So I am not goal-oriented. At all. But when I was checking out Kimberly Jarman’s blog, I thought that this was such a great idea. 1001 days is just about 2.5 years, so I think it’s probably a good step for me to take. I obviously don’t have 101 things I want to do yet, but I will keep adding to the list as things come to me.

1. Finish fixing up the house – this will probably take 2.5 years!

2. Audit some college history classes

3. Go to San Diego (accomplished April 2009)

4. Get a Nikon D300 camera (accomplished November 2008)

5. Have a baby? (accomplished December 2010)

6. Finish secret project with Aaron (no, it’s not another baby!)

7. Start doing Pilates again (accomplished February 2009 – I’ve actually switched to Yoga, and I love it!)

8. Learn Haganah from Hannah and Ruthie!

9. Learn more about indoor lighting for photo shoots (accomplished March 2009)

10. Get grand piano from Mom’s house to our house (accomplished January 2009)

11. Get CD & mailing labels created for my business

12. Get Eric Ryan Anderson to do our family photo shoot in Albuquerque. I guess I need to ask him first …

13. Attend a photography seminar (accomplished October 2008)

14. Create a family recipe book

15. Start teaching photography on a regular basis – formally or informally (accomplished December 2008)

16. Teach Meredith how to cook some diet meals

17. Get canvas prints of some of my pictures to go in my office

18. Have Tele meet Kaya & Crush

19. Attend a Jerry Ghionis Workshop

20. Get published in a magazine - any magazine (accomplished September 2008)

21. Teach an Apples of Gold cooking class with Tiffany

22. Try that new restaurant right next to the Green Papaya in Dallas (accomplished November 2008)

23. Do a photo shoot in a dirty warehouse (accomplished November 2008)

24. Enter some photos in a photography competition

25. Get Hannah involved in a photo shoot (accomplished October 2008)

26. Go on a ministry trip (accomplished March 2009)

27. Get somebody to clean my house (accomplished August 2009)

28. Get a new blog! (accomplished October 2008)

29. Buy Neves for Aaron’s studio (accomplished December 2008)

30. Get my hair colored by Emily

31. Do a fashion shoot (accomplished July 2009)

32. Get my bridal portraits done (accomplished October 2008 by Eric Ryan Anderson)

33. Submit my pictures to MSN

34. Go to Bahama Bucks (accomplished June 2009)

35. Model for a really cool photo shoot (hair, makeup, jewelery, fashion, whatever!)

36. Do an HDR photo shoot (after #4 is accomplished)

37. Scan all baby pictures for the Brown kids

38. Get a diffuser for my external flash (accomplished November 2008)

39. Buy a lighting kit (accomplished December 2008)

40. Meet Lauren Clark and worship at her feet (in a non-idolatrous way, of course)

41. Learn to speak Spanish again (accomplished March 2009)

42. Buy some Shootsacs (accomplished December 2008)

43. Give Neo a bath (accomplished August 2009 – he was NOT happy)

44. Swim with dolphins (accomplished April 2009)

45. Buy a really nice printer that will print, copy & scan. And it will be hooked up to our Airport so that we can print wirelessly! (accomplished October 2009)

46. Attend the Balloon Fiesta

47. Buy a new hard drive – I am running out of space! (accomplished July 2009)

48. Get a sample album from Forbeyon (accomplished November 2009)

49. Wean myself off of Diet Coke … and onto sweet tea or its caffeinated equivalent (accomplished January 2011)

50. Finish reading “The Shack”

51. Get Photoshop for my computer (accomplished August 2009)

52. Get an iMac for editing purposes only (accomplished May 2010)

53. Buy a fixed lens with Vibration Reduction

54. Go to New York on a food assignment (as in eat a lot of food and take a lot of pictures of food)

55. Stop adding camera gear to this list

56. Learn how to crochet (Phil, will you teach me?) (accomplished June 2009)

57. Learn how to play the drums (I need Rock Band!!!!!) (accomplished October 2009)

58. Stop eating potato chips. Forever.

59. Invest in a good pair of sunglasses. Unlike normal people, I am a freak with one ear slightly higher than the other. So I need special glasses. (accomplished June 2009)

60. Get me some sweet Photoshop Actions! (accomplished August 2009)

61. Get a massage once a month. It’s one of the secrets to women who never get sick. Why not? (accomplished February 2009)

62. Go on a hot air balloon ride.

63. Blog every day for a week – with pictures (accomplished June 2009)

64. Get Tele a little brother. He shall be named Strat. Hope the cat’s alright with that.

65. Hire an interior decorator for the house. It needs it bad! (accomplished April 2011)

66. FINALLY decide what to do with the formal dining area. Formal dining? Secondary office? Studio space?

67. Convert family members to iPhones. It’s slowly happening, don’t resist it!

68. Buy the Mammoth Shootsac cover for Aaron. He won’t stop bugging me about it. (accomplished December 2009)

69. Get me some Pinkberry at the new Dallas location! (accomplished November 2009)

70. Shoot a wedding outside of DFW (accomplished May 2010)

71. Get a king-size bed (accomplished May 2010)

72. Order bread from Poilane.