101 in 1001 - The ToDo list for Gary LaPointe

Live out of the country for at least two weeks.

2008-11-27T20:36:08Z

Don't travel much, just stay in one general area (except for a few day trips).

Two weeks is the maximum I've ever been in a country. Three weeks in the longest I've ever been away from home on a vacation (that was when I was 15).

]]> I've stayed in Montezuma for two weeks, never even really did any day trips (other than errands to the next town over).

Go to the Detroit Zoo.

2008-10-05T21:00:00Z

I haven't been in years and I don't live that far from it. (If they close it before I get there, go to the Toledo Zoo, I've never been there.)

]]> I "got a hippopotamus for Christmas" along with adoption/sponsorship for a year, Kelly also included a visit to the zoo as part of the present which I finally got to do! We went with Sarah and AJ and had a blast.

Get something for my car to integrate my iPod better.

2008-08-17T20:14:13Z

Something that powers it and lets me view the songs and control it from something other than the iPod display.

]]> I finally got an Alpine cda-9886 (I got this in April or May but forgot to mention it). It's got an iPod adaptor and USB input. It's great! My one complaint is sometimes with audiobooks it forgets where in the book it is, and when it forgets it kinda screws up until you remove the iPod and put it back on. But the USB port makes any thumb drive or USB device work the same as an iPod, from the menu it's hard to tell the difference.

Go one week without using any cash.

2008-08-17T17:39:11Z

Must use charge, debit or EFT. Keep track of the very few times you have to use cash.

]]> I've done this, it wasn't as easy as I thought. Something kept coming up: the charge machine wasn't working or something like that and I don't have a debit card which would take care of some of the smaller stores which only take debit. But the hardest thing was lottery tickets, vending machines and giving money to the homeless (I had decided that I wasn't going to have these count but eventually I had a week go by without having any of the ca$h issues comes up). Since then, I've had a few more cashless weeks but usually I only need a few dollars for little things.

Bicycle 101 miles.

2008-08-16T20:39:39Z

Do this in one year. This will actually be harder since it's work to take my bicycle places.

]]> I've been using it a lot more around the neighborhood so it's been easier to get in the miles. I had originally thought this would require me taking the bike places to do this.

This one wasn't hard at all, I go so much farther with my bike. I've probably been driving it at least 10 miles a week most weeks so I'm probably more in the 200 mile range just from this year.

Take Mom to England.

2008-08-16T20:18:32Z

Mom needs to see another continent. I did talk her into getting her passport a year ago. And they speak English (sort of) in England, so I think that's the place.

]]> We went a few months ago, I never mentioned it here. She had a great time and she just mentioned a few days ago that she still thinks of it a lot.

Adopt a Baby?

2008-08-16T19:46:28Z

Make some progress in adopting one or make one (or decide not to).

]]> It makes me sad to say it, but this one just isn't going to happen in the near future. I haven't decided against it, so much as not made the time and effort towards it (in respect to this 101 day limit). I'll certainly revisit this one eventually in my life but for now, it's "no".

Move somewhere else local?

2008-08-16T16:26:20Z

I keep looking at places a little northwest of where I live (or at least decide I'm not going to). This is an easy one I could have filled out a while back. I'm not planning on moving anywhere local (and haven't been thinking about it for a while now).