I wish I had wonderful pictures to show you of all the fabulous things I ended up making for Christmas for the family. I worked really hard on some hats, a blanket for mom, a scarf that was supposed to be for Mother’s Day, but lapsed a bit into hibernation status for a while.

Instead, what I have is this:

The tradition of making vaguely insulting hats for my Father in Law (as he’s vaguely insulting himself…or, rather, overtly insulting and abusive) continues this year with the addition of the Sexy Turkey Hat.

He wore it to church. My life is complete.

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I found this great site the other day. Day Zero is the home of a project called “101 in 1001″, which is where you make a list of 101 things you want to do in 1001 days. (Roughly 2.75 years.) There’s a group over on Livejournal starting on January 1, which I joined, and I made my list last night.

I have no idea if all 101 things will even be doable in 2.75 years. Honestly, I think some of them might take a little longer. But making the list, and trying to keep it entirely to personal things (versus Work Things, which comprise the majority of my life these days, or House Things, which will become largely irrelevant when/if we move or the house is sold from under us) was HARD. Like, harder than I expected, hard. I hadn’t realized until making it just HOW much of my goal-setting and action-making was work-related, since my work and my Life Outside of Work are pretty much one and the same.

It’s a long list, by definition. So I’m popping it here, behind a cut, for people who want to see. I’ll be putting it into a file on the sidebar at some point, just so I can find it easier to cross things off it over the next two-and-three-quarters years, too.

I did find it interesting, too, that this list took up the last three pages in my art journal. Like I was using that last little bit of space to plan for the future volumes. Because if I do everything on that list? There will be a LOT to journal about. Just sayin’.

And with that, the list:

101 in 1001

1. Knit a shawl from handspun.
2. spin through entire existing stash as of 1/1/08.
3. knit all holiday gifts by September.
4. knit a sweater I love.
5. submit something to the Yarn Museum.
6. Make a freeform art shawl.
7. work start to finish on at least one art book. (author)
8. handmake a journal.
9. fill #8 completely.
10. get rid of 75% of my art supplies.
11. sew 5 stuffed things.
12. place 30 letterboxes
13. find 150 letterboxes (total)
14. letterbox in/around seattle, wa.
15. same, only Portland, OR.
16. finish at least one solo-project book on the subject of my choice.
17. find a new place to live.
18. carve 50 new stamps.
19. draw every day for 30 days.
20. write thank you notes instead of email, at least half the time.
21. make 100 ATCs to trade (LTCs accepted)
22. buy a bike trainer and odometer.
23. letterbox in colorado
24. attend at leat one letterbox gathering.
25. visit a quaker meeting house, just to see.
26. try 50 new recipes.
27. sew an apron
28. embroider a tea towel set.
29. knit second mona.
30. learn to make my own jam.
31. make five cupcake recipes from deck.
32. create a LB blog on moderngypsy.com.
33. quit smoking.
34. learn to make soy candles.
35. knit five market bags.
36. USE #35.
37. learn the right way to build a campfire.
38. cull the bpal stash of imps.
39. buy bottles of five favorites and use them.
40. attend a local farmer’s market at least five times per season.
41. submit one crafted item to a magazine.
42. visit a winery.
43. celebrate every major holiday for a year.
44. plant a small garden.
45. buy/complete the NEx set.
46. watch all the movies in my netflix queue.
47. send 25 random pieces of mail art.
48. organize all my paperwork.
49. buy a fireproof lockbox and use it for important papers.
50. organize and back up ALL computer files.
51. convert all my old classes into e-books.
52. turn old IQ issues into downloads.
53. publish#51 & #52 on my own.
54. visit minneapolis before we move.
55. donate five projects to animal shelters.
56. dye 5000 skeins of yarn or hanks of roving.
57. write to at leat five people who inspire me.
58. revamp the art journal pages on moderngypsy.com.
59. figure out zencart.
60. submit something to BMFA.
61. get Shenzi fixed.
62. participate in NaNoWriMo. (Finishing is encouraged, but optional.)
63. participate in Art A Day. (Finish.)
64. follow the speedclean guidelines for 21 days to see what works.
65. update all blogs at least once per week for one year.
66. write a new will.
67. fill out a durable power of attorney.
68. build my own handcombs.
69. crochet a hex blanket.
70. crochet a babette blanket.
71. get a passport.
72. visit toronto.
73. get rid of 50% of the kitchen crap.
74. buy GOOD pans that will last.
75. re-start the Omaha Church of Craft.
76. make a Christmas Garland (or four, for gifts.)
77. design and print my onw correspondence notes.
78. finally start that scrapbook.
79. get my teeth fixed.
80. get my toes fixed. (I have minor surgery needed, and have been putting it off.)
81. try the 30 day cooking thing twice more.
82. spend a night in a yurt.
83. visit the Inn at Madrona.
84. have a really great dinner party.
85. start a spiritual cinema circle.
86. make an outdoor chandelier. (MJF 273)
87. try sewing my own slippers, a la japanese craft books.
88. learn to can my own tomatoes.
89. make a tablecloth set.
90. hike in the rockies.
91. make four kinds of bread from scratch.
92. go on a 3 month book-buying fast.
93. take a cleansing fast.
94. develop an emergency preparedness plan.
95. find out about adoption options.
96. contact LSS about my own birth mother search.
97. get involved with at least one charity.
98. collect the family recipes for christmas – bind them.
99. get one really good haircut.
100. rearrange/edit all the art in the house and buy more from alternative artists where necessary.
101. put at least $2500 in ING savings for emergency moving fund.

So there we have it. 101 things that seem kind of self-centered and small when I was just tying them in, but I wanted to keep them light and doable. I do a fair bit for others in my job, and want to remind myself to remember the self-care thing once in a while.

I’m itching to get started.