My Dulce Life: April 2011

"Am I dressed too slutty for Black Angus?"

Day Zero Project - 101 things in 1001 days

Goal: Do 101 things in 1001 days (August 5, 2012)
Completed: 43
Left: 58

Family

1. Finish our wedding album
2. Finish scrapbook of wedding
3. Get pregnant (Way after my 30th Birthday)
~~4. Send out Christmas cards (2/2)~~
5. Visit a church
6. Get a family professional portrait
~~7. Try 10 new restaurants (10/10)~~
~~8. No takeout for an entire week (5/5)~~
9. Learn to make 4 different sauces (2/4)
10. Host Christmas or Thanksgiving
11. Slow dance with Ryan
12. Cook 10 new dishes (6/10)
~~13. Attend a concert~~
14. Remodel / Redecorate Living room
15. Remodel / Redecorate 2nd guest room (Baby’s room)
16. Remodel / Redecorate Powered room
~~17. Go hiking with TiVO~~
18. Bake a treat for TiVO
19. Surprise Ryan
~~20. Teach TiVO a new trick or behavior~~

Travel
~~21. Take a vacation outside of the U.S.~~
22. Visit New York City
23. Visit Los Angeles
~~24. Go to 4 new cities (4/4)~~
~~25. Go somewhere tropical to swim in the ocean~~
~~26. Take a cruise~~
~~27. Have a girl’s weekend~~
28. Take three spontaneous day/weekend trips (1/3)
29. Attend and participate in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas
~~30. Go to a theme park~~
~~31. Visit an aquarium~~
32. Go to at least one of the Seven NATURAL World Wonders (Mt. Everest, The Great Barrier Reef, The Grand Canyon, Victoria Falls, The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro, Paricutin Volcano, The Northern Lights)
33. Learn to say “thank you” in ten languages (7/10)
34. Hot Air Balloon Ride
~~35. Go to a comedy club~~
~~36. See a play / show live~~
37. Ride Phoenix’s light rail

Just for me / because
~~38. Throw myself a 30th birthday party~~
39. Get a website design degree
~~40. Get A’s for a semester~~
~~41. Take a non-course class~~
~~42. Build a website portfolio~~
~~43. Build a promotional site~~
44. Become self efficient as a stay at home mom and make my same salary (build a freelance business)
~~45. Renew my passport~~
46. Read three non-fiction books (2/3)
~~47. Read 15 fiction books (15/15)~~
48. Learn to knit
49. Knit something
50. Go to a day spa and get the works
51. Get Scuba Certified
52. Paint a new painting
~~53. Give out a “just because” gift to a friends/family~~
54. Host a dinner party for friends
55. Host a game night for friends
56. Bring in donuts for no reason to share at work
57. Bake and decorate a cake
~~58. Say yes when I rather say no 10 times (10/10)~~
59. Do something with my wedding dress
~~60. Buy a nice camera~~
~~61. Fix Chinese iPod~~
62. Get a reading from a psychic
~~63. Do something by myself (i.e. dinner or movies – NOT lunches)~~
~~64. Accessorize my outfits for work (30/30)~~
~~65. Buy an “as-seen-on-TV” product~~
66. Carve a pumpkin
~~67. Make and send cards to my friends/family at least 5 times (5/5)~~
~~68. Make a new friend~~
69. Stop cussing for seven days straight (0/7)
70. Learn a new board game or card game

Money
71. Win a poker tournament
72. Make a will
73. Make Ryan make a will
74. Make a financial will list
75. Once pg, start a baby savings account
~~76. Buy lottery tickets (8/8)~~
77. Pay off auto LOC
78. Open a special account for a new car
79. Pay down half of student loan

Blog
80. Blog at least once a week for 52 weeks (26/52)
~~81. Re-design blog~~
82. Inspire someone to do a 101 in 1001
83. Blog about each task completed (33/101)

Health
~~84. Take a multivitamin for 30 days (30/30)~~
~~85. Go to the gym twice a week for month (10/10)~~
86. Take a class at the gym once a month (0/4)
87. Lose eight pounds

Random acts of kindness
~~88. Donate blood~~
89. Volunteer for an organization
90. Bring food to a homeless person
91. Send a care package to a soldier
92. Buy items to donate to shelter (i.e. blankets, formula)
93. Donate food to local food bank
94. Purchase Christmas presents for a needy family
95. Pay for the car behind me in the drive-thru
~~96. Give money to a random street musician~~

Going Greener
~~97. Use my cloth bags for shopping (15/15)~~
~~98. Blog about our solar panel bills to inspire some to get solar panels~~
99. Start a garden

100. Celebrate day 1001
101. Make a new 101/1001 list

Also Participating:
Mya
Katie
Kirstin
Jaye
Lisa Anne
Stacey
Jenni
Alicia

My Dulce Life

Friday, April 1, 2011

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