Friday, 27 April 2012
Wednesday, 18 April 2012
Sunday, 15 April 2012
Day One
Well, it is day one of my 1001 days to complete my list; as said previously.... here goes!
I thought I'd post my picture of the day as it brings an instant smile to my face :)
I thought I'd post my picture of the day as it brings an instant smile to my face :)
Friday, 6 April 2012
101 in 1001 Official List
My 1001 days officially starts on April 15th, 2012 and will end on January 11, 2015. On my journey to create a list of 101 items to complete in 1001 days I came across this quote: "A goal unwritten is merely a wish." So here goes.
ADVENTURE:
Go rock climbing (indoor)
Go ice skating
Go cross-country skiing with Zack
Spend a weekend in the mountains with Zack
Go to the driving range at least 5 times each summer
Go swimming with Juliet
Fly a kit
Carve all of our names into a tree
Go kayaking or canoeing
Take Juliet to Calgary zoo
Build a snowman
Run through sprinkler with Juliet and Zack
Go for a picnic in Lumsden Valley
Go Geocashing
Visit the farmer's market
Go to RCMP Museum
Go to McKenzie Art Gallery
Go to Bazaart and/or Cathedral Arts Festival
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Identify 100 things which make me happy, smile, or laugh and photograph them
Take a photography course
Take a photograph every day
Photograph a landscape from the same location, capturing all four seasons
Spend a day exploring and photographing my neighbourhood
Do the 100 photo challenge
Take photos of the new house
ENTERTAINMENT
Ask twenty people to suggest one book and read them all
Write a list of 20 places I want to visit and why
Watch 50 of IMDB's Top 250 movies (www.imdb.com/chart/top)
Write a list of the 50 songs I could listen to forever
Watch 26 movies I've never seen starting with each letter of the alphabet
Watch the sunrise and sunset in the same day
Give up TV for one week
Keep Dumont Clan blog up to date
Complete the BBC's top 100 books
Spend an afternoon reading in the park
Lay out on the deck under the stars with Zack one night
FOOD:
Go one month without eating fast food
Pick berries
Learn more about wine
Try white wine
Go to a wine-tasting event
Make homemade bread for a month
Use a new recipe every night for one month
Use fondue set
Learn how to BBQ
Have dinner by candlelight
Start making homemade smoothies for a treat/on weekends
Make my own turkey burgers
Go to Teppanyaki's at least once a year
Go an entire month without buying lunch/snack/coffee at work
Go to Taste of Spring
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Write a list of 25 things I like about myself
Make a list of 100 things that I am grateful for
Learn a new word every week for a year
Don't swear for a week
Don't say anything negative for one day
Write a list of everything I want to change about myself
Learn how to say thank you in 10 different languages
Learn how to say please in 10 different languages
Learn more about he Hindu culture
Improve my posture
Stop biting my nails OFFICIALLY FOREVER
Be the person I want to be - stop and think before I talk/act/do
Do the 200 squats challenge (www.twohundredsquats.com)
PEOPLE:
Pick five people who have changed my life and write each of them a letter
Write a letter to an old friend
Write a love letter to Zack
Give flowers to someone
Assess PEBC OSCE
KIDS/FAMILY:
Keep my room tidy for a month
Paint Juliet's new bedroom
Help Zack build a play house for the kids
Buy cozy nest chair for reading
Plant a new Juliet tree (and for other kids as well)
Work on finishing laundry and folding & putting clothes away in the same day
Finish hanging pictures on walls in house
Decorate the house for every holiday
Replace toilets in house
Buy a second christmas tree
Get a king size bed
MISCELLANEOUS:
Save $10 for every task I complete
Put a loonie in a jar every day for 1001 days
Go one month without using my credit card
Buy a lottery ticket
Buy a leather jacket (preferably red, orange, etc)
Record interesting/neat dreams
Send a postcard to PostSecret
Answer the "50 Questions that Will Free Your Mind"
Keep a journal/blog for this 101/1001 challenge
