# 75 Completed -- Delete bookmarks on my computer that I don't use anymore

This was a task that only took about 10 minutes, but I have been putting it off for ever! I am not sure why, but I continually add things to my bookmarks and then when I go to look at them, I am not sure why I added them! So, all but about 10 are GONE!!!!

List Completed!!!

1. Take down my Christmas tree BEFORE Valentine's Day!
2. Visit my sister and brother-in-law in Marion, IL.
3. Go on a cruise with my husband (never happen ... so how about with any, or all, of the girls (Kerry, Lori, Kelli, Kerri Anne or Jenn)
4. Visit my parents grave site more often and tell them about Tyler and Lucas.
5. Lose the FINAL 26 pounds of the 65 I started out wanting to lose two years ago. (16/26)
6. Go to Curves three days a week, each week, for eight weeks in a row. (17/17)
7. Reconnect with an old friend.
8. Make a new friend.
9. Meet my grand nephew, Micah.
10. Unclog my bathroom sink.
11. Take down and wash my shower curtain.
12. Drink 32 ounces of water every day for a week. (0/7)
13. Finish the KHS basketball scrapbook I started last year.
14. Start scrapbook for the current KHS basketball season.
15. Go to church every Sunday for a month. (8/4)
16. Take Tyler to a WVU basketball game with Pap.
17. Plant flowers in the spring.
18. Put my pictures on the computer on my external hard drive.
19. Have a day when ALL the laundry is clean, folded and put away!
20. Organize my pictures of Tyler and Lucas.
21. Read five Chicken Soup books I haven't read before. (1/5)
22. Have a yard sale.
23. And another one!!!
24. Do something daring that I never thought I would do (bungy jump, parasailing, etc)
25. Visit my next door neighbor from when I was growing up in the West End.
26. Organize my sock drawer.
27. Attempt to get Michael Phelps autograph.
28. Visit Niagara Falls.
29. Visit Nashville, TN.
30. Keep my new car clean.
31. Get some relief from a very arthritic knee -- if fluid joint therapy doesn't help -- then I guess that means surgery :-(
32. Get Pokey spayed.
33. Welcome my third grandchild.
34. Finish Jennifer's recipe book I have been working on for three years.
35. Replace the blind on my front door.
36. Finish this list!!! This is harder that I ever dreamed it would be!
37. Score 10,000 on Word Challenge.
38. Tell someone about this list and then they do one.
39. Get new shower curtain and accessories for bathroom.
40. Smile at something (or someone) everyday.
41. Babysit my grandsons for a weekend.
42. Organize my bra and underwear drawer.
43. Eat something for breakfast every day for two weeks in a row. (14/15) (14/14)
44. Donate $5.00 to a charity for each task that isn’t completed.
45. Donate to Goodwill all the clothes I can't wear anymore.
46. Clean off the top of the computer desk.
47. Clean off the computer desk shelves.
48. Watch the sun rise at the beach.
49. Watch the sun set at the beach.
50. Buy and complete "First Year" picture frame for Lucas.
51. Get a reading lamp for the family room.
52. Buy a new recliner.
53. Clean out my pantry.
54. Clean off top of the microwave cart.
55. Find the title to the Intrepid or get another one.
56. Feed the ducks the bread I save for them BEFORE it gets moldy.
57. Match the "mis-matched" socks on my dresser.
58. Go to lunch or dinner with some old high school friends.
59. Try a new recipe once every 3 months. (2/11)
60. Have a family picture taken once a year.
61. Go to a concert.
62. Clean out my storage unit.
63. Hear Lucas call me "Nana" (or whatever he chooses!)
64. Add pictures to my KHS basketball blog.
65. Set up my web cam I got for Christmas.
66. Plan and cook meals for a week at the beginning of the week.
67. Be added to the "Lost 21-30 inches" wall at Curves.
68. Lose 5 % of my body weight in the "Biggest Loser" contest at Curves.
69. Shampoo my carpets.
70. Sleep eight hours at night. (May seem easy to you, but I haven't slept 8 hours in months!)
71. Attend my 35th class reunion the summer of 2009 (if one is even planned).
72. Clear off my kitchen table so that four people could eat there if necessary.
73. Throw away old magazines laying around.
74. Visit someone in a nursing home.
75. Delete bookmarks on my computer that I don't use anymore.
76. Try a new food.
77. Blog about each "task" I have crossed off my list. (50/101)
78. Send a card to someone I haven't communicated with in a long time.
79. Get a new dryer.
80. Get enough snow to shovel.
81. Build a snowman with my grandchildren complete with a carrot nose!
82. Have someone tell me "thank you" for making a difference in their life.
83. Participate in Relay for Life again.
84. Go bowling.
85. Let my nails grow long enough to put polish on them.
86. Get a new haircut.
87. If I don't get flowers for Valentine's Day, buy them myself so I know that I am loved :-)
88. Visit a state I haven't been to before.
89. Go whale watching in Maine.
90. Surprise a friend by baking a cake for their birthday.
91. Recycle more.
92. Buy and put up an artificial Christmas tree in 2009 or 2010.
93. Start a vacation fund.
94. Start an "emergency" fund.
95. Get taxes done BEFORE April 15th!
96. Take a "just because" day off from work and not feel guilty about it!
97. Get my teeth cleaned.
98. Organize and give Kerri Anne her baby book that I have been trying to "let go" of for over 2 1/2 years now!
99. Take a picture of a fawn and frame it.
100. Take Lucas to see ducks on the creek and feed them.
101. As I cross off my FINAL task, smile and sigh with relief!

