You can find the original post here but this is the just of it.  I followed a trend happening in 2009 that told me to do 101 things in 1001 days.  Doesn't sound to bad right?  I think the hardest part was to create the darn list. LOL

Heres the list (with things crossed off that I've already complete)

Starting today - Thursday, December 3rd 2009
Ending date - Thursday, August 30th, 2012

1. Try to find time for at least 1 page of Hannah's first year scrapbook, I'm only on month 4 :(  (Seriously, I'm not sure I'll find time)
2. Find a photography mentor
3. Buy a new car (I hope this is one of the first I can check off)
4. Calibrate my monitor
5. Send a homemade card to someone just because
6. Make my own family Christmas cards
7. and actually send them out at Christmas (rather than just sitting on the computer or in a pile next to my computer)
8. Fill in the rest of Hannah's baby book
9. Take Hannah to her first dentist appointment (I called to make the appointment and they told me that she doesn't need to have a check up until she's 3.  I guess that means this will be one of the last on my list to be checked off!)
10. Make business cards
11. Decide on an official business name
12. Teach Hannah how to ice skate
13. Take Hannah tobogganing
14. Have a girls night out with my girlfriends
15. Have a date night with Chris
16. Loose at least 15 lbs but 25 or so would be lovely
17. Go on another cruise (This probably won't be happening now that I'm pregnant - I was really hoping to take a cruise in September but I guess cruising companies won't allow anyone on the ship after they've reached 24 weeks.  How much does that suck!!!)
18. Update my resume
19. Attend EVERY GRIPS meeting for the year
20. Have Hannah in a daycare at least part time
21. Start getting paying clients
22. Blog every day for an entire week with a new photo in each post (not from the same session) (0/7)
23. Buy a boat
24. Catch a big fish
25. Leave Hannah with my parents for a sleepover
26. Leave Hannah with Chris's parents for a sleepover
27. Plan a trip for just Chris and I
28. Potty train Hannah
29. Redo my front garden
30. Come to work at least one day and not be VERY frustrated by the noise (Haha, I probably setting myself up for failure now, because I find this VERY unlikely to happen)
31. Paint my en-suite
32. Paint my bedroom
33. Paint my upstairs hallway (maybe all the painting should be under one?)
34. Change Hannah over to her "Big Girl" room
35. Drink 8 glasses of water a day for a week (56/56)
36. Clean my scrap booking room
37. Help my sister and her family move into their first house
38. Buy a new comfy computer chair
39. Decide what I want to be when I grow up
40. Read at least 25 of the books on this list (3/25) *I took this right off the list of the other blog - I love some of the movies on this list and I always love reading the books that inspired them.  Plus I've already read a few of them - but that probably doesn't count does it :(  In progress
41. Start a K.Shiell photography fan page on Facebook
42. Stop biting my finger nails!
43. For an entire week keep my finger nails painted and DON'T pick it off (0/7)
44. Nail down my exposure each and every time I take a picture
45. Have a family photo taken (isn't it sad, we've never had this done :()
46. Attend a birth as a birth photographer - this would be amazing!!!
47. Watch the sunrise on a beach
48. Take Hannah swimming in the lake
49. Start Hannah in swimming lessons
50. Host a dinner party
51. Have a games night
52. Keep this list updated until August 30th 2012
53. Watch 10 "classic" movies I haven't seen before (0/10)
54. Buy a new mattress for my bed
55. Get 1 massage a month for 4 months (0/4)
56. Read all of Scott Kelbys books from his trio of Digital Photography books (2.5/3)
57. Get my wedding dress dry cleaned and preserved (yes - it's been over 3 years)
58. Donate all of my unused old clothes to the Salvation Army - this also means cleaning out my closest...maybe this should be two In progress
59. Clean out my closet
60. Ask 10 complete strangers on the street if I can take their picture (0/10)
61. Write up a model release form
62. Bring lunch to work everyday for a week (0/5)
63. Ride my bike to work for a week (0/5)
64. Take a photo walk around Stratford
65. Attend a KWLT production
66. Stop drinking pop for 1 month (30/30)
67. Take Hannah to a park to fly a kite
68. Shave my legs everyday for 2 weeks (14 12/14)
69. Take Hannah on a picnic
70. Attend a yoga class
71. Plant a veggie garden
72. Train the dog to not dig up previous list item (How sucky is it that after about 3 weeks of the garden being planted, my stupid dog jumped in and started to dig up the stuff that was already sprouting!!  Sometimes I hate my dog!!!  We now have increased the height of the fence by double, so she hasn't been in since!)
73. Go to the doctor for my annual checkup
74. Mentor a new photographer
75. Meet the women on my birth board
76. Call someone I haven't talked to in a while
77. Play golf (I've never done this before)
78. For 1 entire month - no Starbucks in the morning (30/30)
79. Print my favorite pictures - frame them
80. Create a couple of sample coffee table books for showing clients
81. Try snowboarding
82. Buy a new lens
83. Use the video camera more
84. Eat an apple a day for 2 weeks (0/14)
85. Attempt to make Indian food one night for dinner
86. Watch an entire football game :S (I dread this)
87. Start tanning again
88. Start working on my professional website
89. Start working on my portfolio
90. Apply for PrePro
91. Get accepted to PrePro
92. Win something from the many blog contests I enter each and every day
93. Do not check my Facebook account at all in an entire day
94. Start a second 101 things to do in 1001 days list
95. Take a few night courses
96. In one day get over 175 people (my current record) to my blog
97. Have coffee with someone I haven't seen in a while
98. Give money to a charity
99. Help a homeless person
100. Take my grandparents out for an evening
101. Do another boudoir photo shoot'

