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It’s been awhile since I last updated these goals. Let’s take a look and see what I have accomplished and cross them off the list. 

 

 

After reading Simply Nicole’s 101 in 1001 I was inspired to begin my blog with a to-do list of my own. Since then, I have read several 101 lists of various bloggers. My goal is to complete this list by Feb. 26, 2018. Between composing this list and publishing it I have completed a few of the items.

101 things to do in 1001 days

1.  Read the Bible all the way through
2. Spend daily time with the Lord
3. Attend or begin a woman’s Bible study (I love Elizabeth George)
4. Attend a photography workshop
5. Learn how to use Google Docs in the classroom ( Aug. 2016)
6. Write a book (I have been approached to begin writing an autobiography for someone. I’ll give more details later.)
7. Start making money from my blog
8. Dedicate the spare room to my photography studio
9. Obtain 3,000 followers on Pinterest ( I’m at 578 now) (I’m not quite sure when I hit the 3,000 mark but as of today, Feb. 28, 2017, I have over 4,700 followers. )
10. Increase the savings account to 10,000
11. Become debt free
12. Visit the Biltmore (Aug. 10, 2015)
13. Go on a New England Cruise
14. Stay at the Great Wolf Lodge
15. Go to Disney World (Although I can’t technically cross this goal off just yet, we are leaving for Disney on Nov. 3.)
16. See the giant Redwood trees
17. Read 30+ books
18. Learn to make bread
19. Have 1,000 followers on my blog
20. Participate in a vendor’s fair
21. Finish my Koi pond
22. Finish reorganizing and decorating my office  ( I finished this around August of 2016. I love working in there now.)
23. Make photo cards for Christmas
24. Learn to make and can pickles
25. Stop drinking Vanilla Coke for one week a month.
26. Do a 52-week money challenge
27. Knit a scarf and hat
28. Take a road trip through Ohio
29. Attend another OCALI conference
30. Respond to at least one blogger per week
31. Update my photo ( I did update my photo a few months ago.)
32. Complete the garden in the back yard
33. Buy a gun
34. Make an original art piece for the living room
35. Attend a Sunrise service on Easter
36. Attend a “Dancing with the Stars” show (My favorite show)
37. Stay a night at the Greenbrier in WV
38. Tile the bar in our shelter house
39. Decorate the pool and shelter area
40. Visit every state in the US
41. Play a board game and/or cards with grandkids at least twice a month
42. Go to Branson, Missouri
43. Start an Instagram account
44. Learn more about using Photoshop
45. Set my retirement date from teaching (July 1, 2019)
46. Go to bed by 11:00 for a week (When there is a little one in the house that wants you to lay down with him this goal no longer is a problem. I would lay down with him around 8:00 and wake up in the morning.)
47. Blog at least twice a week ( Although I have managed to blog more frequently and have blogged several times more than once a week, I am still not as consistent as I need to be. It’s a work in progress.)
48. Buy a designer camera bag
49. Learn how to design a website
50. Plan a lunch with old friends
51. Cover the chair cushions on outdoor furniture (Stay tuned to a post about this. I will have pictures also.)
52. Get a white pomeranian (My favorite dog)
53. Go to the Kentucky Derby
54. Visit the Florida Keys
55. Put $10 into savings for every goal accomplished
56. Use the treadmill at least twice a week
57. See an outdoor drama
58. Begin a photography series
59. Create a blogging schedule
60. Reorganize book shelves
61. Take a web design workshop/class
62. Practice the piano more
63. Go to an amusement park
64. Attend church at least 3 times per month ( We have been attending church more regularly than we have in the past few years. After 43 years of prayer, my husband has finally began attending church on a more regular basis.)
65. Make 15 crafts from Pinterest
66. Make 15 recipes from Pinterest
67. Make a photo booth for parties
68. Begin a blog series (Book Nook)
69. Unsubscribe to junk emails (Does this ever end?)
70. Visit COSI with grandkids
71. Redecorate bedroom
72. Take photo of husband and self
73. Make homemade noodles  (They were delicious.)
74. Make a new tree skirt for Christmas tree
75. Go to the zoo
76. Make a will
77. Attend 3 educational workshops 
78. Go to a concert in the park
79. Get a blog sponsor
80. Build a snowman
81. Make snow ice cream  ( My granddaughter and I made snow ice cream when we had our last significant snowfall. It’s been a pretty warm and dry winter.)
82. Send flowers to my daughters on their birthdays
83. Improve my credit score
84. Drink 2 glasses of water a day
85. Donate/ work at the food bank (I do this on a regular basis. This is where all my extra grocery bags go, along with cans of various items that we don’t eat.)
86. Complete 3 devotionals
87. Inspire someone to create 101 goals  ( After showing my daughter my goals, she said she is planning on writing her own list.)
88. Lose 25 – 50 lbs
89. Publish a photo book
90. Go to a craft fair
91. Photograph a scene in all four seasons
92. Complete husband’s family history book
93. Purchase a deacon’s bench for kitchen table
94. Attend a Renassance Festival
95. Grow something from seeds
96. Teach granddaughters how to sew ( This past summer I taught sewing classes to several young 4-Her’s. )
97. Do a photo challenge
98. Teach granddaughter piano
99. Make homemade ice cream
100. Stain fireplace hearth and mantle
101. Make a new list at the end of this one. Looking at these goals and the due date, I know that they all will not get done. That’s ok though, they will start out my next list.