101 Things in 2013

34 Done, 67 To Do

It's hard to come up with 101 things! Just making this list is a big creative endeavor. This is the fourth 101 Things to Do This Year List that I've made and I've learned that I need to be specific, and that I need to be realistic and sometimes that makes it hard to come up with list items. 

I know that I won't finish everything on the list...but it gives me things to work on, goals to further, and when I'm at a loss for something to do I can check the list and find something. 

I decided to keep track of it on this blog rather than my personal blog because so many of the items on my list had to do with creativity and I figured it'd be easier to just post those here. 

To Do: 

1. Get layers in my hair once it reaches my shoulders
2. Try 10 new recipes (not on the family cooking blog)
1. Mater Cake
2. Baked Brie
3. Black Bean Lime Cilantro Chicken
4. Tortilla Soup (this recipe is amazing!!)
5. Ratatouille 
6. Eggless PB Cookie Dough
7. Mac and Cheese in a Mug
3. Try 5 new recipes found on the family cooking blog
1. Macaroni and Cheese (I'd had this before, but for some odd reason I'd never made it, so I finally did)
2. Pork Roast
3. Green Chile Burritos
4. Read 25 books
1. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, January 6
2. Our Sacred Honor (Prelude to Glory, Book 1), January 26
3. Pollyanna, January 31 
4. Pollyanna Grows Up, February 16
5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, February 25
6. Touching the Clouds, February 28
7. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, March 7
8. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, April 4
9. Alice in Wonderland, April 7
10. Garment of Shadows, April 14
11. The Peacegiver, May 6
12. Times that Try Men's Souls, May 24
13. The Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy, June 4
5. Read 10 new books
1. Our Sacred Honor (Prelude to Glory, Book 1), January 26
2. Pollyanna, January 31 
3. Pollyanna Grows Up, February 16
4. Touching the Clouds, February 28
5. Alice in Wonderland, April 7
6. Garment of Shadows, April 14
7. The Peacegiver, May 6
8. Times that Try Men's Souls, May 24
9. The Girlfriends Guide to Pregnancy, June 4
6. Create a Family Emergency Plan
7. Create our 72 hour kits
8. Reach 165 lbs
1. Got to 168 before the pregnancy...we'll see what happens afterward
9. Reach 160 lbs
10. Reach 155 lbs
11. Go a month without eating fast food
12. Start my personal progress as a leader
13. Learn a duet with Cameron
14. Make 5 Christmas decorations by September
1. Christmas Table Runner
15. Hang one of my photos in the house somewhere (one that hadn't previous been hung)
16. Go 1 month without buying any craft supplies and make at least 5 projects during that month
17. Go on a date in formals
18. Arrange "Peanut Butter and Jelly" into a duet with Diedre
19. Learn a new piano piece
1. I have this one in the process: Come Thou Fount, arranged by Jenna Mosley
20. Re-read Radical Homemaking
21. Finish my Photography Project
22. Do 15 projects from Pinterest
1. Sorted fabric scraps by color into jars
2. Cork Monogram
3. YW Value Superheroes
4. Bird Pastel
5. Love Story
6. T-Rex Shirt
7. Baked Brie
8. May Day Bags
9. Black Bean Cilantro Lime Chicken
10. Fabric Strip Lamp Shade
11. Ratatouille
12. Clown Panel Painting
23. Get my camera cleaned
24. Create a financial plan
25. Practice the piano every day for a week. 
26. Keep weight below 160lbs for a month
27. Babysit for a couple (free of charge) so they can have a night out
28. Begin writing one of the stories floating around in my head. 
29. Make a photo calendar
30. Write in my journal at least once a week for 4 consecutive weeks
31. Type up 3 of my old journals.
32. Ready my scriptures every day for 2 weeks
33. Write up 5 full tutorials for Pinstrosity
1. Cork Monogram
2. Egg Dyeing Techniques
3. Baked Eggs
4. May Day Bags
34. Plan a surprise date for Cameron and I
35. Finish the Jelly Roll quilt I started with Jani
36. Eliminate "crap" from my common vocabulary
37. Host a YW sleepover
38. Read 5 different versions of Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs
39. Put 5 items in the County Fair
40. Donate clothes to thrift store
41. Can food
42. Read the entire Book of Mormon
43. Visit Jeff and Denise
44. Make/redo 1 item for my pig kitchen
45. Make/redo 1 item for the living room
46. Keep the craft room clean for a month
47. Make something out of the magazines on the shelf
48. Teach Heber how to do the watercolor portraits
49. Sell some of the film photography equipment
50. Make something out of some of the upholstery scraps
51. Revamp the old lamps
1. 1 down, 1 to go
52. Keep the bedroom and bathroom clean for a month
53. Read an Ensign cover to cover
54. Finish the ward BoM challenge on time
55. Sort through old client photos and only save the best from each to make more space on the external hard drive
1. In progress!
56. Make all food from scratch for a week
57. Prepare some meals ahead of time (freezer or dry canned)
58. Get one thing on the Geo fixed
1. Well...now we have to get the clutch fixed, so that'll happen soon. 
59. Teach the Young Women about music (leading, singing parts, etc). 
60. Hand-write and send a letter
61. Have the entire house clean all at once at least once
62. Fix all the items in the mending drawer
63. Have Family Home Evening 4 weeks in a row
64. Get the old table to Cody and Camille
65. Sit down with Em and write out some goals for Pinstrosity for 2013
66. Send a goofy package to Shaun
67. Send a Goofy package to Brad

