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