101 in 1001

Ever sit and think about something you'd like to do, or keep telling yourself that you'll find time to do? Here's 101 things that I've been trying to 'find time' to do. And today starts the 1001 days in which I will do all of these  things. 

I have had a few friends do this 101 in 1001 plan, so don't give me credit for that. I'd just like to push myself to do some of the things that I keep putting off, or put at the bottom of my to do list every week. 

September 25th, 2012 to June 23rd, 2015

Italics are in progress, strike-thru are things I've completed

ENVIRONMENT

1.     Update The Color Green blog once a month for a year

2.     Start a vegetable garden
3.     Grow a tree from seed

4.     Use homemade compost to fertilize plants

5.     Celebrate Earth Day

6.     Spend a day waste-free

7.     Collect trash for one week. Work on decreasing waste produced

8.     Plant a tree

9.     Report/blog on water usage for one week, work on decreasing water used

EDUCATION

10.  Take a continuing education course - writing this list, i was not anticipating being in grad school.

11.  Learn Spanish

12.  Become LEED Green Associate

13.  Become LEED Accredited Professional

14.  Read 4 non-fiction books - Detroit by Charlie LeDuff

15.  Take a cooking class

16.  Take a carpentry class

17.  Host a book swap

CREATE

18.  Open an Etsy Store

19.  Sew throw pillows and dresser runner - Pillows done! 

20.  Complete 3 furniture renovation projects - Bookshelf

21.  Update Homemade Happens blog once a month for a year

22.  Finish crocheting blanket

23.  Make 10 gifts, instead of buying them - It was 3 different projects, but about 15 gifts total

24.  Bake or cook something new every month

25.  Make homemade soap

26.  Make homemade shampoo

27.  Make homemade cleaning products

28.  Finish pot holders and apron

29.  Make a snowman

30.  Take a photo a day for at least a month - #100happydays

31.  Make homemade jam

32.  Make soup from scratch - Butternut squash soup! :) yumm. 

33.  Make a loaf of bread

34.  Home brew beer

The 615

35.  Open an Etsy Store and/or website - Etsy store open, website in progress

36.  Start consulting on environmental projects

37.  Make a cookbook

38.  Make five different products to sell 

39.  Start saving money

40.  Sell something

FINANCIAL

41.  Get a full-time job

42.  Put money into savings each month

43.  Start paying back loans

44.  Pay my own car insurance

45.  Pay my own cell phone bill

46.  Pay off credit card

47.  Start retirement fund

48.  Pay mom and dad back

49.  Set monthly budget, and stick to it

ADVENTURE

50.  Leave the US

51.  Visit the Pacific Ocean

52.  Go ice skating

53.  Survive a snow storm

54.  Learn how to ski

55.  Visit a new state

56.  Take a cruise

57.  Sleep under the stars

58.  Go kayaking

59.  Go to a drive-in movie

HEALTH and FITNESS

60.  Sign up for a CSA program

61.  Run three 5Ks - Turkey Trot 2012 and 2013, Hands Across the Harbor 2014

62.  Lose 30 pounds - On my way, using MyFitnessPal.com

63.  Commit to exercising for a month

64.  Go hiking

65.  Grow my own herbs

66.  Run a 5K under 30 minutes

RELATIONSHIPS

67.  Go on a date

68.  Make a new friend

69.  Call Grandma at least once a month

70.  Attend at least three APX events - 2013 Alumni Tailgate, 

71.  Move closer to Kaley

72.  Make a family cookbook

73.  Send gifts to APX descendants that I’ve never met

74.  Send flowers randomly

75.  Write a letter to my future self

76.  Take Dad out on a date

77.  Take Mom to get manicures

FOR OTHERS

78.  Donate ‘stuff’ to Goodwill

79.  Ask people to donate to a charity instead of buying Christmas or Birthday gifts

80.  Volunteer for a new organization - Partnership for Providence Parks

81.  Fill a trash bag with litter 

82.  Give a homeless person a grocery store or Walmart gift card

83.  Make five blankets to donate to homeless

84.  Tutor a K-12 student

85.  Pay for someone behind me in a drive-thru

86.  Leave a 100% tip

87.  Donate blood - November 2012

88.  Hold a clothing swap

89.  Send a card/letter to someone I don’t know

FOR ME

90.  Vote in a local election 

91.  Adopt a dog - Love of my life. :)

92.  Read five books just for fun

93.  Pamper myself once a month

94.  Swing on swings - Park near my apartment in Providence :)

95.  Go to a Gator game

96.  Move somewhere new

97.  Get a pedicure

98.  Go to an NFL game

99.  Picnic in a park

100.            Slumber party with friends

101.            Make a new 101 in 1001 list

A 'new' bookshelf

Beginning of a new project... FINALLY

Walking to work yesterday, I saw a bookshelf on the side of the road, to be thrown out.  It was with a car bumper and other miscellaneous 'trash'. And lucky me, it was still there after work, and an hour later when I drove my car to pick it up! 

I am going to sand it down, use wood putty to fill in holes and smooth out warps. Then I'll paint it! The legs, I am going to sand down and stain so that they match the rest of my furniture.  

I chose the colors that are going to be the focus of my apartment, and judging by the cost of paint, quite a few things are going to end up this burnt orange color! 

These are kind of the colors I'm using... The orange and teal are both a little darker, and I'm also using a yellowy-gold color. You'll see, when I put more pictures up. 

Here's what my shelf looks like so far... 

Right off the street

Disassembled

I'll add some more process pictures, and the final product (when I have one!). 


BACK! 

So I took off the plastic edges of the shelves, filled in the cutout with wood putty, sanded down the boards and painted the shelves orange! 

I don't have a picture of staining the legs, but I sanded and stained them, let them dry overnight, and assembled the next morning.  

The Final Product! 

I am very happy with it, and found that it's a great way to keep a few odds and ends off of my coffee table! Hopefully this weekend, I will be turning the pallet in the background of the picture into two stools/ottomans.  I also returned that lampshade (it was too dark to put off much light) and got a bigger, brighter one, that I will be sure to include in another post.