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).

My end date is: Wednesday, November 30, 2011

My List: (started, completed)

Health/Fitness

• 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

Good Deeds

• 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

Travel/Fun Activities

• 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

Reading/Writing

• 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}
  

Growth

• 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

Woulda/Shoulda/Coulda

• 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)
  

Financial

• 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)

Pampering

• 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)

Arts and Crafts

• 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}
  

Why Not?

• 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

This Project

• 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

To Be Determined

• 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.
  

The topic of "things to do in the snow" was recommended as a post for NaBloPoMo. But the moment I read it I knew I had to do the opposite. So without further ado, the top 5 things that should not be done in the snow:

5. Run. It's slick, wet, cold, and makes your throat burn. Running should be saved for nicer weather. Though, apparently there are some die hard fitness fanatics that haven't gotten the memo.

4. Drive without winter tires. Unless of course you don't have any winter tires and there isn't a single store in town that has any to sell you. Not that I have any personal experience with that or anything.

3. Wear dress shoes. Even if you are wearing flats (and thereby avoiding the added danger of icy surfaces + high heels) dress shoes do not adequately keep the snow out. And no matter how cute your dress shoes may be you won't feel cute when your foot is sloshing around in melted snow.

2. Be employed as a mail carrier. My heart aches for the unfortunate employees of the USPS, Canada Post, and mail delivery services everywhere (and by "everywhere" I mean "everywhere but Hawaii, Jamaica, Tahiti and similar locales").

1. Sunbathe.