101 in 1001 - The List

Being new to blogging I've seen all kind of lists around.

• 52 in 52
• 25 before 25
• 30 before 30
• 101 in 1001

You get the idea.

So I took it on. I really like the 101 in 1001 because it gives you enough time to complete them. I had a little bit of difficulty coming up with 101, but in the end I think I have a pretty solid, attainable list.
Here we go..

101 in 1001 Days
Beigin: 1/6/2013
End: 10/14/2015


To: Me, Love: Me
1. Get a Tattoo
2. Get Glasses
3. Update Wardrobe

For a Better Me
4. Run a 5K
5. See My Own Abs
6. Begin Taking a Multivitamin on a Regular Basis
7. Go back to School Obtain Bachelor's majoring in Business Management
8. Work towards completing prerequisites for Optomentry School
9. Take the OAT {Optometry Addmitance Test}

Something New Every Day
10. Learn to Fly Fish
11. Learn to Play Golf
12. Learn to Ski
13. Learn to Drive Stick Shift
14. Learn more of the History of the Towns Around Us
15. Research Our Family History and Document it so it's Not Forgotten

I've Done it Before, I'll Do it Again
16. Re-Learn French
17. Re-Learn to Crochet

Been Meaning to..
18. Have Old Laptop Fixed
19. Go Through Our Stuff in PA and Bring the Things We Want Back to WV, Sell/Donate the Rest
20. Fill Every Empty Picture Frame in the House
21. Organize the Home Office
22. Have a Yard Sale
23. Find 5 Things on Free Cycle and Put up 5 Thing in Return
24. Host a Slumber Party
25. Keep up on the Laundry for 30 Days Straight. No Clothes on the Floor/in the Basket

House to Home
26. Remodel Master Bedroom
27. Remodel Master Bathroom
28. Complete Photo Project for Downstairs Hallway
29. Fence in Backyard
30. Complete Home Renovation Book
31. Remodel Basement aka Fan Cave
In the Kitchen
32. Try 20 New Foods [0/20]
33. Build a Gingerbread House from Scratch
34. Cook/Bake 50 New Recipes [0/50]

Shopping List
35. Buy Something from Etsy
36. Buy a my own DSLR Camera {currently borrowed}
37. Buy a Truck for Josh
38. Buy a Pair of Really Nice Boots
39. Buy a Grill
40. Buy a N64
41. Buy a Kitchen Aide Mixer
42. Buy a Pool Table
43. Buy 10 New Pairs of Heels
44. Buy a Sewing Machine
45. Buy a Cricut

Cha-Ching!
46. Pay off Credit Cards
47. Pay off Nissan Maxima
48. Pay off Loan
49. Open a Savings Account
50. Start Saving for My Retirement
51. Save $10 for Every Task I Complete [$0/$1010]

Giving Back
52. Donate Blood I've never done this; I've always been scared to
53. Donate 100,000 Grains of Rice Through Freerice.com [13,900/100,000]
54. Donate Clothes I don't wear/want
55. Leave a 100% Tip for a Server {over $10}
56. Treat 3 of My "Girlfriends" to a "Spa Day"
57. Stop Using Plastic Bags When Grocery Shopping/Buy the Reusable Ones

The Where in Life
58. Go to Las Vegas
59. Go to Canada
60. Go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras
61. Go to New York for New Year's Eve
62. Go to Mexico

Experiencing Life
63. Go on a Cruise
64. Go to another Concert it'll only be my 2nd
65. Take a Brewery Tour
66. Visit 3 Local Wineries [0/3]
67. Attend Another Steeler Game
68. Attend Another Penguins Game
69. Attend Another Pirates Game
70. See the Statue of Liberty
71. See Another Musical in New York
72. See the Tran Siberian Orchestra Live

Be a Little Daring
73. Go Parasialing
74. Ride in a Hot Air Balloon
75. Sing Karaoke at a Bar
76. Participate in a Polar Bear Plunge
77. Go Black Friday Shopping

Watch and See
80. Watch 50 of IMDB's Top 250 Movies [0/50]
81. Watch all Seasons of Boy Meets World [0/7]

Lost in Another World
82. Read the 50 Shades of Gray Triology [0/3]
83. Read the book a Veteran at Work Sold Me
84. Finish reading the Biography of Steve Jobs
85. Read the Vow

My Creative Side
86. Complete a Coloring Book
87. Complete a Crossword Book
88. Complete a Cross Stitch Project
89. Scrapbook Our Wedding
90. Make Pin-String Art for the House
91. Complete the 365 Day Photo Challenge [0/365] Starting Tomorrow
Pen to Paper
92. Write a Letter to Myself to Open in 10 Years
93. Write Old Fashioned, Heart Felt Letters to Those in My Life
94. Complete 5 Chapters of my Book [1/5]
95. Complete 10 Chapters of my Book [1/10]
96. Finish Writing Another 101 List by the End of 1001 Days

Wannabe Blogger
97. 300 Blog Posts in 2013
98. 400 Blog Posts in 2014
99. Blog About Each Task Completed
100. Have a post that gets over 10 comments {not including my own}
101. Obtain 50 Subscribers/Followers to Blog [12/50]

What do you think?

Signing off,
Ida Jade

Breaking Old Habits

I have had a terrible habit since I was young and I've never been able to overcome it. What is it you ask?

