Start date: January 1, 2009
End date: September 29, 2011
1. Make room in garage to park one car
2. Do Jillian Michaels’ 30 Day Shred
3. Wear a bikini in public
4. Create an on-line photo album DONE 1/16/09
5. Go line dancing
6. Have a taffy pull
7. Take a CPR class
8. Take a self-defense class
9. Organize the linen closet
10. Do a paint by numbers
11. Do a latch-hook rug
12. Go on a mini-vacation by myself
13. Go to Yellowstone
14. Go horseback riding
15. Create a GFCF lasange crockpot recipe DONE 10/05/09
16. Recover the seats of the kitchen chairs & bar stools
17. Learn how to use Crystal Reports
18. Go to Universal Studios DONE 4/13/09
19. Get a library card DONE 2/5/09
20. Go Bungee Jumping
21. Go to Hearst Castle
22. Go on a flashlight tour of the Winchester Mystery House DONE 10/17/09
23. Go see a play at our local Playhouse
24. Take a dance class
25. Make hand molds of Sean and Skye
26. See a Broadway show DONE 2/17/09
27. Go to a wine tasting DONE 1/31/09
28. Ride the subway in New York DONE 2/20/09
29. See the Statue of Liberty DONE 2/19/09
30. Visit Mount Rushmore
31. Hike the Grand Canyon
32. Take a pottery class
33. Write down one thing I am thankful for daily for a month
34. Put up window treatments in the house
35. Replace the vertical blinds in the family room
36. Go on a sailboat
37. Go kayaking DONE 4/15/09
38. Go white water rafting DONE 4/15/09
39. Start an herb garden
40. Buy a piece of art
41. Make a snow angel
42. Build a sandcastle
43. Build a snowman
44. Take my kids sledding
45. Go snowboarding
46. Go wakeboarding
47. Ride on a jet ski
48. Go waterskiing
49. Read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory to Sean and Skye DONE 3/4/09
50. Learn to make sushi
51. Take an art class
52. Read the entire published works of Jane Austin
53. Get Sean and Skye to sleep in their own room DONE 6/1/09
54. Visit Alaska
55. Take a cruise
56. Learn a martial art
57. Take a kickboxing class
58. Take a spinning class
59. Organize the box of photos in my closetDONE 6/2/09
60. Get my motorcycle driver’s license
61. Buy a car DONE 3/4/09
62. Go scuba-diving
63. Ride my bike to work
64. Take a photography class
65. Finish crocheting Kenny’s blanket by his 1st birthday DONE 1/16/09
66. Cross-stitch three items
67. Knit an afghan
68. Make Skye a smocked dress
69. Get a Brazillian Wax
70. Take the kids hiking in Muir Woods
71. Eat no processed food for 30 days
72. Print, frame and hang my own DONE 4/2/09
photography
73. Enter a creative writing contest
74. Repaint the living & family rooms DONE 3/15/09
75. Take a class at the community college
76. Buy a piano DONE 09/09
77. Learn conversational American Sign Language
78. Take a trip to Europe
79. Vacation in Bermuda
80. Visit my friend in Minnesota
81. Take a Girls Only Vacation
82. Read at least one book a month
83. Take a flying lesson
84. Hike to the top of Half-Dome, Yosemite
85. Give up Diet Coke/Coke Zero for 30 days DONE 09/09
86. Sing karaoke
87. Set foot in the Atlantic Ocean
88. Make a scrapbook for each child
89. Take a picture a day for 365 days
90. Post a blog for 30 consecutive days
91. Run a 10K DONE 09/19/09
92. Run a 12K
93. Run a half-marathon
94. Run a marathon
95. Compete in a triathlon
96. Go skydiving DONE 3/28/09
97. Get a tattoo DONE 1/4/09
98. Go on a date
99. Keep with appointment with dermatologist
100. Reach goal weight
101. Be an extra in a movie
Tiffany, I find your “101 Things” list to be very inspiring. I have lists of my lists, and I always have – but I like the concepts of A) posting them publicly (aaiiee!) and B) leaving up the crossed-off accomplished goals, complete with victorious dates. Once upon a time, it was enough for me to see my To Do list dwindle as I got through it – but these days the list just seems to get longer the more I do. Every mom understands why your 101 things run the gamut from the pedestrian (“organize the linen closet”) to the huge (“compete in a triathlon”) to the ultimate (“wear a bikini in public”), and we’re all pulling for you to achieve each and every one! Congratulations on what you’ve done so far – and thanks for making me feel proud of myself for being certified in CPR, visiting Hearst Castle AND singing karaoke…