New Year's Resolution: 101 in 1001

Ok. Fine.

I have finally given in and decided to make a "101 goals in 1001 days" list. I have been resisting for a long time because I didn't want to be a follower and do it because "everyone else is doing it."

But I totally see the value in writing down goals and tangibly checking them off of a list. When you write things down they become a more intentional part of your subconscious and you are more likely to actually reach them. So, I thought, what the heck! Copycat or not, I am going to make my list. And it seems quite perfect to begin at the beginning of a new year.

So, there you have it: My 101 in 1001 list. I will keep you posted on my progress as it is made.

Ready, Set, GO!

Begin Date: January 1, 2009
End Date: September 28, 2011

1. Visit Grammer in Winslow
2. Take my Gramma to lunch at least once every 3 months
3. Fly a kite [April 5, 2010]
4. Make a snowman
5. Get my teeth whitened
6. Have one of my clients' weddings featured in a local wedding magazine [Completed May 1, 2009]
7. Sponsor a child in a foreign country [March 12, 2010]
8. Go on a cruise
9. Develop a training workshop for aspiring wedding planners
10. Finish the Needlepoint project I started back in 1998
11. Have my personal wedding photos put into a professionally designed album
12. Have my website rank in the top 5 on Google under 3 popular wedding related search terms
13. Write down my thoughts from Ella's birth and her first year in a journal
14. Attend a wedding related conference [Completed 1.9.11]
15. Finish reading the Left Behind series including the Prequels
16. Exercise at least once a week for 6 months
17. Have another baby
18. Purchase better photo editing software
19. Learn to use a video/movie editing software
20. Visit Stacy in Colorado [Completed 8.5.09]
21. Compensate Carol and pick up the painting she did for me [Completed 12.2.09 and 8.31.10, respectively]
22. Fix the foot on our living room couch [Completed 3.15.09]
23. Display the preserved flowers from my wedding
24. Complete the New Testament Bible Study with Brian
25. Do Beth Moore's Esther Bible Study [Completed 6.30.09]
26. Convince Brian to take dance lessons with me (yes, this is a goal all by itself)
27. Take dance lessons with Brian
28. Go wine tasting
29. Make a quilt
30. Volunteer at a homeless shelter
31. Apply for Survivor
32. Take Ella for swim lessons [Completed 7.15.10]
33. Go camping (cabin or tent) [Completed 8.20.09]
34. Roast marshmallows on an open fire and make S'mores [Completed 8.17.09]
35. Donate blood [Completed 9.19.10]
36. Get through a Medium level song on Guitar Hero [Completed 1.11.09]
37. Go on Grand Canyon Railway trip [Completed 6.30.09]
38. Make 20 dishes from new recipes
39. Plant flowers in the front yard [Completed 2.22.09]
40. Clean out the garage [Completed 12.4.09]
41. Have a garage sale [Completed 11.14.09]
42. Organize the garage [Completed 1.3.10]
43. Have the garage floor “finished”
44. Read a book off of Oprah’s Book Club list
45. Have a picnic: Under a tree with a picnic basket
46. Don’t eat any fast food for 1 month
47. Go to a driving range and hit a bucket of balls
48. Spend an entire day watching movies
49. Join a networking group
50. Decorate sugar cookies [Completed 12.20.09]
51. Make curtains for my living room
52. Commit 15 Bible Scriptures to memory
53. Improve the layout and hosting of my blog [Completed 8.15.10]
54. Clean out my junk cabinet [Completed 7.6.09]
55. Make a cake using my Pampered Chef checkerboard insert [Completed 3.7.09]
56. Spend a day by the pool drinking cocktails with a friend [Completed 8.9.10]
57. Have dinner* in a wine cellar [Completed 3.2.10] *had lunch instead
58. Clean out my spare bedroom closet
59. Organize my photos into books
60. Finger paint with Ella
61. Teach Ella how to play 'Hide & Go Seek' [Completed 4.28.09]
62. Watch my wedding video
63. Leave surprise love notes for Brian every day for a week
64. Read 3 books to benefit my business
65. Get new light fixtures for both bathrooms [Completed 6.14.09]
66. Prepare a prime rib for Family Dinner [Completed 1.22.09]
67. Pay for whatever the car behind me ordered in a drivethrough
68. Make a purse with Sara [Completed 6.24.09]
69. Have the grout on my kitchen floor and countertops professionally cleaned
70. Try a "Sprinkles" cupcake (I know... this goal is a stretch!) [Completed 10.28.09]
71. Make homemade ice cream (using the machine of course) [Completed 7.2.10]
72. Complete 20 weddings in a single year (or consecutive 12-months) [Completed 1.31.10]
73. Develop an internship program
74. Add a video element to my marketing
75. Develop a YHD Welcome packet
76. Have a new logo professionally designed [Completed 2.26.10]
77. Visit family in Tucson
78. Go through boxes in the attic
79. Have Jimmy, Cathy & Brooke over for a BBQ and card games
80. Participate in planning a charity event [Completed 2.23.11]
81. Take Ella to the Zoo [Completed 10.12.09]
82. Have a Sister Sleepover with Jenny & Sara
83. Have family dinner and play Shanghi Rummy at Dad's house
84. Spend an evening with Georgie & Amanda to pour over the infamous "ontebook"
85. Volunteer at a food bank
86. Implement a wedding specific software to track my weddings
87. Implement a web-based email archive system
88. Select and implement a new accounting software [Completed 1.1.11]
89. Go on an overnight retreat with a group of wedding planner girlfriends
90. Spend the day at a spa [Completed 7.7.09]
91. Take Ella to Disneyland
92. Add a window treatment to the master bathroom [Completed 7.12.09]
93. Purchase a curio cabinet to display Gramma's china
94. Have my wedding video converted to DVD [Completed 4.3.10]
95. Take Ella to the beach [Completed 8.31.10]
96. Expand my filing system for completed wedding files [Completed 7.9.10]
97. Plant an herb garden [Completed 4.3.11]
98. Lay stepping stones in the backyard from the shed to the back gate [Completed 4.3.11]
99. Install a floodlight in the backyard
100. Finish this list [Completed 7.6.09]
101. Add a handful of wedding related rental items to my website
Taking Kurt's advice below:
102. Donate $1 for every item I don’t complete to the American Cancer Society

P.S. If you are interested in jumping on the bandwagon with me, I would love to have you along for the ride. Be sure to let me know so we can encourage each other!