My 101 List

Started: September 30, 2010
Scheduled to finish: June 28, 2013

  1. Eat egg rolls from the Golden Palace Completed April 16, 2012 (at Scotiabank Place)

  1. Make a dinner from scratch for my friends

  1. Learn to knit a dish cloth or scarf   In progress

  1. Take a trip down South   Completed January 14-21, 2011 (Breezes Jibacoa, Cuba)

  1. Cook a turkey  Completed April 24, 2011

  1. Make a scrapbook for Danica In progress

  1. Write a song and play it on my guitar

  1. Host a poker tournament party at my home

  1. Lose 20 lbs. Completed October 25, 2011

  1. Get another fish for my tank

  1. Write a novel (at least a rough draft) In progress

  1. Have a girls night/sleepover

  1. Dabble my toes in the ocean  Completed January 14, 2011 (Atlantic Ocean in Cuba)

  1. Organize a Schock cousin dinner out

  1. Go for a ride on a snowmobile

  1. Make spider-dogs over a bonfire

  1. Go one whole week without logging on to Facebook Completed January 14-21, 2011

  1. Plan a “girls day” with my mom & sister

  1. Read 10 books in one year (10/10) Completed August 5, 2011
  • The Things We Do For Love  by Kristin Hannah (completed January 21, 2011)
  • The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (completed February 1, 2011)
  • Grecian Holiday by Kate Cann ( Completed February 16, 2011)
  • Shopaholic Ties the Knot by Sophie Kinsella (Completed April 12, 2011)
  • Crow Lake by Mary Lawson (Completed April 23, 2011)
  • Separate Beds by Lavyrle Spencer (Completed May 29, 2011)
  • The Carrie Diaries by Candace Bushnell (Completed June 13, 2011)
  • Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Completed June 23, 2011)
  • Mister Pip by Lloyd Jones (Completed July 23, 2011)
  • Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Completed August 5, 2011)

  1. Complete a song on Hard on Guitar Hero

  1. Try a food I’ve never tasted before  Completed January 16, 2011 (ate rabbit at the buffet in Cuba!)
  1. Pull an all-nighter  Completed January 13-14, 2011

  1. Sing a song on-stage at Gavan’s It wasn't at Gavan's, but I sang on stage at Community Day, September 2012

  1. Organize a Young cousin dinner out

  1. Make a dinner from scratch for my family

  1. Make an iTunes playlist of my 101 favourite songs   Completed September 30, 2010
  2. Go to a drive-in movie

  1. Visit my relatives in TO

  1. Have a sliding party

  1. Watch 26 movies I’ve never seen starting with each letter of the alphabet (22/26) In Progress
  • A - A Christmas Carol (December 9, 2010)
  • B - Bridesmaids (May 13, 2011)
  • C - Country Strong (February 4, 2011)
  • D - Dirty Dancing 2: Havana Nights (January 29, 2011)
  • E - Easy A (January 3, 2011)
  • F - (The) Fighter (April 4, 2011)
  • G - Grown Ups (January 22, 2011)
  • H - How Do You Know (January 7, 2011)
  • I - It's a Wonderful Life (December 21, 2010)
  • J - Justin Bieber: Never Say Never (February 21, 2011)
  • K - Killers (October 11, 2010)
  • L - (The) Last Song (October 19, 2010)
  • M - Morning Glory (September 2010)
  • N - No Strings Attached (May 23, 2011)
  • O - Orphan (January 22, 2011)
  • P - Paranormal Activity 2 (February 28, 2011)
  • R - (The) Runaways (October 19, 2010)
  • S - (The) Switch (January 31, 2011)
  • T - The Town (September 2010)
  • V - (The) Vanishing (January 23, 2011)
  • W - (The) Way We Were (July 11, 2011)
  • X - X-Men: First Class (June 24, 2011)

  1. Take my first plane ride  Completed January 14, 2011

  1. Make a Gingerbread House with Caden and Danica Completed December 28, 2011

  1. Attend at least 3 Senators games per season (6/9)
  • October 28, 2010 vs. Florida - WON 5-3!!
  • November 29, 2010 vs. Edmonton - LOST 4-1 booooooo....
  • March 19, 2011 vs. Tampa Bay - WON 3-2 in OT!!!
  • October 30, 2011 vs. Toronto - WON 3-2!!
  • December 7, 2011 vs. Washington - LOST 5-3 :(
  • April 16, 2011 vs. New York Rangers (playoffs) - Lost 1-0 :(

