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101 Things in
1001 Days
- 1. Read all books on 888 challenge list
- 2. Read War and Peace
- 3. Read a biography of Richard III
4. Read a history of the Wars of the Roses- 25-10-09
- 5. Read The Iliad
- 6. Read the rest of the Outlander series
- 7. Read the Bible - all of it
- I quit!
- 8. Reach a total of 150 on the 1,001 Book You Must Read Before You Die list
- 9. For three months, abandon any book that hasn’t grabbed me by page 75
- 10. Increase by five the number of centuries from which I have read at least one work
- 11. Read more than 250 pages a day for two weeks
- 12. Cull my book collection
13. Reorganise my bookshelves- 11-4-08
- 14. Get a wooden bookcase
15. Reduce my TBR pile to a single-figure number- 21-1-09
- And it stayed that way all of 59 hours ... then I went to a book sale
16. Break the habit of using junk as bookmarks- 31-10-08
- 17. Merge my various want-to-read lists into one
- 18. Finish adding all my books to LibraryThing
- 19. Get the hit counter on this blog to 50,000
- 20. Run another reading challenge
21. Start a meme- 31-1-09
22. Add at least one link to the Saturday Review of Books each week for three months- 25-4-09
23. Add 20 new blogs to my blogroll- 1-11-09
- 24. Get to 5,000 pages proofed at Project Gutenberg
- 25. Volunteer at a Lifeline Bookfest
26. Participate in NaNoWriMo- 30-11-08
- 80,000 words in 30 days - fun!
- 27. Finish and edit the result
- 28. Send it to a publisher
- 29. Get paid for a short story
- 30. Keep a journal
31. Pay library fines- 27-8-08
32. Get a new laptop- 7-10-08
- Out of necessity when the old one died
- 33. Acquire and deploy a NO JUNK MAIL sticker
- 34. Start an investment portfolio
- 35. Leave home
- 36. Leave Queensland
- 37. Adopt a cat
38. Get new glasses with Transitions lenses- 25-6-08
39. Get a Proof of Age card- 28-3-08
40. Find a pair of high heels that actually fit- 17-7-08
- 41. Double my cushion cover collection
- 42. Buy a photo album and organise my collection of six-year-old photos
- 43. Frame the painted scroll I inherited from my grandmother
44. Find the Year 11 art class self-portrait that has apparently vanished into thin air- 18-3-08
- 45. Find or make a jewellery container specifically designed to hold drop earrings
- 46. Finish my butterfly earrings
- 47. Make a new cover for my ottoman
- 48. Make a new cover for the cushion on my cane chair
49. Finish sewing my grey skirt- 10-4-08
- And I am never, ever, ever using fabric like that again!
- 50. Sew my blue dress
- 51. Design a pattern for a patterned dress
- 52. Sew patterned dress
53. Embroider a bookmark- 17-3-08
- 54. Make an easy-to-change doona cover
55. Knit a jumper- 18-7-09
56. Knit socks- 30-8-08
- 57. Crochet a shawl
58. Design and make a small quilt- 24-12-08
- 59. Design and make a full-size quilt
- 60. Decoupage something
- 61. Design a tarot deck
- 62. Do one sketch a week for 2 months
- 63. Paint my toenails
- 64. Take pottery classes
- 65. Take bellydancing classes
- 66. Take Latin dance classes
- 67. Begin regular exercise
- 68. Take up yoga
- 69. Get to the point where I can stop wearing my retainers
- No chance - my next appointment isn’t until after the end date
- 70. Grow my hair long again
- 71. (Try to) learn a foreign language
- 72. Study history
- 73. Learn to make bread
- 74. Learn to make scones
- 75. Learn to type
76. Learn to do more with Excel than just putting in data- 12-9-08
77. Clear junk off laptop hard drive- 20-9-08
- And then it died and wasted the effort!
78. Clear junk off desktop hard drive- 15-1-10
- 79. Clear my wardrobe of everything I no longer wear
- 80. Spend one month clutter-free
- 81. Learn to meditate
- 82. Moisturise every day for a month
- 83. Visit a local art gallery
- 84. Go on a ghost tour
- 85. Grow a bonsai plant from seed
- 86. Grow a herb garden
- 87. Grow vegetables from seed
- 88. Keep a gerbera alive for three months
- 89. Keep an orchid alive for three months
- 90. Keep a cyclamen alive for three months
- 91. Get a potted Wollemi pine
- 92. Grow bulbs
- 93. Decorate a hat . . .
- 94. . . . and wear it to the races
- 95. Get a digital camera . . .
- 96. . . . and start doing Wordless Wednesdays
- 97. Make a Regency dress . . .
- 98. . . . and go to a Jane Austen ball
- 99. Get up early and watch the sunrise
- 100. Celebrate my accomplishments!
- 101. Try to think of another 101 things . . .
- End date:26-11-10
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