NOVEMBER UPDATE

 I FINISHED 2 GOALS IN NOVEMBER.

#60 - Walk a 10K. On November 6 I walked the Houdini 10K with my sisters Kathy, Lizzy, and Ginny.

#91 - Make an Advent Calendar.  I bought 25 red and green paper bags and strung them up in the spare room, put some kind of food treat or other trinket in each bag. Turned out cute I think.

I MADE GOOD PROGRESS ON 3 GOALS:

#20 - Complete a small cross stitch project. I might finish in December but if not probably for sure in January. This is what I'm doing:

#90 - Try geocaching or letterboxing. I bought a family stamp and a journal for letterboxing so now we just have to go! 

#98 - Memorize the Gettysburg Address. I have a few sentences left, I'm over 3/4 done memorizing. I will have it done in December for sure.

OCTOBER RECAP

 I only completed one goal - I finished my puzzle book (#95). I made good progress on 4 or 5 other ones. 

That's it. That's the October update.  

THE WHOLE LIST

Start Date: October 1, 2020

End Date: June 29, 2023

BOLD: Complete  Italics: In Progress

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

2. Read the New Testament in two weeks.

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

4. Complete a whole devotional book.

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. Declutter 100 items in one week

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

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

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

13. Knit 3 Mother Bears.

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

15. Dye my bare Knit Picks yarn.

16. Sew a shirt.

17. Sew a pair of lounge pants.

18. Sew an apron for myself and for gifts

19. Host a craft day here.

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

21. Read a book in one day.

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

23. Read 3 books of 500+ pages.

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

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

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

27. Read the entire catalog of one author.

28. Join a book club or literary society.

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

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

31. Learn CPR.

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

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

34. Read a children’s book in German.

35. Take ballroom dancing lessons with Jay.

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

37. Jean jacket

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

39. A new puzzle

40. A new wallet

41. A new purse

42. A new sewing machine

43. Something to display my pencil collection

44. New glasses

45. Snowshoeing.

46. Drive-in movie.

47. Wisconsin State Fair.

48. Lake Geneva cruise with Jay

49. LaCrosse

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

51. Visit a national park

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

53. Go on a walk on the trail in Hortonville

54. Visit 3 new cities

55. Have a smoothie every day for a week

56. Eat a whole meal with chopsticks.

57. Make Sour Soup.

58. Bike ride with Jay.

59. Get 50,000 steps in one day.

60. Walk a 10K.

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

62. Do a Lifebook for Lindsey and Allison.

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

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

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

66. Try Stitch Fix.

67. Get highlights in my hair again.

68. Watch Pride and Prejudice.

69. Go to a movie at the theater.

70. Go bowling.

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

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

73. Write a letter to myself by 1014/20 to open when this is over (June 29, 2023)

74. Write a letter to myself by 1014/20 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. Do dog puzzle.

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

83. Go ziplining.

84. Finish yarn puzzle

85. Finish a Sudoku puzzle.

86. Sell/give away homeschool books

87. Play Kick the Can

88. Spend a day going to garage sales

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

90. Try geocaching or letterboxing

91. Make an Advent Calendar

92. Get a professional family portrait done

93. Make a Chester photo book

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

95. Complete a word puzzle book

96. Sleep until noon.

97. Volunteer somewhere

98. Memorize the Gettysburg Address.

99. Use all gift cards

100. Rock painting with my sisters.

101. Do a Random Act of Kindness (send someone flowers, leave $ somewhere, 

      pick up trash, give someone baked goods, etc.)

SEPTEMBER RECAP

 I finished 4 goals in September and made progress on 5 or 6 more.

#13 Finish Mother Bears.

#82 Take a family selfie once a month for a year. (Oct 2020 - Sep 2021)

September selfie (I really wanted the last one to have all 5 of us in it but Ben was in LA and there were no other times this month that all 5 of us were together at the sametime)

#93 Make a Chester photo book

#97 Volunteer somewhere ( 1000 Islands)

So I have finished 38 goals and have 63 goals left to accomplish. Some will definitely have to wait until next summer. I'd like to finish the sewing goals over this coming winter. I have been doing my word puzzle book more often, hoping to finish in October. 

