I'm Taking Suggestions

On January 1, 2010 I started my first 101 in 1001 project.

On September 28, 2012 I started my second 101 in 1001 project.

On June 27th, 2015 I started my third 101 in 1001 project.

I've decided that I do want to do a 4th one but I'd like to hear your suggestions!  If you click the links above you can see how I did on each of them, or in the case of the 3rd one where I stand 1.5 years in.

My 4th 101 in 1001 will run from Mar 25, 2018 until Dec 20, 2020.

I'd like to hear what your suggestions are.  What would you add to your 101 in 1001 list?

Here's what I have so far:

1. Pay off Great Lakes Student Loan

2. Make 150 recipes from my Pinterest boards

3. Make 25 DIY from my Pinterest boards

4. Make 75 drinks from my Pinterest boards

5. Take a spontaneous road trip

6. Go sky diving

7. Visit a winery

8. Have credit cards paid off

9. Pay off AES Student Loan

10. Go to a blogging conference

11. Be a tourist in my own city

12. Hike a mountain & watch the sunrise

13. Graduate from grad school

14. Read 101 books

15. Do something big for my 30th birthday

16. Try 101 new bars/restaurants

17. Write a letter to myself to be opened when the 1001 days is over

18. Start & finish a Wreck This Journal

19. Visit Big Bend National Park

20. Visit Natural Bridge Caverns

21. Visit Guadalupe Mountains National Park

22. Float the river

23. Visit a brewery

24. Visit a distillery

25. Attend restaurant week

26. Clean up all Pinterest boards

27. Donate $1 for every failed goal

28 by 28

I've been 27 for just over 6 months now which means I have 171 more days to complete my 28 by 28 list.

1. Get into Grad School
This one has potential to go either way.  If I don't get a teaching job by the end of summer I am going to apply to grad school.  If I do, I'll give it a few months before I decide.

2. Be in a real relationship

Mr. Midwest & I have been seeing each other for almost 7 months now, he's met my parents, we're talking about moving in together in August so... as of right now it's looking pretty solid.

3. Visit a new state

I don't know that this is going to happen.  I had a chance to go to California with some friends this month but then I went & quit my job so now I need those days for interviews.  My brother & I talked about driving out to Montana this summer so we'll see.

4. Have ECSI loan paid off

I paid that bad boy off as soon as I got my refund check back in February.

5. Attend 9 concerts

At this moment in time I'm at 6.  I'm feeling pretty confident that I can attend 3 more in the next 6 months.

6. Try 24 new restaurants/bars

While I was in Houston I finally completed this one.

7. Cut credit card debt to $5300

If I got my ass in to gear this would MAYBE still be possible but it's really not looking well.

8. Don't use credit card for 1 month

This hasn't happened yet.  Of course it's a new month so maybe May will be that month...

9. Run a 5k

I haven't even looked at any races.  I don't have high hopes for this one.  Mostly because it's not really at the top of my priority list.  I can with almost 100% confidence say it won't happen over the summer.  Maybe once I'm back down in Texas again next August I'll do one.

10. Read 15 books

I'm at 1.  However, summer is right around the door & I have a stack of books I'm wanting to read.  I can knock books out in the summer, school year not so much.

11. Get another tattoo

I know what I want.  I just don't know when I'll get it.  Right now there are other things that I need/want to spend money on.

12. Weigh 150-155

I'm on week 2 of a 12 week work out program.  Plus, I'm also trying to eat less junk.  Fingers crossed I can hit this long before the end of October.  I'd love to hit it by the end of July but would also accept mid-September.

13. Have $1000 in savings

I had this.  I had more than this.  But then I had a rental car that got hail damage & had to pay a $500 deductible.  I suppose that is what savings is for right?  I'm hoping to get it back up there again though.

14. Stick to the 1-48-5 rule

This hasn't been relevent because I haven't been dating anyone new.  Since I met Mr. Midwest back in October I've only been seeing him.

