Friday, August 29, 2008

Dave's 101 List

Well after a couple of weeks of deep reflection here are the items I will be accomplishing over the next 1001 days.
Reaching Way Out...
  1. Be Interviewed by Jay Leno for doing something GREAT!
  2. Meet and talk to Toby Keith about his road to becoming a country star
  3. Meet Sir Richard Branson (The guy owns an island)
Family Guy...
4. Take family to a Texas A&M Home Game
5. Take Griffin Camping (Check)
6. Attend one of Presli's tea parties (Check)
7. Take kids to see an IMAX movie (Check)
8. Call my parents at least 4 times every month (passed away now)
9. Take family to Cowboys home football game
10. Take Griffin and Presli to play Putt-Putt Golf (Check)
11. Take Griffin to hit a bucket of ball at the driving range (Check - Sep. 20, 2008)
12. Go snowmobiling with Kimbra and the kids
13. Take kids to eat breakfast so Kimbra can sleep late (Check)

Me and My Gal...
14. Take a Romantic Vacation to the beach
15. Share a glass of wine with Kimbra in a Hot Air Balloon
16. Walk with my wife on her Rapport LB2 Saturday night walk
17. Zip line through the rain forest with Kimbra
18. Dance with Kimbra at Gruene Hall listening to a live band
19. Buy Kimbra a beer at Luckenbach and drink it under an old oak tree
20. Kiss Kimbra at an Fightin' Aggie Mid Night Yell! Whoop!
21. Take Kimbra to see a Cirque de Sol show (Check Feb. 2009)
22. Go skinny dipping with Kimbra (Check)
23. Bake Kimbra a cake for no reason (Check July 31, 2009)
24. Draw and fax flowers to Kimbra like I did in college (it was cheaper that buying them and I still got brownie points) (Check April 2009)

25. Buy Kimbra a piece of jewelry (Check Christmas 2009)
26. Take Kimbra to see Niagara Falls
27. Take Kimbra to a Las Vegas spa
28. Get Kimbra a paid speaking engagement (her customer service talk rocks)
29. Swing in a hammock with Kimbra for an entire afternoon

I Wanna Talk About Me...
30. Learn to be able to carry on a 5 minute conversation in Spanish (no asking for beer, bathrooms or directions)
31. Recite "Courage" by Theodore Roosevelt, from his speech given in Paris at the Sorbonne in 1910
32. Start or join a Master Mind group
33. Take a creative writing class
34. Publish an article in a national magazine
35. Weigh 168 or less, (Starting point = 185)
36. Read 1 non-fiction book every three books (47.6 in 1001 days)
37. Sale a marketing idea
38. Start and run a profitable part time business (see previous task)
39. Get another tattoo
40. Hire a life coach
41. Get certified as and Economic Developer (Check Jan. 31, 2010)42. Buy an Aggie T-shirt
43. Get Aggie pride plates (GR8 DAY)(Check - Nov. 30, 2008)(97YOLO)
44. Learn to play a song on the guitar
45. Get Aggie golf club covers and bag (Christmas 2008) Thanks Gigi!
46. Create a dream board (Check)
47. Run another 10k
48. Go to an SEC conference football game
49. Go to a Big Ten conference football game
50. Do something that scares me
51. Go to an Aggie Muster (April 21) (Check)
52. Go on a Walk to Emmaus (Check 2013)

For the Greater Good...
53. Develop an innovative approach to market Levelland (Check)
54. Take Griffin to Volunteer at South Plains Food Bank
55. Perform a random act of kindness every month
56. Go on team for a Rapport class at least 4 times
57. Encourage someone every day
58. Inspire someone to start a list (August 2009 Matt Gierhart)
59. Share the good news of Christ with someone

Just for fun...
60. Smoke a Cuban Cigar (January 2009) Thanks Daren!
61. Finish my mosaic
62. Host a monthly dinner party
63. Play 42 at the Dixie Chicken
64. Read 1 fiction book every month
65. Go to a Kenny Chesney Concert (Check 2013)
66. Get a photo published in the Spirit Magazine
67. Float the Guadalupe River
68. Visit and tour the Shiner Beer brewery
69. Attend October Fest
70. Buy a Hot Tub (this time actually be able keep it, long story, don't ask) (Check)
71. Get a massage (Check)
72. Take a Texas Road Trip
73. Frame my Pat Green Autographed t-shirt
74. Play a round of Disc Golf (Check)
75. Go white water rafting
76. Take a train trip somewhere
77. Take time to drink a beer with my neighbor
78. Down load the Aggie War Hymn Ring tone (Check)
79. Host a "Texas Wines" Wine Club Party (Check)
80. Finish watching 24 (Spring 2008)
81. Take friends to Possum Kingdom Lake for a fun weekend

Why the Heck Not...
82. Visit Alaska
83. Travel by private jet
84. Buy an original piece of art (Check)
85. Download a new song from itunes for every task completed
86. Eat Calf Fries again (Check)
87. Spend St. Patrick's Day in Shamrock Texas and stay at the U-Drop Inn
88. Take an art class
89. Go canoeing down a river
90. Ride a paddle boat on the Mississippi River
91. Get a pedicure (Check March 2009)
92. Get a Manicure (Check March 2009)
93. Go to Regimen in Lubbock (Check March 2009)
94. Do something new every month
95. Take a nap under an oak tree (Check 2013)

Honey-Do List... (I really do want to do these things)
96. Organize Garages (Check 2010)
97. Build a new storage building (Check 2010)
98. Paint garage floor
99. Landscape the yard on the west side of the house
100. Do a monthly budget and follow it every month
101. Pay off Kimbra's car loan early (Check)
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