AUGUST RECAP

I finished five goals in August (and the first few days of September).

#4 - Complete a devotional book - I finished Less Clutter, More Joy by Karen DeBeus

#48 - Went on a Lake Geneva cruise with Jay on 8/4 

#51 - Visited a National Park (actually 3) - Badlands, Devil's Tower, and Mount Rushmore, the week of 9/29 to 9/4  

#52 - Travel to a new state - South Dakota from 8/29 to 9/3, and Wyoming on 8/31

#54 - Visit 3 new cities - Sioux Falls, SD, Lead, SD, Keystone, SD, Rapid City, SD, Rochester, MN

IN SEPTEMBER:

I didn't knit much the last week or two of August so I didn't finish the Mother Bears. They both just need faces. I'm sure I will finish them in September. 

I will finish the year of monthly selfies this month. I started last October when I started this list.

I might finish the word puzzle book.

I'd like to try geocaching or letterboxing. 

I've been slowly learning The Star Spangled Banner for my piano song I want to learn well. I'll keep working on that. 

I plan to start memorizing Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

****With the 5 goals I finished the month I have about 1/3 of the goals completed in about 1/3 of the 1001 days. So I'm on track!****

JULY RECAP

 Ha ha, most of my lofty goals for July didn't happen. I did complete 2 things though:

#25 I finished or attempted to read all the books mentioned in Eight Perfect Murders including that book.

#85 Finish a Sudoku puzzle.

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I made progress on many goals, such as reading my devotion book almost daily, starting 2 more Mother Bears which I will finish in August then that goal will be complete, worked in my puzzle book, took the family selfie, bought a cactus I'm calling Joan 😀 (#11 small home improvement project).  

Lord willing I will be finishing at least 3 or 4 goals in late August/early September because we'll be going to South Dakota on August 29 and I will finish both Mother Bears which will complete that goal.

JUNE RECAP

June was a busy month and I didn't finish any goals though I made progress on most of the same goals as in past months. I won't list them again.

I have some lofty goals for July. I'd like to work on #10, 11, 13, 20, 25, 32, 33, 46, 56, 78, 82, 85, 93, 95, 99, 101.  The two I think I might be able to finish are #25: Read the book 8 Perfect Murders, and #85: Complete a Sudoku puzzle. The rest are mostly all goals I can only work on but not finish due to the nature of the goal (such as take a family selfie every month for a year, that won't be complete until October, and knit 3 Mother Bears - I have one done and don't want to do two more in the same month but I will knit one in July and will probably make the final one this fall). 

I hope to have a better update next month. :-)

MAY RECAP

 From my April recap, what I had hoped to finish in May (only finished 2) with comments after each one:

#26 Read a book randomly pulled off a library shelf. I have a book but haven't started it yet. I DNF books a lot so there is no guarantee this goal will be completed with this particular book YES, I finished this one. I read Confessions of a Curious Bookseller by Elizabeth Green and I rated it 5 stars. Many people rated it low on Goodreads, but for the reasons they hated it, I loved it.

#32 Play a game of Canasta with live opponents on the app instead of just playing against the computer, then I will call this goal done. Ideally I'd like to play against people in person but I'd need to get 3 more people and try to teach them. I'm note sure if anyone would be interested in this. Sigh, I barely played this at all, got out of the habit.

#43 Find something to put my pencil collection in and put it on the bookshelf next to my desk. YES, I finished this one! I've been wanting to get something for my pencils for years. I was browsing at Hobby Lobby with Allison and I saw this watering can and thought it would be a cute way to display my pencils.

#53 Walk on the trail starting in Hortonville with Jay and Allison No, hope to do this in June

#68 Watch Pride and Prejudice - maybe while Jay is gone to his friend Dave's mid-month? No, Jay didn't end up going to see his friend and I didn't watch this. He's going to the races in Elkhart Lake for 4 days in 2 weeks, maybe I'll watch it then.

#88 Spend a day going to garage sales with Allison No, maybe in June?

