5th quarterly report: April – June, 2012
I’ve completed 55 of 101 things in 1001 days. It’s been a busy spring, and I have some adventures lined up for the summer.
Tasks completed:
#9. Make homemade pasta: Making homemade whole wheat pasta.
#27. Memorize a favorite poem: Begrudgingly Intrigued Teenagers and J. Alfred Prufrock.
#37. Try to grow tomatoes again.
#40. Send a secret to PostSecret. (Top secret)
#48. Attend a wine tasting: Mother’s Day Wine and Hike.
#51 and #54. Tour a Connecticut brewery; brew my own beer: Beer Brewing.
#52. Go strawberry picking again.
#83. Have a cookout again.
#98. Sell some more Elks pins on eBay.
Tasks I am making progress on:
#14. Watch all of IMDb’s Top 250 Movies. Only 5 more to go!
Movies watched:
- Ikiru (Loved! I had pre-judged this movie unfairly in that I’ve been growing weary of this movie-watching project, and I sat down not thrilled about watching another post-World War II Japanese movie, but it was a delight.)
- In the Mood for Love (Boring; it put me in the mood for sleep.)
- Sherlock Jr. (A fun Buster Keaton silent movie)
- The Kid (A Charlie Chaplin silent movie–enjoyed it)
- The Gold Rush (Another Charlie Chaplin silent; it had its moments, but I was tired of silents by this point.)
- The Best Years of Our Lives (Enjoyed it)
- Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (Another silent movie that I’m sure was innovative for 1927, but didn’t do it for me today. I guess I shouldn’t have saved all the old silents for the end of my viewing!)
- Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (A Japanese animated movie; I did not like this one at all.)
- Wild Strawberries (You know what I said about saving a lot of silent movies for the end of the viewing list? That applies to most foreign movies too; even though I’ve loved some of them, I struggled to stay awake through this one.)
- All Quiet on the Western Front (Silent, war… When will this project be over? It was good, though.)
- The 400 Blows (Enjoyed it)
#32. Walk 10,000 steps a day for an average of six days a week: The streak lives! Still Stepping.
#53. Eat meatless at least one day a week on average. (Working on this, Meatless Monday updates here.)
#75. Read at least 15 classics I’ve never read. (6/15 completed)
- The Sun Also Rises
(Previously read during this challenge: Rebecca, A Room with a View, The Grapes of Wrath, My Ántonia, Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
What’s on your bucket list? What have you checked off?
Good for you on knocking down your goals. I really like your countdown clock. I might have to borrow that for my 40 before 40 goals page. Stopping by from the SITS sharefest.
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I like the idea of a 40 before 40 list (but I’m too late for that one myself). Thanks!
Woo hoo! Great job! I barely hit HALF of my yearly goals but just finished my 31@31 list to start later this summer. Keep going!!
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Thanks. I am off to check out your blog.
Hi! Visiting from SITS. What a fabulous blog! I love your idea about targets. YOu have certainly inspired me. I need to do a Before 40 one! will be watching your progress. Good luck x
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Thanks. I’d like to see what you put on your Before 40 list.
What a neat idea! I think I need to join in by doing something similar.
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Wow! That’s a pretty impressive list and you’re making great progress. It’s funny. I’ve never been much of a bucket list person but recently I started a fitness bucket list and it’s been so fun to dream about all these fun things.
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Thanks. Good luck with your list.
Girl you are killing! I’ve hit a lull again…
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You are flying through them … like Shannon I’ve also hit a lull. Time to step it up xx
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Nice progress! I especially like the “brew your own beer” project. Thanks again for helping us out with Seek the Peak, by the way.
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