101 In 1001

i know i’m way behind the times with this list, but i thought it would be fun to post something totally personal up here. 101 in 1001 is a list of 101 goals that you hope to complete in the next 1001 days. that’s a little less than three years. it’s kind of a fun alternative to new year’s resolutions.

here’s probably WAY too much information on what i hope to accomplish in the next three years. i wrote things that i can prove i accomplished (for the most part), so expect lots of fun updates on what actually gets done!

so without further ado:

101 in 1001

1. return my library books. (seriously, i’ve had them for an embarrassingly long time. they’ve sent me very threatening letters.)
2. get a dog.
3. start playing piano again.
4. double the number of people that i have listed in my family tree.
5. lose 10 pounds.
6. host a christmas party for our friends.
7. visit asia.
8. find a church we love.
9. join a book club.
10. do something completely spontaneous.
11. go to a midnight showing of a movie, and actually STAY AWAKE.
12. go to a wine tasting.
13. design and order our wedding album.
14. cook tony a dinner all by myself.
15. drive a stick shift by myself.
16. become fluent in italian.
17. get an illinois driver’s license.
18. go to a bears/eagles football game.
19. go on a road trip with my mom and sisters.
20. have a photo session with all my siblings and cousins for my grandparents.
21. double our website traffic.
22. have a portrait session for tony and i with a photographer who inspires us.
23. reconnect with someone i was good friends with in high school.
24. write someone a letter.
25. volunteer.
26. buy a pair of shoes that are entirely too expensive.
27. interview all of our grandparents and videotape it.
28. drive down the pacific coast highway.
29. get published in a photography magazine.
30. get published in a wedding magazine.
31. ride a horse.
32. spend a day being a tourist in chicago.
33. spend a night stargazing.
34. wear a bathing suit in front of more people than my family.
35. read a book someone recommended that i wouldn’t normally read.
36. buy tony a present for no apparent reason.
37. spend a week with extended family in puerto rico.
38. find the greatest oatmeal raisin cookie recipe of all time.
39. double our income from 2009.
40. bake a birthday cake for a friend.
41. visit mexico.
42. buy furniture from a respectable furniture store and not ikea.
43. join the wpja.
44. go to comicon in san diego.
45. pay off a credit card.
46. invent my own signature cocktail.
47. have a girl’s vacation with my two best buds from college.
48. take my parents on a cruise.
49. do something nice for a total stranger.
50. donate our services to a good cause.
51. learn how to use our espresso machine.
52. visit 5 states i haven’t been to before.
53. visit canada.
54. play in a real poker tournament.
55. get two spanking new d700’s.
56. host a sold-out boudoir marathon.
57. get a huge canvas print of one of our photos to hang in our house.
58. go to a cubs game at wrigley field.
59. take a yoga class.
60. visit the caribbean.
61. read a book in a foreign language.
62. buy something from etsy.
63. finish a crossword puzzle without cheating.
64. spend a whole weekend unplugged - no phone, internet, or tv.
65. plant an herb garden.
66. go apple picking.
67. buy a wine rack and fill it.
68. brew our own beer.
69. watch 26 movies, each starting with a different letter.
70. have a snowball fight.
71. read all of jane austen’s novels.
72. buy a star.
73. see wicked.
74. visit washington d.c.
75. completely rebrand our business.
76. go to cedar point and ride the biggest rollercoaster there.
77. play in the rain.
78. have a picnic.
79. go to a concert.
80. watch the sunrise.
81. solve a rubik’s cube in under 2 minutes.
82. have an un-birthday party.
83. take pictures of me and tony in a photobooth.
84. complete a jigsaw puzzle.
85. visit all the major chicago museums.
86. eat at a traditional middle eastern restaurant.
87. learn to make pasta sauce from scratch.
88. be accepted to modern photographers.
89. shoot a wedding for free for a deserving couple.
90. buy an ipad.
91. write a thank you note to everyone that has helped us in the past year.
92. buy a point and shoot so we can take photos of us!
93. do something crazy with my hair.
94. make a blog and/or site for hello gorgeous | boudoir.
95. foster kitties in need.
96. start submitting photos to stock sites.
97. start a retirement plan.
98. shoot more personal work.
99. overcome my fear of deep water enough to take pictures of PRETTY fish. no sharks. or lake monsters.
100. visit friends in new york city.
101. buy a house.