#94 Give a book/take a book from a neighborhood library No, maybe in June?

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I made progress on most of the same goals from previous months, since many of these will take awhile to complete. I will continue with those. For June "goals I hope to finish" I'll focus on the unfinished goals from May that I wanted to do, plus maybe #56 - Eat a whole meal with chopsticks, maybe I'll work on that. 

And now it is SUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)

APRIL UPDATE

 I only finished 1 goal in April:

#24 - I hosted a Reading Day with my sisters. Ginny, Kathy, and Lynn came. We read, we talked, we ate Red Robin, and we played Milwaukee Salad.

However, I made progress on quite a few goals:

#3 - added at least one attribute of God to my list

#4 - completed 2 entries (lessons? devotions?) per day in my book by Karen DeBeus

#23 I read one book over 500 pages (goal is 3) - The Secret History by Donna Tartt

#25 Above book is one of the books in Eight Perfect Murders - I have one book left which I have on hold at the library 

#32 Still practicing Canasta on an app

#33 Practicing piano at least 3 or 4 days a week - waiting to be a little better to choose a song to learn to complete this goal

#78 Added change to my container

#82 Took the monthly selfie

In February I went bowling with Allison (#70) but I don't think I ever recorded it here. We've gone bowling 3 times so far with the Green Bay homeschool group. Somehow I bowled a 144 which is a miracle. I'm happy if I break 100 which I don't always do.

What I hope to finish in May:

#26 Read a book randomly pulled off a library shelf. I have a book but haven't started it yet. I DNF books a lot so there is no guarantee this goal will be completed with this particular book

#32 Play a game of Canasta with live opponents on the app instead of just playing against the computer, then I will call this goal done. Ideally I'd like to play against people in person but I'd need to get 3 more people and try to teach them. I'm note sure if anyone would be interested in this.

#43 Find something to put my pencil collection in and put it on the bookshelf next to my desk

#53 Walk on the trail starting in Hortonville with Jay and Allison

#68 Watch Pride and Prejudice - maybe while Jay is gone to his friend Dave's mid-month?

#88 Spend a day going to garage sales with Allison

#94 Give a book/take a book from a neighborhood library

Should be interesting in my May update to see if I finished any or all of these in May. It's definitely do-able.

MARCH RECAP

 Again made progress on 5 or 6 goals, and I finished SIX! 

#5  Basement organized, everything on shelves

I actually sort of finished this last month - I was waiting until I had sold/given away every last thing from the basement/house declutter. I still have a few Packer items, they're listed on FB Marketplace. But everything else is organized and on shelves so I'm going to call this one DONE.   

#21 Read a book in one day.

I read Are You There God, It's Me Margaret in one evening. I haven't read this since I was a preteen, but I felt like I remembered every single sentence as I reread it for the millionth time.

#29 Participate in "Middle Grade March" - read at least one middle grade book per week in the month of March

I read:

-Are You There God, It's Me Margaret by Judy Blume, 5 stars

-Prairie Lotus by Linda Sue Park, 2 stars

-Book Scavenger by Jennifer Chambliss Bertman, 3 stars

-Blended by Sharon Draper, 3 stars

-Deenie by Judy Blume, 4 stars

-Izzy, Willy-Nilly by Cynthia Voigt, 5 stars (loved this one!)

#36 Be able to identify every country in the world

I used the quizzes at Seterra.com and memorized all the countries on each continent. There are some small island nations I didn't include but I'm not going to worry about them. THIS WAS SO MUCH FUN! I love that now when I hear of a country I know exactly where it is. I'm going to try to review once a week or so on Seterra.com so I can continue to know these.

#69 Go to a movie at the theater

I saw the new Tom and Jerry movie with Allison. I really liked it! I laughed a lot.

#71 Listen to 5 songs each by 5 classical composers

I listened to (at least) 5 songs by:

-Beethoven

-Mozart

-Rachmaninoff

-Tchaikovsky (my favorite!)

-Wagner (not my favorite)

NOT BAD!!!

FEBRUARY RECAP

I made some progress on several goals (not going to list them this time) but I also finished 4 things this month.

