**Update: I think we did a pretty decent amount of things on our list and I’m proud of us. It was a great way to plan ahead and also to see how our plans changed/evolved over 1001 days. I hope our next 1001 days are just as exciting!

I got inspired by a post my friend Kate made about making a list of 101 tasks to complete in 1001 days. I thought it was interesting to make a goal list with a time frame other than just a year. So Nick and I sat down and made a list of some things we wanted to accomplish in the next 2 3/4 years. Our list ended up being more than 101 items, but then again, we did break down our travel plans to all of the specific places we wanted to visit – vacation planning: complete :) End Date: May 3, 2015

Updates

• 8/29/2012 – did a few things today, including visiting the Zombie Apocalypse Store
• 9/08/2012 – Museum Day!
• 10/02/2012 – USS Midway
• 10/03/2012 – Balboa Park
• 10/04/2012 – Sea World San Diego
• 10/05/2012 – San Diego Zoo
• 10/06/2012 – Renaissance Fair
• 10/20/2012 – Mon Ami Gabi
• 11/01/2012 – Javier’s at Aria
• 11/19/2012 – Chicago Bears on Monday Night Football
• 11/23/2012 – Gordon Ramsay Steak at Paris
• 12/10/2012 – Anniversary Trip to Hawaii
• 1/1/2013 – BCS Bowl Game and Brocation
• 6/05/2013 – Grand Canyon
• 8/04/2013 – CraftSteak
• 9/29/2013 – Andre’s Las Vegas
• 2/16/2015 – Model Rocketry as a Family
  

The List

1. Go to a MNF Bears game
2. Go to a BCS Bowl game
3. Mob Museum
4. Springs Preserve
5. Natural History Museum
6. Neon Museum
7. Mystere
8. Absinthe
9. Jubilee!
10. Jabbawockeez
11. See Book of Mormon
12. Shark Reef Aquarium
13. Bodies Exhibit
14. See Wicked @ Smith Center (Aug 29-Oct 2012)
15. Zarkana
16. Hike @ Mt Charleston
17. Do all Red Rock Canyon hikes
18. Go to the shooting range
19. Zombie Store
20. Grand Canyon
21. Build Warthog airplane model
22. Build and launch a large scale model rocket with E engine
23. Go to a Renaissance Faire
24. Buy Nick a bike
25. Go bowling
26. Go to the Polish Deli off of Charleston
27. Knit a blanket
28. Buy a house
29. Build a home gym
30. New bedding
31. Print and frame wedding pictures
32. New dinnerware
33. New flatware set
34. Get knives sharpened
35. Get a stand mixer
36. Get a grill
37. Ship Nick’s workshop to new house
38. Go to a professional conference
39. Eat at Gordon Ramsay Steak
40. Eat at 12 restaurants on the Strip/Downtown (12/12)
    1. StripSteak
    2. Mon Ami Gabi
    3. Javier’s
    4. Gordon Ramsay Steak
    5. Lombardi’s Romagna Mia
    6. Olives
    7. Cabo Wabo Cantina
    8. Serendipity
    9. CraftSteak
    10. Mesa Grill
    11. El Segundo Sol (a solid whatevs – check out Javier’s at Aria instead!)
    12. Andre’s
41. Try sushi
42. Make pasta from scratch
43. Try deer or elk
44. Go to Farmer’s Market
45. Make a monthly budget
46. visit Dad in Alabama
47. Visit Chicago
48. Visit Mom & Grams
49. Visit Dad in Indy
50. Visit James in Washington
51. Go on a bro-cation
52. Go to Hawaii
53. Volcanoes National Park
54. Coffee plantation and roast our own coffee
55. Punaluu Black Sand Beach
56. Akaka Falls State Park
57. Go to San Diego
58. USS Midway Museum
59. Balboa Park
60. SD Model Railroad Museum
61. San Diego Zoo
62. Botanical Building and Lily Pond
63. SD Bay Walk
64. Sea World SD
65. Go to Boston
66. USS Constitution Museum
67. Boston Public Garden
68. Go to New York City in the Fall
69. Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island
70. WTC memorial
71. Times Square
72. Little Cupcake Bake Shop
73. Central Park
74. Lombardi’s Pizza
75. Empire State Building
76. Grand Central Terminal
77. Metropolitan Museum of Art
78. Metropoitan Opera House
79. NY Public Library
80. Rockefeller Center
81. Radio City Music Hall
82. Go to Washington, D.C.
83. All museums of the Smithsonian
84. Korean War Veterans’ Memorial
85. Vietnam War Veterans’ Memorial
86. FDR Memorial
87. Library of Congress
88. Jefferson Memorial
89. Iwo Jima Marine Corps Memorial
90. National Portrait Gallery
91. National Air and Space Museum
92. National WWII Memorial
93. Capitol
94. Lincoln Memorial
95. Dr. MLK Jr. National Memorial
96. Ford’s Theater
97. US Botanic Garden
98. US National Arboretum
99. US National Archives
100. Supreme Court
101. Washington Monument
102. Georgetown University
103. National Zoological Park
104. National Museum of Crime and Punishment
105. White House
106. Albert Einstein Memorial
107. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
108. International Spy Museum
109. Embassy Row
110. Navy Museum
111. Theodore Roosevelt Island Park
112. Get a puppy