101 in 1001

Even though we don't have a full 101 items yet the official start day is February 12, 2013 so 1001 days from this date will be Day Zero, which is November 9, 2014.
 
Team Bacon Blogger Goals:

  1. Get a full list of 101 things for the 101 in 1001 list (so this may be cheating but a little instant gratification goes a long way when it comes to motivation)
  2. Finish School with my BA
  3. Finish creating my agriculture education newsletters
  4. Make my newsletters into PDF's available on the blog
  5. Post on the blog 6 days a week (without fail) for 3 months
  6. Write/Rewrite 9 Show-Me Ag Matters Easy Readers 0/9
  7. Write 6 There's a Farm in my Food books 0/6
  8. Publish/Self-publish Show-Me Ag Matters Easy Readers 0/9
  9. Speak to at least 5 schools about agriculture 0/5
  10. Become part of Operation Main Street
  11. Participate in 10 AgChats (actually tweet) 2/10
  12. Volunteer for AgChat
  13. Get more involved with USFRA
  14. Create Swine Swag
  15. Offer Swine Swag for sale on blog and donate portion to at least 3 different Ag Foundations
  16. Make 5 more YouTube videos for BaconCam 0/5
  17. Update web appearance 
  18. Attend a blogger conference 
  19. Meet one online peep in person
  20. Blog a series on building hog barns
  21. Tour a packing plant and blog about it
  22. Tour a rendering plant (with nose plugs) and blog about it
  23. Blog a series on our new drag line equipment
  24. Triple the likes on The Bacon Blogger's Facebook page
  25. Start a "New Appliance" savings fund
  26. Go to church once a month for 6 months 0/6
  27. Become a room mom
  28. Buy a new camera (Nikon D3200)
  29. Buy a new computer (Lenovo Yoga or Thinkpad)
  30. Send 10 Thank You cards for random acts of kindness and appreciation 0/10
  31. Workout 3 times a week for 3 months solid
  32. Get a manicure (I've never had one)
  33. Fly to New Hampshire for the commencement ceremony
  34. Actually post pics to my Flickr account (if I can remember how to sign into it)
  35. Update linked in at least twice a month
  36. Send Christmas Cards
  37. Spend 2 hours a week during winter months just throwing the ball for Miss Mina
  38. Pin 50 things to Pinterest (they have to be things I actually like, random pinning does not count) 1/50
  39. Read 4 fun books (fiction only, no association with school or work) 0/4
  40. Build a garden shelter
  41. Attempt a winter garden 
  42. Try 10 new recipes 0/10
  43. Buy a myself a gun (Taurus Slim 9)
  44. Get my conceal and carry
  45. Take my mom-in-law on an Amtrak train
  46. Focus on picture portfolio at least 3 times during every season
  47. Chaperone every one of Kylee's high school dances
  48. Buy a NICE pair of boots for myself
  49. Finish the paint and trim work upstairs
  50. Get a 4-wheeler for sprayer use
  51. Win the Missouri Lottery (I told him it was a long shot but he doesn't care)
  52. Buy a loader for the tractor
  53. Replace back deck
  54. Build a shop
  55. Buy a NICE pair of boots for Aaron (Aaron disagrees but he needs a new pair)
  56. Start anniversary tattoos again
  57. Finish landscaping the yard
  58. Finish disk 1 of Rosetta Stone
  59. Start disk 2 of Rosetta Stone 
  60. Buy an RV 
  61. Give Sam's Club another try Got my membership and I'm loving my in-home inventory!
  62. Paint a picture for my office
  63. Schedule a date night (no kids, no computers, no distractions, just us)
  64. Stand on the Gettysburg field at night during the anniversary
  65. Never miss a track meet
  66. Take the kids to see the ocean
  67. 24 hours with family and NO technology of any kind
  68. Update family photos
  69. Actually hang up the family photos this time
  70. Teach Waylon to swim
  71. Take kids on a movie date night individually
  72. Take kids bowling
  73. Visit 3 new states (layovers don't count) 0/3
  74. Build a new dog house for Miss Mina
  75. Let Kylee make supper one night for the family
  76. Make sure Waylon gets in shooting practice 3 times a week during the summer
  77. Buy Kylee a car (turns 15 this year!)
  78. Invite someone, friend or family, over for supper (we don't have company...ever! Kylee's friends don't count)
  79. Make time to write at least 3000 words a month on my side project
  80. Take the kids on another over night train ride
  81. Get Waylon in a canoe or raft (the boy hates boats but said he would try one of those without freaking out--holding him to that)
  82. Create a business plan (Aaron is not looking forward to this one)
  83. Make appointment with financial adviser and create a better retirement plan
  84. Get new dental and eye insurance
  85. Go to church on Easter Sunday every time it hits within the 1001 days 0/3
  86. Put shutters on our house
  87. Sew something...anything, just get that stupid machine back out
  88. Spend nothing (absolutely no money) for one week on anything but bills and necessary groceries then put the unspent money in savings
  89. Make mother happy and go to a stupid tea house with her
  90. See a play at the Fox Theatre
  91. Take a friend to the movies
  92. Get enough upper body strength to help Aaron hoist his tool box from one truck bed to the other (guess who's idea this one was)
  93. Play a board game with the kids (Played American History Trivia...now we have another board game night planned. See how this can create some very good habits!)
  94. Plant a new tree in our yard as a family
  95. Go to every Shooting Sports meeting plus 8 4-H meetings (shooting sports included) 6/20
  96. Start cutting our own lunch meat (do you have any idea how much cheaper bulk meat is?) I need a new meat slicer (current one makes a mess) but I'm sold on this idea
  97. Get the meat slicer from my parents so we can start cutting our own lunch meat
  98. Bake a loaf of bread from scratch
  99. Bake 6 different pies (family event pies do not count) 2/6
  100. Complete at least 58% of this list
  101. Make another list after this one

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