This year, instead of doing New Years resolutions, a friend inspired me to do 101 in 1001. You pick 101 things to do in 1001 days and they can be big or little but they have to be concrete and measurable. Here’s my list. I’ll update it as I complete things and write some posts about some of the activities!<\/p>\n
1. make t-shirt quilt It was really fun to think about some things we’ll be able to do with Jonas in the next few years! I am really excited to get started!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This year, instead of doing New Years resolutions, a friend inspired me to do 101 in 1001. You pick 101 things to do in 1001 days and they can be big or little but they have to be concrete and …<\/p>\n
\n2. finish editing novel<\/del>
\n3. send novel to 10 agents\/publishers
\n4. finish second novel
\n5. finish playing Gone Home<\/del>
\n6. catch up on Buffy and Willow comics<\/del>
\n7. get doula certification<\/del>
\n8. relearn basic Spanish
\n9. go to Baby Bookworm at the library<\/del>
\n10. frame orange crate prints
\n11. get into habit of vacuuming every other week
\n12. take Jonas to swimming lessons<\/del>
\n13. Apple picking at Oak Glen<\/del>
\n14. visit Lindsey<\/del>
\n15. purge closet<\/del>
\n16. visit Amelia and Sami in the UK
\n17. go to Quaker meeting
\n18. go to UU service
\n19. blog at least once a month for Jonas’s first year<\/del>
\n20. make blog book<\/del>
\n21. meditate for 30 minutes a day for 30 days<\/del>
\n22. get into habit of daily 10 minute meditation
\n23. do bakasana (crow pose)
\n24. go to a punk show<\/del>
\n25. plant garden<\/del>
\n26. remodel play room into something we’ll use<\/del>
\n27. baby proof<\/del>
\n28. get doula business cards<\/del>
\n29. finish doula website<\/del>
\n30. ask Grandma to tell me a story I’ve wanted to hear<\/del>
\n31. finish sending birth announcements<\/del>
\n32. plan 1st bday party for Jonas with slideshow<\/del>
\n33. road trip to Phoenix<\/del>
\n34. turn window seat into toy chest
\n35. donate unused baby stuff<\/del>
\n36. go to Deer Park 5 times (0\/5)
\n37. go to an IE Dharma Punx meeting
\n38. watch Dollhouse<\/del>
\n39. frame wedding invitation<\/del>
\n40. (personal)<\/del>
\n41. make jalapeno poppers<\/del>
\n42. Weezer art for Jonas’s room<\/del>
\n43. take Jonas to a show\/concert<\/del>
\n44. send holiday cards
\n45. CA family reunion
\n46. do baby signs with Jonas<\/del>
\n47. 2015 calendar with 2014 pictures<\/del>
\n48. set up college fund for Jonas<\/del>
\n49. invest some of our savings<\/del>
\n50. move dinners away from the tv and to the table<\/del>
\n51. pick a new fruit or vegetable and make something with it<\/del>
\n52. take Jonas to the beach<\/del>
\n53. tech free Tuesdays<\/del> actually: Facebook Free Fridays
\n54. tech free weekend
\n55. at home date- movie and dinner theme
\n56. set up emergency kit<\/del>
\n57. take Jonas to a play<\/del>
\n58. make a will
\n59. adopt a family\/kid for the holidays
\n60. hang up quilt
\n61. get ring insurance
\n62. upholster window seat in the office
\n63. \u201cjust because\u201d gifts for Jer (2\/3)
\n64. go to family yoga class with Jonas
\n65. get a nice camera<\/del>
\n66. have family photos taken
\n67. Jurupa Mountains Discovery Center<\/del>
\n68. drive in movie as a family
\n69. take Jonas to Chino Youth Museum<\/del>
\n70. get into monthly date nights
\n71. take Jonas to see Pop and Nana<\/del>
\n72. bake a pie from scratch<\/del>
\n73. anniversary getaway<\/del>
\n74. get a good haircut<\/del>
\n75. wear hair in a different style each day for a week<\/del>
\n76. visit Glen Ivy hot springs
\n77. vegan s’mores over the fire pit<\/del>
\n78. use the pool at least once a week during summer
\n79. add money to kiva account and lend<\/del>
\n80. take Sasha to dog park 5 times (0\/5)
\n81. take Sasha to Huntington dog beach
\n82. corn starch slime with Jonas<\/del>
\n83. let Jonas try a lemon (record it)<\/del>
\n84. get into 3 new bands (1\/3)
\n85. write a love letter to Jer
\n86. SD card of Jonas’s first Christmas for Grandma<\/del>
\n87. Read 30 books (27\/30)
\n88. finger paint with Jonas<\/del>
\n89. use old bath products and cosmetics or throw away<\/del>
\n90. Make 5 cookbook recipes<\/del>
\n91. go to Fontana farmer’s market<\/del>
\n92. cash in change jar and buy a treat with it<\/del>
\n93. go to 15 hockey games (7\/15)
\n94. play street hockey in the driveway
\n95. set up organization system for business expense tracking<\/del>
\n96. (personal)
\n97. record listening night
\n98. surprise Jer with one of his favorite meals
\n99. build up 100 oz breast milk stash<\/del>
\n100. take Sasha to get stitches out
\n101. Complete 30 day exercise challenge<\/p>\n