Progress report: Month 5 (September 2019)

1. ... basement -- Continued work on/in it

2. ... sort/discard --  Mostly basement: 12
5. ... garage/deck -- Started on deck
31. ... paperwork... -- On track
35. ... gym -- Success!  3x per week 
36. ... vitamins, etc. -- B+
41. ... print photos 2x/year -- Did this month
43. ... Book group -- Done
44. ... Uvulati -- Done
45. ... Hearts & Hands -- Missed September meeting
49. ... 150 movies -- Watched 4; total 37
      Period, end of sentence
      Lilies of the field
      Puss in boots
      Boy erased
50. ... 125 books/30 I own/15 previous BG/RC -- Read 5
      Current total: Read 36, own 7
      Frazier: Cold Mountain [RC 2017][previous BG][own]
      Burke: Robicheaux [audio]
      Jiles: News of the world
      Beattie: My life starring Dara Falcon [previous BG][own]
51. ... older BG.. -- Read 2, total 3    
52. ... current BG book -- Done
53. ... current RH Challenge -- In process 
54. ... previous RH Challenges -- Finished 2017
81. ... 3 healing/comfort quilts per year -- Finished one for Welcome Church 
94. ... gratitude journal... -- Up-to-date
96. ... blog... update monthly -- Up-to-date
98. ... blog... 2 posts per month -- Up-to-date

Progress report: month 4 (August 2019)

Another month down.

1. ...basement -- Continued to work on it.
2. Sort/discard -- Lots more from basement: 28!
5. ... garage and deck ... -- Finished garage.
31. ... paperwork... -- On track
35. ... gym... Success!  4x per week in August
36. ... vitamins, etc. ... B+
38. ... swim... -- One more time; 4 total (This isn't a reasonable goal since my eyes are so sensitive to light.  Sun is too bright.)
39. Replace mattress -- First task accomplished on August 7!
43. ... Book group -- Done
44. ... Uvulati -- Done
45. ... Hearts & Hands -- Done
49. ... 150 movies -- Watched 6; total 33
      The beguiled (1971)
      Between me and my mind (theatre)
      Miseducation of Cameron Post
      T.R.A.P.P.E.D.
      Robin Williams: Come inside my mind
      Wuthering Heights (1939)
50. ... 125 books/30 I own/15 previous BG/RC...  -- Read 4
     Current total: Read 31, own 5,
      Baudelaire: Flowers of evil [RC 2017]
      Scottoline: Courting trouble
      Krauss: The history of love
      Alexie: Reservation blues [RC 2017]
52. ... current BG book -- Done
53. ... current RH Challenge -- In process
54. ... previous RH Challenges -- In process (1 more to go to finish 2017)
94. ... gratitude journal... -- Up-to-date
96. ... blog... update monthly -- Up-to-date
98. ... blog... 2 posts per month -- Up-to-date

Progress report: month 3 (July 2019)

I continue to work on my goals.

1.  Finish organizing basement -- I started to organize the basement.  A long way to go, but I've already pitched several BOXES of old papers, among other stuff.
2. Sort/discard ... goal 10 items per month...  -- With the basement purge and other activities, I counted 48!
31. Keep up with paperwork -- OK with this.
35. Gym 3-4x per week -- Success!  Three visits per week all month.
36. Vitamins, etc. -- B+ again
39. Replace mattress -- New mattress ordered
43. Went to July book group.
44. Went to Uvulati.
45. Went to Hearts & Hands.
49. Watch 150 movies -- Watched 12.
   Current total: 28
      Northanger Abbey
      Kiss me, Kate
      Yesterday (at theatre -- LOVED IT)
      Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice
      Where the heart is
      Tab Hunter confidential
      Confirmation
      Punchline
      Fosse/Verdon
      Children's hour
      Mildred Pierce (1945)
      Suspicion
50. Read 125 books, including 20 I own. -- Read 12, including 1 I own.
     Current total: Read 27; own 5
      Beagle: A fine and private place [RC 2015]
      Bronte: Wuthering Heights [RC 2015]
      Kellerman: Guilt
      Greer: Less
      Michener: Alaska
      Silber: Improvement
      Gottlieb: Best boy [RC 2019]
      Tamaki & Tamaki: This one summer [RC 2019]
      Stoll: High tech heretic [RC 2017 + own]
      Hausman: Sitting on the blue-eyed bear [RC2019]
      Weatherford: Schomberg -- the man who built a library [RC 2019]
      Bryson: Neither here nor there [RC 2019]
52. ... monthly book group book... -- Done
53. ... 2019 Reading Challenge... -- In process
54. Finish 2015/2017 Reading Challenges -- Finished 2015.
94. Gratitude journal -- Up to date
96. Re-start blog -- Did 2 posts plus update
   

