My start date is July 14, 2009 (my 37th birthday!) and the end date is April 12, 2012. Seems like a long ways away. :)
I will post more-or-less-weekly updates on my progress here, and I'll also put a briefer description of each in the sidebar (unless they look oogy there, in which case I won't) for my reference during planning. I basically need to do one task every 10 days to get 'em all done.
Most are pretty self-explanatory, but I want to write a longer post explaining number 1. Not today, though... I'm getting really close to finishing the new draft of the book code-named aardvark and I don't want to get TOO distracted from it! :)
- Do NOT begin any weight loss program during these 1001 days. DO continue running and exercising and eating healthy food, but there will be no weight loss focus unless at a doctor's command.
- Celebrate July as my birthmonth each year by doing at least one fun/unusual activity each July.
- Buy nothing but essential groceries for one full month.
- Watch the polar bears at the zoo on a particularly cold day.
- Make three separate $25 loans at www.kiva.org. (0/3)
- Go blonde again. Keep it for at least 30 days to see if I like it.
- Run a sub-30 minute 5km.
- Do the CN Tower stair climb.
- Get a sleek leather jacket, probably black but I'm flexible.
- Make pineapple mint sherbet at least once in each summer. (0/3)
- Eat only raw food for two consecutive days.
- Go to the farmers' market at least once each summer. (0/3)
- Play laser tag.
- Go to Kuwait to visit T. Try everything, even things I think I won't like.
- See every movie that's released in March 2011 (random month), regardless of whether I think I'll like it.
- Pay for someone behind me at a drive-thru.
- In mid-late August 2009, go downtown for a day of trying on tons of clothes, then buy only what I love to complete my fall/winter wardrobe.
- Spend a day at the Royal Ontario Museum.
- See at least one Fringe Festival play each summer. (0/3)
- Make croissants. The recipe I have takes three days but I bet they're worth the effort.
- Have my mother's bag of golden retriever fur spun then crochet her a hat/mitts/scarf set with fur trim.
- Read "Life of Pi".
- Turn the Christmas pillow front Mr. W latch-hooked into an actual pillow by Christmas 2009.
- Go to Ste. Annes spa at least three times. (0/3)
- Knit the "Hand like a Hole" fingerless mitts. Relax and enjoy it so the finished mitts won't be tainted by "knitting makes me tense" vibes.
- Buy ankle-strap heels. Wear them out to dinner.
- Pay attention on 9/9/9. If anything interesting happens, make note. (One interesting thing… this randomly ended up being item #27… 3 9s!) Do the same on 10/10/10 and 11/11/11.
- Pick a Guitar Hero: World Tour song, then learn to drum it on Expert.
- Go to a ballet.
- Go to an opera.
- Go to a rock concert.
- Write my autobiography, just for my own reference and not for public consumption. Update annually on or around my birthday.
- Take my camera to three separate family/friend occasions. Take at least one picture and be IN at least one picture at each event. (0/3)
- Donate blood. Do it soon before I decide to get another tattoo!
- Go back to New York. Stay longer this time.
- Send someone an anonymous gift, something they really need or want.
- Make something weird (jam?) in the breadmaker.
- Stick with "Infinite Jest" for summer 2009, even if it gets strange and difficult.
- Own a pair of designer shoes (Manolos, Christian Louboutin, or someone else). Wear them frequently. (If buying is impossible, try on at least three pairs.)
- Buy that Eddie Bauer reusable bag that folds into itself and keep in my purse.
- Give 20 strangers a compliment. (0/20)
- Read ten Pulitzer Prize-winning novels. (0/10)
- Take at least one "we do nothing but hang out and be together" vacation with Mr. W each year.
- Write 10 encouraging notes and leave them out somewhere in public.(0/10)
- If the UFC comes to Toronto, do everything legally possible to get tickets.
- Work through 31 day blog challenge (NOT in 31 days).
- Set up a whole box of dominoes then knock 'em all over.
- Take a spur of the moment road trip (one Friday evening, just take off!).
- Sew myself a skirt.
- Sew myself an infinity dress (http://www.rostitchery.com/infinity-dress.html).
