101 Things To Do in 1001 Days: 83) Buy sewing machine & learn to sew

Dean bought me a really nice sewing maching for my 30th birthday this year! I've tried out some of the basic sewing lessons online and have familiarized myself with the machine... As soon as I complete my first project I'll post it!

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In no particular order...

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1) ~~Create a blog to document this challenge~~ [10/1/08]
2) Have (at least) 4 girl's night outs and document it (in progress)
3) ~~Babysit my nephew for a day~~
4) Babysit Dean's nephews for a day
5) ~~Babysit my nieces for a day~~
6) Give 15 gifts just because (2/15)
7) ~~Visit Chad, Sherry & the girls without it being for a football game~~ [May '09]
8) Give someone a sincere complement at least once a week for a month (0/4)
9) Read twelve books by the end of this project (4/12)
10) Send out holiday cards every year (1/3)
11) Do yoga every day for a month to try and establish a routine (0/30)
12) Complete the 100 Pushups Program
13) Make mom's scrapbook
14) Write some children's stories for our future kids
15) ~~Clean out basement closet and get rid of things we don’t need/use anymore~~
16) Sell the elliptical by the end of this project if it's not used at least 20 times (in progress)
17) Sell the extra kitchen table :(
18) Give away, throw away, or sell 101 items (0/101)
19) Finish painting the interior of the house (master & spare bedroom, garage walls, floors, etc)
20) ~~Complete level one of Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shread~~
21) Complete level two of Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shread
22) Complete level three of Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shread
23) Get a passport
24) Visit another country
25) Visit a state we both haven't been to (layover doesn't count)
26) Try 10 new local restaurants (3/10)
27) Organize printed recipes
28) Give blood
29) Complete the Couch to 5K Program
30) Walk a 5k (or more)
31) Run a 5k
32) ~~Go jogging at least once in the winter~~
33) Go sledding
34) Style my hair for two weeks straight without clipping it up/putting in a ponytail
35) Get pregnant/have a baby
36) ~~Vote in the 2008 Presidential Election~~
37) Try twelve new recipes in a year (5/12)
38) ~~Complete a book series~~
39) ~~Take one picture a week to document 2009~~
40) Shoot 2GB of good pictures documenting one day of our lives
41) By the end of the 1001 days, have taken 1001 digital pictures worth keeping and make into a photo book.
42) Complete a 26-Things Photo Scavenger Hunt
43) Learn to play poker
44) Go on a hot air balloon ride ** might be changed since I recently found out this will cost us around $300-$400...Yikes!
45) Golf 18-holes
46) Become a sponser or "friend" of an organization or society
47) Draft my living will
48) Enter my sweepstakes every day
49) Complete my Hawai'i video project and erase from computer
50) Get a plasma/lcd tv to hang over fireplace
51) Determine best daily cleaning routine (little each day) so it's a part of our everyday lives by the time we have kids
52) Start a family tradition
53) Win a grand prize in a sweepstake (Dean has already accomplished this twice!!)
54) Recreate first date with Dean
) Become friends with/get to know at least one of our neighbors better
56) Go ice skating (haven't done this since I was a kid!)
57) ~~Attend church every Sunday for one month to see if it's something I want to continue~~
58) ~~Help build a house for Habitat for Humanity~~
59) Buy new ornaments to represent events for each year (1/3)
60) Print and organize wedding and trip pictures into albums
61) Read a trashy romance novel
62) Perform 101 acts of kindness
63) Attend at least one Omaha's Farmers Market
64) Sell the container of antique books
65) Refinish childhood furniture
66) Attend one Omaha Flea Market or neighborhood garage sale
67) Learn how to change a tire
68) Attend at least three Jazz on the Green concerts
69) Organize utility room
70) Go through, clean out, and reorganize file cabinet
71) Be able to wear my skinny jeans (and breathe!!!)
72) Attend three summer festivals in 2010
73) Support the local economy by purchasing 5 items from local businesses
74) Make a list of 101 things that make me happy (read it everytime I'm down)
75) Publish a book with Blurb.com
76) Go (fly) on a trip and ONLY take one carry-on suitcase
77) Catalog all digital images onto categorized (data) DVDs and make back-ups
78) Make a meal with a food we've never tried before
79) Locate and organize copies of all pictures of Dean and I onto a DVD data disc and continue to update to document our relationship.
80) Cry out of pure happiness
81) Read a book that I currently own and never finished: "What Jackie Taught Us"
82) Read a book that I currently own and never finished: "Nothing is Impossible"
83) ~~Buy sewing machine & learn to sew~~
84) Read "The Five Languages of Love" with Dean and determine what ours are.
85) Fill my iPod to the max (only with songs/video I really like) ** currently have 2GB free
86) Learn CPR
87) Learn to drive a manual transmission
88) ~~Get a library card (for all the reading I'm about to do!!)~~
89) Participate in ScriptFrenzy or NaNoWriMo
90) Obtain an original piece of artwork
91) See all 5 Academy Award Best Picture nominees for one year's awards before the awards are given
92) Calculate and reduce carbon footprint by 10%
93) ~~Help donate 1000 free grains of rice~~
94) Scan and digitally preserve all childhood photos
95) Finally develop the rolls of film we've found to find out what the pictures are of
96) Adopt a family in need one Christmas to give presents to
97) Host a party (not game-night) at our house
98) After this project is complete print entire blog into a book
99) [Add by March 1, 2011]
100) Make a list of another 101 things to do in 1001 days
101) Donate $5 to charity for any incomplete item after 1001 days

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** Goals without links currently aren't being worked on

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83) Buy sewing machine & learn to sew

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