101 Things to Do in 2017

I've never been much of a "New Years Resolution, #newyearnewme" person.  If there is something I want to change, or a habit I want to break, I don't like the thought of having to wait for a new year to do it.  I feel like that is basically saying, "well, if you fail you have to wait a whole 'nother year to try again!" which is stressful and puts a lot of pressure on people!  Considering that 80% of people give up on their NYR within the first month, it makes sense that I feel that way.

Since 2013, I've made a list of (roughly) 101 things I wanted to try and accomplish that year. I can't always come up with 101 things, and I've never actually accomplished them all, but that is okay! I go into the new year knowing I have a list of things I would love to do that year, with the complete understanding that I may not complete them all. For the most part, everything on my lists have been things that I can do at anytime throughout the year, rather than something that I have to be conscious of every second of every day in order to be successful at it. I guess its more of a yearly "bucket list." So with that, here is my list of the 101 things I wanted to try and check off my list in 2017. (Stay tuned for my 2018 list!)

#5 Go to a Predators game

#18 Finish my Masters



1. Learn the dance to Copperhead Road
2. Have a Netflix/Hulu binge session  
3. Try a new food
4. Go to Mardi Gras
5. Go to a Predators game
6. See 25+ artists in concert



• Adam Wakefield*
• Runaway June (x2)
• Russell Dickerson
• Ryan Follese*
• Raelynn
• The Bellamy Brothers*
• Chuck Wicks
• Collin Raye*
• Ricky Traywick*
• Allison Krauss*
• Jamey Johnson
• Montgomery Gentry*
• Ben Haggard*
• Kane Brown*
• Randy Travis*
• Chris Janson*
• Rodney Atkins
• Joe Nichols
• Kenny Rodgers*
• William Michael Morgan
• Tanya Tucker*
• Neal McCoy
• Phil Vassar
• Ricky Skaggs (x2)
• Alabama*
• Mark Chesnutt*
• Daryle Singletary*
• Josh Turner*
• Travis Tritt
• Chip Esten*
• Wynonna*
• Scotty McCreery* (x2)
• Michael Ray*
• Chris Young
• Paul Overstreet*
• Garth Brooks*
• The Brothers Osbourne (x2)
• Kelsey Ballerini (x2)
• Jason Aldean
• Kelleigh Bannon*
• Jeannie Seely
• Joe Diffie*
• Mike Snider
• Connie Smith
• Riders in the Sky*
• Jackie Lee*
• LoCash (x2)
• Steve Wariner*
• Jesse McReynolds*
• Billy Ray Cyrus*
• Walker Hayes*
• Clare Dunn
• Jamie Lynn Spears*
• Brett Young*
• Lady Antebellum
• The Steel Woods*
• Dwight Yoakam*
• Simple Plan
7. Go to the movies 
• Annabelle:Creation
• Fifty Shades Darker
• Beauty and the Beast
• Kong: Skull Island
• Live by Night
• Murder on the Orient Express
8. Read 24 books (Read my reviews here)
• Talking As Fast As I Can by Lauren Graham
• Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight
• The Last Time We Say Goodbye by Cynthia Hand
• Scrappy Little Nobody by Anna Kendrick
• The Whistler by John Grisham
• My Husband's Wife by Jane Corry
• Took by Mary Downing Hahn
• Making Bombs for Hitler by Marsha Forchuk Skaypuch
• Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling
• Etched in Sand by Regina Calcaterra
• Camino Island by John Grisham
• Once and For All by Sarah Dessen
• The Mascot by Mark Kurzem
• Columbine by Dave Cullen
• The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
• This Star Won't Go Out by Esther Earl
• The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
• Where They Found Her by Kimberly McCreight
• Closure by Randall Wood
• Lifestyle Blogging Basics by Laura Lynn
• Unsweetined by Jodie Sweetin
• We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
• All American Girl by Meg Cabot
• Wonder by R. J. Palacio 
• Turtles All the Way Down by John Green
• The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor
• The Rooster Bar by John Grisham
• The Devil in the White City  by Eric Larson
• A Corner of the Universe by Ann M. Martin
• Maybe by Brent Runyon
• I am the Messenger by Markus Zusak
• Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell
• Stained by Carol Rainfield
• The Company of Demons by Michael Jordan
9. Get my Alabama teaching license
10. Move to Alabama
11. Play in the snow
12.  Lay on the beach
13. Get a massage
14. Donate to a charity
15. Learn to play guitar
16. Get a pet
17. Run a 5k
18. Finish my Masters
19. Meet someone famous


• Raelynn
• Maddie & Tae
• Cowboy Troy
• Brandy Clark
• Ryan Follese
• Russell Dickerson



