101 in 1001

This is my 101 in 1001 List starting Monday, January 11, 2010 (and the 1001 days are over on October 8, 2012).  I’ve compiled a list of things I’d love to do.  Some of them are goals, some dreams and desires, and others are things I’d like to work toward changing about myself.  You can help me with this list, encourage me, or just track my progress.  When I complete something on the list I will change the color to blue, blog about how it worked itself out, and I will also put a link to the blog post next to the item I’ve completed.  Ready?  I am!  With my first challenge starting on Wednesday!

1. Go on vacation with my husband Jordan to France.
2. Journal more – like in a notebook with a pen!
3. Take a pottery class
4. Learn how to appreciate and communicate better with Jordan in regards to little quirks he has that are pet peeves of mine.
5. Move to full-time with my photography business.
6. Acquire a new faster computer (Mac of course) and editing software.
7. Become a morning person.
8. Drink a cup of tea and read from a book most mornings.
9. Photograph a wedding in a state I’ve never been to.
10. Take a “camping up the coast of California” trip with Jordan where we camp out at beaches along the coast.
11. Donate regularly to or do more with a non-profit organization that is working toward stopping human trafficking.
12. Acquire professional photography equipment.
13. Start our family.
14. Attend two photography workshops taught by photographers I admire and inspire me.
15. Print and frame photos for artwork in our home.
16. Have more confidence in myself.
17. Befriend at least four strangers in coffee shops.
18. Become a homeowner.
19. Be more generous.
20. Knit a sweater each for Jordan and myself.
21. Start/Finish crafting projects I have floating around in my head (that could be another 101 list by itself).
22. Journal dreams and key turning points in my life I want to remember. Including times of blessing and provision.
23. Organize all my old photographs (on cd) and finally put them on the external hard drive.
24. Have a one-to-one session with a photographer I admire and who inspires me.
25. Come up with and abide by a scheduled time to work and play computer and iPhone.
26. Dedicate one meal a week to bettering myself within the art of cooking (instead of doing the same old thing all the time).
27. Commit to some sort of art/photography project such as taking a photo every day, week, month, or season.
28. Grow herbs and tomatoes and then eventually a garden when we are homeowners.
29. successfully buy or make curtains, table clothes, bed spreads, and pillows for my home that are either vintage, homemade, or from Anthropologie by paying less than half the cost of brand new.
30. Visit Chestnut Hill in Philadelphia (our honeymoon site) again with Jordan.
31. Start running.
32. Become debt free!
33. Put our wedding photos in the album.
34. Practice the violin every week.
35. Have professional portraits taken for my website.
36. Start working out again.
37. Send out original cards for all birthdays, anniversaries, and Thank you’s.
38. Make time to knit once a week (even in the summer).
39. Be the photographer for a project in a country I’ve never been to before.
40. Get my sewing machine in working order.
41. Learn how to sew simple projects.
42. Visit the community house in Ohio that Jordan always talks about.
43. Learn and practice canning every year.
44. Mentor someone younger than myself.
45. Have tea with friends as part of a regular weekly routine.
46. Make sprouts instead of buying them.
47. Play more games that foster laughter.
48. Road trip through the southern states.
49. Do something adventurous with Jordan that I never thought I’d do.
50. Remember and write down in a journal all the places I’ve lived (including addresses).
51. Visit the Kansas City Boiler Room.
52. Go to Ouray, Colorado with friends or family.
53. Sell something I’ve created/crafted.
54. Make paper.
55. Take a dance class.
56. Shoot more photography with my 35mm film and medium format cameras.
57. Acquire more of a taste for all the fermented drinks and foods Jordan makes.
58. Go three months without eating sweets/sugar.
59. Finish the four paintings I’ve started.
60. Desire to eat oatmeal instead of cereal in the mornings.
61. Function well with only one vehicle.
62. Plan ahead for Jordans birthday.
63. Learn how to cook Crepes.
64. Read the Chronicles of Narnia again.
65. Learn to play my favorite Enter the Worship Circle songs on the guitar.
66. Participate in a Race For The Cure in honor of my Grandma.
67. Do life along side with other women/mothers in a very real and practical way.
68. Bake cookies at Christmas and deliver them to neighbors.
69. Understand and use the gifts of the Spirit that I have.
70. Pray more fervently.
71. Help someone in need clean/fix up their home.
72. Volunteer at a local food pantry.
73. Coordinate a faux bridal shoot full with a vintage wedding dress, model, hair, makeup, and floral arrangements for fun with fellow photographers.
74. Spend more time outside than watching tv and movies.
75. Go camping with lots of friends.
76. Do the “Daisy for your Portrait” event that I’ve dreamed of doing for over five years.
77. Turn Jordans drawings and unique creations into artwork on our walls.
78. Encourage my friends and family to remove processed foods from their daily diet.
79. Play basketball and volleyball outside in the summers.
80. Craft all the old postcards into the unique wall art I envision.
81. Encourage and help others to make homemade butter, fermented and healthy drinks, and chicken and beef stock.
82. Get my eyebrows waxed for the first time.
83. Finish knitting Jordans Birthday socks.
84. Practice a full Sabbath rest one day every week.
85. Buy a piece of art from at least one of my friends.
86. Make truffles and other candy to give out as gifts during the holidays.
87. Update my passport with my maiden name.
88. Clarify my “brand” for my photography business and update my blog, website, and business cards.
89. Knit seat cushion covers for our brown chairs (they are totally hip and cute. Promise.)
90. Stretch everyday.
91. Make a habit of inviting people over for dinner at least twice a month.
92. Start a journal that has funny moments, wise words, or interesting tidbits (all good) about my friends and family to keep memories.
93. Visit New York.
94. Have my photos hanging in a gallery.
95. Host or co host an evening with worship music, instruments the audience can use to take part, a community painting, and lots of good coffee and tea.
96. Get my photography published in a magazine.
97. Participate in creating and putting on a 24/7 Prayer weekend prayer room.
98. Read at least three books I normally wouldn’t make time to read.
99. Hang out with Jordan one night a week with my cell phone and computer out of reach and ear shot.
100. Make pudding from scratch.
101. Eat eggs again to find out how bad my intolerance is after about 7+ years of not eating them.