Andrea's List Of 101 Things To Do In 1001 Days



Start: Tuesday, May 2, 2006
Finish: Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Italics : In progress
Bold and date: Complete


  1. Finish no less than 5 Trixie stories.
  2. Send Jon's family's packages out before Christmas: 12/23/06, took them ourselves
  3. Buy and organize birthday and holiday cards.: 10/09/06
  4. Complete construction on the porch/study.
  5. Build a bathroom. OR Take the riverboat cruise in Knoxville on the TN river.
  6. Complete construction on the rest of the half of the house Jon and I are living in (2 bedrooms, alcove, and the 2 bigger rooms) OR Go to a Civil War battlefield or memorial.
  7. Have a demolition work party. OR have a bridal shower.: Bridal Shower was 07-01-07
  8. Get married.: 07-07-07
  9. Go on a cruise
  10. Go to the Florida Keys and Everglades
  11. Go to Ohio: 06/01/06
  12. Go to Maine at least 3 times: 12/23/06 to 12/30/06, 05-09-08 to 05-14-08
  13. Write and draw strips for a webcomic: 12-31-07
  14. Illustrate my children's book and send it to a publisher
  15. Buy a new (or used) car: Downpayments started 05/21/06, ended 10/23/06
  16. Open the diner/Find a decent job or line of work: Started a new job 01-22-08
  17. Pay off my credit card bill: 11/30/06
  18. Learn to drive a stick shift
  19. Take a Yoga (or Tai Chi or Pilates or all 3) class.
  20. Go deep sea fishing.
  21. Go on a whale watch
  22. Lose about 20 lb
  23. Start a wine collection: Hard to nail down a date, but 2006
  24. Drive in some states I have never driven in before: South Carolina on 7/28/06
  25. Go ice fishing
  26. Put a new roof on the house OR Play in the fountain at World's Fair Park.
  27. Visit Mexico
  28. Visit Canada
  29. Visit Niagara Falls
  30. Visit Washington DC
  31. Drastically reduce my sugar intake: Hard to nail down a date, but I have drastically reduced my sugar intake and it has been reduced for several months now (today is 10/10/06)
  32. Drastically increase my water intake: Again, it is hard to nail down a date, but I am drinking a lot mroe water now and have been for several months (today is 10/10/06)
  33. Buy a treadmill (and use it): bought in January 2007
  34. Buy a grand piano OR Get a gun license.
  35. Record some songs
  36. Fence in the yard
  37. Adopt at least 2 dogs
  38. Adopt some horses
  39. Finish my Biology degree
  40. Create a Christmas storage area for my grandma
  41. Build a pergola or screen in porch
  42. Clean the junk out from around the house and store
  43. Plant some trees
  44. Try some Australian candy, like Tim Tams or Violet Crumble: TimTams on 12/3/06
  45. Update my wardrobe: 01-22-08
  46. Manage to buy flowers and put them on the graves every Memorial Day: 05/29/06
  47. Read at least 5 more books of the Bible.
  48. Swim every day for a month
  49. Landscape
  50. Buy underwear from Victoria's Secret
  51. Build a family memorial
  52. Start taking a multi-vitamin: 05/06/06
  53. Clean the car when it desperately needs it (at least 15 times): 12/02/06, 03/07, and 04/07 and 05-05-08 and 04-16-08
  54. Get my physical and breast exam: 05/09/06
  55. Break down and buy new glasses/contacts
  56. Give blood again: 05/12/06
  57. Go to an Indian restaurant: Went to Sitar in Knoxville on 7/30/06
  58. Try Sake
  59. Improve/update my music collection: 05/02/06 and 05/20/06
  60. Write at least 5 chapters in my juvenile novel
  61. Make Sangria: 05/31/06
  62. Completely switch over to beauty products that don't do animal testing: Finally made it!
  63. Remember to talk like a pirate on Talk Like A Pirate Day: 09/19/06
  64. Keep my private journal updated
  65. Keep a list of the books I read for one year: 2006
  66. Read about 20 new books: Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich, A Spell for Chameleon by Piers Anthony, 11 On Top by Janet Evanovich, Plum Lovin' by Janet Evanovich, 12 Sharp by Janet Evanovich, The Isle of Sky by Phyllis Whitney, Dragon's Bait by Vivian Vande Velde, Hidden Magic by Vivien Vande Velde
  67. Print my poetry off and keep it in a binder: 11/06/06
  68. Send 3 poems to a publisher: Sent in 6 poems to The New Yorker on 7/24/06
  69. Visit Owen in Tucson OR Drive I40 to the West Coast.
  70. Buy something for myself from my Amazon.com (or McKay's used books in Knoxville) wishlist after I start making a decent profit (ie after the bills are paid): 04-20-08 bought some anime, yay!
  71. Give money to a charity: Jon and I gave to sponsor our friend Stephanie in Light the Night on 10/25/06
  72. Help Jon put up our wedding website: 10/06/06
  73. Write about my travels
  74. Have sex outside
  75. Work with another exotic animal (ex: bears or elephants)
  76. Put money into savings weekly (after making money, that is): 01-22-08
  77. Go to a strip club
  78. Go to a convention: 03-19-08 Hospice Convention. Not what I was thinking originally, but it fits!
  79. Purchase an online webcomic book
  80. Get at least one copy of every Trixie Belden mystery printed (there are 39 total)
  81. Buy a (nice) digital camera: 05-04-08
  82. Finish reading Lord of the Rings (I have the last book to go) and watch all of the movies
  83. Prepare an Australian inspired meal: 05/25/06
  84. Try snowboarding or surfing
  85. Go to a wine tasting at the local winery
  86. Practice music with Jon at least 15 times: 09/03/06, 12/01/06
  87. Get a passport
  88. Get up by 8 am every day for a month: Started October 1, 2006, ended October 31, 2006
  89. Visit at least 20 new restaurants (can't be fast food): The Outback Steakhouse on 05/20/06, CK Steakhouse on 06/03/06, The Smokehouse on 7/28/06, Poogan's Porch on 7/28/06, Southend Brewery on 7/29/06, Sitar on 7/30/06, La Costa on 9/1/06, Jimmy Ray's on 9/8/06, Cheddars 10/20/06, Carraba's 05/07/07, Stillwater Grill 04-15-08, La Paz 05-04-08
  90. Take Jon to Cades Cove 04/01/07
  91. Go to a comedy club
  92. Gamble at a casino
  93. Make it to the coast in Maine
  94. Buy maple syrup from Maine or Vermont or New Hampshire: 12/26/06
  95. Buy a statue for either inside or outside
  96. Get the shelves put up for my library
  97. Clean my stuff out of my dad's house and the church
  98. Go through my things and get rid of what I don't need/want
  99. Clean out the barn and tear out the floor that is rotting out OR Build a greenhouse OR make an herb garden.
  100. Play WoW (World of Warcraft)
  101. Get a new computer


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