END OF FEBRUARY UPDATE

101 Things in 1001 Days

In progress:

• Read the main Bible events chronologically. (Not quite half done, still in the Old Testament)
• Basement organized into tubs and shelves. (I've spent quite a bit of time the past few weeks organizing the basement. Everything has been organized but we still need to get some sort of shelving to put it all away)
• Sell ALL homeschool books and redo hall closet. (Hall closet has been decluttered but same as basement, need to figure out how to arrange things and decide what to keep in that closet and what to put elsewhere. Tried to sell a few homeschool books on Facebook Marketplace with no success (have tried several times before, also with no success. I think whatever I don't sell by the end of summer/beginning of fall I will donate somewhere)

Probably won't do before the 1001 days is up:

• Read Knitter’s Life List, checking off boxes and filling in lists as you go (Not enough time to complete this)
• Get a facial (expensive!)
• Watch all remaining episodes of Call the Midwife (way too many left to finish especially since we rarely watch TV but we will keep watching)
• Do a Lifebook for Lindsey and Allison. (will take time and focused work on this and I feel I don't have the brain power these days!)
• Put together journals for Ben, Lindsey, and Allison.Finish Lindsey’s 100 Good Wishes Quilt and scrapbook (same reason as doing the Lifebooks)
• Finish Allison’s 100 Good Wishes Quilt and scrapbook. (again, will take tons of time and I think I need more wishes)
• Snowshoeing (considering the the snow is already melting and this ends in September, I probably won't get to this. But you never know since this is Wisconsin after all and I'm sure we'll get at least one more snow storm. However I don't feel like doing winter things anymore, I want spring!)
• Milwaukee Bucks game (tickets got way too expensive this year with how well the Bucks are playing but I hope to go to a game next season)
• Anything involving knitting due to my tendonitis
• I won't get all the day long things done (Craft Day, Game Day, Soup Party) but I hope to do at least one of those.

Monthly Health Goals

February's goal was to eat less than 10g of sugar per day. This was easier than I thought it would be but still challenging. I only "cheated" twice - once we went out to dinner with the Macys and I got pancakes with syrup and we came back here and had gourmet cupcakes that Lindsey bought for us - I only ate half at least :-). The second time was when we went to Mike and Melanie's house and we had some sweets and I gave myself a pass that day. Okay, technically I "cheated" one more time but it was after supper on the last day of February, we went to Paradise Island and got ice cream. But I decided I did so well all month that I could end it a few hours early. :-)

For March I am going to change it to just no caffeine; I don't drink that much alcohol anyway. I'm still doing intermittent fasting and less than 10g of sugar every day as much as possible but I'm not worrying about not doing it here and there.

20 in 2020

Honestly I haven't given much thought to this list. It was a busy month of appointments and other things. I'm working on the Real Food Mini Challenge and of course I'm always reading.

Also, I heard this suggestion somewhere, that in June you can change 2 of your 20 goals to something else. I like this idea because sometimes things change and you're not able to complete a goal or two (such as my limited knitting time at the moment)

Looking ahead to March:

I started the Real Food Mini Challenge (which is on both my 101 Things List and the 20 in 2020 list) on March 2. So far so good....

• Week 1: 2 servings of fruits/vegetables every meal
• Week 2: No deep fried or fast food (that will be easy, I hardly eat any of that anyway)
• Week 3: No artificial ingredients (should also be relatively easy but we'll see)
• Week 4: No refined sweeteners (ack! even though i'm doing good with <10g of sugar per day, this is NO sugar, not sure if I can do it)
• Week 5: 5-Ingredient rule (should be relatively easy
• Week 6: 100% whole grain (a little more difficult but doable)

End of January Update

101 Things in 1001 Days

The only thing I've done is I'm working through reading the main events of the Bible chronologically. It will probably take me a few months to complete.

Monthly Health Goals

I did really well with January's goal of intermittent fasting. A few times we didn't finish dinner until after 6:00 and once or twice I had to eat earlier than 10:00 in the morning but for the most part I complied. I'm continuing to do it in February though I might be a little less strict.