15. Get CDL

I almost called this a fail.  It still most likely will be a fail.  I don't want to get it.  However, if I get a new coaching job thta requires me to...I suppose I'll give it another go.

16. Get CHL

This one should be so easy.  I took the class a couple of years ago.  And if I remember right, I have 2 years after the class to apply for the license which means I still have until September.  If that's not true, it's not like the class was hard.  I could very easily retake it in August/September & apply for the license right away.

17. Kiss someone on NYE

We didn't kiss at midnight.  I passed out before midnight.  However, I did spend all NYE with Mr. Midwest so it still counts.

18. Have tarot read

I plan on doing this once I get back to Minnesota this summer.  I did it last June when I was in NOLA, & while I wish I could do it there again, I won't be going there this summer so it'll have to be Minnesota.

19. Donate blood

This hasn't happened.  This falls under the whole "I feel like I had more time/my shit together last year"

20. Meet a blogger

I honestly don't know that his will happen.  I'd love for it to but there are no plans in the works as of yet.

21. Learn to play a song on the guitar

That guitar is still just sitting in the corner of my bedroom...

22. No traffic ticket

So far so good.  Knock on wood it stays that way.

23. Go horseback riding

I still haven't done this either.

24. Go to a Twins, Vikings, & Wild game

I've been to a couple of Vikings games & a Wild game so far.  I have plans on going to a Twins game on June 7 so this one should get completed.

25. Attend San Antonio, Houston, & Fort Worth rodeo

I went to the SA & FW rodeos.  I missed Houston though.  2 out of 3 ain't bad right?

26. Complete 3 30 day challenges

I haven't even looked at any challenges  I should really look into some if I want to have any chance at completing this.

27. Learn Spanish

No.  I'd also say it's likely that it'll never actually happen...

28. Finish 1000 piece puzzle

I'm thinking of buying one either on my way back to MN or once I get back to MN so that I have something to do this summer while everyone else is at work.

So in case you've lost count, or just didn't keep track, half way through my stats look something like this:

Complete: 4
In Progress: 9

Not Started: 14

Failed: 1

Looks like I better get my butt in gear with some of those "Not Started"

Autumn is a Second Spring When Every Leaf is a Flower

So it's October 4th, meaning I'm behind.  It's also a Saturday which means almost no one is around in blogland.  Also, I have posts that are already planned our for most Sundays, every Monday, every Wednesday, & every Friday in addition to some Tuesdays & Thursdays that I already have posts written for & I hate doubling up on posts.  Go figure the one month I have posts planned for nearly everyday is the month where I actually love most of the topics in a blog-a-day challenge.  Some will be independent if I don't have a post planned already & some, like today, I'm going to combine into one post.

1. If you won the lottery you'd...

I'd pay off all my debt, then my parents' debt, followed by my brother's debt.

I would then take a year off of work & just travel the world.

2. Dream job when you were little/what is it now?

I wanted to be a teacher...and am in my 3rd year of teaching.

No I didn't want to be a hockey player.  I want to do PR...preferably for a sports team.

3. One thing you can't live without.

My phone.  I talk to people back home on the daily...plus Twitter...

4. Favorite photos you posted on Instagram

5. Your fall bucket list.

1. Carve pumpkins

2. Eat a caramel/candy apple

3. Watch Hocus Pocus

4. Make at least 1 fall dessert

5. Make roasted pumpkin seeds

It's What's For Dinner

...or rather who I'd like to have over for dinner.  Today's prompt in the blog a day link up with Allie is the 5 people dead or alive you'd like to have dinner with.  I actually did a post like this a little over a year ago except I had 10 people.  So in order to follow the guidelines looks like I'll be cutting that list in half.

1. Jesus

"Beer with Jesus" - Thomas Rhett

2. George Strait

3. Eric Church

WeFest 2013.  Unless I ever get to meet this man, no moment will ever top winning 8th row seats.

4. Jennifer Lawrence

5. Jackie Kennedy