- Go through my makeup and throw out everything I haven't used in the last month. No "I might use it someday." You won't. We know this.
- Visit 7 cities so their first letters make up the word Heather. (0/7) (need two different ones for E!)
- Roll a 6-sided die 1001 times and see whether the results are random or not. If not, use whatever number comes up most often in some way to pick a lottery ticket.
- Read the 12 paper books I currently have in my 'to be read' collection. Review them on my blog, and release at least half of them to bookcrossing.com.
- Fly first-class.
- Save my change during the 1001 time frame and use it at the end to buy something cool.
- Find another honeydew-scented Yankee Candle car air freshener. Replace the old worn-out one.
- Throw a Halloween party. Costumes required.
- Throw a Christmas party. Bake far too many cookies and revel in the options.
- Get a gorgeous v-neck cashmere sweater that fits perfectly and isn't remotely itchy. Refuse to compromise.
- Go back to the beach near our old house where I first fell in love with Harry Potter book 1. Read the ending of book 7.
- Write and mail a fan letter to Forrest Griffin, referencing that I named the male lead in "Go Small or Go Home" Forrest and that my sister named her cat Griffin. See if he responds.
- Send an anonymous Valentine's Day card.
- Read a book on Canadian history (non-fiction)
- Sleep out on the balcony for one night.
- Host a mystery game I didn't write.
- Complete 100 pushups in one go. (This will likely necessitate at least two trips through the 6-week pushup challenge, as my current trip won't get me much higher than 50.)
- Make myself nice business cards, with my website and the cover of my latest book. Keep my card case in my purse so I can give them out as appropriate.
- Learn one magic trick with which to impress people. It must be simple to set up.
- Buy the packaged stuff at the drug store that does the internal cleanse. Do it.
- For one week, wear nothing black (gym clothes excepted).
- Take pictures in a photo booth. Keep them no matter how lame they are.
- See the Arrogant Worms in concert if they're anywhere near us.
- See Meat Loaf in concert if he's anywhere near us.
- Make 10 pet snuggles and donate to the Humane Society or other group.
- Go to a performance of "The Messiah" at Christmas.
- Whenever the Tiburon's due for maintenance, have it there no more than one month late.
- Finish or get rid of "In this house the cat rules" cross stitch.
- One month before each of my concert band's theatre concerts, honestly assess my own level of performance, and practice if I need to until I am pleased with how I'm playing.
- Create a playlist to pump me up, one to relax me, and one for when I'm feeling doubtful about my ability to carry on. (0/3)
- Write my parents a gratitude letter.
- Bake pizza from scratch. (Let the bread machine make the crust.)
- Go to the station, pick any random train that is leaving within 10 minutes, buy a ticket and go discover the city where the train is going.
- Finish or get rid of the wedding quilt. (This is a decorative quilt made from my wedding dress.)
- Spend a rainy or snowy day doing nothing but reading and drinking tea (and maybe eating a bit too).
- Spend at least three half-hour sessions working on my signature so I can have a classy one instead of the childish scribble I have now. (0/3)
- Clean out the bedroom closet. Get rid of all pictures and decorations we never use.
- Clean out under the bed.
- Don't drive my car for a week.
- Make or acquire a digital picture frame.
- Try ten new recipes.
- Make and hide a geocache.
- Hunt down a geocache.
- Each January, rearrange all the pictures in our picture frames.
- Buy myself a custom-made shirt from Ureshii.etsy.com.
- Whenever I completely finish writing a book, spend a day downtown visiting museums and being all cultural.
- Crochet something out of wire.
- Next time I see them at the grocery store, buy Grapples. They're apples with grape flavouring added, and they smell amazing. (They're also $5 for 4, which is why I haven't bought them previously.)
- Purge my jewelry so I keep only the pieces I adore.
- Replace as many of these as I want with new items on or around July 14, 2010. (Items can be replaced only if I no longer feel they matter, not if I just can't be bothered.)
- Replace as many of these as I want with new items on or around July 14, 2011. (Items can be replaced only if I no longer feel they matter, not if I just can't be bothered.)
