SEPTEMBER RECAP

I finished one goal (unexpectedly!) in September:

#47 Bike ride with Jay: We rented e-bikes in Door County on 9/18 and rode 11 miles through Peninsula State Park.

I made progress on 5 goals:

#11 Knit a sweater for myself: I changed from the Adelaide pattern to Autumn Pullover, frogged 3 times before finally getting things right.

#22 Watch 5 documentaries: watched The Secret Life of Baby Owls with Jay and Allison on 9/29

#32 Complete a reading challenge every year of this list: I am working on my Book Bingo card. Books that filled a square: Peace Like a River, Yellowface, Bless Your Heart, Rae Sutton/Della and Darby, 

#79 Identify flags of largest countries: I bought a pack of world flag cards and memorized Mexico, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Guatemala so far

#99 Take a picture of each letter of the alphabet...make a book out of it: I wrote the letters A-Z on an index card and started filling out things to take a picture of

AUGUST RECAP

I finished 3 goals and made progress on others:

DONE:

#2 Finish memorizing John 14 and 15 - 8/23

#62 3 libraries you’ve never been to

Madeline Island Public Library in LaPointe 8/16/23

Carnegie Library in Bayfield 8/17/23

Vaughn Library in Ashland 8/18/23

#64 A state park you’ve never been to - Big Bay State Park on Madeline Island 8/16/23

IN PROGRESS:

#6 Read through the whole Bible (doesn’t have to be in order)  Over 2/3 done reading through the New Testament

#9 Redo the recipe binder and try at least 5 new recipes from there - retyped/printed a few recipes (this is going to take a long time but just trying to make slow but steady progress)

#11 Knit a sweater for myself I picked out a pattern and bought the yarn - Adelaide sweater, Knit Picks Swish DK in the Frosting colorway, haven’t started knitting it yet

#32 Complete a reading challenge every year of this list (2023/2024/2025/2026), can be yearlong or for a season Since I’m starting this so late in the year, I decided to do my own Book Bingo for this year, and starting next year I will do one of the yearlong or monthly challenges. That said I haven't crossed off any squares yet.

#38 Have all our kids over for dinner (at the same time) at least 3 times - #1: 8/4/23

#50 Walk on 5 new trails - Walked 4 trails on our Apostle Islands/Lake Superior vacation:

Bayview Trail at the Big Bay State Park on Madeline Island 8/16/23

Lost Creek Falls, Cornucopia 8/17/23

Siskiwit River Trail in Cornucopia 8/17/23

Lakeshore Trail in Bayfield 8/17/23

#58 Try 5 new to you ice cream places:

Here’s the Scoop, Delafield 7/19/23 (forgot about this last month)

Labontes in Bayfield 8/15/23

#63 5 new cities (a few more but I didn’t eat or sleep there which is my criteria)

Washburn, WI (stayed overnight 3 nights)

Bayfield, WI (ate dinner one night, ice cream afterward)

Cornucopia, WI (ate lunch there)

Minocqua, WI (ate lunch there)

#71 5 new games:

Rolling America 8/26/23

JULY RECAP

 I finished #87, Write a letter to myself on 7/1/23 to open when this is over.

I didn't finish anything else yet but I've made progress on 5 other goals:

#2: Finish memorizing John 14 and 15 - I finished Chapter 14 and Im 2/3 done with Chapter 15.

#6: Read through the whole Bible - 2 books done so far 

#9: Redo the recipe binder and try at least 5 new recipes from there - I got rid of anything I wasn't going to make and sorted the rest into categories. 

#11: Knit a sweater for myself - I've narrowed it down to a few patterns, need to buy the yarn yet

#57: Make 5 new cocktails from the book Ben got you for Christmas - made 2 so far: Southside and Limontini