# 36 Completed -- Finish this list!!! This is harder that I ever dreamed it would be!

Wow, was that hard! I finally came up with "101 things to do" so I am finished my list! Hopefully I can accomplish most, if not all, of my tasks by October 8, 2011.

#51 Completed -- Get a reading lamp for the family room

I bought a floor light with a reading lamp so that I could read better at night when I can't sleep. Hopefully by reading a little each night, I will become sleepy and fall asleep quicker. One can only hope!!!

# 35 Completed -- Replace blind on my front door

I replaced the blind on my front door today. I just hope that Justice won't ruin this one like he did the last one by looking underneath it to see outside!

# 1 Completed -- Take down my Christmas tree BEFORE Valentine's Day!

Well, that's done!!!! I have taken down my Christmas tree, vacuumed and moved the furniture back to its original place and it is ONLY January 24, 2009!!!! Three weeks BEFORE Valentine's Day!! What has gotten into me?????

# 74 Completed -- Visit someone in a nursing home.

I am not really sure if this really counts, but until I visit someone I really know in a nursing home -- I am going to count this! The Life Skills class my student is in at KPMS visited Heartland of Keyser nursing home today. They made a bag and had a bottle of lotion and a pair of the gripper socks in it. They also made a card. The activities director selected eight residents to receive the bags and cards and we met them in the lounge today. They enjoyed talking to our students.
I did know two of the residents today -- one was the French teacher at Keyser High when I was in school and the other was the Mother of one of the teachers at KPMS.

I have visited a dear old friend, Nola Clark, at Heartland of Keyser on April 10, 2009 and again on May 3, 2009. She had a stroke in early April, but gets to go home on May 8, 2009.

# 7 Completed -- Reconnect with an old friend

I talked with Dawna Grayson Day tonight on Facebook and we are going to get together and catch up on old times soon. It is nice to reconnect with old friends!

I have connected with a couple other friends from high schooland college on Facebook -- Gerri (Rosenberger) Silvious and Cheryl (Grady) Fleming.

# 55 Completed -- Find the title to the Intrepid or get another one

The first place I looked was where I found the title -- in the cookie jar on top the fridge! Can you tell when I bake cookies they don't end up in the cookie jar????

# 57 Completed -- Match the "mis-matched" socks on my dresser

Absolutely unbelievable!!! It totally amazed me that ANYONE in the world could have 181 socks in a pile and after matching 44 pair, STILL have 93 with no mates!!! Where do they go? I have always said the dryer eats them -- now I am convinced! I am glad that task is completed! However, I bet I complete this again before October 8, 2011!!!

# 11 Completed -- Take down and wash my shower curtain.

I love snow days! I get so much done. I decided today would be a good day to take down and wash my shower curtain -- so, #11 is completed!!!

# 42 Completed -- Organize my bra and underwear drawer.

Well, I wish I had done this BEFORE I bought some new underwear this afternoon as I found several pair that had gotten buried under my bras. And Kerry, tell Jeannette that I am wearing the bras she helped me pick out when I was visiting you the summer of 2007!

# 26 Completed -- Organize my sock drawer.

Dec. 5, 2009 It has been almost 11 months since I sorted my "single" socks, so I thought I would do it again. Ironically, it also snowed today just like the last time I performed this task. Today I had 212 "single" socks of which I was able to match 49 pair! That is the good news; the bad news is that I still have 114 "single" socks :-(

Jan. 15, 2009 We had a snow day today so I thought it would be a good time to tackle this task. It didn't take too long and I actually found some socks I thought I had, but hadn't seen in a very, very long time. It will be good to wear some new socks!

# 10 Completed - - Unclog my bathroom sink.

# 10 is off the list! When I started to put some Drano down the bathroom sink tonight, I decided to see if I could figure out what was clogging it up. Well, not only did I figure it out -- I took care of the problem and am able to cross #10 off my list!
I could see the cap to the toothpaste down there so I got a pair of scissors and got it out; THEN, I fished out the plastic cap to a disposable razor and THEN a got a whole toothbrush! Is there any wonder why my sink was clogged up?? And now I don't even need to use the Drano!

# 37 Completed -- Score 10,000 on Word Challenge

Well, I finally hit 10,067 on Word Challenge at 12:11 am on January 15, 2009 and I am able to cross off my first entry (#37). It makes me feel good to be able to cross something off, even though I STILL don't have a complete list of 101 things!
Now that I won't be obsessed at scoring 10,000 points anymore, maybe I can get some sleep!!!

January 11th, 2009 - October 8th, 2011

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).

Why 1001 Days?
Many people have created lists in the past - frequently simple goals such as New Year's resolutions. The key to beating procrastination is to set a deadline that is realistic. 1001 Days (about 2.75 years) is a better period of time than a year, because it allows you several seasons to complete the tasks, which is better for organizing and timing some tasks such as overseas trips or outdoor activities.

Why I want to do this:
My neice started this and I thought it would be fun to do. It is a long term goal and not just a 'New Years Resoluction'. Wish me luck!