The 111 in 1/11

I was recently reading the tiny sprout blog here and she did something called the 111 in 2011 and I really loved it. It was a list of 111 things she wanted to do in 2011.

I thought why the heck not! So I am doing it too and then passing it along.

This list is all about possibilities and believing in the future, opening your heart and being a little naive and childlike.

Don't we all need this now?

Here is my list

1. Really start to exercise, don't just talk about it

2. Learn to listen more and talk less

3. Be more open to my husbands idea's

4. Put down the cell phone when I am with people I love

5. Travel to Wichita at least twice a month

6. Go visit my mothers grave and tell her all about my blog. Read to her.

7. Do not cut my hair, even if it drives me crazy

8. Wear high heels for no good reason

9. Visit my friends more

10. Blindly love...

11. Eat more chickpeas

12. Go to the library once a week and talk to the woman that works in the book store

13. Stop eating out

14. Stop buying things I do not need

15. Start saving money to go on a cruise to the Bahama's

16. GO to the Bahama's

17. Collect as many seashells as I can

18. Read all the classic books Chris bought me for Mother's Day last year

19. Make a new book list of must have books

20. Eat outside more

21. Plant a garden

22. Work in the garden

23. Heal myself the best I can

24. Try to get off Remicade

25. Drink more tea

26. Have friends over for dinner

27. Stop being anti social

28. Smile at the neighbors...maybe....

29. Travel to Wamego and visit the Oz Museum

30. Go to Oklahoma Zoo

31. Spend loads of time at Kanopolis Lake this summer

32. Swap fat clothes for skinny clothes

33. Get up early

34. Go visit my father and take the Amtrak, just cause it is fun

35. Do not eat italian beef, just because my father begs me.

36. Toughen up

37. Try to enjoy 4th of July for my husbands sake

40. Make kale chips in the dehydrator

41. Make homemade lemonade every week

42. Buy a Johnny and June Carter Cash Cd

43. Dance around the house like I did when I was 20

44. Don't fret

45. Learn to make a vegan healthy version of Dutch letters

46. Be a better wife

47. Send more cards through the mail

48. Remember every ones birthday and buy them a present

49. Laugh out loud, even though my laugh is too loud

50. Eat brown rice... no really, eat it

51. Go to Overland Park, Kansas and visit all my friends

52. Go to Kansas City and kiss the brass pig

53. Be a better person

54. Go to nursing homes and sing folk music with my daughter for fun

55. Read more Biography's about people who interest me

56. Just read. period

57. Finish my book and send it to the publisher

58. Sing louder

59. Go to Church

60. Reconnect with people I miss

61. Make Indian food

62. Make African food

63. Make Irish food

64. Make my own milk from rice, almonds and soy

65. Buy a new used car

66. Re become a hippy

67. Inspire someone

68. Make my daughter smile

69. Be open to change

70. Learn to crochet

71. Keep fresh flowers in the house spring until fall

72. Buy all my veggies and most fruit at the farmers market this year

73.Chase my husband around the house more often

74. Stop snapping at people when they don't answer me quick enough

75. Be patient

76. Be still and know

77. Be pretty everyday, for no other reason than for myself

78. Talk to people about health, don't be afraid.

79. Get my degree to be a vegan dietitian

80. Learn Mandarin Chinese

81. Relearn German

82. Go to the Tulip festival

83. Be more assertive, in a good way

84. Allow my oldest daughter to be herself

85. Don't be ashamed of my scars

86. Let people take my picture

87. Celebrate New Years, don't go to sleep early

88. Watch every chick flick I want

89. Buy every chick flick I want, second hand, of course

90. Wear outrageously flouncy skirts

91. Read War and Peace

92. Actually use this list

93. Stop rolling my eyes at my husband

94. Dance with the stars and work out

95. Paint the house this year

96. Carpet the house this year

97. Keep my toenails painted

98. Throw out all the old dank junk in the basement and shed

99. Take better care of my teeth

100. Go window shopping alone, and take that time to remember my mother

101. Celebrate all the holidays

102. Do silly stuff with my daughter

103. Have date night with my husband no matter what

104. Watch for rainbows

105. Believe in myself

106. Take lots of pictures

107. Take lots of baths

108. Paint the living room and bathroom.

109. Stay away from negative people

110. Spend more time on the front porch

111. Stop and find beauty in the little things.

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There is my list! What are your hopes and dreams this year??

I thought it was cute and made me smile, I hope it does the same for you!!!

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Don't forget to send me your soup recipes before February to help me out with my hubby! You can win a cute prize!!!

Viv~