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101 in 1001 Update #18

What I did:

3. Complete 52 once a week photos of Arthur -- This past month I documented weeks 19 through 27. Only half a year to go...

28. Read 100,000 pages toward 1,000,000 page goal (60,302/100,000) -- In June I read a whopping 4713 pages! Only 40,000 more pages to meet my goal. Should take me about a year.

34. Make 250 different greeting cards (233/250) -- 13 differently designed cards this past month. Getting so close to my goal.

54. Try 25 new restaurants (19/25) -- On a trip over to the Pacific Pinball Museum in Alameda, we had lunch at Otaez and grabbed some yummy ice cream at Cookiebar.

72. Donate something extra at each MVPA social x 10 (7/10) -- Our summer social is tomorrow. We held a joint canned food and school supply drive. Ready to donate!

Remaining goals and total:

Friends, Family, and Love

1. Send out homemade holiday cards in December 2x (1/2)
2. Build a snowman
5. Date nights x 20
6. Complete a Jar of Life
7. Host a tea party
9. Write a personal manifesto
10. Take a picture of myself every first day of the month
11. Give 5 Just Because gifts
12. Give Arthur 25 pictures books in 25 days for December 2016
16. Take Arthur and twins to go see Santa

Crafting and Culture

17. Attend an opera or musical
18. Reread the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and The Hobbit
20. Finish one of my Perpetual Reading Challenges
22. Ask 20 friends to suggest one book, and read them all
23. Watch a meteor shower
24. Attend 5 concerts (1/5)
25. Complete 10 Day in the Life posts (3/10)
27. Tour a factory
29. Finish 2015 and 2016 Project Life book (family and Arthur)
30. Finish 2015 and 2016 December Daily
32. Watch 100 different TED Talks and do a short review/analysis on the blog (new series)
33. Watch/rewatch every Academy Awards Best Picture since the year I was born (1982) 1982: Gandhi 1983: Terms of Endearment 1984: Amadeus 1985: Out of Africa 1986: Platoon 1987: The Last Emperor 1988: Rain Man 1989: Driving Miss Daisy 1990: Dances with Wolves 1991: Silence of the Lambs 1992: Unforgiven 1993: Schindler’s List 1994: Forrest Gump 1995: Braveheart 1996: The English Patient 1997: Titanic 1998: Shakespeare in Love 1999: American Beauty 2000: Gladiator 2001: A Beautiful Mind 2002: Chicago 2003: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 2004: Million Dollar Baby 2005: Crash 2006: The Departed 2007: No Country for Old Men 2008: Slumdog Millionaire 2009: The Hurt Locker 2010: The King’s Speech 2011: The Artist 2012: Argo 2013: 12 Years a Slave 2014: TBD 2015: TBD 2016: TBD
35. See a drive-in movie
36. Listen to every song by The Beatles
37. Finish watching every Star Trek television episode and movie
38. Have a Pixar movie month
39. Complete The Artist’s Way
41. Learn Ruby on rails

Food and Drink

44. Take a cooking class
46. Open a cookbook to a random page and make what ever is on it
48. Take a bartending class
51. Make fresh pasta
52. Learn to make a good martini
53. Do a brewery tour
55. Try 5 new to me foods

Health and Fitness

57. Lose 2 pants sizes
58. Walk a 5K
59. Get a massage
60. Take a yoga class
61. Get three pedicures (1/3)
62. Do a spa day
65. Get lasik
66. Get CPR certified again

Travel

67. Stay at a Bed and Breakfast
68. Go on a vacation with Josh
70. Travel to a new state

Philanthropic

71. Give a 100% tip
73. Pay it forward at Starbucks/coffeeshop

Financial

76. Open an Etsy shop

Miscellaneous

79. Get Arthur’s tattoo
80. Get a passport
82. Learn how to use our DSLR
84. Make a chalk mural on the driveway/porch
87. Complete a coloring book
89. Take an IQ test
90. Play Bingo in a bingo hall
95. Go to a convention (blogging, SU, etc)
96. Dye my hair purple
97. Revamp my wardrobe
98. Take real photos of me for my blogs
99. Post a vlog
100. Go apple/berry/etc picking