Today’s an exciting day – it’s my favorite post of the summer!
This is my fifth round of 100 Little Things, a huge inspirational list that helps me be intentional with my time and resources. The tasks on this list, like always, are a mix of silly things and important things. They are things that really need to get done and things that just sound like fun. They are things I’d like to do and things I really should do. They are things that excite me and things that scare me. I’m positive I won’t check off all 100 things before next August (in fact, I’m only averaging around 40-45 each year) but completion really isn’t the goal. I enjoy the process as much as reaching the finish line.
Here’s the list for August 2018-July 2019:
1. Learn how to grill a steak
2. Make homemade vanilla extract
3. Bake a two-layered cake
4. Bake three new kinds of cookies
5. Buy a proofing basket
6. Start a weekly “soup night” in the fall/winter
7. Make two new flavors of homemade ice cream
8. Make five recipes from my sourdough cookbook
9. Make a new recipe from Run Fast, Eat Slow
10. Go through the millions of recipe printouts and use or toss
11. Take a manual photography class
12. Learn how to photograph low light interiors correctly
13. Make a quilt using Memere’s fabric
14. Make a “little things” notepad (and maybe sell it?)
18. Complete a #100dayproject
20. Mail five packages, just because
21. Make a minibook
22. Complete another December Daily project
23. Finish a cross-stitch project
24. Finally pay off the car
25. Start a new car fund
26. Pay off three student loans
27. Read three finance books
28. Check out Aldi
29. Have professional family photos taken
30. Read Kristin Lavransdatter
31. Read Don Quixote
32. Finish my “Into the Depths of Catholicism” reading challenge
33. Read the entire Bible in a year
34. Finish the Jackson Pollock biography
35. Start reading a few books from the doula reading list
36. Blog everyday for a month
37. Invite someone to guest post
38. Finally work on the tabs in my header
39. Create a “homeschool favorites” page
40. Decide if I want to upgrade the blog to a “.com”
41. Buy a new pair of jeans (or two)
42. Invest in a piece of clothing from Everlane
43. Get a haircut
44. Organize my closet
45. Get an updated glasses prescription
46. Order new glasses
47. Go for a yearly physical
48. Measure for new (non-nursing) bras
49. Learn about stocks and investments
50. Identify the trees in our backyard
51. Plant shrubs in the front flower beds
52. Have the first floor painted
53. Install a porch swing
54. Hang a gallery wall of black and white family photos in the living room
55. Hang a gallery wall of kids art in the basement stairwell
56. Buy two more chairs for the dining room table
57. Find a lamp for the hallway console table
58. Hang a curtain in the laundry room
59. Reseal our driveway
60. Stain the front porch
61. Replace the outdoor lanterns
62. Finish our emergency kit closet before winter
63. Put a Mary statue in the garden
64. Decide where we want to install a garden on the property
65. Grow cucumbers
66. Grow tomatoes
67. Plant wildflowers
68. Buy new dryer balls
69. Paint Sophia’s room
70. Paint TJ & P’s room
71. Paint the school room
72. Save up for a new sectional
73. Save up for two new chairs for the living room
74. Buy a new mattress and set up the guest room
75. Remove remaining dead trees in the front yard
76. Propagate my Christmas cactus in a new planter
77. Get the generator serviced
78. Beat my personal best 5K time
79. Reach the halfway point on the Amerithon Challenge
80. Run the Turkey Trot again and beat my first time
81. Run the Historic Half again and beat my first time
82. Complete a month-long “running streak” challenge
83. Do a pullup
84. Try a shampoo bar
85. Start a compost pile
86. Sew a linen bag to hold sourdough loaves
87. Sew some fabric napkins
88. Make my own laundry detergent
89. Bring Sophie for her K immunizations
90. Adopt a dog
93. Go see fireworks
94. See an outdoor movie
95. Help place Christmas wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery
96. Attend the local Christmas parade
97. Go on a date with Mark quarterly
98. Visit Jamestown
99. Go on a cousins weekend trip
100. Try out the local farmer’s market
Adopt a dog!!! YES!! That one made me smile so big – oh gosh is that one lucky pup to get all your babies loving up on them .(and from the momma's point of view -sometimes it's so comforting to have a living creature who will just sit quietly with you – hah!)
So excited.
I was nodding and laughing about 'finally work on the blog tab headers' because #SAME so much .LOL
As always so inspired by your list .I live the beat your last race times, and make a wreath of yard stuff .Gah, and porch swing !! So much good stuff .happy 100 list day!!
I know you understand when I say that making this list is like New Years Day Part Two, haha! So excited to get started. xoxo
#90 is my favorite one 🙂
We've never had any pets, so this will be a whole new adventure for us!
Love this idea. I admit I am a little exhausted reading about all the runnng!
Hah! Running is my one and only fitness love!
I love these posts so much! I'm amazed that you can think of so many things. I tried once and didn't even get halfway!
This year, I broke it down into subjects and then thought of things I'd like to accomplish that way. So for example, some of my topics were Food, Home Improvement, Books, Finances, Running, etc etc. It really helped me get to 100 quickly.
I want to make my own laundry detergent this year, too! And I'm so excited for you to try a garden. It's been so much fun for us to grow one, especially for the kids.
I've LOVED watching you guys and your gardening adventure! I'm sure I'll have some questions for you. 🙂