My First 101 Update!

I know it hasn't been a full month yet but I just couldn't wait to get started! Plus, I haven't blogged in a really long time. One of the goals on my list is to blog every day for a week...that's going to be much more challenging than I originally thought! I thought I'd write a monthly post regarding the progress of my 101 things in 1001 days checklist and keep up-to-date on my progress that way. Otherwise, I know I'd lose track of the fact that I'd started or completed certain tasks on my list. That's something I'm hoping to work on. I'm really good about starting new tasks, but I have a hard time following through on some of them. The state of my photo and scrapbook albums are a perfect example of that. (Plus, these updates will give me something definitive to blog about every month, which makes me happy!) What I've discovered this past month is that some of my goals are going to be extremely hard to keep track of, but I'll give it my best shot!

With that said, I made some great progress this month on my list. I'm not sure all months will progress as this one has, but whatever, I'm happy with my progress right now. There's just a certain satisfaction in crossing things off a long list! 

Completed Goals: 

16. Write a letter to myself, to be opened when the 1001 days are over 

62. Pick a venue - woo! This is the first legitimate thing we have done so far to plan our wedding!

79. Put in an island in the kitchen - I'm going to do a whole blog post detailing how we were able to save a lot of money and still get amazing results! 

Goals I Have Started Working On: 

2. Get my hair cut and highlighted twice (1/2) 

6. Go for a run once every week, weather permitting (2/143) - ugh, behind already 

26. Grow and use three varieties of herbs (1/3) - I grew trailing rosemary this summer, which smelled wonderful

48. Go on one date night a month (1/32) - Jeff made me a candlelit dinner at home, which totally counts I think!

49. Take a picture of Jeff and I once a month (1/32) - we had engagement pictures done on Thanksgiving weekend, a post on this will follow 

53. Do something nice for Jeff every week (4/143) - this is going to be so hard to keep track of! I don't know if I'll share every week what I've done, but so far I've cooked him special meals, made him hot chocolate, and watched one of his favorite movies with him. 

69. Get engagement shots done (1/2) - As I said, I'll blog about this experience in a separate post :) 

72. Figure out what music will be playing during the ceremony - I found two really cool songs, not sure if I'll share yet or if I'll keep them a surprise! 

I also added two goals this month:
100. Take a yoga class
101. Write my name in wet cement

Completed: 3/101