So since I last updated I was able to complete 9 things from my list.  After reading through the list of things some of them definitely don't make sense anymore.  I do not plan on starting a photography company anymore.  It's still a dream of mine but I think there are just too many things to work around and it's not right for me, at least at this time.  I am going to leave the things on my list because I think it'll be fun to see how many of the original I can complete but just fair warning.  I KNOW I WILL NOT COMPLETE THEM ALL!



 So I was able to complete
 9. Take Hannah to her first dentist appointment

12. Teach Hannah to ice skate <- she LOVES it
20. Have Hannah in daycare part time - she goes to preschool twice a week and has been going since July and again she LOVES it
38. Buy a new comfy computer chair
58. Donate all of my unused old clothes to the Salvation Army
59. Clean out my closet
92. Win something from the many blog contests I enter each and every day <- I have a few times now
97. Have coffee with someone I haven't seen in a while <- an old high school friend and I got together after having our kiddos a week apart.  We had a great time and have gotten together a few times since.
101. Do another boudoir photo shoot <- SO MUCH FUN!!!


 There, now I only have 64 left to do before August!

It's been a bit since I updated this list so I took a look at it today and realized I actually did do a few things off the list! :)  Yippee!

3. Buy a new car.  Yes we did!  Just last week we bought a van!  Yes, you read that right!  We are now proud owners of a 2008 Dodge Grand Caravan!  Insert all the mom jokes, giggles, and what have you here.  I'm okay with that I'm really digging the new van! :)

36. Clean my scrap booking room.  I'm sure the only reason this one was completed was because we are getting ready to change Hannh over to her big girl room which was once my scrab booking room.  I have since put all my scrap booking stuff in bins to be put away until I can decide on another room to clutter! :)

48. Take Hannah swimming in the lake.  We've actually done this a couple of times now.  The weather has been wonderful and we've been spending our weekends at the trailer which has a gorgeous lake!  We've been done there a couple of times and Hannah has really enjoyed it!  She is not afraid of the water at all and once she has her water wings on she has NO FEAR!

Thats it, I've crossed off 3 more things on my list not to bad if you ask me! :)

Check back with my original list to see all the things I've crossed off so far!  Here it is!

Well it's been awhile since I've updated my 101 things list so I checked it out today to see if I've actually done anything from it!

Turns out I have! :)  Well kind of I've got a few things almost done but I thought I would comment on them just for future reference!

#9. Take Hannah to the dentist -  I had all intentions of doing this and called to make the appointment and the receptionist told me they don't see kiddos until they are 3.  Hannah just turned 2.  Okay so I'll still be able to do this in my 1001 days but I thought I'd mention it now as well!

#17.  Go on another cruise - Again I had all intentions of doing this.  Chris and I were thinking in September we'd go away on a cruise together just the two of us before the new baby was born.  We looked into it and as it turns out cruising companies will not allow a pregnant women past 24 weeks to cruise!  This really sucks!!!  I was really looking forward to doing something like that just before the baby comes.  I guess if we plan something within the next couple of weeks we could still cruise....haha Yeah right!