101 Things in 1001 Days List #4

 101 Things in 1001 Days List (#4)

Start Date: July 1, 2023

End Date: March 28, 2026

Spiritual

1. Write out a Bible verse every day for 30 days 

2. Finish memorizing John 14 and 15 

3. Complete a Bible study book

4. Learn to play a hymn on the piano 

5. Memorize the hymn My Father’s World

6. Read through the whole Bible (doesn’t have to be in order) 

Home/Organization

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

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

9. Redo the recipe binder and try at least 5 new recipes from there

10. Decorate main bathroom

Knitting/Crochet/Sewing

11. Knit a sweater for myself

12. Knit a pair of short socks for myself

13. Learn to knit English and do 2 color knitting

14. Make something on the mini-loom

15. Dye my bare Knit Picks yarn

16. Try drop spindling again

17. Wear a handknit for 7 days straight

18. Sew an apron

19. Sew a shirt

20. Sew a pair of lounge pants

Entertainment

21. Watch Pride and Prejudice

22. Watch 5 documentaries - nature, science, history, and any 2 of your choice

23. Watch 3 movies in one day

24. Ask 5 people for a movie recommendation and watch all 5

25. Watch a movie made the year I was born

26. Write a song - 3 stanzas and a chorus (this will be hilarious)

Books/Reading

27. Read a book with a soundtrack

28. Read a book made into a movie and also watch the movie

29. Watch a movie of a book I already read (i.e. Still Alice)

30. Read a 1000 page book

31. Get Kindle Unlimited for at least one month and read only books available there

32. Complete a reading challenge every year of this list (2023/2024/2025/2026), can be yearlong or for a season 

33. Pick a book for Ginny, have her pick one for you, and read them

34. Read a book of poems and memorize one

Fashion/Beauty

35. Try Stitch Fix

36. Get a facial

37. Buy a whole outfit from a store display (top and bottom, accessories if I like them)

Family/Children

38. Have all our kids over for dinner (at the same time) at least 3 times

39. Frame our family photos

40. Do a small family photo wall

41. Photo books up to date (2020 - present)

42. Listen to the CD of Mom and Dad

43. Do a Lifebook for Lindsey and Allison

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

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

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

Exercise

47. Bike ride with Jay

48. Get 50,000 steps in one day

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

50. Walk on 5 new trails

Food

51. Eat a whole meal with chopsticks

52. Make Sour Soup

53. Cook through a whole cookbook (can veto 10% of the recipes)

54. Make one recipe from every cookbook I own

55. Eat vegan for one week

56. Make Schaum tortes

57. Make 5 new cocktails from the book Ben got you for Christmas

58. Try 5 new to you ice cream places

Places to Go

59. Drive-in movie

60. Wisconsin State Fair

61. LaCrosse

62. 3 libraries you’ve never been to

63. 5 new cities

64. A state park you’ve never been to

65. A national park you’ve never been to

66. Camping

67. Five antique stores

To Buy

68. Jean jacket

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

70. A new sewing machine

71. 5 new games

72. Fresh flowers every quarter for a year

73. A hula hoop - use it for 15 minutes a day for a week

74. A plant stand

75. Flowers for a random person

To Learn

76. CPR

77. Play Canasta with actual people, not just on the app

78. Take ballroom dancing lessons with Jay

79. Identify flags of largest countries

80. Identify 25 bodies of water, oceans, seas, straits, major rivers etc. (at least one per continent)

81. Memorize the Emancipation Proclamation

82. Memorize Lincoln’s Thanksgiving Address

83. Re-memorize Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

84. Know what every article and amendment to the Constitution is about

85. Learn how to play pickleball

86. Learn 25 basic signs in ASL

Miscellaneous

87. Write a letter to myself on 7/1/23 to open when this is over (3/28/26)

88. Write a letter to myself on January 1, 2024 to read on December 31, 2024

89. Write a letter to myself on January 1, 2025 to read on December 31, 2025

90. Try geocaching or letterboxing

91. Play Kick the Can

92. Buy an art box from letsmakeart.com (or another art in a box) and complete it

93. Teach Theodore to walk on a leash

94. Do something for the pro life cause (Vida or Wisconsin Right to Life, etc)

95. Get everything off old laptop

96. Take a photo of the same place every month for a year

97. Complete a 30 day challenge

98. Leave an inspirational note inside a book for someone to find

99. Take a picture for each letter of the alphabet of things meaningful to you or that you find interesting or beautiful - make a book out of it

100. Document a day in my life with a picture every hour.

101. Finish more goals in this list than my last one (> 63 goals) 

1001 Things in 101 Days List #3 - Finished

Start Date: October 1, 2020

End Date: June 29, 2023

Goals in bold are complete - goals in italics were started but not finished

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 Spanish.

35. Take ballroom dancing lessons with Jay.

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

37. Buy a jean jacket

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

39. Buy a new puzzle

40. Buy a new wallet

41. Buy a new purse

42. Buy a new sewing machine

43. Buy something to display my pencil collection

44. Get new glasses

45. Go Snowshoeing.

46. Go to a drive-in movie.

47. Go to the Wisconsin State Fair.

48. Go on a Lake Geneva cruise with Jay

49. Go to 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.)