101 in 1001

So last night, after reading through some of my favorite blogs, I came across a new post by one of my absolute favorite bloggers, Jess from Here Comes the Sun, about the Day Zero Project.  I have seen this in the past and have thought about doing it, but I just never seemed to get around to it.  However, now that I have this blog to keep track of and share my progress, I'm ready to give it a go.

This project is so incredibly simple.  You make a list of 101 specific things you want to do in 1001 days.  A little under 3 years.  With that much time, you can add a few longer term goals without it taking so long that you feel discouraged.  I started making my list last night and couldn't wait to get started checking some of these goals off of my list.

I haven't filled the list completely yet, but here is what I have so far:

Day Zero Project

Start Date: August 27, 2011

End Date: May 23, 2014

1. Visit the farmer's market
2. Take Nicholas on a picnic
3. Take Nicholas to the zoo for the first time
4. Pick out a real tree for our first Christmas as a family of 3
5. Show Nicholas the ocean
6. Try a new recipe every week for 3 months
7. Make homemade jam
8. Finish decorating Nicholas' room
9. Pay off debt
10. Complete our home inventory
11. Buy our first home
12. Research and buy a new camera
13. Send out Christmas cards
14. Give homemade gifts for Christmas
15. Get Nicholas' picture taken with Santa
16. Finish my degree
17. Take Nicholas camping
18. Visit a new state
19. Take our first "family vacation"
20. Plant a garden
21. Organize our storage cabinets and closets
22. Declutter our house, find things we don't need and no longer use and donate them to Goodwill
23. Bake something at least once a month
24. Take Nicholas to a pumpkin patch
25. Visit a "pick your own" farm
26. Go ice skating
27. Complete 10 craft projects
28. Complete a 365 photo project
29. Write a letter to Nicholas of what I wish for him and put it away for his 18th birthday
30. Do something special for my husband once a month, just because
31. Make a pie from scratch
32. Donate 100,000 grains of rice via Free Rice
33. Host 5 giveaways on this blog
34. Participate in the Great American Bake Sale
35. Buy coffee for a stranger
36. Take Nicholas to the aquarium
37. Make a gingerbread house
38. Pay for a stranger's meal
39. Take a photo of the same place every month for a year and then turn it into a calendar for the next year
40. Spend a day exploring my city
41. Have a second child
42. Take Nicholas out to the lake to feed the ducks
43. Read to Nicholas every night before bed
44. Buy something from Etsy
45. Attend Eric's 10 year high school reunion
46. Celebrate Nicholas' first birthday
47. Start a college fund for Nicholas
48. Buy another car
49. Take Nicholas trick-or-treating for the first time
50. Start a family Christmas tradition
51. Buy and use reusable cloth grocery bags at least 10 times
52. Make homemade ice cream
53. Send someone flowers just because
54. Volunteer my time to a worthy cause
55. Go to a drive-in movie
56. Eat at 5 new restaurants
57. Stay at a bed and breakfast
58. Make photobooks for Nicholas' first year
59. Make all of Nicholas' baby food
60. Give cloth diapers another try

I hope to have this list finished within the next week, but I am already getting a start on a few of the items and will blog about them as I finish them.