Finish writing another 101/1001 list by the end of this 1001 days
Inspire someone to make a 101/1001 list
ADVENTURE:
Go rock climbing (indoor)
Go ice skating
Go cross-country skiing with Zack
Spend a weekend in the mountains with Zack
Go to the driving range at least 5 times each summer
Go swimming with Juliet
Fly a kit
Carve all of our names into a tree
Go kayaking or canoeing
Take Juliet to Calgary zoo
Build a snowman
Run through sprinkler with Juliet and Zack
Go for a picnic in Lumsden Valley
Go Geocashing
Visit the farmer's market
Go to RCMP Museum
Go to McKenzie Art Gallery
Go to Bazaart and/or Cathedral Arts Festival
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Identify 100 things which make me happy, smile, or laugh and photograph them
Take a photography course
Take a photograph every day
Photograph a landscape from the same location, capturing all four seasons
Spend a day exploring and photographing my neighbourhood
Do the 100 photo challenge
Take photos of the new house
ENTERTAINMENT
Ask twenty people to suggest one book and read them all
Write a list of 20 places I want to visit and why
Watch 50 of IMDB's Top 250 movies (www.imdb.com/chart/top)
Write a list of the 50 songs I could listen to forever
Watch 26 movies I've never seen starting with each letter of the alphabet
Watch the sunrise and sunset in the same day
Give up TV for one week
Keep Dumont Clan blog up to date
Complete the BBC's top 100 books
Spend an afternoon reading in the park
Lay out on the deck under the stars with Zack one night
FOOD:
Go one month without eating fast food
Pick berries
Learn more about wine
Try white wine
Go to a wine-tasting event
Make homemade bread for a month
Use a new recipe every night for one month
Use fondue set
Learn how to BBQ
Have dinner by candlelight
Start making homemade smoothies for a treat/on weekends
Make my own turkey burgers
Go to Teppanyaki's at least once a year
Go an entire month without buying lunch/snack/coffee at work
Go to Taste of Spring
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Write a list of 25 things I like about myself
Make a list of 100 things that I am grateful for
Learn a new word every week for a year
Don't swear for a week
Don't say anything negative for one day
Write a list of everything I want to change about myself
Learn how to say thank you in 10 different languages
Learn how to say please in 10 different languages
Learn more about he Hindu culture
Improve my posture
Stop biting my nails OFFICIALLY FOREVER
Be the person I want to be - stop and think before I talk/act/do
Do the 200 squats challenge (www.twohundredsquats.com)
Maintain a workout regimen
PEOPLE:
Pick five people who have changed my life and write each of them a letter
Write a letter to an old friend
Write a love letter to Zack
Give flowers to someone
Assess PEBC OSCE
KIDS/FAMILY:
Continue to write Juliet (and future children) letters
Print Juliet's First year book
Make First year book for other children
Make First year book for other children
Baptize Juliet
Set up an easter egg hunt when Juliet is old enough
Expand our family with another babe :)
Make a crayon melt
HOME:Make a crayon melt
Keep my room tidy for a month
Paint Juliet's new bedroom
Help Zack build a play house for the kids
Buy cozy nest chair for reading
Plant a new Juliet tree (and for other kids as well)
Work on finishing laundry and folding & putting clothes away in the same day
Finish hanging pictures on walls in house
Decorate the house for every holiday
Replace toilets in house
Buy a second christmas tree
Get a king size bed
MISCELLANEOUS:
Save $10 for every task I complete
Put a loonie in a jar every day for 1001 days
Go one month without using my credit card
Buy a lottery ticket
Buy a leather jacket (preferably red, orange, etc)
Record interesting/neat dreams
Send a postcard to PostSecret
Answer the "50 Questions that Will Free Your Mind"
Keep a journal/blog for this 101/1001 challenge
Finish writing another 101/1001 list by the end of this 1001 days
Inspire someone to make a 101/1001 list
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