John
83. Inspire someone to make a Day Zero List

84. Take Taelin on a train ride

85. Teach a class for OWP

86. Take a picture with Santa

87. Give away 5 copies of my favorite book to 5 different people

88. Take Taelin to the World Beat Festival and watch a music performance

89. Spend a whole day at the beach

90. Build a blanket fort

91. Hike an unknown to me trail at Silver Falls

92. Write a fan letter

93. Finish a wordfind book

94. Maintain my goal weight

95. 26 Things Photograph A-Z Theme-Summer 2012

96. Complete a December Daily scrapbook

97. Buy a lottery ticket

98. Hike to the M in Missoula

99. Give 10 "just because" gifts (10/10)

100. Finish writing another 101 things list by the end of 1001 days

101. Celebrate Day 1001!