Annette's Acre

The Mission: Complete 101 preset tasks in a period of 1001 days.
The Criteria: Tasks must be specific (ie. no ambiguity in the wording) with a result that is either measurable or clearly defined. Tasks must also be realistic and stretching (ie. represent some amount of work on your part).

Begin Date: February 1, 2009
End Date: October 30, 2011

Updated: February 1, 2009

Candidate items:

• Average 8 blog posts/month over the 1001 days
• Average 6 books/month over the 1001 days
• Use two new-to-me finishing techniques each year (6 total)
• Create four new finishing tutorials
• Read five classic novels (as defined by Easton volumes received)
• Finish one game on each gaming platform (PS3, Xbox360, DS, PSP)
• Finish Lego Batman on PSP and Xbox360
• Finish Lego Indiana Jones (PS3)
• Win as each civilization on Civilization Revolution (DS)
• Finish Phoenix Wright, Ace Attorney (DS) 
• Weigh less on day 1001 as I do on day 1
• Convert http://www.annettesacre.com to full WordPress format
• Play a video game with my kids at least once each month
• Create a “master” grocery list
• Acquire a food processor
• Have new floors installed in the whole house
• Have house painted – inside and out
• Go one week without soda
• Buy a new bedspread and matching curtains
• Buy a set of wine glasses
• Use the china that’s gathering dust in my pantry
• Get a better china storage system
• Tear down the wallpaper in the master bedroom and paint
• Subscribe to one new magazine
• Clean out my closet
• Attend one Broadway Palms production
• Attend one Phoenix Symphony performance
• Visit Arizona Science Center annually (2009 – done)
• Visit Phoenix Zoo annually
• Visit Phoenix Art Museum annually
• Fewer charts stashed on Day 1001 than on Day 1
• Fewer fabrics stashed on Day 1001 than on Day 1
• Visit Chatelaine BB Daily (barring access issues)
• Visit new Stitching BB Daily (will update when board goes live)
• Read Lord of the Rings trilogy
• Participate in NaNoWriMo
• Finish a knitted shawl
• Finish five pairs of socks for family/friends
• Finish two knitted items for trade on the blog
• Finish Mirabilia Seasonal Queens (two left)
• Participate in at least six stitching exchanges per year
• Define and complete two reading “challenges” per year
• Have professional kid pictures taken annually
• Add one CD per month to my iPod
• Find better storage solution for DVDs and CDs
• Organize DVDs alphabetically
• Participate in three Let’s Stitch SATs per month
• Complete Lizzie Kate’s “Boo Club” in 2008
• Complete one Teresa Wentzler design per year
• Try one new Christmas Cookie recipe each year
• Add five new hand-made ornaments to my Christmas tree each year
• Update my resumé annually
• Take a “long family weekend” in Arizona
• Take a “long family weekend” outside of Arizona
• Create more granular shelves on GoodReads
• Trade books/magazines quarterly
• Hang a fine art print (reproduction) on the wall in the house
• Visit FLW’s Taliesin West
• Try two new recipes per month
• Reorganize pictures on webserver
• Cleanup old files on webserver
• Update Chatelaine Fabric Viewer (add new fabrics, delete old)
• Read Jane Austin’s Pride & Prejudice
• Complete TCN Certification
• Document Requirements Process Method & Flow
• Document Application Architecture
• Create “General Info” package for customer inquiries
• Complete Zachary’s Pirate Map quilt
• Stitch Map of Oak Island (Lynne Nicoletti) for Zachary’s room
• Complete Kylie’s pink skull quilt
• Chart and distribute Black Opal Biscornu design
• Chart and distribute Airlie Lullaby design
• Contribute $50/month to savings
• Finish Zachary’s Ravenclaw scarf
• Catch up on Stargate Atlantis
• Try Stargate SG-1 series
• Knit soft scarf for S. G.
• Stitch baby gift for S. L.
• Organize sock yarn
• Catalog knitting needles
• Catalog threads
• Organize beads – get rid of  toolbox
• Make banana pudding from scratch (no Jell-o!)
• Visit somewhere I need a passport
• Attend Arizona Renaissance Festival
• Finish Halloween table runner quilt
• Convert all my bobbined DMC to floss tags
• Buy a new couch & loveseat (or reupholster the current ones)
• Read 20 new authors
• Take a stitching class at my LNS
• Buy a new gas grill
• Get my spouse on Facebook
• Ride vanpool 15 times per month on average
• Walk with DH three times per week, for 4 weeks
• Have a “date night” with DH each quarter
• Go out with Kylie to Sushi Ra
• Have dinner at the [Irish] Shakespeare’s Pub (new name, same place)
• Read The Sharing Knife series by Lois McMaster Bujold

Administrative

99 – Reorganize this list into better categories (time or subject)
100 – Update this list monthly
101 – When 1001 days are up, update this list and make a new list.