So far 6 days into February I've stuck to under 10 grams of sugar per day, yay!

20 in 2020

Ha! I've been reading a lot, that's it.

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I hope to accomplish more in February!

Mid-January Update

101 Things in 1001 Days

Checked off #76:

"Learn, to my satisfaction, more about football - what the different positions do, different formations, etc."

I finished my almost year-long study of Matthew in the Bible so this week I'm going to start on #4:

"Read the main events in the Bible chronologically: (I have a reading plan for this)

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Monthly Health Goals - January

I'm doing well with intermittent fasting (eat from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., fast from 6 p.m. to 10 a.m.). The only night I ate way past 6:00 was one where we went out to dinner with Jay's co-workers and I had no control over the timing of that. At least I have not eaten at all once I finished dinner. No eating at 9:00 p.m. all month so far. It's been relatively easy to do this. I haven't eaten before 10:00 a.m. at all either. So, so far, so good, with this.

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20 in 2020

I'm combining #1 and #2, so my 75 book goal includes 2 of them being audiobooks. I'm keeping #2 open for now until I find something I really want to add.

Anything related to knitting is on hold right now due to my tendonitis in my left arm. That also prevents me from learning the ukulele right now.

I can cross off #20 which is starting this blog.

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I think I'm just going to update this at the end of every month so I have (hopefully) have more progress to report.

101 Things in 1001 Days

Here is my 101 Things in 1001 Days list. Items in bold are finished. I have 58 items yet to complete:

Start Date: January 1, 2018

End Date: September 28, 2020

1. Find a church.
2. Complete Bible studies using every method in Rick Warren’s Bible Study Methods book.
3. Memorize four passages (at least 2 verses) - from OT, NT, Psalms, and Proverbs.
4. Read the main Bible events chronologically.
5. Basement organized into tubs and shelves.
6. Sell ALL homeschool books and redo hall closet.
7. Clean out my bathroom closet, top to bottom.
8. Purge files in cabinet downstairs.
9. Shelves or other organizing system by desk area in bedroom.
10. Get a new comforter and remodel bedroom.
11. Take shelf down in The Room and replace it with something else.
12. Get a new blanket to put over tears in living room couch.
13. Get a new Sunday Basket
14. Learn to knit English and do 2 color knitting.
15. Knit a wheelchair blanket for St. Paul.
16. Knit a blanket for Alice’s Embrace.
17. Knit 4 pair of knockers.
18. Knit sweaters for baby boy and baby girl for hope chest.
19. Visit an LYS I haven’t been to before.
20. Dye my bare Knit Picks yarn.
21. Spend a whole afternoon/day going through every pattern/pattern book/magazine I own.
22. Sew an apron for myself and for my Christmas sister gift..
23. Sew a skirt.
24. Sew a shirt.
25. Host a craft day here.
26. Read Knitter’s Life List, checking off boxes and filling in lists as you go
27. Watch all remaining episodes of Call the Midwife.
28. Watch Doc Martin Season 8.
29. Watch Pride and Prejudice.
30. Watch 5 old movies recommended by Ginny; watch at least one with her
31. Watch A Christmas Story.
32. Read a poetry collection and memorize one of the poems.
33. Complete Modern Mrs. Darcy’s 2018 Reading Challenge
34. Read all the books I own but haven’t read.
35. Host a Reading Day with Ginny capped off by a trip to Barnes & Noble
36. Go to a free summer concert.
37. Get highlights in my hair.
38. Get a facial.
39. Try Stitch Fix.
40. Do a Lifebook for Lindsey and Allison.
41. Put together journals for Ben, Lindsey, and Allison.
42. Print pictures from Allison’s adoption trip and put in album.
43. Finish Lindsey’s 100 Good Wishes Quilt and scrapbook.
44. Finish Allison’s 100 Good Wishes Quilt and scrapbook. (need more wishes?)
45. Complete Real Food Mini-Challenge.
46. Don’t eat sugar for one week.
47. Eat vegan for one week.
48. Join a CSA
49. Eat raw foods only for one week.
50. Make an angel food cake with fluffy frosting.
51. Try a meal planning service
52. Try 5 different new to you cocktails.
53. Go for a walk by myself at Heckrodt.
54. Strawberry picking.
55. Snowshoeing.
56. Drive-in movie.
57. Wisconsin State Fair.
58. Farmer’s Market
59. Milwaukee Brewers game
60. Milwaukee Bucks game
61. Wisconsin Herd game
62. Green Bay Blizzard game
63. Camping
64. Lake Geneva cruise with Jay
65. LaCrosse
66. Go to 3 libraries you’ve never been to
67. Cloths for using instead of paper towels
68. Jean jacket
69. An old Bible at an antique store or thrift store
70. Learn to play a ukulele.
71. Learn CPR.
72. Learn to play bridge.
73. Learn a new song on the piano and be able to play it well.
74. Read a children’s book in German.
75. Do 30 consecutive days of DuoLingo German.
76. Learn, to my satisfaction,more about football - what the different positions do, different formations, etc.
77. Take a longer Myers Briggs test
78. Host an all day Game Day.
79. Write a letter to myself on January 1, 2018 to read on December 31, 2018.
80. Sometime in January 2018, write a letter to myself to open when this is done.
81. Host a Soup Party
82. Plant a garden.
83. Get a professional family portrait done.
84. All pictures off my phone and organized into months - do as much organizing as you can starting with current month
85. Low or no spending for one month.
86. Do my Westie puzzle.
87. Sleep until noon
88. Plant something in Chester’s memory and put his stone next to it.
89. Make an Advent Calendar.
90. SC photo book
91. Oregon photo book
92. Convert video tapes to DVD
93. Try geocaching or letterboxing
94. Document a day in my life with a picture every hour.
95. Spend a day going to garage sales.
96. Play Kick the Can.
97. Finish ½ of my To Do list dated January 1, 2018.
98. Teach Theodore to come when called.
99. Make a master grocery list spreadsheet.
100. Read the Declaration of Independence.
101. Leave a book and take a book at a neighborhood “library”

