I am clearly obsessed
with making lists—no secret there! The idea of a "101 in 1001" list is to complete 101 things in
1001 days… If you’re like me, the first thing I did was get out my calculator
to figure out how long this actually was. It’s approximately 2.75 years. It’s a
good thing I double checked my math because apparently our years consist of 365
days and not 350 days … Whoops : )
(This tool helped get me
on the right track)
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| Lauren's 101 List |
I have seen a few
different lists made by different bloggers like here and here, and I thought it
was such a fun idea! Coming up with the 101 things wasn’t the hard part for me,
but at first it seemed daunting. (101 is a big number!) I certainly had to search a few lists
to gather some ideas to find things that were appealing to me, but once I got
on a roll, I ended up with more than 101 things and kept finding things to add!
When I told Kevin what I
was doing and what some of the things on my list were, he gave me a puzzled
look and asked why? I don’t know if I
have a reason for that why other than
the fact that I want to make the absolute most out of the next few years! I know some of
the things on my list are super silly and maybe even stupid, but I look forward
to crossing off as many activities and things as possible in the time allotted!
I think Kev’s more concerned about me roping him into these crazy things, but
that’s a regular thing around here, so he’s used to it by now!
101 in 1001
Start Date: January 18, 2014
End Date: November, 15, 2016
2.Catch fifteen fish in one
day
3.Fill all of our empty
picture frames
4.Go to the One Thing
Conference in Kansas City
5.Read through the Bible in
a year
6.Go skiing with Kevin in
Colorado
7.Go on a missions trip (Rwanda: May 27-June 8, 2014)
8.Wake up before Kevin and
make him breakfast
9.Run a 5k
10.Run a half-marathon
11.Run a marathon
12.Buy a house (April 15, 2014).
13.Go “treasure hunting” in Norwalk with my mama (Scored some major finds! May 3, 2014)
14.See a movie outdoors
15.Complete Beth Moore’s 70 days of prayer
16.Go through the Experiencing God study
17.Throw a dinner party
18.Host a game night
19.Get a manicure/pedicure just for fun
20.Create our wedding book
21.Find the “perfect” lip color
22.Start a gratitude journal
23.Start my masters degree
24.Knit/Crochet a cowl/scarf
25.Understand the difference between knitting and crocheting
26.Ride a roller coaster with Kevin
27.Redesign our blog
28.Take a cooking class
29.Refinish a piece of furniture
31.Go to the Farmer’s Market
32.Perfect an easy chicken recipe and make it a “go-to” meal
33.Write a Thank You note for every nice thing/gift I receive
34.Read a book before I watch the movie (I read The Fault in Our Stars in one shot on June 7, 2014)
35.Watch a Broadway production with Kevin
36.Memorize the books of the Bible in order
37.Really treat my parents to
something nice
38.Visit my brother and sister in Nashville for a long weekend
39.Attend at least three South Dakota festivals
40.Take a pottery class
41.Babysit for our friends so they can enjoy a date night
42.Wake up every morning at 5:00/5:30 for two weeks straight (hopefully more)
43.Send fifty handwritten notes
44.Write a sweet note to every one of my advisory students (each year)
45.Establish a family tradition for every holiday
46.Pay for a stranger’s meal/drink
47.Create a cool frame of our home state, Iowa
48.Take a camera tutorial/class
49.Actually use our fabulous camera
50.Fill our couple’s journal with memories and love notes
51.Give away one item of clothing every month
52.Read twenty “classic” books
53.Try a Kosama Class
54.Try a Barre Class
55.Learn to sew again with my mother
56.Make another quilt
57.Speak with my mother at two or more Christian women’s events
58.Have a real Christmas tree
59.Go to an apple orchard and pick apples
60.Make cookies for our neighbors
61.Go an entire weekend technology free
62.Send Birthday Cards ON TIME to my family members and friends
63.Organize my scarves
64.Buy a large, beautiful, and warm throw for our couch
65.Buy Photoshop
66.Learn how to use Photoshop
67.Create fun, fancy things in Photoshop
68.Create a video montage of our married life
69.Create an address book
70.Go camping
71.Get my bike to South Dakota (it’s somewhere in Minnesota)
72.Bike the Sioux Falls bike trail
73.Set up a surprise date night
74.Get a massage
75.Give the Lord of the Rings a chance…
76.Climb a rock-wall
77.Go hiking
78.Get dessert at a restaurant (that word again!)
79.Kiss my man in the rain
80.Vlog at least once
81.Inspire someone else to write a 101 in 1001 list
82.Retake a Spiritual Gifts test
83.Retake the Meyers-Brigg test
84.Start an FCA chapter at HNMS
85.Learn how to properly swing a forehand tennis shot
86.Buy a plant for our home (I'm pretty sure impatiens & ferns on my front porch count!)
87.Keep the plant alive
88.Welcome my first baby nephew into the world!! (April 17th, 2014 at 5:12 am)
89.Spend a weekend pampering my sister and nephew
90.Actually make par on a golf course
91.Plan a wedding shower
92.Make homemade bread from scratch
93.Go dancing with Kevin (and our fabulous friends)
94.Treat myself to flowers at least
once
95.Visit a national park
96.Go on a sugar cleanse
97.Back up my computer
98.Sing karaoke
99.Get a new (used) car
100.Create a memento for our first apartment
101.Go to a local estate sale… and score something sweet
Ridiculous or not, I am
looking forward to the many adventures that will be had in pursuit of crossing
things off my list, which just happens to be one of the most satisfying
feelings in the world—am I right?!
Let me know if there are
any goals that you want to join in and accomplish with me, or if you decide to
create your own list! I will continue to update my progress as I go!
P.s. Kevin and I are
starting to look at houses… Eeeek!!! (One more thing I'll get to cross off my list in due time!)
