The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria: Tasks must be specific with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined.
Why 1001 Days? The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is enough time to allow you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organizing and timing some tasks.
Start Date: September 8, 2010 End Date: June 5, 2013
Moved from beautiful Colorado to North Carolina and landed a pretty good family. Zach and I married on April 25, 2006 in Saint Lucia. We stay busy trying to keep up with Chloe and our precious baby girl, Keira.
I know it's almost a month late, but this goal was officially met on March 30th, 2011.
Callie Mackenzie was born at 7:40am weighing in at 7lbs 4oz and was 19 3/4 inchs long. She is the sweetest baby--so snuggly and very calm. Keira loves her baby sister and I have great hopes that the two of them will be the best of friends.
BOOM. Something I thought would never happen. A clean car with a toddler. I do have to sweep cheerios and goldfish out every few days and there ARE crumbs but clutter? GONE. I have stripped the car of excess crap and have kept it that way--not only for 1 month but going on 2. When I did a deep clean and installed car seat number 2 I did a major overhaul. I am pleased to announce that I have kept it clean. We'll see how long I can keep it up!
After 10 loyal years as a Qdoba fan, I finally broke down and ordered nachos. Don't get me wrong---I have stolen many bites from the hubs---but I have never actually ordered them myself. Why? I think the calories scared me. Due to the fact I was 9 months pregnant and had a pretty darn good excuse to consume the extra calories I went for it.
Exciting post right? Well, check that one off. I actually got him one for Christmas and the closet has never looked better. But is it truly picture worthy? I think not. But it's off the list. :)
2. Visit the Biltmore Estate--preferably at Christmas 3. Go back to the Grovepark Spa 4. Visit a NC winery 5. Take a family ski trip to Colorado 6. Go to Gatlinburg Tennessee for a long weekend 7. Take the family to the Great Wolf Lodge 8. Take the kids to Tweetsie Railroad 9. Go to the Zoo 10. Go to the aquarium 11. Visit 5 restaurants we have never been to 12. Try something new at the NC State Fair 13. Visit Loco Pops 14. Get a cupcake from the Cupcake Shoppe (or 2...) 15. Eat at the Mellow Mushroom 16. Host a Christmas Party 17. Go through a corn maze 18. Go on 5 year anniversary trip with hubs
27. Make and freeze meals for an entire month 28. Try 5 new recipes 29. Stick to a cleaning schedule for an entire month 30. No internet for an entire day 31. No TV for an entire day 32. Go out to lunch with just my mom 33. Pick out pumpkins at a pumpkin patch 34. Order nachos at Qdoba 35. Buy a sewing machine and use it 36. Make one of the kids a Halloween costume 37. Bake cupcakes from scratch 38. Get a massage 39. Make homemade caramel and candy apples 40. Get an advent calendar for Christmas 41.Read 5 new books 42. Watch "A Christmas Story"--I have never seen it! 43. Cancel Cable 44. Learn a new skill 45. Host a Christmas Cookie exchange 46. Send 10 cards by snail mail 47. Get another iPod Touch and not ruin it 48. Plant flowers in the front yard 49. Start a vegetable garden 50. Build something 51. Sew all the missing buttons on our clothes 52. Volunteer for something 53. Try 3 new foods 54. Get engagement ring reshaped 55. Get hubs a tie rack for the closet 56. Make a challenging recipe 57. Make a snowman in NC 58. Not go out to eat or get take out for 1 month 59. Make a list of 101 things I am thankful for 60. Watch all of "Lost" 61. Shoot a bow 62. Find a new hobby hubby and I can do together 63. Make a baby blanket 64. Meet weight goal 65. Keep my car clean and organized for a month 66. Frame college diploma
Family
67. Find a good babysitter 68. Go on 10 dates with my husband--ALONE! 69. Potty train Keira 70. Make Keira a big sister 71. Go on a picnic as a family 72. Spend Christmas with my parents 73. Spend Thanksgiving with my parents 74. Go on a family beach trip 75. Go to the movies with my husband 76. Go apple picking 77. Get the Christmas stockings monogrammed 78. Spend 1 weekend together doing fun things as a family--with no TV or video games 79. Go shooting with my husband 80. Find a good preschool for Keira 81. Take Keira to the museum 5 times 82. Sign Keira up for a new activity 83. Have dance time with Keira M-F for a week 84. Give hubs 5 cards for no reason Spiritual
89. Start a college fund for the kids 90. Get my retirement accounts rolled into 1 91. Make a will 92. Create a monthly budget 93. Put money in the HSA every month 94. Pay off credit card
Projects
95. Finish Keira's photo albums 96. Make 1 year scrapbook for Keira 97. Make wedding scrapbook 98. Organize recipes 99. Organize toys and games 100. Organize closet in 3rd bedroom
Misc.
101. Donate $5 to charity* for every goal not completed
*The charity of choice is March of Dimes, and I will be donating in the names of Toby, Eleanor, and Callista Medlen born at 28 weeks, 1 day.