101 in 1001 - 1 Year (& 5 Days) Later!

Here it is! A just after 1 year update on my list of 101 Things to do in 1,001 days! I've completed 28, I'm working on another 21, I switched one of the numbers, and I still have 631 days to go... I might be changing one more number out in the future and I can't help but think that #22 is completely unrealistic but I'm clinging to the hope that it will happen =o) Here's the list, current, up-to-date, and ready to be continued...


Start Date: 02/23/2010

End Date: 11/20/2012

To-Do:52
Started: 21
Completed: 28
Updated: 2/28/2011


1. Make it to at least one of my niece/nephew’s birthday parties. (CG's 8/7/10)
2. Take my car in to get a ‘check-up’. (11/11/10-11/12-10)
3. Travel home to surprise my parents.
4. Read the Bible cover to cover. (started 1/1/11)
5. Get a passport.
6. Travel somewhere that requires my passport.
7. Lose the weight. 1001 days is more than enough time to lose all of it and be healthy!
8. Get a new (to me) car.
9. Take a girls weekend road trip to somewhere obscure and fun!
10. Become more proficient in using my camera.
11. Get out of debt.(paid off 3/31/10)
12. Travel to a state I’ve never been before. (6/25/10 - Mississippi on the way to New Orleans) see post
13. Actually take up coworker offers of ‘letting me practice my photography’ using their children.(KF 7/18/10) see post
14. Go on a short term mission’s trip.
15. Take a photography class
16. Buy a new camera lens I “can’t live without”.
17. Get a new tattoo.
18. Go to Paris, TN to take photos of the Eiffel Tower.
19. Go to Memphis and see the Civil Rights Museum. (5/29/10)
20. Have a “photography day” in Nashville with friends who like to take pictures.
21. Spend a quiet day by a lake with only God, my Bible, and a journal for company.
22. Visit my cousin in Canada.
23. Join a small group.
24. Run a half marathon.
25. Do a ‘professional’ photo shoot (actually charge someone).
26. Meet the man of my heart that God has for my future.
27. Start dating him.
28. Get engaged to him.
29. Marry him. (Of course it’s all God’s timing on this and the 3 above. A girl can hope!)
30. Move to a safe apartment that I actually like.
31. Travel to another state I’ve never been. (NOLA - 6/25/10) see post
32. Turn my blog into an income.
33. Go to The International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, North Carolina.
34. Celebrate my 30th birthday by doing something fun and a little bit crazy… (6/24/10-6/26/10 - NOLA!!!) posts 1, 2, 3, 4, & 5
35. Get certified to do medical billing and coding.
36. Visit my BF and her hubby in Iowa (at least once).
37. Start a photography blog. (my 365 Blog) see post
38. Grow my hair long enough to donate (and donate it).(6/24/10)see post
39. Go to a Cubs game. (8/6/10) see post
40. Go to a Bears game.
41. Go to a drive-n movie double feature.
42. Swim in the ocean.
43. Dance in the rain.(7/10/10)
44. Read Les Miserables.
45. Watch every Cary Grant movie (minus ones I've seen already, and only if I can find them on DVD). see the list here
46. Watch a sunrise.
47. Watch a sunset. (9/5/10)see post
48. Bake bread using one of my Grandpa K’s recipes.see post
49. Take my vitamins every day, not just during the week when I'm in a routine.
50. Complete a 365 day photo challenge. (started 6/24/10) see post
51. Find a CD that I love and actually buy the disc, not just the iTunes copy. (6/9/10 - Addison Road) see post
52. Watch (in marathon format) all three Lord of the Rings movies.
53. Go to the Big Bang piano bar in Nashville with R-Jo.
54. Get my personal e-mail inbox to 0.see post
55. Donate blood.
56. Go to the dentist.
57. Go on a picnic.
58. Fly a kite.
59. Have an adventure.(6/29/10 - Distillary in Normandy)see post
60. Go to the Aquarium in Chattanooga.see post
61. Cook at least one thing from each of my cookbooks. see the list here
62. Buy something from Etsy.
63. Tie a note to a balloon and let it go.
64. Go to a concert. (KC & the Sunshine Band - 5/29/10)
65. Make a Bucket List.
66. Participate in NaNoWriMo.(I didn't complete it, but I tried! 11/2010)
67. Actually get the massage I always promise myself.
68. See a play or musical at TPAC.
69. Knit or crochet a new blanket.
70. Knit or crochet a scarf and give it away.
71. Read 10 books that I haven’t read on my bookshelf. see the list here
72. Have a 'Me Day' once a month.
73. Participate in Operation Beautiful.
74. Watch 26 movies I've never seen starting with each letter of the Alphabet.(completed 10/27/10) see the list here
75. Go to a wine tasting.
76. Finish a 1000+ piece puzzle.
77. Give clothes I don’t wear to Goodwill.
78. Learn to crochet. see post
79. Try geocaching.
80. Have a photo I’ve taken that I love turned into a canvas for my wall.see post
81. Watch all of AFI’s top 100 movies (including re-watching ones I’ve already seen) see the list here
82. Take a dance class (Zumba doesn’t count!)
83. Enter a photo I’ve taken into a photography contest.
84. Vote for candidates I actually read about in a non-Presidential election.
85. Send a card to each of my close friends ‘just because’.
86. Send thank you cards. (6/25/10 - to friends who came to NOLA)
87. Organize my craft supplies. (8/28/10) see post
88. Make cards to have on hand.
89. Have a girl's night once a month.
90. Save $5 for every completed task.
91. Donate $10 for every uncompleted task to a worthy organization.
92. Buy a pair of sandals from http://www.ssekodesigns.com/.
93. Make and send Christmas cards (on time!).see post
94. Buy flowers for someone.
95. Take a Yoga class once a week for three months.
96. Make a ‘Living in Tennessee’ scrapbook.
97. Take my camera and actually use it when I hang out with Chicago friends.
98. Go to Brookfield Zoo.
99. Buy a cheap but awesome piece of wooden furniture and refinish it. see post
100. Go to a Civil War Re-enactment.
101. See Rock City.

