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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :-)