My "101 in 1001" List Update

 Wow, is it ever hard to believe that I'm just a little more than 3 months away from my 1001st day of a "101 in 1001" list I started in  August of 2012. Inspired by Joyce who was inspired by someone else (her daughter, maybe? I forget), this list is sort of a bucket list, and sort of a New Year's resolution list.   The main differences, as I see it, are that it's longer than a year's worth of goals, and shorter than a lifetime's worth.   About a 2.25 year's worth of "things I'd really like to do." 

Here is the list I made way back when, in no particular order.  The red cross-outs were completed as of last April 28.  Today I will cross out and comment in blue. 

1. Sponsor a new child Joel's age (8/15/12, Marcos)

2. Pack boxes for Samaritan's Purse at a packing facility at Christmas

(Tweaked this one by packing 9 boxes with our small group, assembly line style, praying over the boxes when we worked on them.  I decided that making doll quilts  for Samaritan's Purse was more rewarding (or just as rewarding as going to a packing facility.)
3. Make empanadas    This accomplished desire  fit nicely into son's 7th grade geography presentation of Uruguay. We made them together and they were a big hit with the whole class. 

4. Learn watercolor

5. Visit the Philadelphia Museum of Art

6. See NYC    went with son's 6th grade class  in June 2014

7. Lose 2 dress sizes by June 1, 2013 (as of 8/15, down 5 lbs), 3 sizes by Jan 1, 2014) and 80 lbs total by 4/28/15) Went back up 5 by Oct 1, but went off gluten Oct 1 and lost 10 lbs that month.  Eh...I've kept one dress size off.

8. Sand off faux finish in the master bathroom

9 Strip wallpaper from master bathroom

10. Give away 27 things a month 12 times (2x in Aug '12) (27x2 bags Nov '12, 1 in Dec 12, 1 in Jan, 1 in Feb, 1 in March, 2x in April, 1 in May) lost track but gave away 9 bags in Jan 2015

11. See S&A get married  GREAT DAY JUNE 22, 2014

12. Find a good chiropractor and have at least 6 adjustments

13. Read a book on classical education

14. Visit friends in KS again  Barb, Laurie, Vi, Uncle Norman and Aunt Ida Mary   October 2014

15. Make a trip out west

16. Give blood

17. Talk with my folks about their will and final arrangements :(

18. Get 200K miles out of van  Van made it to 152,XXX  January 2014

19. Write 3x to female soldiers

20. Join a nursing home ministry visited n. home w/ school kids May 2013

21. Teach more art camps at home

22. Host 3 game nights with friends

23. Get my hair cut by Mario (8/25/12) not worth the cost

24. Find a new church home  (been attending the same one since Dec; not sure it's home)  Settled into one we call home w/o having officially joined yet

25. Sell the Victorian organ

26. Replace all carpet in LR, hall, and BRs

27. Get new mattresses for the boys

28. Make a guest room when SG moves out   doubles as sewing room

29. Make a hobby room when S moves out  -- S's old   room is now J's room; J's old room is now guitar room

30. Write a song

31. Send 24 greeting cards (Christmas doesn't count) (12 to date)  lost count, I'll estimate 20 to date

32. Design a set of 4 songbird greeting cards (1 chickadee 8/5/12)

33. Paint flowers A to Z

34. Give Daddy my first landscape painting (for his birthday ,Nov 2012)

35. Choose the new mailboxk  (installed 4/26/13)

36. Design the remodel of the kitchen

37. Walk 26.2 miles a month 3x

38. Ride a horse

39. Test drive an Audi A6 or A8  (tested and bought A4)

40. Host international students for an American holiday

41. Have a personal or mini-retreat w/ praying friend(s)  (4/27/13)

42. Troll around in a boat on a lake

43. Get piano tuned

44. Learn to draw 3 animals well (horse, bird, golden retriever)

45. Brush up on my Russian  GIVEN UP: see no purpose

46. Visit TX and NM relatives   

47. Read a biography of a martyr

48. Get my tooth implant done

49. Start Joel's school memento book and do up thru grade 5

50. Develop the rest of my old film

51. Do J's baby scrapbook 

52. Buy B&D's wedding photos

53. Frame and hang wedding photos

54. Take a drawing class (10 weeks, fall '12)

55. Read Battlefield of the Mind

56. Help S set up her new classroom (8/7/12)

57. Serve my three friends who have MS in a meaningful-to-them way

Wow. Reading this took my breath. One of my three friends, Carol, passed away  in July 2014. Her husband assures me she knew I loved her and helped her practically and emotionally and spiritually.  Another friend was uplifted by my visit. The third was helped with yardwork by my strong firstborn. 58. Make a pie crust from scratch

