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

The Criteria:
Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on my part).

• run a marathon
• drink 3 glasses of water every day for 1 month
• go to the dentist just for a check up
• get in shape enough to feel comfortable in "skinny jeans," a miniskirt or something similar
• do monthly breast self exams after Lucy weans
• do 500 push-ups (the real deal, no sissy half push-ups) 0/500

• donate $1 for every failed goal
• walk the MS Walk every year 2/(possibly) 3
  
• donate blood again
• provide a hot meal for someone in need
• write motivational notes and leave them inside library books 1/50
• do Holiday Helper every year (quit the Mothering website, but have donated some baby items to moms in need elsewhere)
• do RAK 0/20
• write 5 "praise letters" to businesses/people's bosses to thank them for a job well done 4/5
• give a Heifer International gift
• buy Bear (Adam) an awesome gift with my money "just because"
• volunteer with Girl Guides
• make calendars as Christmas gifts

• go rock wall climbing 0/3
• attend Oktoberfest (a local one, not the real deal...though were I filthy rich, that would be awesome)
  
• watch a sunrise
• watch a sunset and stargaze with Bear
• watch the top 100 movies of all time 0/100
• go camping with Bear and Lucy
• go to the West Edmonton Mall (recap)
  
• go to the zoo
• go bird watching
• throw a party (recap)
  
• watch a hockey game from start to finish {GO CANADA! Watched the men's final in the 2010 Olympics}
  
• tour Big Rock Brewery

• read 5 books I wouldn't normally read 0/5
• submit anything for publication
• write 3 (decent) sonnets 0/3
• reread the Weetzie Bat series
• read my saved sources on improving my writing
• spend an hour a day writing or doing writing exercises for 1 month
• do NaBloPoMo
• do NaNoWriMo again {attempted in 2009, did not hit 50,000 words}
  

• go a full 24 hours without thinking about the church
• make a 5 year plan
• make a 10 year plan
• make a list of 101 positive things about myself 10/101
• purge 101 things from my life 0/101 {oops, haven't been keeping count!}
  
• learn a new word every day for 1 month
• do 5 things outside my comfort zone 0/5
• write "vent letters" and burn them 0/25
• *secret* 3/5

• get re-certified for CPR
• write a will
• actually follow a 2 week meal plan at least once
• do a top-to-bottom super clean of our home
• "finish" my "control journals"
• purge and transfer the files from my old computer (sorta)
  

• save $5 for every task completed $0/$505
  
• open my own savings account
• get a part time job perhaps involving coffee or at a health food store (assuming my permanent resident paperwork is ever done)

• save for and buy a pair of Earth Shoes
• get a French manicure
• give myself flowers  http://yfrog.com/cavhuj and http://yfrog.com/mruz2pj
  
• get new glasses
• finally choose and buy a watch
• buy a piece of art
• try getting my ears pierced one more time
• buy a fabulous pair of toe socks (and wear in public with flip flops)

• refurbish a piece of second-hand furniture
• fill a roll of film and get it developed I bought a digital SLR instead
  
• make a piece of art and display it in our home
• make a (real NY-style) Key lime cheesecake {made one for Christmas}
  

• do a DITL (but on Blogger, not Live Journal)
• take the Mensa home test
• send a secret to Post Secret
• get a tiny (TINY) tattoo somewhere inconspicuous
• dye my hair purple (or some other funky color) {took two attempts but I did it!}
  
• paint my nails dark purple

• blog this list and track progress online for accountability (ongoing)
• write myself a letter to read when I finish the project
• make a new 101 list for when I finish 0/101
• finish writing this list before I reach the halfway point (July 17th, 2010) 23/23

• Try one new food a month (or equivalent, i.e. two foods in one month is OK). 3/32 (blood oranges, kumquats, lychees, tamarinds)
  
• Become flexible enough to comfortably put my palms on the floor from a standing position.
  
• (re)Learn a dozen constellations. 0/12
  
• Write and illustrate a book for Lucy.
  
• Wear make-up every day for one week. 0/7
  
• Draw something every day for 90 days. 0/90
  
• Make the bed every day for one week. 0/7
  
• Take Angmar through an automated car wash. {freaked Lucy out!}
  
• But a shirt from Threadless or TypeTees.
  
• Go a full 24 hours without screen time five times. 1/5
• Learn the Thriller dance.
  
• Go an entire week without asking Bear to get something for me--stop being lazy!) 0/7 {did it by default by going to Ohio...does that count?}
• Get up by 8am every morning for two weeks. 0/14
  
• Make avocado ice cream or create a recipe for (and make) avocado cake or some such dessert.
  
• Get my *own* library card and get Lucy a library card.
  
• Test drive a car.
  
• Make a comic and post it online.
  
• See The Rocky Horror Picture Show to figure out what all the fuss is about.
  
• Read the entire Oz series.
  
• Subscribe to Free Inquiry or another high caliber periodical (i.e. not something you can get in the checkout line at Safeway).
  
• Try curling.
  
• Learn the Canadian national anthem by heart.
  
• Find a copy of K3G to borrow or buy and finally watch it with Bear.