101 in 1001

I love goals. Nothing gives me quite the satisfaction of crossing things off my list. Whether I’m at work or at the grocery or spending an evening being “productive” at home, I always have Post-its, note pads, and iPhone notes full of to-dos, to-buys, and to-decides. So, when I was introduced to Mackenzie Horan and her 101 in 1001, I was instantly smitten. I immediately told Sean that we were doing it and he replied, “I can think of 3.”

The concept is that you come up with 101 things, big or small, that you’d like to accomplish in the next 1001 days. That’s about 2.75 years.

Our list is divided a bit between Sean, myself, and things that we’d like to do together. We can’t wait to share as we cross them off, and hope that we can finish the list by June 22, 2016!

101 in 1001

Foodie:

1. Learn to make tortillas from scratch
2. Host a dinner party
3. Go on a dinner cruise on the harbor (6/1/15)
4. Have breakfast in bed (2/14/14)
5. Eat dinner at Husk
6. Eat dinner at The Ordinary (12/12/15)
7. Eat dinner at The Grocery (12/2/13)
8. Eat dinner at Kiawah (9/6/2014)
9. Get veggies at the Farmer’s Market (7/23/14)
10. Grill out at the pool (6/29/14)
11. Can fresh jam (9/19/14)
12. Make pickles (10/2015)
13. Tour the Firefly distillery (3/1/14)
14. Go to the Asian grocery store (2/2/2014)
15. Eat the nutritionally recommended number of servings of fruits and vegetables every day for a week
16. Go 30 days without going out to eat (March 2014)
17. Go a week without buying groceries (eat down the stockpile)

For the Home:

18. Sell the condo (for a profit)
19. Buy a house with a yard - 6/26/16
20. Get the pots & pans long-term organized (March 2014)
21. Plant a garden (6/23/14)
22. Go overboard decorating for a holiday
23. Paint a room pink! (10/30/13)
24. Buy a sectional couch (7/18/2015)
25. Redo the pantry (10/25/13)
26. Redo the laundry room (11/3/13)
27. Totally update & repurpose a piece of furniture from a thrift store (Sewing Table into Bar Table - May 2014)

Travel:

28. Go to Europe (April 2015)
29. Visit Yellowstone Park (June 6-14, 2014)
30. Visit a vineyard/winery (10/6/13)
31. Take a cruise out of Charleston
32. Go camping
33. Visit the Biltmore Estate (12/28/15)
34. Attend a College of Charleston vs. UNC Wilmington basketball game in Wilmington (Feb. 2014)

In Charleston:

35. Attend a College of Charleston vs. UNC Wilmington basketball game in Charleston (1/22/14)
36. Visit all of Charleston’s plantations
37. Visit all of the Charleston County Parks
    • Isle of Palms County Park (5/12/14)
    • Palmetto Islands (10/12/13)
    • Wannamaker County Park (1/30/14)
    • James Island County Park
    • Folly Beach Pier (9/1/15)
    • Folly Beach County Park (11/18/13)
    • Caw Caw Interpretive Center (10/28/15)
    • McLeod Plantation (8/15/15)
    • Laurel Hill County Park (2/18/15)
    • Kiawah Beachwalker Park (5/30/14)
38. Go on a ghost tour at the old jail (10/16/13)
39. Go shagging on the pier (at Folly Beach)
40. Go jet skiing in the harbor
41. Tube down the Edisto River (June 2014)
42. Go to a Charleston Battery soccer game (4/4/15)
43. Go to a concert at Family Circle Cup Stadium 6/8/2016
44. Go to a tennis match at Family Circle Cup (4/14/2014)
45. Visit Fort Sumter
46. Pick strawberries (5/1/16)
47. Attend an event at Food and Wine Festival (3/16/14)
48. Attend an event at Spoleto (7/15/15)
49. Walk through the College of Charleston Cistern after the rain
50. Take a romantic carriage ride through historical Charleston
51. Have dinner on Bowens Island
52. Walk on the beach at sunset (11/11/13)
53. Watch the sunrise over the ocean (9/1/15)
54. Go for a boat ride in Cypress Gardens
55. Go to a Charleston Second Sunday
56. Go to a club (10/31/15)

Blog:

57. Attend a tweet up
58. Attend a blogging conference
59. Make money blogging!
60. Have the blog/condo featured on another blog
    1. Lamp Fail - Vintage Revivals, 11/21/13
    2. Driftwood table - A Bubbly Life, 2/1/14
    3. Weddingbee Featured Blogger 2014-2015
    4. yahoo news 8/2014
    5. Beer Cheese fondue stylist.co.uk 2014
    6. Best DIY Blogs in Charleston Budget Dumpster 2/11/2015
    7. Newton Custom Interiors 8/3/15
    8. DIY Weddings Magazine Fall 2015
    9. Halloween Costumes in Bustle Magazine October 2015
    10. Italian Street Foods - Huffington Post 11/6/15
61. Take a photography class
62. Set up an online boutique
63. Get 10,000 page views in one day

Sean:

64. Complete a Olympic length triathlon (9/23/15)
65. Attend a NFL game at a stadium I’ve never been to (Panthers Falcons 12/28/14)
66. Attend a NHL game at a stadium I’ve never been to
67. Attend a MLB game at a stadium I’ve never been to (Chicago Cubs 8/14/15)
68. Get my Accreditation in Public Relations
69. Coach a youth sports team
70. Go for a 50 mile bike ride
71. Buy something for myself I normally wouldn’t buy (11/6/2015)
72. Buy something special for Morgan, just because (September 2015)
73. Build a work station for porch
74. Buy a round of golf for my dad and play with him 7/16
75. Read a chick-lit book of Morgan’s choice (August 2014)
76. Do a random act of kindness for a stranger (11/12/14)

Morgan:

77. Pay off my student loans
78. Make a t-shirt quilt
79. Go to an estate sale
80. Run a 10k
81. Buy a sweetgrass basket
82. Visit Amelia at UGA
83. Set up an easel & paint a landscape
84. Get a piece of Le Creuset cookware (March 2015)
85. Buy something for myself I normally wouldn’t buy (November 2015)
86. Buy something special for Sean, just because (Panthers Jersey 10/15/13)
87. Go 30 days without drinking soda (March 2014)
88. Learn to eat with chopsticks

Together:

89. Send Christmas cards 12/2015
90. Do 101 hours of community service
91. Take Sean to get a pedicure! (4/4/16)
92. Take a shag lesson
93. Win a round of Trivia (10/21/14)
94. Go to comedy at Theater 99 (3/23/16)
95. Get married (4/11/2015)
96. Make a zombie apocalypse survival kit (8/2015)
97. Do a corn maze 10/6/13
98. Go to a water park
99. Try five churches and settle on one
100. Visit 2 new dog parks
101. Watch 10 movies that came out before we were born that we’ve never seen