complete my 101 things in 1001 days list

I’ve now finished #82 on my list, ‘reboot my long-neglected 43 Things account’, though by ‘reboot’ i technically mean ‘completely delete and start over’, which turned out to be much easier than cleaning out the old one.
Now i just need to use it frequently… i’m hoping to actually interact with some other people here, since otherwise there’s really no point in having a list on 43 Things instead of having it just on my blog. I have a tendency to be a wee bit on the anti-social side, but it’s not like i’m throwing a massive 43 People Party. It shouldn’t be that socially difficult to cheer people on and comment on blog posts and whatnot.

i have on my blog a full list of the things i have completed along with photo’s etc. i have completed about 19 things off my list only another 82 things to go!

I completed 3 more things:

17. Attend a Saskatchewan Roughriders game. That was fun and the day was sunny :) The Roughriders did get their butts kicked by the Argonauts though.

65. Join the Slow Food Movement. I am now a member and joined the Calgary Convivium.

93. Buy Artisan Chocolate. Delicious and surprisingly delicate.

Four more things completed :)

49. Buy a Vac-Pot.
50. Purchase artisan coffee.
80. Enter the NaNoWriMo contest.
95. Make 5 useful play-lists in iTunes.

well here’s the list: *anything in bold is completed.

1. Visit the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology in Drumheller, Alberta.
2. Hike Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park.
3. Visit the Alberta Birds of Prey Center in Coaldale, Alberta.
4. Attend the Songbird Festival at Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta.
5. Attend the Edmonton Symphony at the Francis Winspear Centre for Music.
6. Visit the Nikka Tuko Japanese Garden in Lethbridge, Alberta.
7. Hike Wood Buffalo National Park, Alberta.
8. Visit Head-Smashed-In-Buffalo Jump.
9. Spend a weekend at the Fairmont Banff Springs, Alberta.
10. Visit Prince Albert Provincial Park, Saskatchewan.
11. Go white-water rafting on the Kananakis River.
12. Take an ice walk in Johnston Canyon.
13. Visit Jasper National Park.
14. Spend the day at the UofA Devonian Botanic Garden.
15. Visit the Muttart Conservatory.
16. Attend a hockey game at Rexall Place, Edmonton, Alberta.
17. Attend a Saskatchewan Roughriders game.
18. Visit Wateron Lakes National Park.
19. Spend a weekend at the Wickaninnish Inn, Tofino, British Columbia.
20. Make a set of runes.
21. Attend the Spring Wine Festival in the Okanagan Valley.
22. Attend the Summer Wine Festival in the Okanagan Valley.
23. Attend the Fall Wine Festival in the Okanagan Valley.
24. Attend the Winter Ice Wine Festival at Sun Peaks resort.
25. Visit an Aveda Spa.
26. Find a job.
27. Buy an iPod.
28. Learn to knit.
29. Buy a proper set of cookware.
30. try 1 wine and 1 recipe for each type of wine/food pairing from Harmony on the Palate.
31. buy a juicer.
32. buy a KitchenAid mixer.
33. Walk the African Lakes trail near my home.
34. Take a photography course.
35. Buy a MacBook Pro.
36. Buy a pair of sunglasses.
37. Heck, get my eyeglass prescription filled.
38. Try 3 different Cognacs.
39. Build my own personal website.
40. Buy a Wacom tablet.
41. Buy a digital camera and lens.
42. Buy a new cellular phone.
43. Perform a dedication ritual.
44. Make 20 recipes from my Barefoot Contessa books.
45. Take a course in Ayurveda and Yoga.
46. Write reviews on 101 of my non-fiction books.
47. Add 101 books to my library.
48. Learn to bake bread.
49. Buy a Vac-Pot.
50. Purchase artisan coffee.
51. Get an Alberta driver’s license.
52. Watch all six Star Wars films in a row.
53. Watch 25 movies I’ve always meant to.
54. Read 25 books I’ve always meant to.
55. Listen to 25 albums I’ve always meant to.
56. Get my Star Wars posters professionally framed.
57. Create a permanent email address.
58. Buy a set of boots for the winter.
59. Cover 3 pieces of corkboard with fabric and frame.
60. Create a hand made book of Shadows.
61. Buy a proper paper journal.
62. Visit the local Farmer’s market.
63. Write a ritual for each Esbat and Sabbat.
64. Make this list.
65. Join the Slow Food Movement.
66. Create a proper recipe for egg salad.
67. Make a bottle of limoncello.
68. Create a proper recipe for pasta sauce.
69. Make 5 recipes from each of my 6 Bill Granger cookbooks.
70. Buy an Apple Cinemax Display.
71. Read the complete works of William Shakespeare.
72. Finish reading the Baroque Cycle by Neal Stephenson.
73. Read all my art books.
74. Convert all my music on cds to mp3 format.
75. Purchase the complete U2 collection on iTunes.
76. Buy a new snowboard, books and bindings.
77. Take snowboarding lessons.
78. Visit the Calgary Zoo.
79. Complete my 43 things Project.
80. Enter the NaNoWriMo contest.
81. Write a non-fiction book.
82. Complete my Essentials Project.
83. Write a proper wine review.
84. Complete my Web 2.0 Project.
85. Complete my Photography Project.
86. Complete my Visual Journal Project.
87. Have an architect design my cabin.
88. Find a home.
89. Visit Paris.
90. Go spelunking.
91. Watch 10 DVD commentaries.
92. See all the ‘Best Director’ winners for the last 50 years.
93. Buy artisan chocolate.
94. Visit my friend Stewart in Swift Current, Saskatchewan.
95. Make 5 useful play-lists in iTunes.
96. Write 27 poems.
97. Complete my 52 Projects Project.
98. Read 25 classic novels.
99. Get my passport.
100. Visit Atlantic Canada.
101. Visit Cypress Hills Provincial Park, Alberta/Saskatchewan.

this all started, innocently, about a year ago when I stumbled up on Michael’s blog. I noticed that he had a list of 101 things to do in 1001 days. At the time I was feeling a bit overwhelmed and apathetic about my future so finding this project was a huge aha moment. Now I have a 101 things in 1001 days list on my blog and have already accomplished 20 of those things.

This is my favourite project because it’s full of big and small things—some life changing and some purely to beat procrastination or just to fuel my imagination. Most of all—because all of it is just plain fun.