101 in 1001 | The End

Start Date:  May 27, 2012
Finish Date: February 22, 2015
Days Left: 0
Percent Complete: 67%
Completed: 67
In Progress: 10
Still to Go: 24

I've learned I have a love/hate relationship with the project.  On one side, I'm sad this project is over because I love the idea of this project and there are still things on this list I want to do.  On the other side, I've been doing this project for almost three years, there are things on here that no longer interest me, and I'm so over it.  I think I've learned that I like a more yearly approach to goals.  Life changes so fast on just a monthly basis, it's hard to determine what you should be spending your time doing when it's 2 years in the future.  

When I started this project I was 23 years old, just started my first big girl job.  Realizing that life is fragile and still trying to embrace this new normal that had been my life for 2 years.  Now, I'm 26, planning a wedding to man who I didn't know even existed when I began this project, working at a different job, and still realizing life is fragile, but embracing the unknown.  So much has stayed the same and yet so much of my life has changed (mostly for the better).

So here is my final list.  Who knows, I may decide to do this project in a few years down the road, but for now, I'm liking more attainable yearly goals.  I think I'll stick with that for the time being.

Completed:
1.  Get a job :: May 7, 2012
2.  Develop a bill station :: May 27, 2012
3.  Put flowers on the graves of my deceased family members :: May 28, 2012
4.  Grow carrots :: June 16, 2012
5.  Plant a tree for Earth Day :: June 24, 2012
6.  Make a playlist of 26 songs A-Z :: June 30, 2012
7.  Play bingo :: July 6, 2012
8.  Search for a rainbow on a rainy day :: August 8, 2012
9.  Watch 5 Disney movies to discover what I missed during my childhood :: August 12, 2012
10.  Buy a new lens for my camera :: August 21, 2012
11.  Photograph a wedding :: August 25, 2012
12.  Buy a new phone :: September 21, 2012
13.  Have a Godfather marathon :: October 27, 2012
14.  Learn to make cheesecake :: October 28, 2012
15.  Go wine tasting :: November 3, 2012
16.  Vote in the next election :: November 6, 2012
17.  Don’t eat fast foot for a month :: November 27, 2012
18.  Send Christmas Cards :: December 21, 2012
19.  Have a game night with family :: December 21, 2012
20.  Watch all the Best Picture Oscar Movies :: December 28, 2012
21.  Take one photo a day for a year :: December 31, 2012
22.  Go to the Kansas City Aquarium :: January 12, 2013
23.  Get a Massage :: March 23, 2013
24.  Visit a State I’ve Never Been to Before :: March 26, 2013
25.  Go to the Omaha Zoo :: March 26, 2013
26.  Visit a butterfly sanctuary :: March 26, 2013
27.  Grow tulips :: March 27, 2013
28.  Don’t eat sweets for 2 weeks :: April 15, 2013
29.  Answer the 50 Questions that Will Free Your Mind :: April 19, 2013
30.  Ride a roller coaster :: May 11, 2013
31.  (Donate hair to Locks of Love) Try a new hair style-cut :: June 6, 2013
32.  Start an herb garden :: June 8, 2013
33.  Make pizza from scratch :: June 10, 2013
34.  Paint a piece of furniture :: June 25, 2013
35.  Visit Mall of America again :: June 29, 2013
36.  Visit my childhood home :: June 30, 2013
37.  Visit a lighthouse :: July 1, 2013
38.  Visit a waterfall :: July 2, 2013
39.  Go to a fireworks show on the Fourth of July :: July 4, 2013
40.  Take a yoga class :: July 28, 2013
41.  Take an online class (Originally Ali Edwards’ 31 Things Class. Never completed; iPhone Photography) :: August 7, 2013
42.  Watch all the Best Actor Oscar Movies :: August 21, 2013
43.  Adopt an animal :: September 27, 2013
44.  Be in a parade :: September 28, 2013
45 .  Paint the front porch :: October 19, 2013
46.  Go to a high school football game :: November 16, 2013
47.  Go to a concert :: November 21, 2013
48.  Do Ali Edwards’ One Little Word Project in 2013 :: December 30, 2013
49.  Create and keep a gratitude journal for 1 year :: January 1, 2014)
50.  Do Project Life in 2013 :: January 3, 2014
51.  Send a letter to someone living outside of the United States :: February 21, 2014
52.  Eat 3 things I’ve never tired before :: March 1, 2014
53.  See a Cirque de Soleil show :: March 7, 2014
54.  Volunteer at a soup kitchen :: April 10, 2014
55.  Go to World War I museum in Kansas City :: April 12, 2014
56.  Visit 5 museums :: April 12, 2014
57.  Have a yard sale :: June 6, 2014
58.  Go on a family vacation :: July 18, 2014
59.  Visit the Northwest :: July 22, 2014
60.  Go on a picnic :: July 24, 2014
61.  Find a personally inspirational quote and work in into a piece of art :: August 6, 2014
62.  Try 5 new local restaurants :: August 14, 2014
63.  Go on a hike :: September 7, 2014
64.  Stay up and watch the sunrise :: September 16, 2014
65.  Get engaged :: September 16, 2014
66.  Pick pumpkins :: October 4, 2014

67.  Do Week in the Life :: 2014

In Progress: (10)
Do 10 projects from my Pinterest Board 6/10 (10 projects planned)
Forty Bags in 10 Months (15/40)

Go whale watching | Item planned for the honeymoon.
Have a John Hughes movie marathon
Make a collection of 25 black and white photos (3/25)
Read 50 books (16/50)
Try 40 new recipes (29/40)
Watch all the Best Actress Oscar Movies 64/86
Watch all the Best Supporting Actor Oscar Movies 34/78
Watch all the Best Supporting Actress Oscar Movies 33/78

Still to Go: (24)
Build a blanket fort and sleep in it
Clean out the garage
Complete a 5000 piece puzzle
Donate blood
Go back to Washington DC with the family
Go horseback riding
Go to a drive in Movie Theater
Go to a midnight showing of a movie
Go to a show in Branson
Go to a tulip festival
Go to Shatto Dairy farm with the family
Have a pancake dinner reunion
Learn how to mow the lawn on the tractor
Make a quilt
Make my own ice cream
Meal Plan
Paint a wall an outrageous color
Pay for the person behind me at a drive-thru
Read a chapter in the bible every night for a week
See the Pacific Ocean
Take a cake decorating class
Take a hot air balloon ride
Take a pottery class
Travel to Hawaii

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