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101 in 1001

101 things to do in the next 1001 days

May 15, 2007 – February 9, 2010

1. Go camping for the first time

2. Join and commit to a small group

3. Take Gabe to the Atlanta Aquarium

4. Give up something for Lent and don’t cheat

5. Find the series “The Prisoner” and watch. Discuss with Jamie.

6. Read the Top 10 Best Novels (Board’s List by Modern Library)

7. Read the Top 10 Best Non-Fiction (Board’s List by Modern Library)

8. Read the whole Bible

9. Create and complete a reading list each season (created through Fall 2009, but not completed yet)

10. Spend at least two consecutive nights in a country I’ve never visited

11. Spend at least two consecutive nights in a state I’ve never visited (Maryland!)

12. Sit in the audience of a television show (Big Bang Theory!)

13. Earn a producing or associate producing credit on a televised project (Faith Cafe, airing Fall 2007)

14. Have my EC and UGA diplomas professionally framed

15. Begin the adoption process (and maybe see it completed!) – (I’m taking this one off the list for now since we’re expecting! But you’ll see it again on the next list!)

16. Plant a garden of flowers

17. Plant a garden of vegetables

18. Go one week without watching television (and don’t cheat by TiVoing everything and catching up later! (This was not necessarily on purpose, but I seriously didn’t watch TV for almost the entire 2007 summer…whew!)

19. Go snow-skiing for the first time

20. Donate my hair to Locks of Love

21. Add recycling bins to my kitchen and make recycling part of my lifestyle

22. Teach Gabe the song “You are my Sunshine” (Ashleigh beat me to it, but I can get him to sing it on cue, and that’s something!)

23. Memorize the poem “Wynken, Blynken and Nod”

24. Have some form of my thesis published

25. Move my blog to wordpress and get it organized

26. Pay off UGA student loans

27. Make a quilt from my old tee shirts

28. Work on the set of a major motion picture

29. Visit the top of the Empire State Building (June 2007)

30. See at least three musicals (two down: The Pirate Queen – Broadway, The Lion King – Charlotte)

31. Host a film festival in my home

32. Get another tattoo (The two Greek words for love from the New Testament above my left inside ankle)

33. Stay up all night with a friend

34. Learn the words to “Another One Bites the Dust” by Queen

35. Create a birthday calendar with friends’ and family birthdays. Send cards.

36. Spend an hour star-gazing on a blanket spread outside

37. Go to a Braves game before leaving GA (didn’t happen before we left, but it stays on the list to do)

38. Eat Indian food

39. Eat South American food

40. See a movie at the drive-in

41. Paint an original painting and hang it in my home

42. One year, make at least one homemade gift for everyone on my Christmas list

43. Attend Catholic mass (St. Patrick’s in NYC)

44. Visit a Christian denominational church I’ve never visited (I’ve visited two now – Anglican and Associate Reformed Presbyterian)

45. Feed homeless people (Doing this regularly now as part of our church small group)

46. Participate in a “Displace Me” event (with the group Invisible Children)

47. Make a documentary

48. Outline the story of the greatest American novel ever written (sorry, I don’t share the title with just anyone!)

49. Get an inside plant and keep it alive for the duration of this experiment (bamboo doesn’t count!)

50. Buy fruit and/or vegetables from a stand on the side of the road

51. Pick berries of some kind

52. Go to a NASCAR race (All-Star Race in Charlotte, NC)

53. Write a song and have someone perform it

54. Find and buy the perfect green cardigan

55. Mail at least one hand-written card or letter each month (done so far as of July 2008…missed August…back on track thru end of 2008…done off and on during 2009…boo!)

