101 in 1001

What is 101 in 1001?
Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific and documented. (I’m going to shoot for a photo of each, but some will be harder than others to photograph, I imagine.)

Start Date: January 8th, 2014 
End Date: October 5th, 2016

101 Things:

1. celebrate ‘me’ with an all day spa day (mani, pedi, facial, massage)
2. grow my blog’s twitter followers to 1,000 (as of 01/08/14, currently at 115) Completed on 7/20/14
3. grow my instagram followers to 500 (as of 01/08/14, currently at 101) Completed on 7/1/14
4. take Rigby on a hike
5. take Rigby to a flyball try out
6. re-design my personal website
7. re-design my blog
8. move from tumblr to wordpress or blogger (know which one and why? halp!)
9. start a facebook fan page for this blog and get to 300 likes (ok honestly, i don’t really care about ~numbers~, but its just you know, a measure of me making an effort.) Completed in June 2014
10. sponsor 5 blogs (jade + oak in april 2014, living in yellow in may 2014, because of jackie may 2014, always ashten in may 2014, helene in between in may 2014)
11. bake 5 different recipes and post them here
12. cook at least 5 different recipes and post them (1 smoothies)
13. read 150 books (my goal for 2014 is 100)
14. try hot yoga  tried it with ClassPass!
15. travel somewhere out of the country Visited The Bahamas.
16. travel somewhere out of the continental US
17. go to the top of the space needle
18. ride the train somewhere (not the bus “train” but an actual train)mo
19. attend a blog conference  I’ve attended a few workshops, and The Hundred Event
20. hot tub in the snow
21. take a knife skills class at sur la table or a different cooking class
22. attend a fashion show see style blooms runway show
23. successfully complete one “no buy” month of clothing/shoes/accessories for myself
24. clean out my closet and have a clothing swap with bloggers or IRL friends, or both! Shop My Closet was born!
25. go on a spur of the moment trip, where the location is decided the night before and is more than 2 hours away from home.
26. have a fort party in our living room
27. design a personal project for fun
28. be on time (in before 9am) every day to work for a week
29. participate in another 5k
30. go on a picnic.
31. eat at a diner’s, drive-ins, and dives restaurant  Ate at the Eleventh Street Diner in Miami
32. go to a dentist and get my wisdom teeth removed (eek!)
33. watch 10 movies off the 250 best movies of all time list during the 1001 days (1 It’s a Wonderful Life, 2 Psycho, 3 The Shining, 4 The Big Lebowski, 5 Fargo, 6 Wolf of Wall Street, 7 Mary & Max, 8 Grand Budapest Hotel, 9 Gone Girl)
34. buy an investment pair of black pumps Bought these Corso Como Pumps
35. wear a dress every day to work for one week
36. spend an entire day reading
37. watch the first star wars movie all the way through without falling asleep
38. watch the lord of the rings (I’ve never seen it)
39. see a new Broadway show
40. make a pie entirely from scratch, including the crust
41. take a photo, every day for an entire month
42. host a board games party
43. skip fast food for a month
44. have a fondue night
45. ride a horse
46. try Ethiopian food
47. exercise every day for one week for at least 30 minutes
48. invest in a classic handbag. Bought this Rebecca Minkoff bag.
49. take a dance class
50. organize my iTunes
51. see a new cirque du soleil performance Saw Kurios.
52. Run a mile without stopping
53. go to a murder mystery dinner
54. prepare a meal using only (major) ingredients found at a farmer’s market.
55. Pick out three new lipsticks at a makeup counter, for fun
56. Pick a new fragrance on a whim
57. Go somewhere just to take photos
58. complete a teeth whitening kit.
59. Learn a new craft skill Took a calligraphy class
60. read no emails for one whole day.
61. spend a night in a hotel that’s not more than 60 minutes from home, just for funsies.
62. try 5 new donut places in seattle
63. visit a new landmark
64. eat asian food in a new city
65. only buy clothes/accessories from thrift stores for one month.
66. make soft pretzels + beer cheese dip.
67. visit 3 museums
68. ride the seattle great wheel
69. start and finish our living room remodel
70. start and finish the same book in a day
71. Cook a holiday meal Hosted Christmas brunch in 2014
72. bake a multi-layer cake.
73. complete a random act of kindness. (pay for someone’s meal, coffee, leave a big tip, etc)
74. donate at least $25 to 5 different charities. (1 SIRA 2 Goodwill of Seattle 3 Make-A-Wish)
75. get my hair did. Seven Salon helped me out with this one!
76. go to an author or celebrity event and have them sign something or take a photo. see meeting SJP at Nordstrom
77. get my passport
78. Try a new beauty treatment
79. go on a seattle food tour.
80. keep the house clean and keep up with chores for a week
81. have a portrait of Dave, Rigby, and me taken. Does this one count?
82. set up a swap on my blog to send people fun things in the mail, because really, who doesn’t love mail?
83. volunteer my time.
84. take a photo booth photo. This one at Dave’s company holiday party!
85. go to 5 concerts. (1 ben gibbard)
86. make a new friend.
87. write a new list of 101 things
88. rate 100 books on Goodreads.
89. make s’mores over a fire.
90. explore a neighborhood in seattle on foot for an afternoon.
91. go on a boat. Took the ferry to Lummi Island
92. visit 3 new states. (1 Florida)
93. wear an entire outfit that someone else picked out for me.
94. have high tea with my mom.
95. try 5 new food items. (1 trout / 2 pollock / 3 kumquat / 4 Gooseberries / 5 Okinwan Sweet Potato )
96. have real flowers in my home and keep them alive for a week. :P
97. try 20 new restaurants. (1 Lil John / 2 Canlis / 3 Tavolata / 4 Peyrassol Cafe / 5 Willow’s Inn / 6 Mount Bakery Cafe / 7 Bolivar / 8 Eleventh Street Diner / 9 Alma Mexicana / 10 Dunkin Donuts / 11 Chick Fil A / 12 Cafe Rio / 13 Red House / 14 Las Olas Cafe / 15 Cafe Orleans – Disneyland / 16 Odd Fellows Cafe & Bar / 17 Tutta Bella / 18 Roll Roll Roll Sushi / 19 Kimchi Amigos / 20 Cafe Brazil )
98. make ice cream and fro yo with my cuisinart.
99. make homemade greek yogurt with my yogurt maker.
100. join a new meetup group and go to a meeting. Went to the SBUMeetup at Trophy Cupcake
101. cook something in the crock pot.

32 / 101 completed

Will you participate in the 101 things in 1001 days challenge?