101 in 1001 Update #3

Made some progress on a few of my goals…

What I did:

8. Choose and document One Little Word 2015 and 2016 — Still working on this although I lost some steam in March.

13. Pass 500 books for Arthur’s 1000 Books Before Kindergarten — Up to 199 books… Making some great progress.

26. Read 50 of my owned unread books — Read 5 more books from my own bookshelves. My total is up to 11 books.

28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal — I read 2111 pages in March. That puts me at 6382 pages so far.

29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur) — I worked on March while in Indiana and wrapped it up once i got back. Now I’m starting my work on April’s pages. Still going strong.

34. Make 250 different greeting cards — I only made four different designs this past month. Up to 18. Got to get cracking on this goal.

37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie — Still working on this one…

42. Participate in 30 Days of Lists 2x — Officially completed one round of 30 Days of Lists this past March!

45. Make 50 new recipes — Two new recipes this past week.

• Oven Roasted Broccoli — Yum yum and easy
• Blueberry Croissant Puff — Very yummy. Just need to adjust the cook time a bit.

50. Meal plan for an entire month — I got my crap together and meal planned for the entire month of April in March. So excited! I’ve got a new meal planning plan (hee hee) that uses categories to help organize the process.

72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10 (2/10) — We had a successful spring social supporting CASA.

94. Officially close my Hotmail account — Finally doing this! I haven’t opened my account in almost a month. I’ve got one more month of not opening it before Microsoft will officially close it.

Remaining goals and total:

Friends, Family, and Love 1. Send out homemade holiday cards in December 2. Build a snowman 3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur 4. Spend a day at the beach 5. Date nights x 20 6. Complete a Jar of Life 7. Host a tea party 9. Write a personal manifesto 11. Give 5 Just Because gifts 12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2015 16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa

Crafting and Culture 17. Attend an opera or musical 18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit 20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges 21. Make 10 non-greeting card crafts on my Pinterest boards 22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all 23. Watch a meteor shower 24. Attend 5 concerts (1/5) 25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts 27. Tour a factory 30. Finish 2015 and 2015 December Daily 31. Catch up the twins scrapbook albums 32. Watch 100  different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series) 33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982)

• 1982: Gandhi
• 1983: Terms of Endearment
• 1984: Amadeus
• 1985: Out of Africa
• 1986: Platoon
• 1987: The Last Emperor
• 1988: Rain Man
• 1989: Driving Miss Daisy
• 1990: Dances with Wolves
• 1991: Silence of the Lambs
• 1992: Unforgiven
• 1993: Schindler’s List
• 1994: Forrest Gump
• 1995: Braveheart
• 1996: The English Patient
• 1997: Titanic
• 1998: Shakespeare in Love
• 1999: American Beauty
• 2000: Gladiator
• 2001: A Beautiful Mind
• 2002: Chicago
• 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
• 2004: Million Dollar Baby
• 2005: Crash
• 2006: The Departed
• 2007: No Country for Old Men
• 2008: Slumdog Millionaire
• 2009: The Hurt Locker
• 2010: The King’s Speech
• 2011: The Artist
• 2012: Argo
• 2013: 12 Years a Slave
• 2014: TBD
• 2015: TBD
• 2016: TBD

35. See a drive-in movie 36. Listen to every song by The Beatles 38. Have a Pixar movie month 39. Complete The Artist’s Way 40. Complete a year of no book buying 41. Learn Ruby on rails 43. Go to 5 tourist things in San Francisco

Food and Drink 44. Take a cooking class 46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is one it 47. Give up dining out for one month 48. Try Whole30 49. Make a pie on PI day 51. Make fresh pasta 52. Learn to make a good martini 53. Do a brewery tour 54. Try 25 new restaurants 55. Try 5 new to me foods 56. No pop for a month

Health and Fitness 57. Lose 2 pants sizes 58. Walk a 5K 59. Get a massage 60. Take a yoga class 61. Get three pedicures (1/3) 62. Do a spa day 63. Meditate daily for a month 64. Complete a 30 miles in 30 days challenge 65. Get lasik 66. Get CPR certified again

Travel 67. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast 68. Go on a vacation with Josh 69. Visit the Redwoods (any park) 70. Travel to a new state

Philanthropic 71. Give a 100% tip 73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop 74. Donate to a Kickstarter campaign I love

Financial 75. Two week money fast (starting with full gas tanks and a full pantry) 76. Open an Etsy shop 77. Cash in my piggy bank for something special and frivolous

Miscellaneous 79. Get Arthur’s tattoo 80. Get a passport 81. Get rid of 100 things 82. Learn how to use our DSLR 83. Take one free online class 84. Make a chalk mural on the balcony/driveway 85. Finish a Soduku puzzle 86. Grow something from a seed 87. Complete a coloring book 89. Take an IQ test 90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall 91. Go horseback riding or hiking 92. Participate in 30 Day Wardrobe Challenge 93. Unplug completely for 24 hours 95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU,etc) 96. Dye my hair purple 97. Revamp my wardrobe 98.Take real photos of me for my blogs 99. Post a vlog 100. Go apple/berry/etc picking