56. Make and decorate a cake for someone

57. Find and learn how to cook at least seven new evening meals

58. Grow out my bangs

59. Buy a sleeper sofa for the loft

60. Buy a recliner

61. Have all posters and photographs framed and display them in my home

62. Have the blue chair recovered

63. Buy a keyboard or piano

64. Exercise four times a week for six weeks

65. Watch all movies receiving a Best Picture nomination each year (Done for 2008, 2009)

66. Spend a day at a park

67. Have a picnic lunch that same day

68. Go hiking

69. Tidy my closet each evening before getting in bed for six weeks

70. Camp out with Gabe in the back yard

71. Host an H Girls Weekend in my home where everyone comes

72. Go canoeing or kiwiing

73. Ride on a speedboat

74. Crash the Golden Globes

75. Attend the Oscars

76. Host an Easter Egg Hunt for kids

77. Organize the files on my laptop

78. Decorate the exterior of my house for Christmas

79. Go whale watching (planning to do on our Alaskan cruise 2010!)

80. Watch all movies on AFI’s 100 Greatest American Movies of All Time list

81. Make plans to have 10th anniversary pictures made on the beach (2010)

82. Plan a surprise party for someone

83. Watch at least three movies a year at a theater specializing in indie, classic, or foreign films (2007: Waitress, Becoming Jane. 2008: Young at Heart. 2009: Jesus People)

84. Attend the Sundance Film Festival

85. Go to Cornerstone (again)

86. Shoot paintball with Paul

87. Sing karaoke with Ashleigh (yay for the Karaoke Christmas party!)

88. Join a gym

89. Join a regularly scheduled class at the gym (and actually attend)

90. Take a specialty class like cooking or art (or something random that I’m interested in)

91. Eat at a new (to me) restaurant every weekend for a month

92. Visit a national park

93. Go to a July 4 fireworks show every year (Attempted in 2007 but it didn’t pan out. Oh well, next year…; 2008 update: Our neighbors put on an amazing fireworks show in a vacant lot behind our house…one of the best shows we’ve ever seen! 2009 – 10 days away from delivering Cooper…um, fireworks were not my priority!)

94. Learn to hem a pair of pants

95. Buy a new bedroom suit

96. Surprise Paul with a romantic getaway

97. Attend the Sweet Potato Festival in AL with Bird

98. Go salsa dancing

99. Attend the SXSW Festival in Austin

100. Shoot a gun for the first time

101. Make a new 101 list

5 Comments »

  1. Michelle,
    We can do so many of these together! There is a drive-in theater in Baltimore. I know we can stay up all night talking. I think we have to crash the Golden Globes! Also, I really want to cut my hair, but I was thinking of growing it out a little more and giving it to Locks of Love. I need to measure to see how much longer it needs to grow. I miss you!
    Bird

    Comment by Bird | July 13, 2007 | Reply

  2. This is such a great list. I want to help! Actually, if I help you with some of these I can cross out things on my list too. Let’s plan a girl’s trip to a state we’ve never been to. We’ll also offer free lodging for you when you’re ready for the Braves game and the aquarium. We just may want to join you.

    Comment by Kristi | July 14, 2007 | Reply

  3. Camping for the *FIRST* time!? Incredible- I just assumed everybody was ushered into a tent somewhere for a night at some point during their childhood, it’s a rite of passage.
    Here’s my helping hand: the lyrics to “Another One Bites the Dust”, courtesy of my trusted friend, the internet.

    Steve walks warily down the street,
    With the brim pulled way down low
    Ain’t no sound but the sound of his feet,
    Machine guns ready to go
    Are you ready, are you ready for this
    Are you hanging on the edge of your seat
    Out of the doorway the bullets rip
    To the sound of the beat

    Another one bites the dust
    Another one bites the dust
    And another one gone, and another one gone
    Another one bites the dust
    Hey, I’m gonna get you too
    Another one bites the dust

    How do you think I’m going to get along,
    Without you, when you’re gone
    You took me for everything that I had,
    And kicked me out on my own

    Are you happy, are you satisfied
    How long can you stand the heat
    Out of the doorway the bullets rip
    To the sound of the beat

    Chorus

    Another one bites the dust
    Another one bites the dust
    Another one bites the dust
    Another one bites the dust
    There are plenty of ways you can hurt a man
    And bring him to the ground
    You can beat him
    You can cheat him
    You can treat him bad and leave him
    When hes down
    But I’m ready, yes I’m ready for you
    I’m standing on my own two feet
    Out of the doorway the bullets rip
    Repeating the sound of the beat

    Comment by jasoncrowgey | July 15, 2007 | Reply

  4. Isn’t it satisfying when you get to mark something off your list? We got rid of our old couch that had been sitting in the garage yesterday and I was almost giddy with excitement about being able to cross it off.

    Comment by Kristi | July 24, 2007 | Reply

  5. [...] in Life/Stories at 11:10 am by michellecwheeler I am really loving this 101 in 1001 list. I looked through it today and realized I could cross some things [...]

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