20 in 2020

Here is my 20 in 2020 list:

1. Read 75 books.
2. Listen to 2 audio books.
3. Volunteer somewhere.
4. Do a Random Act of Kindness.
5. Replace shelf above laptop.
6. Shelving/storage in bedroom.
7. Plant Christmas basil. (Start beginning of May; plant outside after Memorial Day)
8. Start herb garden.
9. Knit a baby boy sweater for hope chest
10. Sew something! Anything!
11. Use all gift cards.
12. Be able to play 3 songs on the ukulele
13. Get a facial.
14. Complete Real Food Mini Challenge
15. Join a CSA.
16. Go on a Lake Geneva cruise with Jay
17. Go to Lacrosse.
18. Training with Theo using the method Sylvia gave you.
19. Knit 3 Mother Bears.
20. Start a blog documenting my goals progress.

Goals and Lists

I'm a goal and list making nerd. I have a 101 Things in 1001 Days list that I started on January 1, 2018. It ends on September 28, 2020. For the new year I wrote up a Monthly Health Goals list and a 20 in 2020 list. I'm going to use this blog to keep track of my progress on all 3 lists. I'll start with my Monthly Health Goals. Where is says "EXERCISE" I still need to come up with some form of gentle exercise to do for that month. 

January - Intermittent fasting 16/8

February - 10 grams sugar per day

March - No caffeine or alcohol

April - Do 10 squats every other day

May - Eat 5 servings of vegetables every day

June - Track food every day

July - No (junk food) snacks

August - Drink 40 ounces of water every day

September - EXERCISE

October -  Take Theo for a walk 4 times per week

November - Have a smoothie 5 times per week

December - EXERCISE