101 in 1001

I have done 2 separate 101 in 1001 lists in the past, and as it’s been 10 years since the completion time of the last one, so I figured maybe I’d try making a new one! I will be including some of the tasks I missed in the old list that I still really want to get done.

Note, here are some goal setting tips I came across.

Some common goal setting tips:

1. Be decisive. Know exactly what you want, why you want it, and how you plan to achieve it.

2. Stay Focused. Any goal requires sustained focus from beginning to end. Constantly evaluate your progress.

3. Welcome Failure. Frequently, very little is learned from a venture that did not experience failure in some form. Failure presents the opportunity to learn and makes the success more worthy.

4. Write down your goals. It clarifies your thinking and reinforces your commitment.
5. Keep your goals in sight. Review them frequently, and ensure that they are always at the forefront of your thinking.

Click here for more info on the 101 in 1001 project.

My 101 in 1001
As before, I will italicize the ones in progress.  

I will make red the ones I have determined cannot be done anymore.  (see here)
Start date: April 20, 2023
End date: January 15, 2026

Family/Relationship

1. Celebrate five strange holidays  (Coconut Pie day,) (Cheeseburger day) (Hot Tea Day Jan12) (Bagel Day Jan15) (Chocolate Cake day Jan 27) (DONE 5/5)
2. Do the 1000 hours outside challenge (1000 Hours Outside )  1000/1000  DONE July 2024
3. Go on a weekend trip just me and hubby (DONE 5/7/23)
4. Go to the zoo (DONE June 3 2023)
5. Go berry picking (DONE jul6 2023)
6. Go to a family camp (DONE aug 2024)
7. Find 5 interesting places/events to visit in local area (fair) (2fairs) (festival) (kids fair) (5/5) DONE Feb 2024
8. Make an igloo/snow fort  (Part finished)
9. Take a family vacation
10. Visit Nintendo-land
11. Visit something at the convention center DONE Nov 2025
12. Visit the dam, and the falls, DONE July 2025

Environment

13. Create an Old Fashioned Christmas (more traditional, less ‘stuff’) (Done December 2023)
14. Clean the ditches along the highway by our property (DONE July 8 2023)
15. Create a proper composting area on the farm instead of just a pile
16. Make something we want out of stuff laying around/trash rather than buying. (DONE 7/5) (welcome sign, 2 kitchen items, fireside seating, Christmas gifts)

Farm/Business

17. Clean out shelf in garage/garage area so we can put our own stuff in there (DONE 5/20/23)
18. Clean out area behind/above garage to be usable again
19. Clean out old bull barn DONE July 2025
20. Thoroughly clean/reorganize farm workshop (here)(DONE June 2025)
21. Create bike/walking trails on the farm (DONE Aug 2025)
22. Finish cleaning barn office and redoing the awards/putting them up in frames (DONE September 2023)
23. Build cow fence (here) DONE July 2025
24. Work out a budget/farm plan for the year (DONE Aug 2025)
25. Fix roof on barn (DONE October 2023)
26. Work on a plan to keep cats out of robot room CHANGE Make a coffee station in the barn entrance DONE July 2025
27. Fix floor properly in bulk tank room (DONE July 2025)
28. Decorate farm for Christmas (DONE Nov 2025)

Hobbies

29. Finish first year album for M

30. Finish first year album for Bram

31. Make Disney trip albums 1/3 (here, here,) (part finished)
32. Create free to use items in Cricut design space (t-shirt, Christmas gifts, birthday card, sign/Easter card, Craft Challenge items, more crafts) (19/15  DONE March 2024)
33. Create a tangible family tree. More than having it in the family Bible.  DONE April 2025
34. Finish writing last novel in trilogy
35. Use Cricut to make van decals DONE May 3 2025

Community

36. Take part in pick up and walk DONE May 3 2025

37. Try to do a walk for ms or life walk or something similar (DONE Sept20 2023)
38. Bring a meal to a family (3/3) Done dec2024
39. Do a ‘drop and dash’ gift give for fun Done Aug 2025
40. ‘Egg’ someone's house for Easter (give them an egg hunt) (DONE March 2024)
41. Volunteer some time to clean/mow/fix up the old Heritage Cemetery DONE July 2025