1060 West Addison

#39 Go to a Cubs Game

In August, yes August, I got to go to a Cubs game with my friend Johnny and my new friend Cole (who I'm pretty sure I'd met before, but it had been years)! It was Johnny's birthday and I tagged along kind of last minute and no, the cubs didn't win, but it was AWESOME! Here are some memory photos... enjoy =o)

80. Have a photo I’ve taken that I love turned into a canvas for my wall.

Here is the original photo... I took it at Audubon Park in New Orleans when I was there for my birthday last year...

And here it is on canvas:

I was so excited when I opened up the box to see this 16x20 1.5 in thick gallery wrap canvas, and I don't think photos do it justice (mostly because the lighting in my house is odd)! But on top of the awesomeness that is the canvas is the awesomeness of the price! Thanks to Groupon I got it for $25!!! That included shipping! Sa-weet!!! I still don't know where I'm going to hang it (this spot actually holds a different painting) but I thought for effect I needed to see it up somewhere =o) AND on top of all of that, I have several people wanting to use this photo to make their own canvas which just feels like such a huge compliment... yay! I'm lovin' this memory of a fun birthday trip =o)

37. Start a photography blog.

I hadn't considered it so, but I have had several people mention that I've completed this task on my 101 in 1001 list. I guess when I wrote that on the list I didn't picture that being my 365 Blog. But I suppose on some level its true. The 365 Blog really is a photography blog. So, I'm sure much to the happiness of list makers like myself, it's checked off the list!

Plus, and I hope you are too, but I'm really enjoying the daily photo blog! It's been really fun! Did you know my friend Rachel is also doing a 365 blog? You should check it out. We were talking the other day about how much fun it is to take these photos everyday even when they're silly (like all of the photos of my tomato plants!). So, who knows what will happen. I'm only 53 days in, and I have a feeling it will last longer than 365...

54. Get my personal e-mail inbox to 0.

I'm not going to lie... My inbox has been between 4 to 10 messages for the last month in an attempt to complete #54. I don't know how long this will last, but I'm enjoying the ease of organization... =o)

13. Actually take up coworker offers of ‘letting me practice my photography’ using their children

Check! Kristi and I plotted just a little bit and made plans to take some photos of her with her kids and her boyfriend Mike's son. It was an awesome little trick to surprise him for his birthday! Here are a few of my favorites from that day..

#59: Have an Adventure

Rachel and I like to take drives. It's fun, it's cheap and since we both like to play photographer, it's fun to see what kind of sights your camera can catch. This day started out like any other I had off of work. I tried to sleep in (I'm never very successful at that) and then kind of bummed around the house when Rachel called to tell me she was off work. We had thought about swimming, but decided that taking a drive sounded fun.

