New 101 Things to Do List

I have never set New Years resolutions because I knew I wouldn't keep them, but then I saw an idea last year. People were making 101 Things in 1001 days. 1001 days was a little too long of a time frame for me, so I decided each year I'm going to make a 101 Things This Year List.

Last year I didn't complete all of my list, but I did at least half...by a little bit. I full completed 51 items, partially completed 3 items, and I didn't finish 47 items at all. Some of the uncompleted items was because my life goals/ideas changed, some I didn't finish because I was just lazy.

I finally finished putting together my new list for 2011. Some of the items from last year's list made it on this list, some didn't. Here's my new list:

2011 Edition of 101 Things to Do This Year

1. Get a business license
2. Sew a blanket
3. Do an oil painting
4. Do a watercolor painting
5. Do a calligraphy project
6. Crochet something
7. Finish Mom’s Nativity from 2010
8. Bake bread
9. Go camping 3 times
10. Hike to the top of Saddle Mountain
11. Read North and South
12. Write a letter once a month
13. Do an art/craft project once a month
14. Go to Tucson twice
15. Memorize a piano song
16. Make ice cream potatoes
17. Bake a pie from scratch
18. Make a budget
19. Get the AC on the car fixed
20. Go for a month without eating out
21. Go Visiting Teaching
22. Get together with the whole Quad
23. Launch my photography website
24. Start my Literature Photography project
25. Start my Fairy Tale Photography project
26. Start the Letter Game with someone
27. Crochet a hot pad.
28. Get to 165 lbs
29. Put together a photography backdrop frame
30. Shoot with a 2^nd photographer
31. Shoot as a 2^nd photographer
32. Go for a month without eating out
33. Visit somewhere new in NM
34. Visit somewhere new in AZ
35. Make homemade rootbeer
36. “Host” a date for Nina and Brigham
37. Have a Princess Bride party
38. Make a photo calendar
39. Enter a photo in the NM State Fair
40. Enter a photo in the County Fair
41. Enter an art project in the County Fair
42. Reread The Work and the Glory
43. Read The Undaunted
44. Stick to a budget for 2 months
45. Do a photo shoot once a week
46. Get a new piano book
47. Write a letter once a month.
48. Join the community orchestra
49. Talk to Sis. Lewis about Photography
50. Take pictures on the Ranch
51. Take pictures from horseback
52. Visit Astronomy Labs once a semester.
53. Take “Wedding” photos for our 5^th anniversary
54. Try a new food.
55. Get Quelf
56. Try a new hair style
57. Take new pictures of Nina, Brigham and Heber
58. Get a new piece of camera equipment
59. Sew a new piece of clothing
60. Make a cork board out of corks
61. Paint a picture for Katie
62. Get bar stools
63. Go to Spring Sing
64. Compile of book of specific exposures for specific situations
65. Compile my photo portfolio
66. Fill up my journal
67. Sew a blanket
68. Sew a bag
69. Do another mosaic watercolor
70. Compile the Fort Bowie trail book/binder
71. Plant a garden
72. Write a business plan for my photography
73. Work with the Small Business Center to get my photography set up
74. Talk with Kita Freeman about the business side of photography
75. Make a Key Lime Pie
76. Get 3 houseplants
77. Finish my Fort Bowie Cars shoot
78. Go tubing down the Gila
79. Plant something in my flower pots on the porch
80. Plant something in my flower beds in front of the house
81. Get business cards made
82. Get a lens cleaning kit.
83. Have Abby come stay with us
84. Practice my oboe every week (starting Jan. 16, 2011)
85. Teach at the GEAR UP in June
86. Have a couple from the ward over for dinner/games
87. Read 10 Books for fun.
88. Fix the fire ring
89. Send Hyrum a package
90. Send Ezra a package
91. Send Pete a package
92. Send out Photography Christmas cards
93. Learn to make a new food
94. Cut our own Christmas tree
95. Make seasonal/holiday dishrags
96. Make seasonal/holiday decorations
97. Have a special meal for the Vernal Equinox
98. Have a special meal for the Summer Solstice
99. Have a special meal for the Autumnal Equinox
100. Have a special meal for the Winter Solstice
101. Finish at least 60% of this list.