For more information about my 101 Things Challenge, visit my post from April 11, 2010. It can tell you how I began, and what this is all about - why not? Take your time. Peruse the list. Make your own. Join me in the 101 things challenge. Follow my blog as I work to accomplish as many of these 101 things as possible. Take a minute to think of your goals, and then ask the big question - what is stopping you?
101 Things to Do Before May 31, 2011
1.) Visit Crazy Horse Monument
2.) Cook homemade dinners everyday for a week
3.) Cook at least 15 new foods (new to me cooking them, not necessarily to me eating them)
4.) Pass Educational Research
5.) Graduate with my M.Ed.
6.) Discern whether or not I want to stay in teaching
7.) BE OPEN MINDED, about that discernment
8.) Smile more
9.) Love my students
10.) Make WW goal weight
11.) Maintain goal weight, and reach Lifetime
12.) Visit Montana
13.) Visit Wyoming
14.) Visit Denver
15.) Go skiing.
16.) Go to a College World Series game.
17.) Go to a MLB game elsewhere than Fenway
18.) Give up meat for at least one month
19.) Begin swimming again
20.) Visit Minnesota/go to the Mall of America
21.) Visit Prairie Berry winery
22.) Blog regularly and gain a blog “audience”
23.) Think first, speak second, complain less
24.) Practice patience
25.) Go hiking in the Black Hills
26.) Visit somewhere East River (seriously, anywhere)
27.) Live on $50 for a month (excluding gas/car expenses or any emergencies)
28.) Go horseback riding
29.) Visit a cave
30.) Visit Prairie Edge store (not winery)
31.) Find at least three things to love about my day, every day.
32.) Do something that scares me on a daily basis.
33.) Read at least 4 spirituality books.
34.) Read at least 15 other books.
35.) Purchase a grill.
36.) Learn to grill, and have a backyard barbecue
37.) Try 10 new foods.
38.) Eat a Tanka bar.
39.) Make a new friend.
40.) Be a role model of faith for my students
41.) Clean my room on a weekly basis for all of the 2010-2011 school year
42.) Cook meal in my crockpot
43.) Buy a National Parks Pass and visit multiple NPS sites.
44.) Eat at Boticelli’s
45.) Try two (additional) new restaurants.
46.) See a movie at the Elks Theatre.
47.) Go to a spin class at the Swim Center
48.) Go white water rafting
49.) Do something nice for a stranger
50.) Run a 5K
51.) Visit the Laura Ingalls Wilder homestead
52.) Visit the Omaha Zoo
53.) Get a (natural) summer tan.
54.) Wear skirts/dresses only for a week
55.) Drink only water for a week
56.) Donate to charity
57.) Serve a meal at the Cornerstone Mission
58.) Make a difference in someone’s life
59.) Jazz on the Green at the Joslin Art Museum
60.) Host a holiday gathering.
61.) Visit the Durham Western Heritage Museum in Omaha
62.) Attend a powwow
63.) Attend a rodeo
64.) Go to the Taste of Omaha
65.) Go to the Central States Fair or SD State Fair
66.) Purchase a flight using frequent flyer miles
67.) Get a professional massage
68.) Get a tattoo
69.) Comment on a total strangers blog
70.) Complete a sewing project
71.) Make and give homemade gifts (that people actually like and want to receive)
72.) Pick up the tab for a strangers’ lunch/dinner
73.) Attend at least one competition for every STM sport
74.) Write (start-to-finish) a short story
75.) Take pictures
76.) Send at least one “happy” email home to students/parents each week
77.) Get a completely new hairstyle
78.) See the Human Experience again
79.) Introduce new people to the Human Experience
80.) Do at least one “me” thing, everyday
81.) Try a weird ice cream flavor
82.) Buy an Ipod Touch
83.) Visit friends/relatives in the (mid)west
84.) Learn to make (good) fried pickles
85.) Learn to make a tofu dish
86.) Learn to make (again, good) chili
87.) Attend one of the Thursday/Summer Night events downtown
88.) Visit at least one other Magis community
89.) Attend a Nebraska football game
90.) Attend a concert
91.) Create and perfect a signature cocktail
92.) Ask for and accept help when I need it
93.) Surprise someone
94.) Practicando mi español
95.) Try Cirque du Soleil class
96.) Prove to myself and everyone else that I can do this
97.) Karaoke with friends
98.) Send cards
100.)Make homemade fudge
101.)Take a deep breath, and just live.
Completion Key: Bolded text = completed goal
Italicized text = goal in progress
Completion Key: Bolded text = completed goal
Italicized text = goal in progress