What I finished:

#14: I donated all my knitted hats as well as some other knitted items.

#45: I went snowshoeing with Jay, Lindsey, and Allison at Heckrodt.

#72: I played a game 7 days in a row. ***

#81: I finished my dog puzzle.

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2/7 - Po-ke-no and Milwaukee with my sisters

2/8 - Yam Slam with Allison

2/9 - Pass the Pigs and Toss Up with Allison

2/10 - Pass the Pigs with Jay

2/11 - Skippity with Allison and Callie (a homeschool friend)

2/12 - War (the card game) with Allison

2/13 - Five Crowns with Lindsey

JANUARY RECAP

 I've made a lot of progress on many goals and finished a few in January:

#1 I found a resource to do at OT Survey study. I already own it! It's called Reproducible Maps, Charts Timelines and Illustrations. I didn't even remember I had this. There are summaries of every book in the Bible and maps and timelines and extra information. I'm in the middle of several other studies right now but hope to start this later this summer or fall.

#3 Finished a few more attributes of God.

#4 I did a few devotions in Less Clutter, More Joy by Karen DeBeus.

#5 Basement is ALMOST done! Everything has been decluttered, put in tubs or organized in some way, and put away. Several bags of things have been taken to Goodwill. The only thing I have left to do is sell/give away a few things. This goal will definitely be DONE in February.

#6 This is DONE! Closet is decluttered and organized and there are even plenty of open spots on the shelves.

#13 I started another Mother Bear on 1/1 and am almost done.

#14 Finished knitting a hat and will donate these next month.

#25 Started and finished The Drowner by John MacDonald and put Malice Aforethought by Francis Isles on hold at the library (it's on order and I'm #2 on the holds list so not sure when I will get this.) Then I will only have The Secret History (a long one) left before I read Eight Perfect Murders. I have The Red House Mystery on my Kindle, tried to read it but couldn't get into it. I may or may not give it another try, might just call that one a dnf and move on. I also tried to read the play Deathtrap and couldn't get into that one so I'm not going to read it. 

#36 I'm almost done memorizing the countries of Europe then I will just have Asia, Antarctica, and Australia left. Then I will spend a month reviewing everything until I can do every continent with at least 90% accuracy then I will consider this done. I am really enjoying doing this! I am using the map quizzes on seterra.com to help with this. It's fun!

#39 I bought a new puzzle. DONE. 

#81 I am working on my dog puzzle. I'm about 50-60% done.

#82 Took the family selfie on the last day of January. :-) So far on track to do 12 months in a row. I've only been able to get all 5 of us one month, it's next to impossible to have us all in one place at one time. This month's photo was Jay, me, Lindsey, and Allison.

#84 I finished my yarn puzzle. There was one piece missing, grrr! But DONE.

#86 Sold or gave away all the homeschool books that I didn't want/need anymore. Kept a few since I'm homeschooling Allison again. So DONE.

#100 Had a rock painting day with all my sisters at Kathy's. So fun and DONE.

I am being much more purposeful this time around with working on various goals. Other times I have done this months have gone by where I didn't even think about my list. This time I write down some doable goals to work on or finish at the beginning of each month and try to review those at least once a week.

December Recap

What I did in December:

#5 - Working on cleaning up the basement. Almost ready to put everything away in the closet or bookshelves. Will finish this goal in January.

#14 - Finished knitting a hat for charity, one more to complete goal

#25 - Read The ABC Murders by Agatha Christie - 5 more books to complete this goal

#36 - Worked on memorizing countries The Americas (USA, Canada, Mexico, etc)

#40 - Bought a new wallet, goal complete

#55 - Had a smoothie every day for a week (and then some) - goal complete

#82 - Took a family selfie of just me, Jay, and Allison (Lindsey and Ben not available)

#84 - Worked quite a bit on my yarn puzzle - will finish in January

#86 - Posted the homeschool books I want to get rid of on Homeschool Hub Marketplace, got rid of quite a bit - will finish this goal in January

#95 - Completed a few pages in my word puzzle book - this will take awhile to complete