#71 Plant a veggie garden - This I have done!  I have a wonderful veggie garden with carrots, radishes, corn, green beans, green onions, cucumbers, broccoli, etc. 

#72 Train the dog to not dig up previous item - FAILED MISERABLY!!!!  about 2 or 3 weeks after the veggie garden was planted my stupid dog decided to jump the little fence hubby put up and DIG UP EVERYTHING that had started to sprout!  My sister called me at work and was in a panic because my garden was ruined!  I was not a happy camper when I got home from work that evening to see my garden destroyed!  It was really sad.  I've tried to salvage it as much as I can and I still have my fingers crossed something comes up from the mess of dirt but who knows.  We'll just have to wait and see!  I'm going to try and remember to take some pictures of it tonight.

So really, I can cross  1 thing of my list!  That's alright though, I wasn't even trying but I did it and I'm happy with that! :)

Finally I've got a couple updates for my 101 things list, it's not much but it counts! :)

13. Take Hannah tobogganing
 Chris and I decided we'd head to the trailer on Saturday to see if there was any way we could walk through the snow to check it out and make sure things were alright.  Well we didn't make it to the trailer.  We parked at the front gate, got bundled in our snow suits put Hannah on the sled and started our trek in.  We didn't even make it half way in when the show was over of knees.  We turned around and just found a nice hill to toboggan on.  Hannah really enjoyed it and playing in the snow afterwords.  She loved throwing snowballs at Sage (our boxer) and Sage loved catching the snowballs Hannah threw to her!  It was a beautiful day and even though we didn't make it all the way in we still made the best of it and  had a great day!

68. Shave my legs everyday for 2 weeks (1412/14)
 I did this really only because I had too! LOL
Obviously I didn't want to be in the Dominican with nasty hairy legs so I started about a week before shaving everything to make sure I would be silky smooth while away.  Each day we were there I shaved too.  Come to think of it maybe it wasn't quite 2 weeks because I certianly wasn't shaving my legs while in the hospital.  Darn it! I thought I completed this...oh well I'll shave tonight and tomorrow and call it done! :)

83. Use the video camera more
We used this a lot while we were gone, heck we even have video from both Hannah and I in the hospital.  (Now I just need to upload it).  We'll continue to use the camera more because we love the results afterword, I love having video of us and our family trips, fun things we do, etc.  I'm so glad Chris decided to get the video camera! :)

Anyway, that's it for now!  I'll check back in later!

I'm quite happy with my progress of this list so far.  I'm pretty sure there are a few on there that won't be complete just because I wasn't really thinking about dates as I was actually writing it, but I'll continue working away on it.

Since my last update I've been able to complete 2 things of my list

#32 Paint my bedroom - This still isn't completely complete, I still have a couple more walls to do but I have purchased the paint, and painted  the one wall.  Which by the way was a dark red/rust colour.  What a pain that was to paint.  I think I'll still have a few touch up's to do to make sure everything is covered.

#35 Drink 8 glasses of water a day for a week - This was really easy for me once I started on this weight loss adventure.  Drinking the water really helps me not eat as much as I would normally so it's been super easy for me to complete and keep doing.

That's it for now.

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I found this from a blog that I've just started reading and thought it would be a fun thing to partake in. This isn't going to be all photography related although some things will be. I'll try to keep an updated list of things that I've completed as I do this 101 things in 1001 days.
Starting today - Thursday, December 3rd 2009
Ending date - Thursday, August 30th, 2012

