Tuesday, January 15, 2008

First, the list

101 things in 1001 days
1. Learn to play guitar.
2. Learn to play blues harmonica.
3. Clean out my file cabinets.
4. Donate any books that I don’t cherish and won’t read again.
5. Get back to church more regularly.
6. Workout at the gym 3x per week every week.
7. Go to a Cleveland Indians game.
8. Read East of Eden.
9. Visit the Henry Ford Museum.
10. Clean out attic/organize.
11. Save money and buy a Kindle.
12. Save more money.
13. Visit the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame.
14. Write at least one of the books I want to write.
15. Finish my daughter’s grade-school scrapbook.
16. Start my son’s grade-school scrapbook.
17. Read The Planet of the Apes.
18. Go to the Columbus Zoo.
19. Sell my maternity clothes on e-bay.
20. Re-decorate the living room.
21. Start a family game night.
22. Clean out and decorate the trophy case at school.
23. Start and finish the scrapbook on my dad.
24. Write down all the family stories that I know.
25. Create weekly menus for dinner.
26. Go back to Sleeping Bear Dunes.
27. Make more time for friends.
28. Read all my Wonder Woman comics.
29. Clear the closets of unused clothes.
30. Learn Latin.
31. Take a jewelry-making class.
32. Start a vacation journal/scrapbook.
33. Write letters to old friends I haven’t seen in years.
34. Create a wedding scrapbook.
35. Watch less television.
36. Back-up photo files on the computer (and keep up with it).
37. Research colleges for daughter.
38. Visit some colleges.
39. Tutor my daughter for her College Entrance Exams.
40. Read Empire Falls.
41. Work with the kids so that they save more money.
42. Back up data files on computer and keep up with it.
43. Bind my son’s stories/writing.
44. Get in 30 minutes of exercise each day.
45. Eat more fiber. (See You Staying Younger)
46. Floss an extra time /day. (See You Staying Younger)
47. Watch less TV.( This can help me meet my other goals!)
48. Waste less time in e-mail and Internet (This can help me meet my other goals!)
49. Read The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam
50. Call my mother once a week to check in.
51. Create and maintain a Lenten journal.
52. Declutter every room of the house.
53. Read In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust (So many writers put this on their
Five Most Important Books list in Newsweek).
54. Finish my business website.
55. Pull down all the books from my family room shelves/dust and organize.
56. Locate and try some new dinner recipes.
57. Copy my blogs into data files and pack away.
58. Delete old blogs that I don’t use.
59. Put more money in my 401 K.
60. Contact friends from grade school.
61. Take ten deep breaths a day (see You Staying Younger)
62. Better learn how to use my camera’s advanced functions.
63. Listen to the Beach Boys Pet Sounds.
64. Make some extra money coaching essay writers.
65. Learn every Led Zeppelin lyric.
66. Do more crafts/activities with the kids. Try for one per week.
67. Clean up my bookmarks on the computer at home.
68. Clean up my bookmarks on the computer at work.
69. Purge all the papers I don’t need.
70. Participate in the 26 Things photography project
71. Finish compiling the list of 101 things--I need 28 more things.