New Years Resolutions...Not for me.

So I've tried to do the whole "New Years Resolution" thing and it just doesn't work for me.  I give up about 5 days into the year, and it usually doesn't get accomplished.  Or I do, do it and never think twice about it.

I am VERY much a list person.  I love making lists and crossing things off.  I will even add stuff to a list after I've done it, just so I can cross it off!  Lame? Maybe. But I like to do it.

So this year, I've been seen a lot of stuff about this 101 things in 1001 days, and I decided to give it a try.  I've spent the past week or so working on my list.  I didn't think that it would be that difficult to come up with 101 things, but holy crap, it isn't an easy task.  So, here is my list.  If you can help in any way, shape or form, I would love the help!  I will blog about things that I will be crossing off the list.  There are some that will be done relatively quickly and some that are long term goals.

Here goes...

  1.     Organize everything in the pantry and label appropriate containers

  2.     Gain 5 new reoccurring customers through my Conklin business

  3.     Put up curtains in our bedroom

  4.     Put up curtains in the office

  5.     Refinish all the kitchen cabinets (a DIY project)

  6.     Go fishing with Chris

  7.     Replace all the windows in the house

  8.     Sweep or vacuum all the floors in the house every Monday for 1 month

  9.     Get the barn cleaned out and useable

  10. Plant pastures

  11. Build fences for the sheep pens

  12. Go on a 2 night vacation at the coast with Chris

  13. Go to Saddlebag

  14. Find matching couch covers for both couches

  15. Take a multivitamin everyday for one month

  16. Learn how to use iCloud and use it

  17. Get pregnant

  18. Reach 50 blog followers

  19. Start using coupons

  20. Complete all the laundry once a week for a month (wash, fold & put away!)

  21. Organize iPhoto on my computer

  22. Go to a national livestock show

  23. Consign our sheep at a sale

  24. Visit a state I’ve never been to

  25. Clean out all the crap being stored in the office

  26. Sell 100 rabbits (explanation coming on that soon)

  27. Do something nice for Chris everyday for 2 weeks

  28. Make it all the way through my 3 month work-out program

  29. Take Chris to The River

  30. Turn the spare bedroom into a nursery

  31. Have our giant wedding picture framed

  32. Go duck hunting again, and be successful

  33. Go dove hunting again, and be successful

  34. Have the wall fixed in the dining room

  35. Paint the kitchen

  36. Paint the dining room

  37. Replace light fixtures in kitchen

  38. Decorate the front bathroom

  39. Have a baby

  40. Send flowers to a friend

  41. Spend at least 4 consecutive hours outside in one day

  42. Buy an iPad

  43. Visit 5 local restaurants we’ve never been to

  44. Learn to cook 10 new meals

  45. Be able to do 50 pushups

  46. Buy a new TV

  47. Get a hot rock massage

  48. Sell my car

  49. Plant a winter garden

  50. Plant a lemon tree

  51. Go camping

  52. Buy more ewes from Fresno State

  53. Have date night once a week for a month

  54. Buy a new (to us) vehicle

  55. Get all birthday dates for family and close friends

  56. Send birthday cards to each of the family members & friends

  57. Blog Monday-Friday for 4 weeks

  58. Unsubscribe myself to all the emails I get from stores I never shop at

  59. Finish making the curtains for the dining room and kitchen

  60. Go to Yellowstone

  61. Teach Caylob 5 signs

  62. Make the office an organized place to work

  63. Convince Chris to get a massage from Tami

  64. Do a devotional 5 days a week for a month

  65. Get up before 7 for two weeks straight (not including weekends)

  66. Reach 100 blog posts

  67. Reach 100 blog followers

  68. Find either vertical blinds or curtains for the sliding glass door in the dining room

  69. Watch 3 “man” movies with Chris

  70. Put $10 away for each item on this list that is completed (use money to go on vacation   with Chris)

  71. Buy a stand up/chest freezer for all our butchered meat

  72. Buy the 2^nd Pioneer Woman Cookbook

  73. Buy the Pioneer Woman’s children’s book for the nephews

  74. Buy a sewing machine

  75. Get a flag and holder for the front of our house

  76. Have the outside of our house painted

  77. Cull 5 ewes that aren’t producing like they should

  78. Make a compost tumbler

  79. Get a manicure every other week for 2 months

  80. Remove the giant juniper pile from in front of the house

  81. Juice (and drink) daily for 2 weeks

  82. Blog an informative agricultural post once a week for 2 months

  83. Make jam from fruit that I grew

  84. Use the crock pot 2x/week for a month

  85. Get rid of car payment

  86. Get the internet to work correctly on my laptop

  87. Refinish small dresser

  88. Plant summer garden

  89. Buy Leah’s new children’s book (link coming soon)

  90. Put up bookshelves in the office

  91. Get Mallie’s hips and eyes checked

  92. Breed Mallie (if hips & eyes are ok)

  93. Throw a party

  94. Clean clothes out of my closet that I don’t wear anymore

  95. Memorize 1 verse a week for two months

  96. Add some colors to the walls in the office

  97. Learn 10 new meals

  98. Keep the house clutter free for 2 weeks

  99. Plant more flowers in the front

  100.  Sell 100 more rabbits

  101.  Complete at least 80% of this list

Well, there it is.  On October 4, 2014, I'm hoping to have at least 80% of this list completed, if not all of it.

Keep me on it.  Don't let me forget about it.  Lots of stuff to do, but I'm excited. 

I challenge you to make you own 101 in 1001.  It's a pretty big task, but it will be fun to track your accomplishments!