1. Try to find time for at least 1 page of Hannah's first year scrapbook, I'm only on month 4 :(  (Seriously, I'm not sure I'll find time)
2. Find a photography mentor
3. Buy a new car (I hope this is one of the first I can check off)
4. Calibrate my monitor
5. Send a homemade card to someone just because
6. Make my own family Christmas cards
7. and actually send them out at Christmas (rather than just sitting on the computer or in a pile next to my computer)
8. Fill in the rest of Hannah's baby book
9. Take Hannah to her first dentist appointment (I called to make the appointment and they told me that she doesn't need to have a check up until she's 3.  I guess that means this will be one of the last on my list to be checked off!)
10. Make business cards
11. Decide on an official business name
12. Teach Hannah how to ice skate
13. Take Hannah tobogganing
14. Have a girls night out with my girlfriends
15. Have a date night with Chris
16. Loose at least 15 lbs but 25 or so would be lovely
17. Go on another cruise (This probably won't be happening now that I'm pregnant - I was really hoping to take a cruise in September but I guess cruising companies won't allow anyone on the ship after they've reached 24 weeks.  How much does that suck!!!)
18. Update my resume
19. Attend EVERY GRIPS meeting for the year
20. Have Hannah in a daycare at least part time
21. Start getting paying clients
22. Blog every day for an entire week with a new photo in each post (not from the same session) (0/7)
23. Buy a boat
24. Catch a big fish
25. Leave Hannah with my parents for a sleepover
26. Leave Hannah with Chris's parents for a sleepover
27. Plan a trip for just Chris and I
28. Potty train Hannah
29. Redo my front garden
30. Come to work at least one day and not be VERY frustrated by the noise (Haha, I probably setting myself up for failure now, because I find this VERY unlikely to happen)
31. Paint my en-suite
32. Paint my bedroom
33. Paint my upstairs hallway (maybe all the painting should be under one?)
34. Change Hannah over to her "Big Girl" room
35. Drink 8 glasses of water a day for a week (56/56)
36. Clean my scrap booking room
37. Help my sister and her family move into their first house
38. Buy a new comfy computer chair
39. Decide what I want to be when I grow up
40. Read at least 25 of the books on this list (3/25) *I took this right off the list of the other blog - I love some of the movies on this list and I always love reading the books that inspired them.  Plus I've already read a few of them - but that probably doesn't count does it :(  In progress
41. Start a K.Shiell photography fan page on Facebook
42. Stop biting my finger nails!
43. For an entire week keep my finger nails painted and DON'T pick it off (0/7)
44. Nail down my exposure each and every time I take a picture
45. Have a family photo taken (isn't it sad, we've never had this done :()
46. Attend a birth as a birth photographer - this would be amazing!!!
47. Watch the sunrise on a beach
48. Take Hannah swimming in the lake
49. Start Hannah in swimming lessons
50. Host a dinner party
51. Have a games night
52. Keep this list updated until August 30th 2012
53. Watch 10 "classic" movies I haven't seen before (0/10)
54. Buy a new mattress for my bed
55. Get 1 massage a month for 4 months (0/4)
56. Read all of Scott Kelbys books from his trio of Digital Photography books (2.5/3)
57. Get my wedding dress dry cleaned and preserved (yes - it's been over 3 years)
58. Donate all of my unused old clothes to the Salvation Army - this also means cleaning out my closest...maybe this should be two In progress
59. Clean out my closet
60. Ask 10 complete strangers on the street if I can take their picture (0/10)
61. Write up a model release form
62. Bring lunch to work everyday for a week (0/5)
63. Ride my bike to work for a week (0/5)
64. Take a photo walk around Stratford
65. Attend a KWLT production
66. Stop drinking pop for 1 month (0/30)
67. Take Hannah to a park to fly a kite
68. Shave my legs everyday for 2 weeks (14 12/14)
69. Take Hannah on a picnic
70. Attend a yoga class
71. Plant a veggie garden
72. Train the dog to not dig up previous list item (How sucky is it that after about 3 weeks of the garden being planted, my stupid dog jumped in and started to dig up the stuff that was already sprouting!!  Sometimes I hate my dog!!!  We now have increased the height of the fence by double, so she hasn't been in since!)
73. Go to the doctor for my annual checkup
74. Mentor a new photographer
75. Meet the women on my birth board
76. Call someone I haven't talked to in a while
77. Play golf (I've never done this before)
78. For 1 entire month - no Starbucks in the morning (30/30)
79. Print my favorite pictures - frame them
80. Create a couple of sample coffee table books for showing clients
81. Try snowboarding
82. Buy a new lens
83. Use the video camera more
84. Eat an apple a day for 2 weeks (0/14)
85. Attempt to make Indian food one night for dinner
86. Watch an entire football game :S (I dread this)
87. Start tanning again
88. Start working on my professional website
89. Start working on my portfolio
90. Apply for PrePro
91. Get accepted to PrePro
92. Win something from the many blog contests I enter each and every day
93. Do not check my Facebook account at all in an entire day
94. Start a second 101 things to do in 1001 days list
95. Take a few night courses
96. In one day get over 175 people (my current record) to my blog
97. Have coffee with someone I haven't seen in a while
98. Give money to a charity
99. Help a homeless person
100. Take my grandparents out for an evening
101. Do another boudoir photo shoot

There it's done...now lets see how well I can actually do!