24 down, 77 to go
THE LIST, REVISiTED
4) prepare a dish made with lamb
Bought pre-seasoned lamb at Trader Joe's, trimmed the fat, seared it in olive oil, then slow-cooked it in the crock-pot with onions and carrots. Results? Chewy, gamey, mediocre at best. I guess I'm just not a lamb fan. For my money, I'd rather splurge on a good Filet Mignon. So yeah, I probably won't be preparing any more baa-baa dishes in the near future.
13) bike 10 miles
Recumbent bike. Gym. But I cranked it, baby!
56) allow anna to spend the night with a relative
One night? Try an entire week! Documentation: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
101 things in 1001 days
1) write & illustrate a book for anna
2) write & illustrate a book for karl
3) re-organize my spice collection
4) prepare a dish made with lamb
5) sell 5 things on eBay
6) create a wall-worthy work of art
7) sew/appliqué a pillow
8) start an herb garden
9) thoroughly clean (or replace) window blinds
10) learn to identify at least 10 different trees
11) make an apron
12) climb a tree
13) bike 10 miles
14) fill the house with flowers
15) paint/decorate the powder room
16) lose 10 lbs
17) lose an additional 10 lbs.
18) find the perfect preschool for anna
19) send a letter to K at work
20) have flowers delivered to K
21) buy sexy shoes
22) take an on-line course
23) make jewelry
24) return to school
25) get a massage
26) float
27) learn Flash, and use it
28) bake muffins for a neighbor
29) help build a patio
30) do 50 sit-ups a day for an entire month straight
31) host a halloween party
32) drive a car again for the first time in years
33) create and maintain a photoblog
34) visit JK in Arizona
40) buy a new camera
41) purchase an original work of art
42) forego bread for 3 days straight
43) apologize to someone outside my family
44) potty-train the kid
45) record an original song using GarageBand
46) read the philosophy textbook I keep hanging onto
47) write and post a letter to someone I admire
48) host a tea party
49) make Christmas tree ornaments with my girl
50) watch Casablanca
51) clear the yard of sticks/limbs/twigs
52) renovate my closet
53) learn a hip-hop dance routine
54) thoroughly clean my wood floors
55) visit an exotic island (polynesian, if possible)
56) allow anna to spend the night with a relative
57) plan an entire date night w/ K
58) return a library book on time
59) join Netflix, or equivalent
60) begin strength-training with weights
61) white-strip my teeth
62) organize the coffee/tea/hot bev. cabinet
64) build a snowman
65) score an amazing thrift store/ tag sale find alá banshee
66) clean love seat upholstery
67) sell something via Craigslist.org
68) write at least 5 thank you notes
70) arrange a baby-sit swap
71) clear the entire basement of laundry
72) replace goofy-ass basement "curtain"
73) decorate my bike basket
74) give-up chocolate for a week
75) make and send a gift to Danielle
76) buy a pedometer
77) walk 10 miles in a day
78) walk 15 miles in a day
79) host a pot-luck soireé
80) teach anna to read
81) find a decent part-time job
82) barter something
83) bake a soufflé
84) create a cordial
85) hand-paint some apparel
86) teach anna to ride a bike
87) take a family bike trip
88) learn an entire song in Spanish
89) create a page using CSS
90) learn an entire song in French
91) enter a recipe contest
92) bake a cheesecake
92) win an argument
93) concede an argument
94) give K a serious massage
95) try a radically different hairstyle
96) plant a tree
97) spend the night with my sister
98) volunteer for a day
99) write a poem
100) mourn my father
101) make a friend
Thirteen months down, a little less than two years to go. I was really hoping to be at thirty-three percent by now, but I guess accomplishing a quarter of the items on my list within the first year is still pretty good (I'll be posting two more, with pics, tomorrow).
So....for the rest of you who tackled this with me, how's it goin'?