#28 Go on a hike

• Easton Corbin
• Simple Plan
20. Go camping
21. Have a bonfire
22. Make s’mores
23. Sleep under the stars
24. Ride a motorcycle
25. Go ice skating
26. Watch the sunrise
27. Ride a rollercoaster
28. Go on a hike


• Starved Rock State Park (Oglesby, IL)
• Cloudland Canyon State Park (Rising Fawn, GA)
• Dismals Canyon (Phil Campbell, AL)
29. Finish all my paper scrapbooks
30. See a play



#30 See a play



• Grease
• Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
31. Drive a tractor
32. Mow the lawn (for the first time ever!)
33. Celebrate a random holiday



#33 Celebrate a random holiday



• National Cheeseburger Day
• National Taco Day
34. Go to a major or minor league baseball game
• Chattanooga Lookouts
35. Visit a waterfall





#35 Visit a waterfall



• Cloudland Canyon State Park
• Dismals Canyon
• Minnehaha Falls
36. Fly in an airplane
    
37. Watch the sunset
38. Win something. Anything.
• 8 Goodreads book giveaways
• Together Live tickets
• Free Blogging Class
39. Go to a yoga class
40. Cook something new
• homemade chili
• honey lime tacos
• buffalo chicken pasta bake
• million dollar baked penne
• peach cobbler
• buffalo chicken ring
• Nutella wreath
41. Run a mile
42. Have a picnic
43. Go to CMA Fest
44. Watch a parade
• Steamboat Days
45. Learn how to waterfall braid
46. Finish a SMASH book
47. Sing karaoke
48. Go on a road trip
• New Orleans, LA
• Ames, IA
• Minnesota (x4)
49. Visit 10 random Roadside Attractions
• Pink Elephant (Guthrie, KY)
• Jesse Owens Park and Museum (Danville, AL)
• Eggbeater Jesus (Huntsville, AL)
• Saturn 1B Rocket (Elkmont, AL)
• Ruby Falls (Chattanooga, TN)
• Nuts and Bolts Pizza Man (Chattanooga, TN)
• Adolf Hitler's Typewriter (Bessemer, AL)
• One-Millionth Pullman-Standard Freight Car (Bessemer, AL)
• National Corvette Museum (Bowling Green, KY)
• Extruded Heads of 1930s Sports Stars (Russellville, KY)
• America's Largest Cross (Effingham, IL)
• U.S. Space & Rocket Center (Huntsville, AL)
• World's Largest Motorcycle Museum (Birmingham, AL)
50. Send Christmas cards
51. Go sailing
52. Collect sea shells
53. Buy flowers from a Farmer's Market
54. Start selling on Poshmark
55. Be an extra in a movie/TV show
56. Leave coupons I'm not going to use next to their products at the store
57. Get a manicure
58. Write a children's book

    

    #62 Attend a Halloween party

59. Go to an apple orchard
60. Go to a pumpkin patch
61. Get scared at a haunted house
62. Attend a Halloween party
63. Attend a Christmas/Holiday party
64. Visit my favorite 4th grader
65. Try all the taco places in Nashville 
66. Try all the taco places in Huntsville
67. Make Christmas cookies
68. Decorate a gingerbread house
69. Carve a pumpkin
70. Find a cure for my headaches...finally
71. Learn to swing dance
72. Finally finish watching The OC
73. Watch seasons 1-5 of Nashville
74. Get my craft room put together
75. Surprise someone
76. Go to a fashion show
77. Take a picture of all of the murals in Nashville
78. Eat rolled ice cream
79. Get a library card in Alabama
80. Attend a concert at the Opry
81. Attend a concert at the Ryman
82. Make my own bath bombs
83. Visit a distillery
84. See the total solar eclipse
85. Visit Opryland at Christmastime 
86. See an artist get inducted into the oprty
87. See an artist get inducted into the Country Music Walk of Fame
88. Make the drive from AL to MN (or back) without any caffeine
89. Learn to knit
90. Learn to crochet 
91. Be comfortable driving a manual vehicle
92. Use up my stash of samples
93. Publish a short story via Amazon ebooks
94. Do my own taxes
95. See a show at the Bluebird Cafe
96. Go to a Predators vs. Wild game
97. Finish all of my Flashback Friday posts
98. Go to a Huntsville Havoc hockey game
99. Go to a University of Alabama- Huntsville hockey game
100. Pin all the places I want to go onto my Google maps
101. Learn to make my own essential oil blends

# complete 56 / 101 (55%)

Completed over half of my "to do" list- now I know what to add to 2018's list!