Spiritual

42. Read entire Bible in a year (DONE December 2023)

43. Make praying for our leaders a habit (do so each evening for a month) (DONE Jan31 2024)
44. Go on a weekend retreat (DONE Aug. 2025)
45. Join a church (DONE Sept 2025)
46. Stay off Facebook for one month. Spend time in prayer instead (DONE 5/1/2023)

Financial

47. Do ‘on farm’ work that saves us at least $20 000 from if we would have hired out. (here, here, here, and here)(20000/20000) (DONE Aug 2025)

48. Put $10 000 into TFSAs (DONE Aug 2025)
49. Find a way to pay for a garage/expansion (change to kitchen) without a loan
50. Do one month of ‘shop the pantry’ challenge (DONE Feb 2024)

Health/Fitness

51. Get a massage (DONE May 5 2023)

52. No sugar for a week (DONE April 27, 2023)
53. Do a detox/cleanse (2 weeks?) (DONE June 2023)
54. Try 10 new recipes (here) (here) (and here) (DONE Oct 2023 10/10)
55. Get back to pre-pregnancy weight
56. Bring down waist to under 30 inches
57. Get 25000 steps in one day (DONE 5/6/2023)
58. Take a self defense class (DONE March 2025)

House/Home

59. Label breaker panel (DONE June 15 2023)
60. Finish basement floor (DONE Oct 9 2023)
61. Put up shelves for laundry room/table area  (part finished)
62. Build a bunk bed in girls room (DONE December 2023)
63. Rework office area with new desks and craft storage (Done December 2023)
64. Build/rework bed for Z (DONE nov2024)
65. Declutter 25lbs of toys from house (Done January 2024)
66. Organize decorations and label (Done Jan 2024)
67. Make baby picture wood slices for each child for our ‘tree’, with a wedding photo of us  (DONE March 2025)
68. Build a bench for the dining table (DONE December 2023)
69. Fence around part of yard
70. Meal plan for 3 months  DONE June 2024
71. Build cute signs for the house/farmyard (5/5) DONE July 2024 (welcome planter, bathroom sign, washroom sign, laundry room, barn sign)
72. Fix entrance ceiling (needs venting) (DONE Nov 2025)

Learning/Homeschooling

73. Teach my daughters to sew an item of clothing (Done Dec 2024)
74. Visit a local museum we haven’t seen before (DONE July 2023)
75. Visit Little House on the Prairie museum
76. Visit Mt Rushmore
77. Visit a Nordic/Icelandic area (DONE July 2023)
78. Visit Mennonite Museum and dress the part (DONE July 2025)
79. Get the kids into swim lessons (DONE April 2024)
80. Babysitter course (with first aid) for oldest two kids (& myself, in the first aid department)
81. Learn about tanning hides (started here). DONE 2025
82. Learn to knit/crochet DONE April 2025
83. Learn Macramé DONE May 2025
84. Learn how to fix/clean keyboards/electronics  (DONE March 2025)
85. Find/add more info onto the Family Search website (photos, certificates, sources). (15/15) DONE April 2025
86. Enter at least 5 stories/memories into the Family Search website (5/5) DONE April 2025
87. Find family war stories  DONE April 2025
88. Make a wooden item (birdhouse/deck box/bike shed) with the kids (DONE July 2023)

Homesteading

89. Make homemade egg noodles DONE Aug 2024
90. Learn how to butcher chickens DONE Sept 2025
91. Learn to and make cream cheese (see website I used) DONE May 1 2025
92. Make own pierogis from scratch (make the cottage cheese)  DONE Aug 2024
93. Make salsa or pizza sauce from scratch. Can/jar them. (DONE Aug 26, 2023)
94. Hatch our own chickens (here and here and here)  FAILURE(but finished)
95. Successfully grow a garden (here and here) (DONE October 2023)
96. Build a greenhouse OR a summer kitchen
97. Make homemade crackers DONE April 2025

Other

98. Ride a hot air balloon
99. Do a ‘trash the dress’ photo session with other girls
100. Take a tour of my local area… bring camera (here) DONE April 2025
101. Create another 101 in 1001 list DONE July 2025

81 down, 8 cannot be done, 12 to go!

Well, that's it!  I'm trying to be a bit adventurous on some things in here, so we will see how it goes.  I kind of wonder what kinds of things I've already done that would have been on a past list if I'd have continued doing them regularly like I'd wanted to.  I know raising chickens for eggs would have been one.