Done:

1. Get my hair shaped up in back
1. Thanks Em! 1-4
2. Take photos with Em for Pinstrosity
1. 1-4: http://pinstrosity.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-pinstrositeers.html
3. Make/redo 1 item for the orange room
1. 1-9: The Orange Lamp! http://madebymarquette.blogspot.com/2013/01/orange-lamp-revamp.html
4. Read my scriptures every day for a week. 
5. Get rid of the hide-a-bed loveseat
1. Just sent it off with an Uncle! 1-25
6. Play volleyball with other couples
1. February 1
7. Reach $(amount #1) in savings
8. Make/redo 1 item for our bedroom
1. Bird Pastel
9. Go dancing with Cameron at least twice
1. January19
2. Februrary 15
10. Have an astronomy night
1. February 27
11. Send out Thank You cards for seemingly ordinary things
12. Hang out with Ryan and Llisel
1. Dinner at El Charro...but we're hoping to get together with them again soon in the next few months
13. Throw out all the old beans
14. Go camping
1. Vicksburg, MS
15. Go on an out of state (NM/AZ) trip. 
1. Starkville, MS
16. Visit Diedre and Ethan
17. Do an interview to post on Pinstrosity
18. Go a whole day without complaining about anyone
19. Clean off the car port
1. April 8th
20. Start an herb garden
1. April 9th
21. Rearrange the Living Room
1. April 7th
22. Get pictures taken with Cameron
23. Re-join Bountiful Baskets
1. First basket of 2013: May 4
24. Make a Bag
1. May Day Bags
25. Start a "baby hope chest" for someday
1. Baby Blessing Dress that Grandma made for me a few years ago
2. Dress from when I was a baby
3. My blanket Grandma Ruth made for me as a baby
4. Cradle Mom made for me as a baby
5. My old dolls and stuffed animals
6. Chevron Puff Quilt
7. Mini Hangers from Upholstery Samples for clothes
26. Go on a picnic
1. May 6: Purgatory Canyon and Lake Roberts
27. Make something with yo-yo's
1. Curtains in spare room
28. Reach $(amount #2) in savings
29. Finish a blanket
1. Chevron Puff Quilt
30. Host a dinner
1. Etiquette meal for mutual
31. Write the marriage article Rebecca suggested
1. I still want to do another one, but I did post one up about all the advice I received at my Bridal Shower
32. Take a class somewhere
1. Crazy Quilt class at Aunt Judy's Attic
33. Finish one painting
1. Clown Panel Paintings
34. Visit Grandma Sharon