101 in 1001

101 in 1001 (April 4, 2008 – December 31, 2010):

1. Attend WPPI or other photography conference.
2. Attend an open casting call to be an extra in a movie.
3. Bike the length of the W&OD trail from Ashburn to DC and back.
4. Buy a new address book and update it. Completed 5/2/2010
5. Buy a new sofa. Completed 3/5/2010
6. Buy a soccer ball to kick around at the park.
7. Buy a difficult jigsaw puzzle and put it together. Completed 4/23/2009
8. Buy a super wide-angle lens. Completed 4/4/2008
9. Change my last name (Solo will still be used for photography). Completed 5/11/2009
10. Cook a real holiday meal on my own.
11. Cook fish on the grill (and eat it).
12. Create a 101 in 1001 list. (Freebie?) Completed 3/29/2008
13. Create a financial budget.
14. Create a plan to take a trip to Australia.
15. Design and order my wedding album.
16. Do a “Clean Sweep” of the garage and categorize everything into Keep/Sell/Donate/Trash. Completed 1/25/09
17. Donate novels that I have already read. Completed 1/21/09
18. Eat at a fabulous restaurant that I’ve never been to before.
19. Enter a print competition.
20. Fertilize the poor little tree in our front yard. Completed 4/12/2008
21. Freestyle-swim 750 meters without stopping.
22. Get a dog. Completed 7/2/08
23. Get a photo published in a magazine.
24. Get a plant. Completed 4/5/2008
25. Get rid of/donate all of my clothes that don’t currently fit. Completed 5/26/2008
26. Go camping (Chris says this isn’t going to go very well); bring supplies for real s’mores.
27. Go geocaching. Completed 1/4/09
28. Go hiking. Completed 12/13/2008
29. Go ice skating.
30. Go kayaking.
31. Go on a weekend roadtrip with Chris. Completed 12/18/2009
32. Go sledding, make a snowman and a snow angel all in one day. Completed 12/20/2009
33. Go snorkeling (for more than 5 minutes even if I’m terrified). Completed 7/20/2008
34. Go to a batting cage.
35. Go to a Capitals game. Completed 4/13/2008
36. Go to a driving range.
37. Go to a playground and swing on the swings.
38. Go to Alaska.
39. Hang Christmas lights (on the house…during the holiday season).
40. Hang drapes in the living room/dining room. Completed 4/20/2008
41. Have a traditional picnic in a park complete with basket and blanket.
42. Help my grandmother move out of her apartment. Completed 6/29/2008
43. Housebreak the dog. Completed 7/2/08
44. Jump on a trampoline.
45. Keep the plant alive for a year. Completed 4/4/09
46. Learn a new swim stroke.
47. Learn Adobe InDesign. Completed 8/2/2008 to create my new pricing information packet.
48. Learn all of the US state capitals.
49. Learn how to snowboard.
50. Learn to locate all of the world’s countries on a map. Completed 4/23/2009
51. Learn to play chess.
52. Learn to play the piano or the guitar. Learned to play “Happy Birthday” on the piano 5/22/2008, and I’m currently learning guitar!
53. Learn to tile the floor in one of my bathrooms.
54. Leave an anonymous note for someone that will make them smile.
55. Make a bird cage cover for Charlie.
56. Make all of the recipes in a cooking magazine from cover-to-cover (unless it calls for mayo).
57. Meet with a financial planner.
58. Order new studio stationery.
59. Order studio samples of the albums that I’m currently offering. Completed 1/31/2009
60. Paint the master bedroom.
61. Photograph a humpback whale.
62. Photograph a newborn. Completed 9/14/2008
63. Photograph a wedding on my own. Completed 7/20/2008
64. Plant a tree. Completed 4/22/2009
65. Properly categorize and file my film negatives and slides.
66. Put photos in the collage of frames above the bed in the master bedroom. Completed 12/6/09
67. Read The Once and Future King (I was supposed to read this in 10th grade, but didn’t.)
68. Refinish a piece of furniture. Completed 12/6/09
69. Ride a horse.
70. Run in a 5k.
71. Sand and paint the unfinished wall in the office. Completed (albeit badly) 8/28/2008
72. Scan old notes and letters and get rid of the physical versions.
73. Second-shoot at a wedding. Completed 4/18/08
74. See a show at the Improv.
75. See a show on Broadway.
76. Shop for Toys for Tots instead of donating money. Completed 12/11/09
77. Spend a whole day seeing movies (about 4 films) at a theatre. Completed 2/13/10
78. Start and complete a knitting or crochet project.
79. Start and complete a sewing project.
80. Take a cooking class. Completed 8/22/09
81. Take a family portrait with my parents.
82. Take a hot air balloon ride.
83. Take a One Light workshop.
84. Take a Segway tour of DC.
85. Take a spontaneous weekend trip with no plans. Completed 12/18/09
86. Take a trip to the Outer Banks with just Chris.
87. Take a wine tasting class.
88. Teach Charlie to say something.
89. Transfer my skydiving video and my high school play/musical video to DVD. Completed 6/6/09
90. Transfer silly recordings of my brother and me on cassette tapes to CD.
91. Visit my brother in Scotland.
92. Visit my sister in Colorado. Completed 11/24/2008
93. Visit the Corcoran Gallery.
94. Visit the National Arboretum.
95. Volunteer at Habitat for Humanity.
96. Volunteer to photograph at least one charity event per year. Completed 1 out of 3
97. Vote in the 2008 Presidential Election. Completed 11/4/2008
98. Watch Forest Gump (I haven’t seen it yet – I know, I know). Completed 1/4/09
99. Watch the entire Arrested Development series on DVD. Completed 4/12/2009
100. Write a thank you note for someone for something other than a gift. Completed 4/28/2008
101. Write one of the children’s stories I’ve been brainstorming.