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  1. Use my elliptical for at least 30 min/day for two weeks. (0/2)
  2. Use my elliptical for at least 30 min/day for four weeks. (0/4)
  3. Use my elliptical for at least 30 min/day for six weeks. (0/6)
  4. Use my elliptical for at least 30 min/day for eight weeks. (0/8)
  5. Use my elliptical for at least 30 min/day for ten weeks. (0/10)
  6. Use my elliptical for at least 30 min/day for 12 weeks. (0/12)
  7. Use my elliptical for at least 30 min/day for 14 weeks. (0/14)
  8. Use my elliptical for at least 30 min/day for 16 weeks. (0/16)
  9. Use my elliptical for at least 30 min/day for 18 weeks. (0/18)
  10. Use my elliptical for at least 30 min/day for 20 weeks. (0/20)
  11. Use my elliptical for at least 30 min/day for 22 weeks. (0/22)
  12. Use my elliptical for at least 30 min/day for 24 weeks. (0/24)
  13. Login to SparkPeople every day until I reach my goal weight.
  14. Get a treadmill. (10/24/05 - done. Okay. I actually got an elliptical, but I think that qualifies. YAY for my new elliptical!)
  15. Do the Couch-to-5K Plan.
  16. Drink only water for one week.
  17. Try five new vegetables.
  18. Give up eating out or having takeout for one month.
  19. Participate in a 10K.
  20. Participate in a 3 Day Walk.
  21. Track food intake every day for one month.
  22. Dye my hair black with purple highlights. (Completed 11/19/2007, except with fuschia. Hee.)
  23. Get another tattoo.
  24. Put on makeup every day for a week.
  25. Get nose pierced. Again.
  26. Get new jewelry for existing piercings.
  27. Get a facial.
  28. Take a picture of the kids all together once a week for one year.
  29. Enroll Lenna in gymnastics.
  30. Visit Missy & Ged.
  31. Call my dad once a day for a month.
  32. Hug Matt every day for a year.
  33. Hug Lenna every day for a year.
  34. Take a roadtrip with Bill. Without kids.
  35. Go visit Lisa & Jake.
  36. Go visit Grammy.
  37. Send a snail mail letter to at least one friend per week, every week for one year.
  38. Send random “I love you” gifts to at least five people.
  39. E-mail Matt’s teachers every Friday this school year.
  40. Teach Lenna to do a cartwheel.
  41. Get Matt a custom skateboard.
  42. Send pictures of kids to Grammy once a month for one year.
  43. Hug Bill every day for a year.
  44. Have a date night with Bill at least once a month.
  45. Put random “I love you” notes in Bill’s pockets.
  46. Have sex 3 times in a day one day.
  47. Send Bill a naughty text once a week for a year.
  48. Save $1,001.
  49. Pay library fines.
  50. Trade Altima in for something more suitable for our family.
  51. Write 5 short stories by 2/12/08.
  52. Write a novel.
  53. Go to at least one open mic night.
  54. Take one picture every day for a year.
  55. Learn to operate our camcorder.
  56. Become proficient at using Adobe Premiere Pro.
  57. Give up TV for one week.
  58. Give up e-mail for one week. (Thank You, God, for long roadtrips and dead laptops, else I might have never done this one.)
  59. Learn to make and/or modify WordPress layouts. If you read this regularly, you know I’ve finally learned to mod this sucker. LOL.
  60. Learn to crochet.
  61. Paint a picture.
  62. Sing karaoke.
  63. Celebrate Banned Book Week (9/29 - 10/6) by reading at least one banned book. (Completed 10/06 - “As I Lay Dying” by William Faulkner
  64. Read every book on the Top 100 Banned Books of the 20th Century.
  65. Read every book on the list of Most Challenged Books of 21st Century (2000-2005).
  66. Go to an art museum.
  67. Improve Spanish skills.
  68. Start an herb garden.
  69. Make an angel food cake from scratch.
  70. Make every recipe in Betty Crocker’s Cooking Basics.
  71. Make limoncello.
  72. Do the Cook for a Day, Eat for a Week thing at least one week.
  73. Convert office to nursery by 3/20/09.
  74. Organize files.
  75. Get portable island for the kitchen.
  76. Clean out the car every day for one month.
  77. Replace all our regular bulbs with energy-efficient bulbs.
  78. Install “Tracks” software.
  79. Start a “cuss” jar — $.05 per swear, $.10 for the F bomb.
  80. Have a “House, MD” marathon with Bill.
  81. Watch all “The Godfather” movies.
  82. Watch all the “Rocky” movies.
  83. Watch “An American Haunting.” (Completed 11/11/07. Not what I expected.)
  84. Attend services at Hindu temple.
  85. Set up a permanent altar.
  86. Read the Bhagavad Gita. (Completed 03/13/08. Mind-blowing stuff, I’m telling you.)
  87. Read the Qu’ran.
  88. Read the Torah.
  89. Read the Pali Canon.
  90. Have 100 oz. of breastmilk stored by 07/27/08.
  91. Buy a sari.
  92. Mail a secret to PostSecret.
  93. List ten things that make me happy.
  94. Have a sales party of some sort. (Yes! This one is DONE! Had an official Pampered Chef party on 9/30/07.)
  95. Go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras at least once.
  96. Go to Daytona for Bike Week at least once.
  97. Create an Amazon wishlist. (You can see it here.)
  98. Inspire someone else to create a “101…” list. (Annemarie and SarahMySister made their lists on 9/14/07!)
  99. Organize “101…” list.
  100. Make a new “101…” when this one is completed.
  101. Donate $10 to charity for each incomplete task.