101 in 1001

I'm admitting to stealing this idea from another blog that I read.  On that blog, my friend from high school made a list of 101 things that she will do in 1,001 days.  Ranging from running to cooking to being better at her job, I found the list to be inspirational and decided to do one of my own. 

My goal is to accomplish this list, in its entirety in 1,001 days.  So, faithful, not so faithful and accidental readers, here is my list:

Travel

1. Travel to London
2. Travel to Istanbul, seeing Hagia Sophia
3. Visit the Alhambra
4. Do the Red Light District Walking Tour in Amsterdam
5. Take cooking classes in Tuscany
6. Visit Alberobello and stay in a trulli cottage
7. Take a picture with something Keenan-like in Ireland
8. Let Tom plan a vacation entirely
9. Travel by Hydrofoil somewhere outside of the Bay of Naples
10.  Explore the Christmas Markets of Europe
11.  Travel to Santorini, Greece

12.  Make a trip to the US to visit one member of the family on their own

13.  Travel to all of the places in my 2012 “Discover the Beauty of Italy” calendar

14.  See the orchestra in Ravello

15.  Eat a pig's knuckle in Germany.  Anthony Bourdain said they were delicious.
Cooking

16.  Perfect gluhwein
17.  Cook my way through Williams-Sonoma’s Italian Cookbook
18.  Make the perfect lamb tagine
19.  Learn to make meloncello
20.  Learn to make gnocchi from scratch
21.  Make pesto from scratch
22.  Make true Italian ragu
23.  Having cooking lessons with Julie
24.  Cook 10 things from my Pinterest account
25.  Use my mini-tagines at a dinner party
26.  Start up a Supper Club in Italy
    Italian Living
27.  Place an entire order at Il Genovese without being overcome with awkward
28.  Have a conversation with Gianni and the AGIP boys about more than the weather and being American
29.  Eat out at different ristorante within walking distance once a week for a month
30.  Fill up our wine rack with wines from the local enoteca
31.  Maintain my wine journal – labels and all for each bottle we drink and like for one month
32.  Have a cocktail party on our balcony
33.  Have an Italian co-worker over for dinner
34.  Make the perfect cappuccino at home
35.  Attend a Napoli Football Game
36.  Learn an Italian lullaby to sing to Amy

Healthy Living

37.  Run a half marathon in Europe
38.  Get to my goal weight
39.  Bring my lunch for a whole month
40.  Go one month with no alcohol during the week
41.  Do “liquid lunch” twice a week for a month
42.  Finish a work out assigned by Sara as she wrote it
43.  Work out 4 days a week for a month
44.  Look in the mirror and say “Looking good” and mean it
45.  Complete every dance on Just Dance 3
46.  Take the dance aerobics class over lunch
47.  Fit back into my dress from the Rehearsal Dinner
48.  Go kayaking
    Inner Peace
49.  Attend church weekly for one month
50.  Put my tax return towards charity
51.  Read the Bible in its entirety
52.  Donate blood
53.  Volunteer
54.  Go to mid-week mass
55.  For each goal I complete, donate $10 to charity
56.  Attend a bible study
57.  Attend mass at the Vatican
58.  Attend church service for another religion

Nickels and Dimes

59.  Go a month without purchasing anything from Amazon
60.  Go a month without purchasing any clothes
61.  Set up my own 401K, outside of work
62.  Get life insurance
63.  Talk to an accountant about our finances
64.  Have Tom explain our finances to me
65.  Eat all of the produce purchased before it goes bad
66.  Drink the entire quart of milk before it goes bad

Aspirations

67.  Find out what I want to be when I grow up
68.  What would it take to turn my blog into a book?
69.  Take the AICP exam
70.  Maintain my LEED credentials
71.  Finish my master’s degree
72.  Learn to use our new camera
73.  Create a scrapbook of our first year in Italy
74.  Buy 3 more board games
75.  Have a game night
76.  Read 12 books in 2012
77.  Read all of Kurt Vonnegut’s books
78.  Read the books that Christy has given me
79.  Read the books that Lauri has given me
80.  Put on sunscreen each time I see Tom put on sunscreen for one month during the summer
81.  Watch all of the movies nominated for best film before the Oscars

Organization

82.  Go through my sock drawers
83.  Go through my t-shirts
84.  Get my iTunes off of my old computer
85.  Get my gmail inbox down to 100 emails or less
86.  Get Tom a poster of EU coins to track his coin collection progress
87.  Change our relationship to “married” with USAA
88.  Get my shoes re-heeled

For Grins

89.  Host a holiday party
90.  Spend News Years In Naples
91.  Make Tom go to the Navy Ball
92.  Get back into date nights with Tom once a week for 2 months
93.  Visit all of the places in our Naples coffee table book
94.  Read Tom my blog posts before uploading them to ensure correct grammar
95.  Send 20 Facebook friends a message at random to let them know that I am thinking about them
96.  Hand write a letter to college room mates
97.  Publically make out with Tom on a bench in Vomero.  Just once.
98.  Buy one more piece of art in Europe that is truly special.
99.  Absentee vote
100. Research each issue on the ballot thoroughly before voting

101.   Write down things that I love about Tom on post-it notes and hide them around the house.

I'll keep you posted of my progress. 

Hugs,
Lynne