Biting my nails.

I never really addressed it, but without trying I've stopped. Now whether this is short lived or not, I'm not sure. My good friend, Michelle, did my nails. See them HERE. It'd been awhile since I had my nails done and I really enjoyed having them.

After I lost a few I decided to take them off and use the decals I got for Christmas to do my nails for a Pittsburgh Penguins game we were going to. See them HERE.

Then when the decals wore off, I kept them painted even though they were chipped and I kept thinking I needed to change them. I put it off and I put it off. I'm now left with nails longer than I've ever had naturally.

Let me just say when I started thinking about doing the 101 in 1,001 I was going to put no biting my nails for 30 days, I honestly didn't think I could do it so I didn't add it. It's a small accomplishment, but it feels great.

Are you working to break any habits?

IMDB's Top 250 Movies

On my 101 in 1,001 I mention IMDB's Top 250 Movies.

The goal is to see 50 of the 250 that I have not seen or don't remember seeing/the plot of. I decided that I should probably look at it and narrow down to the 50 I would like to see, so here's that list:

#2	The Godfather
#3	The Godfather Part II
#4	Pulp Fiction
#11	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
#12	Fight Club
#19	Casablanca
#21	The Matrix
#33	Memento
#41	American Beauty
#45	City Lights
#51	Taxi Driver
#53	Amelie
#55	Wall-E
#61	To Kill A Mockingbird
#63	Back to the Future
#77	Gladiator
#80	Monty Python and the Holy Grail
#83	Some Like it Hot
#86	Singin' in the Rain
#87	Some Like it Hot
#93	Pan's Laybyrinth
#100	Indian Jones and the Last Crusade
#101	Inglorious Bastards
#104	UP
#107	Wild Strawberries
#115	The Kid
#117	The Elephant Man
#129	It Happened One Night
#132	The Gold Rush
#135	The King's Speech
#136	The Best Year's of Our Lives
#137	Warrior
#150	3 Idiots
#159	Scarface
#163	My Neighbor Totoro
#171	Gone with the Wind
#171	Kill Bill: Vol. 1
#177	Mary and Max
#184	Slumdog Millionaire
#188	Gandhi
#200	Ratatouille
#210	The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
#215	Rocky
#222	A Beautiful Mind
#223	Avatar
#229	Mystic River
#234	Manhattan
#237	Drive
#238	Big Fish
#239	The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Not exactly sure how I want to start on this one, but I should probably start soon.

101 in 1,001 Days - Update #1

So I wasn't going to do an update for quite some time, but after looking through my list again..I've actually made some decent progress in just 12 days!

Okay that doesn't sound all "that" amazing? I've been sick for the past 16 days! Which has made me quite unproductive and spending most days in bed, sleeping.


See the original list HERE.


Begin: February 15, 2012
End: November 11, 2014


53. Donate 100,000 Grains of Rice Through Freerice.com [13,900/100,000]
As you can see I've made some pretty good progress on this goal and I just love playing and giving back. I talked about it a little more in my post HERE.


54. Donate Clothes I don't wear/want
Josh and I both went through our clothes and he took them to Goodwill to donate. I've been putting that off for so long so it felt really good to trim my wardrobe of the things I don't wear.


81. Read the Hunger Games [1/3]
Thanks to my friend, Crystal, I was able to borrow and read this the first in the series. Josh brought it home Friday and I forgot about it until late Saturday when I couldn't sleep. So at about 1am I picked it up and began. HUGE mistake. I read until about 3:30am and tried to sit it down and sleep. That didn't last long because I picked it up a few minutes later and read until 5:30am. I was over half way through. I finished last night and it was AMAZING. I can't wait to read the rest and see the movie when it comes out next month!


93. Complete 2 Chapters of my Book [1/2]
I have completed the 1st Chapter and I've given it to a few people to read. Across the board everyone loved it. Now rather they are making me feel good or not, I'm unsure, but it feels great. I've started the 2nd chapter and I see me finishing it in the next month or so. It's very exciting!


99. Blog About Each Task Completed
Working on that right now, aren't I?!


100. Update Blog Design to be User Friendly and Inviting
Doesn't it look fantastic?! I can take no credit for anything. My dear friend and fellow blogger, Rachael at You, Me, and Natalie, is the one I have to thank. I didn't expect her to complete it so quickly, but I just love it. It looks great and I feel SO much better about it and the directions it's going in. Thank you, thank you, thank you girl!


101. Obtain 50 Subscribers/Followers to Blog [12/50]
I've gained 2 new followers since I started. Not too shabby.


Tally
In Progress: 5
Completed: 2

Giving Back

Upon googling and searching for ideas for my 101 in 1,001 I came across this great website. I was skeptic, but I googled it and pulled up snopes (see the article here). It is in fact REAL.


Freerice.com is a site in which you answer questions on various subjects; such as vocabulary, world maps, foreign languages, etc. In doing so each time you answer correctly 10 grains of rice is donated to help fight hunger. You can look into it further, but this is the gist of it.

I've made a goal to donate 100,000 grains by 11/11/2014, originally I was going to 10,000, but I got to 9,480 in just 3 days.

If you have a chance check it out, if you decide to do your own list like the 101 in 1,001 or just for fun. I personally love games and this is a great way to "play", learn, and give back.