Progress report: month 2 (June 2019)

Better late than... (you know the rest). 

2. Sort/discard... goal of 10 per month -- Got rid of 17
35. Go to gym 3-4 times a week -- Didn't make the 3-4x per week. 
36. Teeth & vitamins -- I give myself a B+ for this.  Not perfect, but better than before.
31. Keep up with paperwork -- OK
38. Swim 10 times this summer -- 2 in July; 3 so far
43. Book group -- Missed June meeting for travel, but reading book.
44. Uvulati -- Attended June meeting.
45. Hearts & Hands --Attended June meeting.
49. Watch 150 movies -- Watched 7;  current total 16.
     Shampoo
     Genius
     A dog's way home
     Dumplin'
     Three identical strangers
     Late night
     Irma La Douce
50. Read 125 books, including 20 that I own -- Read 8, including 3 that I own.
        Current total: Read 15; own 4
     Finney: Time and again [RC 2017/own]
     Segal: The awkward age 
     Smith: Don't call us dead [RC 2015]
     Moon & Ba: Daytripper [RC 2017/Graphic novel]
     Semple: Where'd you go, Bernadette? [RC 2019/own]
     Okorafor: Binti - Home [RC 2015]
     Peters: Keeping you a secret [RC 2017]
     Hambly: Wet grave [Own]
52. Book group book -- Done
53. 2019 Read Harder Challenge -- In process
54. Finish 2015 & 2017 challenges -- Finished 2015
94. Gratitude journal -- Up-to-date
95. Re-start blog & update monthly -- In process
96. Two new posts a month -- Only did one in June.  
99. Go on Road Scholar Civil Rights tour -- Paid in full for November 3-10.

     

Progress report: month 1 (May 2019)

Got off to a good start on my goals! 

2. Sort/discard... goal of 10 per month:  Got rid of 30.
5. Clean/reorganize garage: Project started.
35. Go to gym 3-4 times a week: Did this for the part of the month that I was home.
36. Teeth & vitamins: I give myself a B+ for this.  Not perfect, but better than before.
38. Swim 10 time per summer: 1 time
43. Book group: Missed May meeting for travel, but reading book.
45. Uvulati: Attended May meeting.
46. Hearts and Hands: Attended May meeting (my first).
49. Watch 150 movies: Watched 9.
     Cat Ballou
     Amazing Grace (theatre)
     November Man
     Long Hot Summer
     Travels With My Aunt
     On the Basis of Sex
     Mary Poppins Returns
     The Upside
     A Star is Born
50.  125 books, including 20 that I own: Read 7, one owned.
     Long Black Veil (Boylan) [Reading Challenge 2019]
     My Brother's Husband (Tagame) [Reading Challenge 2019]
     Catwoman: When in Rome (Graphic novel) [Reading Challenge 2017]
     The Awakening (Chopin) [Previous book group + own]
     Sisters of Glass Ferry (Richardson) [audio]
     Friday Night Lights (Bissinger) [Reading Challenge 2017]
     Prospero's Daughter (Nunez) [Reading Challenge 2015]
58. New ethnic cuisines: Japanese
65. Visit 6 new states: Went to two (Alaska and Oregon)*
94. Gratitude journal: Started and up-to-date.
97. Write 2 blog posts plus progress report: Up-to-date with this one.
99. Road Scholar Civil Rights tour: Paid deposit.

