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