In Lieu of a Resolution

I have decided to make a 101 in 1001 list. These are 101 tasks that I would like to complete in the next 1001 days. I'm telling the world (albeit the small blogger world), and in doing so, hopefully it'll give me the accountability I need to accomplish as many as I can. So set yourself a calendar reminder for Sunday, October 12, 2014.  I'd better get busy. Here's the list:

1. make pasta from scratch
2. write down a haiku 
3. watch a classic movie 
4. read a classic book 
5. go to a concert 
6. at least 10 random acts of kindness 
7. go to an amusement park 
8. go skiing 
9. go on a fabulous exotic vacation 
10. go hiking 
11. participate in a multi-event competition 
12. go to a football game 
13. make jam 
14. learn Spanish on Rosetta Stone 
15. invent (and write down) 10 new recipes 
16. take the GRE 
17. go to DC 
18. qualify for the Boston marathon 
19. run the Boston marathon 
20. knit something 
21. host a party 
22. star gaze 
23. go on a picnic 
24. buy a house 
25. cook a three course meal 
26. be on a fantasy sports team 
27. change a flat tire
28. see 123 and maintain for one month 
29. make an article of clothing 
30. go rock climbing
31. take a cooking class 
32. facebook/twitter fast for a month 
33. buy a house 
34. go to a film festival 
35. go to a food festival 
36. watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy 
37. watch the Star Wars trilogy 
38. run a 5K under 21:00 
39. get a massage 
40. get a bike 
41. sleep in a tent 
42. go surfing 
43. make creme brulee
44. relearn how to play euchre 
45. drink an expensive glass of wine 
46. finish my CEUs
47. blog at least twice a week for three months straight 
48. go to a painting class 
49. clean up school documents
50. go to the opera 
51. go to the Nutcracker 
52. go geocaching 
53. plant herbs and maintain them from three months 
54. buy a new dining room set 
55. clean out school email
56. start grad school 
57. keep a one sentence a day journal for one month 
58. watch The Girl With series in Swedish 
59. bake a proper loaf of bread 
60. batting cages
61. watch a documentary film 
62. try a new flavor of ice cream 
63. use the raclette 
64. take a road trip 
65. go to a new restaurant 
66. visit Laurel and Jeremy 
67. perfect/can pizza sauce
68. swim laps for fitness 10 times 
69. unsubscribe from junk email 
70. read 10 books I own but haven’t read yet 
71. drink sake 
72. 25 positive parent contacts 
73. eat banh mi 
74. go to a musical or play 
75. complete a no spend month 
76. print out and hang this list in my office 
77. visit 5 museums 
78. go to trivia night 
79. buy something on etsy 
80. practice guitar every day for a month 
81. fix TMJ
82. go dancing 
83. write 5 letters of praise for good service 
84. do not use the dryer for one month 
85. grill meat 
86. take a dance class 
87. go to a UK game 
88. see a comedian perform
89. subscribe to a Sunday paper 
90. learn how to give myself smoky eyes 
91. score 100 in bowling 
92. can proper pizza sauce 
93. make dinner from scratch in 20 minutes 
94. send 10 personal letters 
95. roll out with foam roller every night for a month
96. move 
97. get a manicure 
98. get a pedicure 
99. watch a sunset 
100. put away $5 for each completed task - buy something wonderful for myself with it
101. donate $5 for each uncompleted task to Youth Villages