So we drove. We started around Bell Buckle and ended up driving towards Shelbyville. After we drove through the square, we kept on going. Towards Tullahoma or so we thought. We ended up deciding to take a random left to go to the Normandy Dam when we saw a sign for a Distillery.

Did anyone know there was a whiskey besides Jack Daniels that was distilled in Tennessee?

There is. George A Dickel. It's technically in Tullahoma although it's a half of a block from Normandy and most places list their address as Normandy. There are a grand total of 28 employees who work there (so huge. ha!). Rachel and I happened to get there right as the last tour of the day was starting... yup, they do tours... and it was free, so off we went on a tour with a couple from Georgia to learn about George A Dickel's Tennessee Sippin' Whisky from a self proclaimed redneck who liked to crack jokes at herself.

We learned some things and now have silly quotes added to our repertoire; all in all, it was a very fun adventure.

#50. Complete a 365 day photo challenge.

Okay, so I haven't completed it yet... but I have started it! On my birthday, I started taking a photo a day in hopes that I will catch something on film every day for my 30th year. Do you want to see my progress??

Well, do you??

Ok... you can!!! I've started an extra special blog just for the occasion. It's called 365 Pieces of Me and you can find it right HERE!!

So, what are you waiting for?? There's already 8 whole days for you to go and see!!

Taking a Break...

... to have an adventure (#59).

I'll be back tomorrow =o)

#51

51. Find a CD that I love and actually buy the disc, not just the iTunes copy.

I blogged about Addison Road’s song ‘What Do I know of Holy’ last September. About how much I loved the lyrics… So this weekend, when I was at Hastings, I decided to go ahead and buy the CD. Addison Road’s self titled first album!

I’m enjoying it quite a bit, and I think I might just go ahead and buy their second album Stories, which will be released tomorrow!

Don’t worry, I won’t go too crazy with this CD buying thing… HA!

The Beginning of #99

99. Buy a cheap but awesome piece of wooden furniture and refinish it.

Meet the new coffee table.

Nope, it doesn't have a name... Rachel picked it up for me at a yardsale this morning for $5!!! I had seen it on my way to work yesterday and I just thought it was awesome and in very good shape, there are some black painted looking spots and a few scratches... I think it will be very fun to refinish!! Not too shabby, just loved.

Switching a Number

On my list of 101 in 1001, number 100 is: Watch all of the LOST season’s in order after they’re all out on DVD.

I’m not doing it. I’m replacing #100!! You see, I put watching LOST on my list because I usually love JJ Abrams TV shows and movies and such; however, I can’t stand his cliff hanger season finales that make you wait 9 months to see how they turn out! I suffered through it once with ALIAS, but I just couldn’t bring myself to suffer through it again. So I chose to abstain from watching LOST. Even though several of my friends watching it regularly and I occasionally ended up sitting with a roommate or two while they caught up on episodes, I just never let myself get too caught up in it.

And now I’m glad I didn’t. I know everyone is torn as to whether the series finale was good or bad, but most people that I know (who have similar taste to me) were just annoyed by the ending. His not tying up endings and ‘leaving it like life’ so not everything has an answer. My theory is that if people wanted things to be like real life, they wouldn’t watch a TV show, they’d just go out and live. And where In the world is there a random smoke monster?

I just don’t get it. And now I never will! After a couple of weeks of hemming and hawing, I am changing #100 from watch all of the LOST season’s in order after they’re all out on DVD to something else entirely. Are you ready for the unveiling of the new 100????



*imaginary drum roll please*

100. Go to a Civil War Re-enactment

I’m oddly excited about this… Rachel’s brother does re-enactments (as a Yankee… haha!) and I’ve found out that there is one not too very far from where I live… So here’s to the Civil War re-enactors of the world… I look forward to seeing some of you in action very soon =o)

#60. Go to the Aquarium in Chattanooga

I went!! And it was better than I thought it would be! The funny thing is, I put going to the Aquarium on my list knowing that I’m not generally that excited about going to them. And there’s no way I thought it would top the Aquarium in Gatlinburg (which is AMAZING). So, I set myself up for a bit of a disappointment and was very happily surprised when I really enjoyed it… and enjoyed it enough to really want to go back sometime (maybe to help R-Jo steal a penguin!). Needless to say, I brought my camera, so naturally, I’m going to share some photos with you!

(I'm just a fan of how these turned out!)

*hums JAWS theme while simultaneously singing Barracuda by Heart*

Butterfly Gardens are one of my favorite things.