OLD LIST

Technical
1 – Learn CSS
2 – Rewrite website using new graphics and layout – In progress!
3 – Blog three times/week (barring access issues)
4 – Figure out the presets on my car stereo
5 – Become proficient in Dreamweaver - In progress!
6 – Make a blinkie

Cultural
7 – Visit the Mesa Southwest Museum before it closes 09/06
8 – Go to the symphony once per year
9 – Go to the theater once per year
10 – Acquire at least one opera soundtrack on CD that I like
11 – Learn the words to Nessun Dorma
12 – Acquire a book on Monet
13 – Hang a fine art print (reproduction) on the wall in the house
14 – Visit FLW’s Taliesin West
15 – Become a member of the Phoenix Art Museum

Literary
16- Average 3 books/month (36/year) – So far so good
17 – Maintain a list of books read each year on my website - Yes! See it here
18 – Take a Barnes & Noble University class every six months
19 – Write a mystery novel
20- Create a journal for story ideas (electronic or paper) and use it! – Created, but not used much..
21 – Read the Lord of the Rings trilogy
22 – Read 10 “classic” novels (domain: Easton press editions we receive)
23 – Read the Wall Street Journal daily for 6 weeks
24 – Participate in NaNoWriMo
25 – Subscribe to a new magazine
26 – Publish something
27 – Memorize a Shakespeare sonnet
28 – Find an online writers’ community to participate in

Financial
29 – Contribute monthly to my savings account (at least $20/month) - Yes!
Fun
30 – Solve a “very hard” Sudoku puzzle (as received from dailysudoku.com)
31 – Email one new person each week to just say “Hi”
32 – Finish Black & White 2

Personal
33 – Get a pedicure
34- Call Granny at least once per week – Doing well on this one
35 – Have a “date night” with DH at least six times per year
36 – Sell something on ebay
37 – Update Contacts list in my PDA and cell phone (all “common” numbers should be one place or the other) - Had to when I got a new cell phone!
38 – Acquire 5 new “presentation-worthy” wardrobe items
39 – Post non-stitching pictures on my blog once a month for a year (12 total)

Stitching
40 – Finish a Pi Shawl
41 – Finish Stroke of Midnight
42 – Finish a Chatelaine Mandala Garden (big one)
43 – Frame a large stitched piece myself
44 – Learn two new finishing techniques (for small projects) each year – This year is covered!
45 – Knit myself a pair of socks (that fit!)
46 – Finish all my stitched Christmas Ornaments
47 – Inventory my chart stash
48 – Inventory my fabric stash
49 – Try my hand at dying floss
50 – Finish TW’s Wedding Sampler for my 10th Anniversary
51 – Finish all four Mirabilia Seasonal Queens (Winter is done, Autumn is halfway)
52 – Post daily on the TWBB (barring lack of access)
53 – Post daily on the Rotation BB (barring lack of access)
54 – Send a RAK every 3 months (even if it is just a card)
55 – Participate in at least one stitching exchange every six months – I think I’m covered
56 – Stitch TW’s Celtic Cross
57 – Make a temari a year
58 – Knit a Ravenclaw scarf for DS – In progress!
Cooking
59 – Try a new recipe at least twice each month
60 – Create a “master” grocery list
61 – Learn to make tiramisu
62 – Make something from every cookbook I own
63 – Post a recipe to my blog at least once per month
64 – Make eggs benedict from scratch
65 – Bake a cake from scratch
66 – Try one new Christmas cookie recipe each year
67 – Make pasta from scratch

Health
68 – Ride my bike at least twice per week (for 3 months)
69 – Take an evening walk with DH at least once per week (for 6 weeks)
70 – Go one week without Coke
71 – Go one week without chocolate
72 – Give up the snooze alarm
73 – Weigh less at the end of 1001 days as I do today

Kids
74 – Let DS read to me at least once per week for 15 minutes
75 – Spend time with each of my kids alone each month
76 – Play video games with my children at least once a month

Professional
77 – Join a professional organization and attend 3 scheduled meetings
78 – Ride the bus to work at least 12 times/month
79 – Update my resume 4 times per year
80 – Finish the Facilitator Certification program at work
81 – Get a promotion at work Done with the new job!
82 – Volunteer at a work-sponsored event once per year

Travel
83 – Play a hand of blackjack in Las Vegas (with a real dealer, not a video game!)
84 – Go out of town for a major holiday
85 – Go to an Atlanta Braves baseball game in Atlanta
86 – Visit the Georgia Aquarium
87 – Visit Atlanta
88 – Visit Tennessee
89 – Visit Canada
90 – Obtain a passport
91 – Visit somewhere that requires I *have* a passport to enter -

Home
92 – Buy a new bedspread and matching curtains
93 – Buy a set of wine glasses
94 – Use the china that’s gathering dust in my pantry
95 – Get a better china storage system
96 – Tear down the wallpaper in the master bedroom and paint
97 – Buy a new bed
98 – Acquire a food processor
99 – Clean out my closet

Administrative
100 – Update this list monthly
101 – When 1001 days are up, update this list and make a new list.