59. Sew two new family room pillows  (one for me, one for DIL)

60. Fast from the computer on Sundays, at least 7 times

61. Teach Reilly a new trick (play hide-n-seek with tennis balls I hide in house, per Andrea, 10/12)

62. Get zoom lens repaired  had to replace it 

63. Make Christmas stockings for everyone (made 4 thus far: B,D,St,A ...12/12; made S's 2014)

64. Clean out one drawer a month (kitchen junk 1/14/13, FR 2/13, SG's 3/13, DR 4/13)

65. Sell, give away, or repurpose old entertainment center

66. Organize all important phone numbers and addresses (11/1/12)

67. Play the hammered dulcimer 

68. Have a mega-cooking party to serve singles and/or the sick (Mama, post-op, Sept 2012)

69. Get mammogram again

70. Serve a military family in a practical way 

71. Go on a school field trip **Franklin Institute, Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit

72. Shop for master bath fixtures w/ hubby   summer 2014 complete.I really need to post the bathroom reveal. .As soon as I make the new curtains, I will. 

73. Take an elderly or non-driving person to the polls to vote in Nov (offered, none needed)

74. Take a Chinese cooking class w/ hubby from his cheffy friend

This is upcoming in Feb--Asian glazed salmon, not by his cheffy friend but a personal chef our daughter hired (as a Christmas gift) 75. Make an Indian dish

76. Host a birthday party for a friend

77. Learn Pachelbel's Canon in D Major on piano---  started, but I'm so rusty

78. Read through the Bible chronologically

79. Keep a prayer journal with columns (Request, Date, Answer) (ongoing)

80. Attend a horse show, race, or other event  Planning on the Kentucky Derby with my sister this year!

81. Host a ladies' brunch   Helped at church's Christmas Tea 2014

82. Make a baby quilt  Made 9 for charity, 3 for Jordan, lap quilt for Renee',

83. Make curtains for basement in Ravens colors

84. Watch an old home video with the kids

85. Watch Ben's wedding video for the first time

86. Have a conference call w/ my 3 sisters at least 3x

87. Sell the Saab  May 18, 2013

88. Visit Savannah, GA

89. Meet a blogging friend for 1st time in person

90. Exchange 2-3 hours of cleaning for someone Revising this to say "give someone  hours of cleaning , not an exchange because she's too sick.

91. Do a Daniel diet (10 days in a row meatless)  Jan 2013

92Complete a women's Bible study with a group   Feb 2013

93. Thank a good employee in front of his or her manager

94. Repaint wicker porch furniture  changed white to red, fall 2014

95. Learn to make sushi

96. Do something scary (face one of my big fears) Packed an evacuation bag . Oct 29 for Hurricane Sandy . 

97. Attend a professional performance of the Nutcracker (not professional, but saw it for first time 12/12)

98. Apply for tutoring job at local college (writing lab) OR be hired by school for art  (revised; got tutoring job, but not at college)

99. Encourage hubby to have Manhood Weekend with the boy for "that talk" on his 11th b'day  encouraged, yes, didn't happen on 11th or 12th b'day.  Hoping 13th they'll get away together (next month)

100. Do deep purge of the basement storage area (see #96) summer 2014 but needs more still

101. Hold an Ebenezer dinner to recount answered prayers in the last 6 months

I've completed 42 out of 101.

While I really thought I'd have more accomplished than that by now, I wonder what would have happened without the list to guide and encourage me?  I should have printed it out and kept it more visible. Many of the things left have to do with organizing photos--my nemesis. I love photos, but I am easily overwhelmed by the choices, and also am not sure why I delay watching wedding videos. It's not for lack of time or desire. What could it be? 

At any rate, by God's grace, I will complete at least 51 by the time my "term limit"of 1001 days has ended.