The Mission:

• Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.

• 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 your part).

Tasks Completed: 25
Tasks Remaining: 76
Tasks In Progress/Scheduled: 22

Items shown in white are currently in progress or scheduled and reflect the day started.
Items shown with a strikethrough in white have been completed and reflect the completion date.

Personal/Health

1 - Get below 225 pounds
2 - Get below 200 pounds
3 - Get below 175 pounds
4 - Get below 150 pounds and become a Lifetime member of Weight Watchers
5 - Take a multi-vitamin every day for 1 month so it should be a habit then - Completed May 16, 2006
6 - Exercise 5x per week for 1 month - Completed May 31, 2006
7 - Go one week without soda - Completed June 2006
8 - Go one week without coffee (definitely not the same week) - Completed June 2006
9 - Go one week without eating a bedtime snack
10 - Finish the online class in which I am currently enrolled by July 15, 2006 - Completed July 7, 2006
11 - Keep a gratitude journal for 1 month by listing 5 things for which I am grateful on a daily basis
12 - Post a recipe to my Bunny Food blog at least once every 3 months
        2006: May, August, September
13 - Finish a half marathon (Scheduled for Oct. 15, 2006)
14 - Have someone over for dinner (Scheduled for Oct. when a friend is coming in to visit)
15 - Dress up for work at least once per month
        2006: April 26, May 2, June 26, July 19, August 21
16 - Give blood at least 4 times
        May 23, 2006
17 - Go one month without eating out
18 - Run a 5k with no walk breaks

Blogging

19 - Blog at least 3 times per week for 1 month in my Melissa's Ramblings blog
20 - Blog daily for 3 months in my Bunny Food blog - Completed July 28, 2006
21 - Comment in the blogs of at least 3 different people weekly for 3 months - Completed June 20, 2006
22 - Create a separate webpage for this list and link to it in this blog - Completed April 19, 2006
23 - Post at least 2 non-stitching related pics in Melissa's Ramblings blog each month for 3 months.

Fun

24 - Learn to ride a bicycle
25 - Solve a Samurai Sudoku puzzle
26 - Email one new person each week for 3 months just to say "Hi" - Completed June 20, 2006
27 - Mail at least one person a handmade greeting card each month
        2006: April 29, May 27, June 18, July 28, August 5
28 - Finish my "WOW" scrapbook
29 - Go to at least 2 professional baseball games
30 - Go to a professional basketball game
31 - Go to a professional hockey game
32 - Get a henna tattoo
33 - Go walking along the beach at least 4 times
        2006: April 23, June 1
34 - Take a French language refresher course (Started April 17, 2006)
35 - Have a spa day (massage/facial/manicure/pedicure)
36 - Go to Disneyland with my stitching buddies
37 - Go to a taping of the Real Time with Bill Maher show
38 - Pay for the car behind me at a drive-thru window - Completed April 23, 2006
39 - Pick apples in an orchard - Completed August 28, 2006
40 - Go to a wine tasting

Stitching

41 - Finish Rosemarkie
42 - Finish Celtic Christmas
43 - Frame a stitched piece and keep it for myself
44 - Learn at least two new finishing techniques - Completed July 7-8, 2006
        Learned to make a biscornu (8-sided pillow), learned several techniques at Merry Cox class
45 - Stitch at least 4 Christmas Ornaments per year
        2006: SB ornie
46 - Inventory my chart stash
47 - Inventory my fabric stash
48 - Go through all of my WIPs and retire those I know I'll never finish (Started May 30, 2006)
        Number retired to date: 2
49 - Try hand-dying some fabric
50 - Post daily on the Legacy BB (barring lack of access) for one month - Completed August 31, 2006
51 - Post daily on the Rotation BB (barring lack of access) for one month - Completed August 31, 2006
52 - Post daily on the Shepherd's Bush BB (barring lack of access) for one month - Completed August 31, 2006
53 - Post daily on the DWLZ BB (barring lack of access) for one month - Completed August 31, 2006
54 - Send a RAK every 3 months (even if it is just a card)
        2006: May, August
55 - Participate in at least two stitching exchanges/round robins each year
        2006: Quaker RR (Legacy) & Biscornu Exchange (SBEB)
56 - Take a class by Merry Cox - Completed July 7-8, 2006
57 - Learn how to do Hardanger
58 - Mail all 9 rounds of my Quaker RR on time
        Rounds 1-2 on time
59 - Join a stitching guild - Completed April 19, 2006

Home

60 - Hang the curtains I bought for my bedroom
61 - Buy a dresser for my bedroom
62 - Buy bedside tables for my bedroom
63 - Buy a new patio set
64 - Purchase a fine art reproduction print and hang it in my home
65 - Buy at least 2 plants for my home
66 - Buy fresh cut flowers weekly for 1 month
67 - Finish putting pictures in my collage frame and hang it in my home

Technical/Professional

68 - Obtain a profressional certification
69 - Take at least 2 technical training classes - Completed June, 2006
        Completed Project Management training & Livelink training
70 - Update my resume - Completed August 31, 2006
71 - Join a professional organization and attend at least 3 meetings
72 - Be on time for work every day for 1 month (barring major L.A. traffic jams) - Completed June, 2006

Cultural

73 - Visit a museum once per year
74 - Visit the San Diego Zoo once per year
75 - Go to the symphony or ballet
76 - Go to the theater
77 - Go to a concert
78 - Go see a movie at the theater at least 4 times this year
        An Inconvenient Truth (June 2), The Devil Wears Prada (June 30)

Charitable

79 - Volunteer once per quarter at Habitat for Humanity
        2006: May 19
80 - Volunteer once per quarter at Second Harvest Food Bank
        2006: May 26, August 28 (Focus Hope - Detroit)
81 - Sponsor a second child in India through Children International - Completed April 20, 2006
82 - Sponsor at least 4 people for charity walks, rides, etc.
        Nick for the MS150 Ride, Beth for the MS Walk, Becky for MDA

Literary

83 - Read 12 books
        Total read to date: 2
84 - Maintain a list of books read on my website
85 - Subscribe to a new magazine - Completed May 3, 2006 by subscribing to Cooking Light

Financial

86 - Contribute $50 monthly to my savings account (Started April 15, 2006)
        2006: April, May, June, July
87 - Other than my car payment, remain debt-free (Started April 15, 2006)
88 - Sign up for the VA/AP plan at work (supplemental retirement plan)
89 - Correct 2 errors I found on my credit report
90 - Update my will - Completed August 13, 2006
91 - Set aside $1 every day of this challenge to donate to charity at the end (Started April 15, 2006)

Travel

92 - Go to Paris (tentatively schedule for May 2007)
93 - Go to Hawaii
94 - Go to Nashville to visit my friends and old haunts
95 - Go to Portland, OR and hike to the top of Multnomah Falls again
96 - Go to the Grand Canyon
97 - Go whale watching
98 - Spend a weekend at a lake house with friends - Completed August 2006
99 - Go to Catalina

Administrative

100 - Update this list a minimum of once per month
        2006: April, May, June, July, August, September
101 - When 1001 days are up, update this list and make a new list

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