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The Mission: Complete 101 102 preset tasks in a period of 1,001 days.
The Criteria: 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 my part). Items bolded and crossed-out have been completed; items italicized are in progress!

Start Date: February 16th, 2010
End Date: November 14rd, 2012

1. Sell something on Etsy.
2. crochet at least 1 thing every month for 12 months (4/12)
3. Finish the quilts (0/2)
4. hand make all Christmas gifts
5. buy a house
6. have a savings account with $5,000 ($855/$5000)
7. Make a bag for crochet projects
8. read 10 classics (Hound of the Baskervilles, Jane Eyre, etc) (0/10)
9. Write a short story every month for a year (0/12)
10. Submit a short story
11. Edit my novel
12. enter 5 writing contests (0/5)
13. Go a month without Sunkist
14. Keep a plant alive for a year
15. Win NaNoWriMo again
16. Travel to Mexico for Dia De Los Muertos
17. Road trip to the west coast
18. See 5 World’s Biggests (0/5)
19. go to work on time every day for a month (0/22)
20. update my blog every day (88/1,001)
21. write 1 handwritten letter each month for a year (0/12)
22. make curtains for the bedroom (0/2)
23. Go a month without takeout (incl. fastfood, restaurants, movie food) (0/30)
24. Go to 5 museums (0/5)
25. See a show on Broadway (0/1)
26. Pay off all credit cards (0/3)
27. learn Greek
28. take leftovers to work for lunch 3 days a week for a month (0/12)
29. eat something for breakfast every day for a year (88/365)
30. Play Ponys with Audrey and document 5 episodes (0/5)
31. Revamp LittlePlasticDinos.com
32. Spiff up HeatherAdamsIsCoolerThanYou.com
33. Make 10 LPD scenes (0/10)
34. Make a site for MyLittlePony episodes
35. Complete each pattern from Creepy Cute Crochet (0/19)
36. Complete each pattern from Crobots (0/20)
37. Crochet a cozy winter sweater for myself (0/1)
38. Go computer/ipod free 2 nights a week for 6 months (0/6)
39. Eat dinner at a dinner table 4 nights a week for a month (0/16)
40. Complete picture reference book for the bakery
41. take a daily multivitamin every day (88/1,001)
42. Go out with a friend/friends once a month for a year (0/12)
43. Take Chris to a Red Sox game
44. Have dinner with Daddy once a month for at least a year (0/12)
45. Go to a girl movie once a month for a year with Audrey (2/12)
46. take a vacation in the summer
47. Participate in Postcrossing and send 10 postcards (5/10)
48. Get a penpal in a different country and keep up correspondence for at least a year
49. Make $100 profit on Etsy (0/$100)
50. Make a birthday desserts for family members on their birthday
51. get a new monitor for laptop
52. Crochet baby items for Kelli’s baby showers (5/5)
53. Submit Tupperware orders when received
54. Submit Tupperware replacement orders when received
55. Sell enough Tupperware to remain an active consultant
56. Have a successful Tupperware party (0/$400, 0/2 datings)
57. Keep the grocery bill under $100 for 12 weeks (12/12)
58. Watch all 6(?) seasons of Lost (0/6)
59. Follow through with ducttape rose requests (0/3?)
60. Go to the beach at least one weekend a month during an entire summer (0/4)
61. Go to knit night with Elise at least once a month for 6 months (1/6)
62. Play violin once a week for 6 weeks (0/6)
63. Take violin lessons for 6 months (0/6)
64. Spend a night in 10 different states (0/10)
65. Collect a souvenir from each state on way to west coast and back
66. Go a week without hitting Chris (0/7)
67. Take a landscape picture and picture of people in each state on road trip
68. Have a candid picture of me taken in each state on road trip
69. Play 10 games of Cribbage with Auntie Mum and Da (0/10)
70. Visit Grammie 10 times other than holidays (0/10)
71. Watch 12 goofy movies with Mum (0/12)
72. Wear girl clothes once a month for a year (0/12)
73. Win real money at poker
74. Floss every day (88/1,001)
75. Go to Bar Harbor
76. Grow a successful shade container garden on the back porch
77. Take flying lessons
78. Take dance lessons
79. Eat fresh fruit every day for 6 weeks (0/6)
80. Visit Canada
81. Watch the northern lights in Friendship
82. Watch 3 meteor showers (0/3)
83. Get a passport
84. Buy 5 new outfits (not tee-shirts) (0/5)
85. Take 2 adult ed classes that interest me (0/2)
86. Get season tickets and attend each DHS play for a year (0/4)
87. Celebrate 10 random holidays from the Perkins calendar (2/10) National Goof Off Day 3/22, National stress awareness day 4/16
88. Organize all my crafting stuff
89. Make 3 snow monkeys (0/3)
90. Go to every bobble head game in a SeaDogs season
91. Keep the coffee table clean every day for a month (0/30)
92. Read every night for a year (0/365)
93. Do a crossword puzzle every day for a month (0/30)
94. Take Chris to a trivia night 10 times (0/10)
95. Go to 3 concerts (0/3)
96. Watch anime with Chris once a week for a year (7/52)
97. Greet Chris each time he comes home
98. Sort through and put away my boxes stored in Chris’ room
99. Eat a vegetable every day for a year (88/365)
100. Eat food from 10 different countries (2/10) Greek, Thai
101. Go to bed, lights out by 10pm 4 nights a week for 36 weeks (0/144)
102. Transcribe John’s story and type up an outline