Monday, November 9, 2020

Numbered Goals List w/o Categories

 Bold = Complete

Italics = In progress

Start Date: October 1, 2020

End Date: June 29, 2023


  1. Do an “Old Testament Survey” type of study

  2. Read the New Testament in two weeks.

  3. Complete a whole devotional book.

  4. Write down an attribute of God for every letter of the alphabet.

  5. Basement organized, everything on shelves.

  6. Redo the hall closet.

  7. Remodel bedroom-comforter, paint, decor, window treatment

  8. Take shelf down in The Room and replace it with something else.

  9. Set up a Pinterest board for every room in the house

  10. Do 5 small home improvement projects (ex. plants, kitchen towels, artwork, etc)

  11. Learn to knit English and do 2 color knitting.

  12. Knit 3 Mother Bears.

  13. Dye my bare Knit Picks yarn.

  14. Knit 2 hats for charity and give them away along with all the other hats you still haven’t donated.

  15. Sew an apron for myself and for my sisters and daughters.

  16. Sew a shirt.

  17. Sew a pair of lounge pants.

  18. Host a craft day here.

  19. Complete a small cross stitch project including framing or other way to display.

  20. Watch Pride and Prejudice.

  21. Go to a movie at the theater.

  22. Go bowling.

  23. Listen to 5 songs each by 5 classical composers.

  24. Play a game with family or anyone for 7 days straight 

  25. Read a book in one day.

  26. Ask 5 people their favorite book and read them.

  27. Read 3 books of 500+ pages.

  28. Have an all day reading day (minimum 8 hours).

  29. Read all 8 books mentioned in Eight Perfect Murders then read that book (can DNF any you don’t like including EPM)

  30. Read a book randomly pulled off a library shelf.

  31. Read the entire catalog of one author.

  32. Join a book club or literary society.

  33. Participate in “Middle Grade March” - read at least one middle grade per week in the month of March (any year of this list)

  34. Try Stitch Fix.

  35. Get highlights in my hair again.

  36. Do a Lifebook for Lindsey and Allison.

  37. Put together journals for Ben, Lindsey, and Allison.

  38. Finish Lindsey’s 100 Good Wishes Quilt and scrapbook.

  39. Finish Allison’s 100 Good Wishes Quilt and scrapbook. (need more wishes?)

  40. Bike ride with Jay.

  41. Get 50,000 steps in one day.

  42. Walk a 10K.

  43. Play tennis with someone (or a family tennis marathon?)

  44. Have a smoothie every day for a week

  45. Eat a whole meal with chopsticks.

  46. Make Sour Soup.

  47. Snowshoeing.

  48. Drive-in movie.

  49. Wisconsin State Fair.

  50. Lake Geneva cruise with Jay

  51. LaCrosse

  52. Go to 3 libraries you’ve never been to

  53. Visit a national park

  54. Travel to a state I’ve never been to

  55. Go on a walk on the trail in Hortonville

  56. Visit 3 new cities

  57. Jean jacket

  58. An old Bible at an antique store or thrift store

  59. A new puzzle

  60. A new wallet

  61. A new purse

  62. A new sewing machine

  63. Something to display my pencil collection

  64. New glasses

  65. Learn to play a ukulele (minimum 3 songs reasonably well)

  66. Learn CPR.

  67. Learn to play a new classic card game like bridge or sheepshead.

  68. Learn a new song on the piano and be able to play it well.

  69. Read a children’s book in German.

  70. Complete a word puzzle book.

  71. Take ballroom dancing lessons with Jay.

  72. Be able to identify every country in the world.

  73. Write a letter to myself by 10/14/20 to open when this is over (June 29, 2023)

  74. Write a letter to myself by 10/14/20 to open in 10 years (October 1, 2030)

  75. Write a letter to myself on January 1, 2021 to read on December 31, 2021.

  76. Write a letter to myself on January 1, 2022 to read on December 31, 2022.

  77. Take a day out for myself.

  78. Save $50 in change.

  79. Host an all day Game Day.

  80. Host a Soup Party.

  81. Volunteer somewhere.

  82. Do a Random Act of Kindness (send someone flowers, leave $ somewhere, pick up trash, give someone baked goods, etc.)

  83. Use all gift cards.

  84. Make a Chester photo book.

  85. Get a professional family portrait done.

  86. Go one week without spending (not including bills).

  87. Sleep until noon

  88. Make an Advent Calendar.

  89. Try geocaching or letterboxing

  90. Spend a day going to garage sales.

  91. Play Kick the Can.

  92. Memorize the Gettysburg Address.

  93. Sell homeschool books.

  94. Leave a book and take a book at a neighborhood “library”

  95. Finish yarn puzzle.

  96. Do dog puzzle.

  97. Declutter 100 items in one week.

  98. Take a family selfie once a month for a year.

  99. Finish a Sudoku puzzle.

  100. Rock painting with my sisters.

  101. Go ziplining.

Updated 1/2/21

Sunday, November 8, 2020

Recap of October

There's not much to add from what I last posted. I haven't completed anything else but I have still been working on:

Writing down the attributes of God.

I listened to 5 songs by a classical composer (Beethoven). 

I had an eye exam but I still need to order glasses.

I did a few pages in my puzzle book.

I memorized all the countries in South America and am working on Africa. I found an online quiz where you have to answer "Where is X country?" on a map and it gives you a score. I almost have all the countries done (there are many more in Africa than in South America!).

I added a few dollars to my container of coins.

I put about 5 more pieces in my yarn puzzle (it's hard!).

I took a family selfie.

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So I've basically been working on the same goals but have made progress in most of them. I hope to do a few new ones in November

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