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101 in 1001

I started a 101 in 1001 last year when I had my own domain.  After I decided to keep this site as my personal/mommy blog, I completely forgot about it, sadly.  I had accomplished a lot of my 101 in 1001 and I have to say that writing this down does definitely keep me motivated.  Especially since I look at it daily.  It actually is very exciting; the thought of possibly accomplishing almost everything on my list.  I hope that I can.  They're important to me.  As I finish something, I may add something in.  Completed tasks will be in red bold and have a (+$5) next to it since I am going to be saving $5 for everything I finish.  In progress tasks will be blue and italicized.

Started: April 9, 2011
Ends: January 4, 2014

1. Finish one of the scrapbooks I've started
2. Lose 20 lbs
3. Save up a dollar every day for 1001 days (Total to date: $70)
4. Learn to actually cook a real meal.
5. Clean my entire house and keep it clean for a month.
6. Do a real craft show with my jewelry.
7. Get my business back up and running successfully and fully
8. Take one picture every day for one year.
9. Get my daughter into some activities
10. Find someone to date that is actually worthwhile
11. Get Alayna a bike that she will actually ride
12. Teach my kids how to ice skate
13. Keep my grocery bills to $31 or less for 2 months
14. Write a letter to Alayna's dad's mom 
15. Go through all my old clothes and sell/get rid of the ones that don't fit
16. Lose 50 lbs
17. Go to the gym and keep it up for 2 months
18. Get to 400 followers on my blog
19. Finish half of a novel
20. Land a job that is long term and worth it
21. Blog everyday for 2 months straight
22. Come up with at least 10 interesting blog posts
23. Get a domain
24. Cancel one of my cell phones
25. Make 10 video blogs
26. Try to get up earlier and actually have energy
27. Help Alayna learn to write her own name
28. Organize all of our family photos
29. Rent and watch 30 movies (2 so far)
30. Learn to make more in depth jewelry
31. Eventually run 5 miles without feeling like death
32. Plant a garden with fruits, veggies and flowers
33. Start my Turbo Jam tapes that I have had forever.
34. Do something different in NYC. Get out of times square
35. Get the perfect DVD organizer the kids can't touch
36. Go through all of the toys and get rid of toys that don't match
37. Organize toys that go together
38. Make a dinner and have my birth family over
39. Get Olivia off the bottle and only drink from sippies
40. Go to a mommy blog get together/convention
41. Reach my weight goal
42. Have the kids eat healthier.
43. Get my mom to give up at least HALF of her cook books
44. Make my grandmother's babka or pierogies
45. Host a great birthday party for my kids
46. Make new bloggy friends
47. Take my kids to the zoo
48. Go to the beach with my girls
49. Win some kind of contest
50. Go to a talk show when my idol is there
51. Go to a club with my friends
52. Visit a different state that I have never been to
53. Have a garage sale/post on ebay and get $400 total to put away
54. Get contacts again
55. Drink 8 glasses of water a day for 3 weeks
56. Buy the Medium DVD set. 
57. Get a new car/get mine completely fixed
58. See Wicked again
59. Go to a Hanson concert and do The Walk
60. Do another painting/full sketch
61. Attend and participate in the March of Dimes walk
62. Go to 4 shows with my kids (Disney on Ice, Imagination Movers, Spiderman)
63. Get 500 blog followers
64. Go to a CD release or pre concert party (Going to Hanson on 6/17)
65. Make my friend and send her a breast cancer related present Unfortunately she passed away before I could.
66. Find my biological half siblings
67. Go on vacation with my family
68. See a doctor about my depression/finally feel completely happy
69. Win the lottery ($20 +)
70. Eat (healthy) somewhere new and different (5x) 
71. Go one week just spending necessary money.
72. Find a place to move
73. Re organize my kids room
74. Grow my own nails out and maintain them for 2 months
75. Go to Madam Tussauds
76. Have my daughter meet her paternal grandmother or aunt
77. Join something at my daughter's school/get her into a sport
78. Go back to school/take classes
79. Save up all of my pocket change
80. Stick to my budget of $100 a week or less
81. Walk outside at least once a week for 4 months.
82. Clean the house well enough that my daughter can have her friends over
83. Get Olivia into some socialization activities
84. Fall in love
85. Have my daughter meet the imagination movers
86. Save $5 for every task I actually complete ($65 So Far)
87. Finally get my hair the blonde color I want
88. Read 10 books
89. See 5 new musicals
90. Wear a bikini
91. Get one good family picture
92. Make a real breakfast for my family for a month
93. Find an amazing deal off of craigslist
94. Find an amazing deal at a garage sale
95. Get a new coach purse
96. Have a very successful garage sale
97. Make a brand new coupon binder and upkeep it
98. Save 60%+ on a grocery order
99. Try to get along with my mom for a week
100. Meet a celebrity
101. Get a new piercing or tattoo

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