R-Jo wants to steal one *sshhhhh....*

My FAVORITE thing to photograph!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE Jellyfish. They always look like they're doing some form of modern dance in the water. It makes my heart happy.

Wordless Wednesday

#48 a.k.a. My Grandpa K.'s Craft

I’ve mentioned my Grandpa K before. Not just in my blog about my 101 in 1001, but also when I told you about my Grandma K. I don’t really remember off the top of my head what my grandpa did before he retired (although I’m sure I’ve asked before). What I do remember, is that after he retired, he painted. And he baked. And sometime after he passed away, my family got the Joy of Cooking book that he used to cook. And then when I moved, I moved it with me!

So, I’ve had this cookbook in my possession for a little over 5 years and not once have I cooked anything from it which is why, on my list of 101, #48 was to make one of my Grandpa K’s bread recipes. He just made the best breads and now that I've tried that, I want to make one of the pie recipes. I can only hope to make a pumpkin pie as good as Grandpa's!! But one thing at a time, and the other day it was bread! Take a look at the process and my results!

My roommates have recently moved out, so the first thing I did was unpack some of my cooking things starting with my nesting bowls! I just love using this for baking!

Next is the Joy of Cooking book opened to the page for the French Bread recipe. Can you see all the fingerprints and bits still left all over the pages? *sigh* dreamy...

Ok, so the first step was actually scalding the milk? I had never done that before, so I actually looked up what in the world that meant and then I was so nervous that I was going to burn it, I didn't take a picture =o( But then you let the milk cool to 85 degrees, and that was less stressful, so here it goes!

While it was cooling, I started to activate the yeast with some warm water in another cup. I had to let it sit like that for 10 minutes!!

 While waiting to mik all the liquid together, I mixed the flour salt and sugar together, then made a hole for the liquids to pour into... It always makes me thing of building sand castles...

 

mix it up!!(see that little pile of flour? I'm really proud of myself because that's the only flour I spilled the whole time I was making this bread!)

Then you have to let them raise and shape them into loafs and slice them a little with some scissors! Then they have to raise AGAIN! You have to have patience to make this bread...

Cook it for a while and 'voila'! Looks good doesn't it? My friends (aka guinea pigs) thought it was!

81.Watch all of AFI’s top 100 movies (including re-watching ones I’ve already seen)

1.CITIZEN KANE (1941)
2.CASABLANCA (1942)
3.GODFATHER, THE (1972)
4.GONE WITH THE WIND (1939)
5.LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (1962)
6.WIZARD OF OZ, THE (1939)
7.GRADUATE, THE (1967)
8.ON THE WATERFRONT (1954)
9.SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)
10.SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)
11.IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE (1946)
12.SUNSET BOULEVARD (1950)
13.BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, THE (1957)
14.SOME LIKE IT HOT (1959)
15.STAR WARS (1977)
16.ALL ABOUT EVE (1950)
17.AFRICAN QUEEN, THE (1951)
18.PSYCHO (1960)
19.CHINATOWN (1974)
20.ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST (1975)
21.GRAPES OF WRATH, THE (1940)
22.2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY (1968)
23.MALTESE FALCON, THE (1941)
24.RAGING BULL (1980)
25.E.T. THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL (1982)
26.DR. STRANGELOVE (1964)
27.BONNIE &CLYDE (1967)
28.APOCALYPSE NOW (1979)
29.MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)
30.TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)
31.ANNIE HALL (1977)
32.GODFATHER PART II, THE (1974)
33.HIGH NOON (1952)
34.TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
35.IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT (1934)
36.MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)
37.BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES, THE (1946)
38.DOUBLE INDEMNITY (1944)
39.DOCTOR ZHIVAGO (1965)
40.NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)
41.WEST SIDE STORY (1961)
42.REAR WINDOW (1954)
43.KING KONG (1933)
44.BIRTH OF A NATION, THE (1915)
45.STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, A (1951)
46.CLOCKWORK ORANGE, A (1971)
47.TAXI DRIVER (1976)
48.JAWS (1975)
49.SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS (1937)
50.BUTCH CASSIDY & THE SUNDANCE KID (1969)
51.PHILADELPHIA STORY, THE(1940)
52.FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (1953)
53.AMADEUS (1984)
54.ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (1930)
55.SOUND OF MUSIC, THE (1965)
56.M*A*S*H(1970)
57.THIRD MAN, THE (1949)
58.FANTASIA (1940)
59.REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE (1955)
60.RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)
61.VERTIGO (1958)
62.TOOTSIE (1982)
63.STAGECOACH (1939)
64.CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
65.SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE (1991)
66.NETWORK (1976)
67.MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE, THE (1962)
68.AMERICAN IN PARIS, AN (1951)
69.SHANE (1953)
70.FRENCH CONNECTION, THE (1971)
71.FORREST GUMP (1994)
72.BEN-HUR (1959)
73.WUTHERING HEIGHTS (1939)
74.GOLD RUSH, THE (1925)
75.DANCES WITH WOLVES (1990)
76.CITY LIGHTS (1931)
77.AMERICAN GRAFFITI (1973)
78.ROCKY (1976)
79.DEER HUNTER, THE (1978)
80.WILD BUNCH, THE (1969)
81.MODERN TIMES (1936)
82.GIANT (1956)
83.PLATOON (1986)
84.FARGO (1996)
85.DUCK SOUP (1933)
86.MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
87.FRANKENSTEIN (1931)
88.EASY RIDER (1969)
89.PATTON (1970)
90.JAZZ SINGER, THE (1927)
91.MY FAIR LADY (1964)
92.PLACE IN THE SUN, A(1951)
93.APARTMENT, THE (1960)
94.GOODFELLAS (1990)
95.PULP FICTION (1994)
96.SEARCHERS, THE (1956)
97.BRINGING UP BABY (1938)
98.UNFORGIVEN (1992)
99.GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
100. YANKEE DOODLE DANDY (1942)

