91) Attend Glamorama. Not done. This is something I have wanted to do since I was wee. Since it was a Dayton-Hudson thing and was called Fash Bash. I love fashion, I always have, I probably always will. So, this was a dream of mine to do. Hence, I put it on this list. However, once it went on the list, it seemed to be scheduled on a day we were out of town. Except one year. However, the reason we were not out of town was because we had zero dollars. Tickets cost money, so having zero dollars is a problem. One day, though, one day I will get to Glamorama, and I will look amazing, and I will have a grand time. I promise.
92) Buy something from the art vending machine at Chamber’s. Not done. Chamber’s is a super hip hotel with an art theme. They have an old cigarette vending machine that has been coverted to dispense mini pieces of art, instead. You put in money, it spits out a piece of art. Sah. Weet. However, I have somehow not made it to Chambers for any reason, much less getting a wee piece of art. However, I have to do this! I mean, it’s one of the coolest ideas I’ve ever heard of. So, it will still happen.
93) Go to the Spam museum. Not done. Yup, the weird meat in the can, not the annoying e-mails from Nigerian royalty. Mostly, because I imagine it is weird and entertaining and would make me laugh. However, I did not get there. It is still on my grand list, because I like doing things that are weird and entertaining and make me laugh.
94) Put $10 in my savings account for each item completed. Done. This one was easy-ish, because I only got a third of the way done.
95) Run a marathon. Not done. I tried. I entered a marathon. However, right around the time my mileage hit 17 or 20 miles for my long run, I got bronchitis. The thing is, when I get bronchitis, it’s a big deal. It will not leave. I have to take antibiotics and steroids, and hope that one day I will stop trying to cough my lungs out of my chest. I tried three or four times to get that particular long run in, but I could barely get one mile. I just couldn’t breathe. It took around a month to get rid of it. That was my last month of training and the day of the race. I picked up my packet, and technically, I could have started running. However, I didn’t really want to get swept and have to have the hubs sort out getting me and getting me home. We were still living along the race course at the time, and I couldn’t even bring myself to walk down the street to watch. Herds of finishers were traipsing around our ‘hood with their medals, and it just caused my eyes to tear up. I felt pretty crummy about that one. I will still do it, I just got a little sidetracked with injuries and narcolepsy.
96) Patch and touch up paint in entryway. Done. This was at the condo. When we re-did our kitchen, we re-painted the entryway, put a new door on the coat closet, it was cute. However, the trim was white. Despite doing my usual trick for keeping the paint from bleeding, it still bled a bit, and thus we had white paint bleed onto the red. Also, I re-arranged some things hanging on the walls, and had some holes to clear up. So, I picked up some fancy Frog tape, I spackled, I taped, I painted. The Frog tape didn’t live up to its name, though, and I still had some bleed. Not as much, but some bleed. So, I pulled out a quarter-inch flat artist brush, and carefully painted over the bleed. It was gorgeous. The sad thing is that the tools that bought our condo ripped out our adorable kitchen and put in boring, ugly cherry cabinets, and the same granite countertops that everyone has that I am so over. I guess, at least we don’t have to look at them ever, but I would have ripped out the adorable kitchen we put in and sold it to someone who would appreciate it. IJS.
97) Put together $10 for each thing not done, and donate it to charity. Not done. I just need to decide on the charity.
You might notice there are a few things missing. When we moved, I took off all the things that were things that needed to be done at the condo. I thought it was silly to keep things on the list that I could not do. I thought I replaced them all, but it seems I missed a few. Four, to be exact. Oh well. Forty more dollars for charity.
So, I did about a third. Some I am still conquering, some I realized I just don’t want to do. Of course, I thought I wanted to when I put them on the list. Having them there helped me figure out what I really wanted to do, and what I didn’t. As I tick off something from the list, I will post about it. I mean, I’m going curling next week, and that is sure to be an adventure! I did try taxidermy, and I will do a squirrel soon. That oughtta be good, right? So, I might not have met the deadline, but I at least have my goals, my to-dos, etc. sorted out. Over the next week, I might even make a new 101 in 1001, just to see if I get any better at it. Check me out next Wednesday to see what the plan is.