The McMurray Life: 101 in 1001 update

the original post was August 4, 2014
to be completed by May 1, 2017

101 in 1001

1. ~~Host a dinner party at our house~~

we've done this a few times in the last few months, we hosted our youth volunteers, then a couple friend of ours from college. I love love hosting and hope to have more people over!

2. go to Chicago

3. go to White Sands national park

4. see hot air balloons in person

5. blog once a week at least

6. Inspire someone else to create the list

7. Be completely satisfied with our home

8. have a girls weekend with youth girls

9. pay for something for a stranger

10. do a color run

11. learn to make homemade bread

12. try gluten free recipes

13. Run a 5K

14. ~~make yearly shutterfly books for anniversaries~~

i love this! I'm working on year three now! Since we got married in October, the books go from november-november and then start a new book. it's a great way to document trips we've taken, how our life has changed, where we're working, etc. to look back on over the years. I find its easiest to work on the book title by little throughout the year vs. sitting down in october to play catch up.

15. create and follow through with a couples workout program

16. Volunteer at an elderly home

17. start running

18. go to first Friday art trail in lubbock

19. Plan a random road trip

20. ~~achieve career ladder at work~~

this is an opportunity that my hospital offers, where you can make some extra money by simple doing xyz things on a list (having a BSN degree, making a poster presentation, volunteering here or there, etc.). I achieved level 1 so far and I'm lacking 1 thing to obtain level 2!

~~21. have monthly date nights with other married couples~~

our consistency is little off but we've tried to do this over the last few months with a few friends from college. it's great to get together with friends in between our ever changing lives.

22. be a tourist in my hometown

23. learn to shoot a gun

24. go camping in a tent

25. Write a post about every completed task

26. Take a girls trip with my college girlfriends

27. ~~get rid of old clothes~~

i did this last year when I was 20 or so weeks pregnant. I actually accidentally tossed my favorite maternity jeans in the process, oops. but it was great to clean out clothes from high school and college i'd never wear again. Those above the knee dresses just don't seem appropriate anymore ;) i love to take clothes to plato's closet to earn an extra buck or two then donate the rest!

28. go to Riudoso, NM

29. Start a Christmas tradition with Cody

30. eat lunch from a food truck

31. visit a museum

32. have anniversary pictures taken.. year one,two,and 3

33. daily quiet times

34. Pay for a stranger's meal

35. Learn to sew

36. ~~Go on yearly anniversary trips~~ (Chicago and Colorado)

37. read the Old Testament

38. pay off student loans

~~39. send Christmas cards~~

yes and yes. I've ordered ours off shutter fly using the coupon cards they send out in the fall. I usually use our anniversary pictures for the cards.

40. Try five new restaurants

41 and 42.go to apple orchard/make an apple pie

43. make homemade pecan pie

44. finish the guest bathroom

45. have a fort night with Cody by the fireplace

46. Tell a stranger about Jesus and His love

47. Purchase a home (if that time comes for us during this)

48. finish painting guest room

49. throw a baby shower

50. make a spontaneous weekend trip

51. Send random flowers

52. continue our weekly/bi-weekly girls days with my college best friends