Happy "30-something" Birthday to me!!!

As I approach my "30 - something" birthday, I have been reflecting on my life .......... where I have been, what I am doing and where I am going.  I am amazed at the challenges, struggles, joys, and celebrations I have been through, but I wonder what else I can accomplish in this great life God has blessed me with!  I am healthy, have a great job, enjoyed an amazing education, and have the complete joy and satisfaction of raising 2 handsome and amazing men!!!  After reading my little sister's new blog and all about the Day Zero Project, I have decided that my "30 - something" years will be working on the 101 things that I would like to accomplish in the next 1,001!!!

Sooooo, here it is ....... the 101 things I would like to do in my life over the next 1,001 days!  Thanks Laura for being my inspiration, and thank you friends and family for encouraging me to complete these tasks ...... I might be calling on you to help :)

Happy "30-something" Birthday to me!

101 in 1,001 List

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1.	Write a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days!  3-9-2011
2.	Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years
3.	Write a letter to each of the boys to open when they graduate high school (0/2)
4.	See a Cirque du Soleil show
5.	Take the boys to Disney World on a tourist trip
6.	Go to California to visit my cousins
7.	Don't complain about anything for a week
8.	Watch the sunrise and sunset in the same day
9.	Go on a winter skiing trip
10.	Watch a movie for each month of this project (0/33)
11.	Visit NYC for the first time
12.	Finish Garrison’s birth to Pre-K scrapbook
13.	Finish Garrison’s School Days Album (Kindergarten – current grade level)
14.	Finish Elliott’s birth to Pre-K scrapbook
15.	Start and finish Elliott’s School Days Album (Kindergarten – current grade level)
16.	Go to a concert
17.	Tie a note to a balloon and let it go
18.	Send flowers to 5 friends for no specific reason (0/5)
19.	Get a massage
20.	Loose 30 pounds (4/30)
21.	Complete a 365 day photo challenge
22.	Go on a road trip somewhere we have never been with the boys
23.	Buy new living room furniture
24.	Purchase an iPad
25.	No fast food for a month
26.	Identify 100 things that makes me happy (post in a blog)
27.	Send a card (excluding birthdays/holidays) to a friend/family member every month for the duration of this project (0/33)
28.	Take the Wilton cake decorating class
29.	Save three months of living expenses (0/3)
30.	Grow my hair out long
31.	Find a personally inspirational quote and work it into a piece of art or home decor
32.	Give a party in honor of a friend or family member
33.	Go on a cruise
34.	Buy a lottery ticket
35.	Get a job using my Master’s degree
36.	Read one book from the public library for each month of the project (1/33)
37.	Make a wish at 11:11 on November 11, 2011
38.	Attend the midnight premiere of a movie
39.	Go ice skating
40.	Do some volunteer work
41.	Write a grant for my classroom or school
42.	Make a dinner menu for a month, and complete it with no eating out
43.	Buy a bicycle and ride bikes with the boys 50% of the month at night after dinner
44.	Get a passport
45.	Write a letter to someone with my true feelings and send it (0/2 – one for writing, the other for sending it)
46.	Start my Netflix account with the free month and gift card subscriptions I have
47.	Spend a holiday helping feed the homeless/needy/nursing home instead of staying at home
48.	Learn to tie a tie (to teach the boys)
49.	Start or join a BUNCO group
50.	Make a birthday cake for someone (not including my children)
51.	Pay it Forward once a month during the project (0/33)
52.	Sew a project/or for a gift
53.	Spend a rainy day watching films/DVR/TV in my PJ's
54.	Learn how to play poker
55.	Exercise 4 days a week for a month
56.	Watch an entire season of a television show in a weekend
57.	Host a dinner party
58.	Not log into facebook for a whole week!
59.	Write all my bad memories on paper, burn this paper afterwards
60.	Go Geocaching
61.	See a drive-in movie
62.	Floss every night for a month
63.	Ride on a motorcycle
64.	Clean out my closet
65.	Clean out the playroom closet
66.	Decorate and paint the playroom
67.	Paint my bedroom
68.	Go to Las Vegas
69.	Paint my bathroom
70.	Paint the boys bathroom
71.	Plant a tree
72.	Learn and cook 12 new recipes (0/12)
73.	Write a will
74.	Spend a day at the beach
75.	Become first aid certified
76.	Go without TV for a week
77.	Do the 200 squats challenge (www.twohundredsquats.com)
78.	See the Hoover Dam
79.	'Unplug' for one whole weekend - no cell phone, no Internet, no TV, no computer.
80.	Attend a play
81.	Go barefoot for a day
82.	Learn to knit
83.	Expand my vocabulary by 101 words (0/101)
84.	Join Postcrossing.com and send 10 postcards (0/10)
85.	Learn how to change a tire
86.	Take the boys to the campus of Duke University
87.	Learn how to play tennis
88.	Visit the Grand Canyon
89.	Register as a bone marrow donor
90.	Get a facial
91.	Complete a bible study on the Women in the Bible
92.	Don’t speak a single word for an entire day
93.	Go to bed before 9pm every night for a week
94.	Donate blood
95.	Fill all my picture frames
96.	Run a 5K six times during the project (0/6)
97.	Buy something from Etsy
98.	Play Bingo
99.	Donate the $10 for each goal I do not complete to a charity
100.	Influence a person to make a day zero list
101.	Put away $10 for every goal completed ($10/$1, 010)