Last night was my very first attempt at cooking duck. I was so nervous because I’ve always heard nightmare stories about how hard it is, how fatty the meat is and the number of ‘tricks’ to making it work. But I am pleased to say that it was delicious. I made it for date night, [...]
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101 Things in 1001 Days
FAMILY
001 | Write my mum a gratitude letter
002 | Take my son to the snow
003 | Get engaged
004 | Get married
005 | Fall pregnant and have another baby
006 | Get my son over his fear of Santa
007 | Take Adam to Paris
008 | Photo book from wedding pictures
009 | Get my son into Saturday morning sport
010 | Get another dog
011 | Take my son to Disneyland
012 | Visit my brother in Chicago
013 | Create a family tree for my children
014 | Make a gift for each family member one Xmas
015 | Take my son camping (in a tent)
016 | Buy a swing set for my son
017 | Bake a cake for my son’s birthday
018 | Take my son o/s to a non-English-speaking country
019 | Teach my son to update his own blog once a month
020 | Roll down a grassy hill with my son
021 | Fly a kite with my son
022 | Go riding with my son
023 | Regular “date night” with my partner
FAITH, HEALTH & WELLBEING
024 | Attend Buddha's Birthday celebrations
025 | Regular pilates until I fall pregnant
026 | Go on a meditation or yoga retreat
027 | Get a massage a week for 1 month
028 | Start a social tennis group
029 | Do a fun run
030 | List 101 Things that make me happy
031 | Go for a walk at 6.30am every morning one month
032 | Try Tai Chi for one month
033 | Pilates throughout my pregnancy
034 | Do a course in meditation and/or Buddhism
035 | Touch toes w/out bending knees
036 | No fast food for three months
037 | Read "Change The Way You See Everything"
038 | Cook one new recipe a month
039 | Detox for six weeks
TRAVEL, ENVIRONMENT & EXPERIENCES
040 | Declutter: get rid of 101 material items
041 | Send an anonymous gift or flowers
042 | Paint something on canvas
043 | Visit Tasmania
044 | Go on holiday to Thailand
045 | Take a pole dancing class
046 | Take a swing dancing class
047 | Visit Italy and explore it… slowly
048 | Give blood & bone marrow
049 | Take Thai/Vietnamese cooking class
050 | Visit a nudist beach
051 | Skydive
052 | Visit Phillip Island
053 | Participate in Earth Hour
054 | Go to 10 new bars
055 | Dine at these restaurants
056 | Make a cheesecake
057 | Knit a scarf
058 | See thirty Best Picture Oscar films
059 | Meet my neighbours
060 | Join We Are What We Do & track actions for 60 Days
061 | 5 things from Future Makers
FINANCES
062 | Write a budget & stick to it
063 | Save a deposit for a house
064 | Buy my first home
065 | Pay off my personal loan debt
066 | See a financial advisor
067 | Create kids education savings account
068 | Update my will
JUST FOR ME
069 | Hire a cleaner
070 | Replace all my old undies
071 | 3 cloud lookalike photos
072 | Get my teeth whitened
073 | New Jeans
074 | Send a postcard to PostSecret
075 | For one week, go to bed at 8.30pm and read books
076 | Read the rest of "7 Habits of Highly Effective People"
077 | Organise my music
078 | Organise my photos
079 | Get external hard drive & backup
WORK & CREATIVITY
080 | Create & write up an idea for a TV show
081 | Read my Certified Professional Coach Program
082 | Take a professional photography course
083 | Take an advanced course in Photoshop
084 | Complete 100_snapshots
085 | Read The 4 Hour Work Week
086 | Learn Adobe Illustrator
087 | Achieve senior m'ment status at work
088 | One new client
089 | Another new client
090 | Create a canvas with photos of my son
091 | Create a concept & outline for a novel
092 | Participate in NaNoWriMo
093 | Write a children’s book
094 | Publish a children’s book
STUFF I WANT
095 | New lounge suite
096 | A decent BBQ
097 | New dining chairs
098 | A new passport for me & my son
099 | Digital video camera
100 | A shelf for my laundry
101 | Donate $5 a day to charity for any item incomplete after 1001 days 
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