101 goals in 1001 days

So I was blog surfing the other day, and I don't remember where I ended up, but I came across this idea...


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Well ever since then little goals have been popping through my brain, so I decided to give in and put them down on 'paper'.

So here they are - the things I'd like to accomplish by, let's see...


[October 17, 2012]

Some are pretty lofty, some are deep, while others may seem trivial - but each and every one means something to me. Not sure how feasible this is really going to be (that's 1 goal every 10 days), but it doesn't hurt to try!

I'll italicize the goals that are 'in progress', highlight each as I complete them, and let y'all know when I do. We'll see how far I get ;)

1. Buy a house. (Completed 4/10)
2. Take Knox to the beach.
3. Learn calligraphy.
4. Shop in New York.
5. Get a swing set for the backyard.
6. Devote 30-45 minutes of quiet time each morning to God... And keep it!
7. Make a homemade pie, crust and all.
8.  Go to a water park.
9. Get a puppy.
10. Get my RN certification in Neonatology.
11. Get my butt back in school.
12. Learn how to crochet. (Or 'relearn' what my MeeMaw once taught me!)
13. Go out to eat and just order dessert.
14. Teach Knox how to swim.
15. Learn how to make my grandmother's homemade ravioli...
16. And also her yeast rolls!
17. Take a "make-up" honeymoon with my husband.
18. Give Knox a little brother or sister. (Completed 12/09)
19. Have maternity pictures taken. (Completed 7/2010)
20. Upgrade my vehicle.
21. Sponsor a needy child.
22. See Broadway's production of The Lion King.
23. Frame my nursing license.
24. Go snow skiing.
25. Get certified as a CPR and/or NRP (Neonatal Resuscitation) instructor.
26. Learn how to grill. Or at least how to turn it on... (This is definitely a MAN'S JOB in our house!)
27. Send a note to a friend, just because.
28. Coach a cheerleading squad or gymnastics.
29. Take our kids to Disney World.
30. Get a PRN position in a pediatric hospital NICU. (I miss those sweet surgical babes!)
31. Find a charitable organization that I'm passionate about, and just throw myself in to it.
32. Landscape my yard.
33. Learn how to do some "trial prep" so I can help James out.
34. Join a small group.
35. Take a photography class.
36. Go whitewater rafting.
37. Print out my pictures and get them in to albums.
38. Scrapbook our family pictures.
39. Furnish our living room...
40. Dining room...
41. And bedroom!
42. Go to a Longhorns game.
43. Take a floral arrangement class.
44. Head up a ministry. (Completed 2/1/10)
45. Find a tennis partner.
46. Bring a hot meal to friends when they need it.
47. Float the Guadalupe.
48. Learn how to change a tire.
49. Show the love of Christ to the unloveable.
50. Join a zumba class.
51. Get my license to carry.
52. Go ice skating.
53. Get a family piano and enjoy playing everyday.
54. Learn how to play Bach's Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring.
55. Pay for a stranger's meal in the fast food line.
56. Go sailing.
57. Keep a prayer journal. (Completed 2/10)
58. Convince James to take a salsa or ballroom dance class with me.
59. Tour San Antonio.
60. Start a small mommy business.
61. Coed stunt again.
62. Get a boat.
63. Read the Bible front to back.
64. Have the eternity diamonds completed around my wedding bands.
65. Bake something for new neighbors.
66. See George Strait in concert.
67. Host a shower for a friend. (Completed 7/10)
68. Buy a trampoline... Just because it's fun.
69. Go horseback riding.
70. Babysit for a friend. (Completed 3/10)
71. Plant a vegetable garden.
72. Hone my Spanish.
73. Reconnect with an old friend.
74. Take more home videos and actually get them on to DVDs.
75. Go on a Christian retreat - either couples or women's.
76. Go country line dancing.
77. Join the steering committee at MOPS. (Completed 4/10)
78. Take Knox to Sesame Street Live.
79. Get our wedding pictures printed and framed.
80. Learn how to play James' Nintendo with him. (Or X-Box or whatever it is.)
81. Run a 10k.
82. Commit 20 bible verses to memory.
83. Eat at Lady & Sons in Savannah, Georgia.
84. Go camping.
85. Throw a suprise party.
86. Sew some curtains.
87. Perfect the art of decorating cookies with royal icing.
88. Become a "temporary placement" (2-6 weeks) foster parent for infants/toddlers.
89. Have my blog printed and bound. It's my babybook :)
90. Smock a dress.
91. Plan a girls trip with my mom and sisters.
92. Go on a fancy date downtown with my husband.
93. Serve a meal at a soup kitchen.
94. Make some Christmas stockings.
95. Land a standing backtuck, just once more.
96. Make an unlikely friend.
97. Go fishing with my husband.
98. Build up our kids' college fund.
99. Make some GOOD homemade fried chicken. (I'm a sucker for KFC.)
100. Tutor a child struggling in school.
101. Become the woman of prayer that I would like to be.

So there it is - my 101! Feel free to grab my button up top there and try it out too! It was so much fun coming up with these. Now I can't wait to start knocking them off ;)