2012 new year resolutions

New Year's Resolutions - 101 in 1001 update.

The mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

The criteria: The tasks must be specific (no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined.

Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (represent some amount of effort on your part).

Start Date: January 5, 2011
End Date: October 2, 2013

BOLD - completed

Italics - In progress

Foodie
001. Try 20 new recipes.
002. Create 2 new recipes.
003. Grow and use an herb garden.
004. Host 1 dinner party.
005. Bring dinner to a friend.
006. Make cookies for all my neighbors.
007. Keep a food diary for 2 weeks.
008. Cook breakfast 4 Saturday mornings.
009. Make hubby breakfast in bed .
010. Cook Julia Child's Beef Bourguignon.
011. Cook 5 additional recipes of Julia Child's.
012. Bone a duck.
013. Eat salad for dinner every night for 1 weeks.
014. Try Thai food.
015. Make my Chicken and Dumplings.
016. Drink no alcohol for 1 month. (10/2010-06/2011)
017. Eat at a sushi restaurant.
018. Make one completely raw meal.
019. Eat an oyster.
020. Make dessert for dinner.
021. Have a picnic.
022. Give a huge tip to a good waiter.
023. Try 4 new restaurants.
024. Make pasta from scratch.

Family
025. Baby #3.026. Move
027. Take the 40 day Love Dare
028. Pay for the person behind me in the drive thru.
029. Play a sport with the hubs 6 times.
030. Learn to play a new sport.
031. Go on 6 dates with the hubs.
032. Have professional family pics done.
033. Surprise the hubs, big or small, 5 times.
034. Have an Adopt-a-family for Christmas.

Mommyhood
035. Write a letter to kiddos every month
036. Send 4 drawings from kids to Grandparents.
037. Take kids to story time at the library.
038. Scrapbook school years for Landon.
039. Take kidsto the park every day for 1 weeks
040. Take kids to the Zoo.
041. Get new baby sleeping thru night.
042. Let kids pudding paint.

Bloggin it.
043. Meet a bloggy friend.
044. Do a DIY.

Physical
045. Get to goal weight. {6 months}
046. get a work out routine.
047. Work out 4 days a week for 1 month. (0/1)
048. Learn to box.

Travel
049. Go to Europe.
050. Road trip to florida.
051. Have a girls weekend trip.
052. Go skiing.
053. 10 year anniversary.
054. Take a spontaneous weekend trip.
055. See the Grand Canyon.
056. Take a road trip.
057. Climb the Statue of Liberty.
058. Go camping.
059. Go to the beach.
060. Cross 4 more states off my "I've been to" list.
061. Go barrel tasting in Napa.

Personal
062. Read 20 books. (3/20)
063. Send 15 pieces of snail mail.
064. change my hair.
065. Redo 2 pieces of furniture. (0/2)
066. Not make any clothing purchases for 3 consecutive weeks.
067. Watch a TV series I have never seen on DVD.
068. Buy and not kill a plant for 1 year.
069. Give Blood.
070. Volunteer. (Not sure the deets of this, yet. Ideas?)
071. Rent and watch 2 foreign movies with subtitles.
072. Wear my hair up for 7 entire days
073. learn to knit.
074. Go to 5 baseball games. (5/5)
075. Have 4 girls night outs. (2/4)
076. Play in the rain.
077. Not go on Facebook or Twitter for an entire weekend
078. Go to the range and shoot a gun.
079. Get a teach job tutoring again.
080. Organize the garage.
081. Have a garage sale.
082. See a sports game. (other than baseball)
083. Do 10 crafty projects. (2/10)
084. Read at a coffee shop alone 6 times. (0/6)
085. organize baby room.
086. Play the lotto.
087. Plan a surprise party.
088. Eat dinner by candlelight.
089. Get my teeth whitened.
090. Get a fancy schmancy letter seal and use it.
091. Send 5 "happies" (unexpected gifts) (0/5)
092. Throw a theme party.
093. Paint a canvas.
094. Get rid of all clothing not worn in 2 years.
095. Go to a drive-in movie.
096. find an area in house to keep crafts and get it together.
097. Watch 26 movies I've never seen starting with each letter of the alphabet.
098. start a 2011 scrapbook.
099. Go ice skating.
100. Go fruit picking.
101Gain more patience