Like I've said before, Eli thinks Marc is hilarious, especially if you tell Eli that he is "stinky". I caught this cute little exchange on camera. Enjoy!!!
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101 Things in 1001 Days
Travel/Adventure
- Visit NYC during the X-mas holiday.
- Travel outside the continental
- Go to Anita’s Mexican restaurant in
- Find/travel to a place that does olive oil tasting and do that.
- Go on an adventure with Lisa.
- Go on a trip with my parents and have a GOOD time!
- Visit a winery.
- Fly first class.(Done 2/17/08 on my way to Philadelphia)
- Fully immerse myself in
- Visit a state I’ve never been to (I have been to a lot of them). Texas
Wellness/Sports
- Get buff.
- Get a facial.
- Be as physically flexible as I was in high school.
- Get a teeth guard to keep from grinding them.
- Wear my retainer once a week for 2 months consecutively. (5/8)
- See a dermatologist for skin cancer screening (done Nov 27th, 2007).
- Walk 3 days/week for 20+ mins. for a month.
- Get a bike rack on my car and go biking at least 3 days a week during an entire summer.
- Visit
- Par (or better) 9 holes of golf (not in one round, obviously).
- Try skate skiing.
- See the dermatologist about eradicating cystic acne from my life FOREVER! (done Nov 27th, 2007).
- Gain 10 pounds and still look good! (does pregnancy count?)
- Take up road biking.
- Get an adjustment from the chiropractor.
- Take a multivitamin every day for 2 weeks. (~10/14 - I don't believe in taking daily multivitamins, after further contemplation)
Just for Fun
- Put change in someone’s expired parking meter.
- Compliment a stranger.
- Complete a 1,000 piece puzzle in 2 days.
- Watch some Charlie Brown when it’s on during the holidays.
- Write a children’s book.
- Buy a lottery ticket.
- Take a photograph every day for a month and scrapbook it.
- Pretend the power is out for an evening.
- Send a message in a bottle.
- Play hooky once.
- Buy a 50/50 ticket at a MTU Hockey game.
Professional
- Get paid what I’m worth, a promotion, or a better job.
- Stay late one night at work and completely clean out my email. (done. 2/22/08)
- Get business cards.
- Enjoy work for a day. (done. the entire week 10/22/07-10/26/07, managed my first large sampling and survey event)
Food/Drink
- Learn to make at least 1 killer Thai and Indian dish that Marc will request on occasion. (Thai - check!)
- Make Bread Pudding with Bourbon Sauce.
- Fill a binder with tried and true recipes, and to-be-tried ones.
- Cook my way through an entire magazine or cookbook (appealing recipes only).
- Have a new eating experience, such as blind tasting.
- Try a new cuisine.(does SUSHI count? 2/20/08)
- Grow something I can eat, besides a herb.
Things to Read/Watch
- Go to the movies alone.
- Read 10 books for pleasure. (1/10/08 1. Suze Orman "Women and Money", 3/16/08 2.the Secret)
- Watch 5 of my favorite children’s movies.
- Watch a favorite movie in a foreign language. (10/27/07, "The Breakup" - In French)
- Watch 5 documentaries I haven’t already seen.
- Read all the Harry Potter books, separate from my 10 for pleasure. (10/29/07-Harry Potter and The Sorcerer's Stone, 10/30/07 - The Chamber of Secrets, 11/1/07 - The Prisoner of Azkaban, The Goblet of Fire - in progress)
- Have a Lord of the Rings marathon on a rainy day.
Finance
- See a financial planner and get my crap straight.(done. 3/12/08)
- Retire one major debt. (done 11.2007. private school loan #1 paid!!!!)
- Zero credit card debt for 6 months.
- Record every penny I spend for a week.
Friends/Family
- Make a new friend in the Houghton area who lives here permanently too.
- Build a contacts list of my friends.
- Send out xmas cards to my new contact list.
- Plead with my parents to quit smoking and hope I succeed. (working relentlessly on this one, now that 3rd hand smoke is proven!)
- Host a party, complete with hors d oeuvres and drinks, elaborate invitations, with some sort of theme and invite lots of friends/family.
- Make a family tree and distribute to family members for a keepsake.
- Make a mixed CD for a friend and mail it as a surprise.
- Go to Bleacher’s trivia with Marc and some friends.
- Cook dinner for my parents.
- Attack a huge chore as a team and celebrate as a team (with Marc and/or others)
Hobbies
- Brush up on my piano skills.
- Make (or begin) a quilt. (have picked a pattern and calculated materials needed 10/21/07)
- Use some cast-off clothing of mine on my quilt.
House/Home
- Buy a house.
- Start a portfolio of elements for my dream house. (I already have my dream house).
- Take inventory of personal property for insurance purposes.
- Compile emergency supplies for home with a fire escape ladder.
- Find a way to donate used clothes to something other than GoodWill or St. Vinnie’s.
- Sell, donate, or toss 101 items.
- De-clutter every room in my home.
- Make my own piece of unique artwork and feature in my home.
- Learn how to banish kitchen odors.
Things with Marc
- Get married. (June 08)
- Take Marc to a piano bar on his birthday and have him serenaded.
- Start a tradition with Marc.
- Send Marc on a scavenger hunt he will enjoy.
- Stay overnight at a bed n breakfast with Marc. (June 08)
Environmentally Friendly Things
- Plant 101 trees.
- Fill my first house with only EnergyStar appliances.
- Use shopping bags instead of “paper or plastic” on a regular basis.
- Hang a birdfeeder.
Helping Others
- Volunteer 5 times for 1 hour each.
- Donate blood when/if I weigh enough to do so.
- Donate hair to locks of love.
Personal Challenges
- Publish this list to my blog. (done 10/17/07)
- Update my blog daily for a month.
- Teach myself Italian or French at a beginner/intermediate level.
- Keep a personal journal (complete after 100 blog entries).
- Go a day without saying anything sarcastic.
- Inspire someone else to start a 101 in 1001 list. (1/23/08 - Thanks IDA!)
- Refrain from cursing for a week.
- Keep the interior of my car clean and junk-free for two weeks.(done late Feb-early March 08)
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