101 Things in 1001 Days

When I first found Mackenzie's blog months and months ago, besides her daily dose of style and the excitement of her new boutique, one of my favorite things about this redhead was her ambitious 101 Things in 1001 Days list. I read it over and over and thought about what I'd put on my own list if I ever made one. I decided after some not-so-exciting New Years Resolving, that the mix between the short term New Years resolutions and the long term bucket list would be good for me. It's taken a couple of weeks to come up with the list. It's harder than you think to come up with 101 things! And you can tell where my husband jumped in and helped come up with a few - they tend to deal with sports. I also got some inspiration from Ashley's 101 list and of course, her hippie-ness. (I was slumping on ideas around #80 and her list gave me a good jolt!)

So... Take a look at the list below and wish me luck! There's no particular order. 1001 days from today will be Friday, November, 21, 2014. 

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1. Summon the courage to cut all my hair off! (Something I’ve always wanted to do. It’s actually already in the works!) (March 2012 - here)

2. Take a photography class (May 2012 - here)

3. Go to Scott’s Antique Market

4. Inspire someone else to write a 101 in 1001 list of their own (February 2012 - Good luck, Sally!)

5. Go on a camping trip

6. Take a couples vacation with our best friends

7. Take a cooking class

8. Work on my taste in music… I tend to lean toward the Nicki Minaj and Bruno Mars variety

9. Plant a tree

10. Go to a drive-in movie

11. Have a fondue party

12. Helicopter ride over Atlanta, preferably during rush hour traffic – I think traffic is fascinating! Annoying, but fascinating.

13. Take a Master Gardener Class

14. Make a terrarium (I got a terrarium for my birthday - April 2012, here. I'm still going to make one!)

15. Learn how to make an Indian meal (Need your help, Sups!)

16. Get involved in a community garden

17. Get a Paul Ferney painting through The Commission Project

18. Watch a sunset

19. Watch a sunrise

20. Have a personal stylist (AKA: My Mom) go through my closet with me. Take everything out and pare down!

21. Read a French book to bring back my language skills

22. Roast some marshmallows and make smores

23. Learn how to make my own vegetable stock (Will need Farmer Bills' help on this one!)

24. Go Paleo for a month

25. Knit something

26. Go to the High Museum

27. Run a marathon

28. Go fishing

29. Volunteer at a Habitat House

30. Pay for someone else's coffee in the drive-thru line

31. Read a big biographical novel

32. Learn photoshop (eeps!)

33. Take a calligraphy class

34. Start a collection of coffee table books

35. Re-read Jane Eyre (It was my favorite in high school)

36. House project: Re-do our pantry

37. House project: Spruce up the powder room

38. House project: Decorate the screened in porch

39. Make our own sushi

40. Go vegetarian for a month

41. Start a family! (This looks crazy to see in writing, but we will definitely be thinking about having our first baby in the next 2.75 years... Maybe 1.75 ;)

42. Go to a Braves game

43. Send handwritten notes to friends and family (50)

44. Do a juice cleanse

45. See a show at the Fox Theatre

46. Go on a trip that requires me to use my passport

47. Take a wine tasting class

48. Mow the grass  (My husband suggested this one, and I think it's kind of funny :)

49. Play golf with my husband

50. Re-Learn how to shoot a gun

(Can you tell that my husband is helping me with this part of the list?)

51. Make a new friend

52. Have our neighbors over for dinner

53. Give up soft drinks for a month

54. Give up soft drinks for a year (!)

55. Do a Year of the Cookie Challenge (Like the Year of the Cake, and the Year of the Pie)

56. Have a picnic in Piedmont Park

57. Visit my sister in Greenville, SC

58. Visit a state I've never been to before

59. Pickle my own pickles

60. House project: build a set of stairs off our deck (Obviously, will need my awesome Father-in-law's skills on this one)

61. Bake some fancy bread

62. Watch five documentaries

63. Get some blog business cards made

64. Do worm composting for my garden (I know, it sounds weird!)

65. Do a style post on TCC (Composting and style post? Sure, they can go together.)

66. Build a giant sand castle

67. Start a collection of something

68. Volunteer at a soup kitchen

69. House project: Install a backsplash in the kitchen (March 2012 - here)

70. Stick to a better before-bed beauty routine

71. Replace our circular dining table with a rectangular one

72. Learn how to french braid my own hair (Might be a problem if I stick with the pixie!)

73. Listen to more books on tape while I'm commuting

74. Make a dinner delivery for a friend

75. Grow a topiary

76. Paint something on canvas

77. Go strawberry picking

78. See a movie in the theatre by myself

80. Send 10 handwritten letters

81. Do a time capsule!

82. Learn to change a tire

83. Make a gingerbread house at Christmastime

84. Meet a blogging friend in real life

85. Tell real life friends about my blog (Ha!)

86. Stretch more, be able to do a split

87. Write a list of 10 things I love about winter (Blech! I hate winter. Trying to be positive.)

88. Volunteer at church

89. Send my super cool college-age sister a care package

90. Sew an apron

91. Make homemade granola

92. Learn how to use baking soda as shampoo (Am I a hippie? See #64.)

93. Learn how to crochet

94. Go to a concert and enjoy it (Secret... I don't really like concerts. I think it's awkward to just stand there and bop along to the music. Might have something to do with #8.)

95. Go to ALT!

96. Figure out what I want to be when I grow up

97. Try an "out of my comfort zone" workout class (Zumba, anyone?)

98. Host a Mother's Day brunch

99. Build a birdfeeder (March 2012)

100. Tell my family how much I love them (always:)

101. Celebrate completing my 101 in 1001 list!