  1. Go for a minimum half-hour walk each day for a month

  1. Go to a real Spa

  1. Spend a day baking with my mom

  1. Do something significant (to be determined) in memory of Jeff and Troy

  1. Organize my photos In progress

  1. Attend a midnight movie premiere Completed November 17-18, 2011 for Breaking Dawn Part 1 at the Kanata AMC with Sharon, Lindsay & Brittany

  1. Up my PAR (pre-authorized remittance) givings at church by $5/month

  1. Wash my own car at least once Completed Friday March 1, 2013

  1. Spend a day at the beach  Completed January 19, 2011 (in Cuba!!)

  1. Take a road trip Completed July 20-22, 2012 - drove to Belleville with Mom for Andrea & Scott's Wedding

  1. Make something from every section of my Betty Crocker cookbook
  • Spaghetti Pie from Casseroles section - March 22, 2011
  • Pancakes from Breads section - March 31, 2012

  1. Get a DVD player for my room  Completed November 10, 2010
  1. Take a train somewhere Completed August 9th, 2012 - trip to Toronto with Lindsay, Ryan and Rebekka by train

  1. Organize my closet in a way that it STAYS organized & doesn’t go back to mayhem a week later  Completed November 30, 2010

  1. Go one whole week at work without complaining

  1. Paint a picture

  1. Walk for a cause  Completed June 2, 2012 - Walked in the Pontiac Relay for Life in memory of Dad, in support of cancer research

  1. Go to a museum

  1. Buy myself a lottery ticket Completed November 2, 2011

  1. Go for a boat ride Completed July 30th, 2012 - boat ride from Sand Point to the Draper Camp in Norway Bay

  1. Don’t hit snooze for one whole week Completed week of March 4 - 10, 2013

  1. Go a whole day of speaking (or attempting to speak) French

  1. Plan my dream trip to Ireland

  1. Go up the CN Tower  Completed August 10, 2012

  1. Buy my own (artificial) Christmas Tree

  1. Go to the local trout farm and actually CATCH a fish

  1. Bake a birthday cake for someone

  1. Go Zip-lining

  1. Get a tattoo

  1. Go on a Haunted Walk  Completed October 22, 2010

  1. Give blood

  1. Get back the 2 dresses that I loaned to someone a long time ago  Completed November 16, 2010

  1. Build a snowman

  1. Complete a 1000-piece puzzle Completed March 15, 2012

  1. Drink a Guiness Completed October 22, 2010

  1. Donate to a food bank  Completed December 2010

  1. Write a letter to myself to open in 10 years  Completed January 1, 2011

  1. Go camping Completed July 30-31 at the Draper Camp

  1. Watch a classic movie I’ve never seen before  Completed December 21, 2010 - It's a Wonderful Life

  1. Read Wuthering Heights

  1. Carve my name in a tree

  1. Dye my hair a dark colour  Completed October 23, 2010

  1. Organize my recipe collection

  1. Spend an entire dreary day watching movies

  1. Pay off at least half of my line of credit Completed June 2013

  1. Get an updated photo taken with my family Completed October 10, 2011

  1. Fall in love

  1. Buy a new-to-me car  Completed January 17, 2013 - bought a 2013 Ford Focus

  1. Go to an Imax movie

  1. Acquire a taste for red wine In progress

  1. Go a whole week without swearing

  1. Spend a day with my grandma touring her stomping grounds

  1. Be on the Christmas House Tour

  1. Go for a hike in the Gatineau Park

  1. Buy a laptop  Completed March 1, 2011

  1. Write a blog entry for Jill’s World or Jill’s 101 Adventure every weekday for a whole month  Completed May 31, 2011

  1. Carve a pumpkin for Halloween  Completed October 30, 2010

  1. Go to High Falls Completed October 9, 2011

  1. Order something wacky off the menu at The Works

  1. Plant my yellow rose bush outside

  1. Spend a day being a “tourist” in Ottawa – on the Market, Parliament Hill, etc.

  1. Drive on the Queensway Completed March 15, 2012

  1. Get a psychic reading  Completed November 6, 2010

  1. Rake leaves and put them in big pumpkin bags for Halloween  Completed October 30, 2010

  1. Wear a bathing suit in public without putting shorts on over it  Completed January 15, 2011 (in Cuba!!)

  1. Direct a Murder Mystery that someone tells me is “the best one ever”  Completed November 20, 2010

  1. Come in 2nd in the Car Rally
  • First attempt:  October 16, 2010 - FAILED (finished 10th)
  • Second attempt: October 15, 2011 - FAILED (finished tied for 3rd!)
  • Third attempt: October 2012 - FAILED (tied for 6th)

  1. Donate $5 to charity for each task I don’t complete
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