Day One of 1001

This week has been one of those weeks where my creative juices are flowing - yet I don't have much follow through. I have started a couple projects, but these are some ongoing things and will take a little bit more time & effort before they're finished. But I hope to finish them soon, so I can share them here. My first attempts at having an organized life & household.

Along those same lines, I've wanted to do 52 things in 52 weeks for many years. But it seems like such a short period of time to me. One year. I've also heard of 101 in 1001 days. Now THAT's more like it. Almost 3 years. I am a fan of commitment. Nothing says commitment like 94 days shy of 3 years.

It sounded like a good idea. Until I sat down to make my list. Let me tell you, that's not as easy as I thought. I had my vibe going and was getting excited over all the ideas I was coming up with. Both small & large. Random & Life Changing. And then I counted and I was only at 25. Oy vie. It took me a little bit, but I came up with 101 things. I decided to divide the list into 4 sections "To Make", "To Go", "To Do For Me" and "To Do With & For Others".

I'm going to share my list, so you can help hold me accountable. I have no idea if I'll even come close to completing all 101 tasks, but this could be fun.

My 101 things as follows:

To Make	To Go	To Do For Me	To do with & for others
Homemade Bread	Take an all day hike	Buy a label maker and become obsessed with using it	Move G to “big” bed
Sew Something	Go on a picnic	Have a meal with multiple courses	Potty train G
Cheesecake	Disney Vacation	Detail my jeep	Go on a date night w/Tyson
Homemade cleaning products	Sit on the beach w/yummy drink	Work part-time	Break G of the pacifier
“Real” meal over a campfire	Visit someplace new for weekend getaway	Start taking photography seriously	Play in the mud with G
Homemade tomato sauce	Camp at a national park	Get a dog	Become preggo with #2
Cheeseburgers on the grill with all the fixings	Go somewhere I’ve never been in NY	Try cloth pads	Take G to a playgroup
Homemade pretzels	Some kind of sporting event	Get mani/pedi	Have Wally cousins photo taken
Paisley curtains for G’s Room	Take G to Children’s Museum	Buy an entire outfit @ consignment shop for $20 or less	Have Ice cream for dinner
Beef Burgundy	Visit a zoo we’ve never been to	Have an HP movie marathon	Buy a house
Chocolate Trifle	On a road trip	Go 2 days without checking FB	Put G’s hair in pigtails
Guacamole	Ikea	Read a book chosen @ random, one I would not normally choose	Family portrait w/Tyson in uniform
Felt Play Food for G	Kayak in the Adirondacks	Relax w/a glass of wine for no specific occasion	Get a night off from the nightly routine
Military Frame Project	Cabella’s Store in PA	Catch up with printing pictures for photo albums	Get a promotion or change of responsibilities at work
Black & White photo wall	Go to NYC for another weekend	Donate items to someplace other than salvation army	Have Tyson make bed frame so we’re not sleeping on the floor
Recycled Frame wall organizer/chalk board	Try a new restaurant	Donate $ to National Parks	Run 5k w/Tyson & G
Salmon Cakes	Cooperstown	Get rid of unnecessary things	Take G Swimming for 1st time
Xmas Ornaments for family	See Fireworks w/G	Write a Xmas Letter	Buy *real* sneakers for G
Xmas Card Album	Meet up with a friend I haven’t seen in a long time	Send letter to a company that did something RIGHT
Card keepsake for G	Take G to baby gym or something similar	Read the entire bible
Bulk cook freezer meals	Camp somewhere in western ny	Drink more water
Peppermint Bark	Go to MS for Tyson’s tech school	Find a dentist I actually don’t mind going to
Soy candles	Washington County Fair w/ G	Pay off Jeep
Something from a recycled sweater	Take G to Disney Store and let her pick something out	Grow a plant & keep it alive
Will for Tyson & I		Compost (for real this time)
Health Proxy		Break something with a sledgehammer
		Trace at least 4 family trees to 1776
		Learn how to use make-up
		Organize negatives & photos
		Have more than 1 person follow my blog
		Make enough money doing photography to buy a new lens
		Take a day off from work for no reason and don’t feel guilty for it
		Have a massage

I'm happy to report that the list for Me is the longest. Sometimes I need a little reminder to focus on myself. (Like most moms do!)
You can tell I was getting a little punchy when I jotted down "Break something with a sledgehammer".
And yes...the get pregnant with #2 is listed under the "to do with or for someone else" category.

If I counted my days right, this 1001 days should end 2/14/2014 - which is kind of cool. The world is only predicted to end twice between now and then. I hope for the sake of this list, it doesn't. If we make it through tomorrow, we've got one of those dates out of the way. (Tell me I will not be the only person to do a happy dance while sticking my tongue out as we all celebrate the beginning of 2013?? This is getting old. But I guess that's another rant for another time. Sorry. I like tangents.)