45.Watch every Cary Grant movie(minus ones I've seen already, and only if I can find them on DVD).

Can't Rent (Yet):

Alice in Wonderland
Crisis
Devil and the Deep
Dream Wife
Enter Madame
Every Girl Should Be Married
Gambling Ship
In Name Only
Ladies Should Listen
Madame Butterfly
Mr. Lucky
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Room for One More
Singapore Sue
Sinners in the Sun
Suzy
The Eagle and the Hawk
The Last Outpost
The Woman Accused
This Is the Night
When You're in Love
The Toast of New York

In Queue from Netflix:

I'm No Angel
None But the Lonely Heart
The Howards of Virginia
The Pride and the Passion
The Road to Victory

Watched:

Big Brown Eyes
Kiss and Make-Up
Born to Be Bad
Merrily We Go to Hell
Notorious
Suspicion
The Talk of the Town
The Toast of New York
Thirty Day Princess
To Catch a Thief
Topper
Walk, Don't Run
Wings in the Dark
Blonde Venus
People Will Talk
Indiscreet
My Favorite Wife
Sylvia Scarlett
Wedding Present
Without Reservations

The Awful Truth
Only Angels Have Wings
Hot Saturday
She Done Him Wrong

Kiss Them for Me
Night and Day
Once Upon a Time


Previously Seen:

An Affair to Remember
Bringing up Baby
Charade
Destination Tokyo
Father Goose
Gunga Din
His Girl Friday
Holiday
Houseboat
I Was a Male War Bride
Monkey Business
Mr. Blanding’s Builds His Dream House
North by Northwest
Operation Petticoat
Penny Serenade
That Touch of Mink
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
The Bishop's Wife
The Grass is Greener
The Philadelphia Story
Arsenic and Old Lace

71.Read 10 books that I haven’t read on my bookshelf.

1. A Child called "It" - Dave Pelzer
2. Fight Club - Chuck Palahniuk
3. Killing Yourself to Live - Chuck Klosterman
4. The Importance of Being Ernest and Other Plays - Oscar Wilde
5. The Secret Garden -Frances Hodgson Burnett

74.Watch 26 movies I've never seen starting with each letter of the Alphabet.

A - Away We Go
B - The Boys and Girl of County Clare
C - Crazy Heart
D - Die Hard
E - Everybody's Fine
F -From Paris With Love
G - Grace is Gone
H -Heart and Souls
I - The Imaginarium of Dr. Pernasis
J -The Jack Bull
K - Kiss Me Kate
L - Leap Year
M - Mama Mia!
N - Ninja Assassin
O - Old Dogs
P - Precious
Q - The Quiet American
R -Radio
S - Scotland, PA
T - Toy Story 3
U - Up Periscope
V - The Velveteen Rabbit
W - A Wrinkle in Time
X - XIII
Y - Young Frankenstein
Z -Zathura

61.Cook at least one thing from each of my cookbooks.

The Joy of Cooking
  - French Bread