Full disclosure: I knew I'd be visiting these two states when I was making my list, which is why I chose the goal of visiting 6, so that it would be a stretch.  Also, could have counted this trip as #61 (go somewhere we hadn't been before with D#1), but I'm hoping to go someplace else with her before the 1001 days are up.

   

Day Zero Project, part 2 -- Retirement edition

An early post on this blog "What '101 in 1001' is" explained details about the "Day Zero Project".  Part 2 will follow a similar path.  Here is my new list, with carry-overs or continuations in normal text and new goals in bold.

101 Things in 1001 Days -- Retirement Edition
Begin 5/1/2019 -- End 1/26/2022

HOME ORGANIZATION

1. Finish organizing basement.

2. Sort/discard stuff with goal of 10 items per month.

3. Redo photo corner.

4. Store saved quilts.

5. Clean/reorganize garage and deck; maintain them.

6. Sort/reorganize kitchen.

7. Sort/reorganize dining room.

8. Sort/reorganize dining room closet. 
9. Sort/reorganize living room.

10. Sort/reorganize sewing room.

11. Sort/reorganize my bedroom.

12. Sort/reorganize my bedroom closet.

13. Write daughters' documents & photos to thumb drives for them 

HOME IMPROVEMENT

14. Paint D#2's room.

15. Paint sewing room.

16. Re-paper/paint upstairs bathroom.

17. Fix plaster & paint my bedroom

18. Replace light fixture in dining room closet & install new outlet.

19. Paint walls & ceiling of bath/basement entry.

20. Strip paper & paint my bedroom closet.

21. Add battery-powered light to my bedroom closet.

22. Figure out how to fix up 3rd floor bedroom.  Do it.

23. Have storage cabinet built for space between folding doors.

24. Finish removing green stuff from deck & power-wash.

25. Sand & paint deck.

26. Replace hand rails in front.

27. Sand & paint front doors; remove paint from hardware (interior & storm doors)

28. Fix storm door handle & door closer.

29. Remove carpet from upstairs hall & steps (at least).

30. Frame at least one of the two prints from women artists.

FINANCIAL/LEGAL

31. Keep up with balancing checkbook & filing bills/paperwork.

32. Pre-arrange cremation.

33. Organize photos on computer & on paper.

34. Sort & reorganize all paperwork: permanent/semi-permanent/ephemeral.

HEALTH
35. Go to gym 3-4 times weekly with a goal of 12 times monthly.
36. Brush teeth 2x per day & take vitamin at least 5 times per week.
37. Do a 1 to 2 mile walk-a-thon.
38. Swim at least 10 times in the summer.
39. Replace mattress.

FAMILY/FRIENDS/SOCIAL
40. Write catch-up letter to distant friends for Christmas 2019.
41. Print photos at least twice a year.
42. Find a place to meet with Kim (or whole family) for a visit.
43. Continue Book Group.
44. Continue Uvulati.
45. Join & attend "Hearts and Hands."
46. Find one additional group to join which meets at least monthly.
47. Go on bus trip through school district.
48. Attend quilt retreats & quilt days each year.

ENTERTAINMENT -- BOOKS & MOVIES

49. Watch 150 movies (up from 125)
50. Read 125 books (up from 60), including at least 30 I already own.
51. Include 15 titles read by Book Group before I joined.
52. Keep up with reading monthly Book Group books.
53. Complete annual Read Harder challenges.
54. Finish previous Read Harder challenges (2015 & 2017).

ENTERTAINMENT -- SOCIAL/TRAVEL

55. Do something social with each daughter at least once a year.
56. Go to NYC for play or musical at least once a year.
57. Go to a concert at least once a year.
58. Eat at 3 restaurants with new cuisines.
59. Go on a pleasure trip of at least 3 days by myself.
60. Visit University of Pennsylvania Museum for non-Egypt exhibits.
61. Go somewhere with D#1 where we haven't been before.
62. Go somewhere with D#2 where we haven't been before. 
63. Go back to Europe (London alone? With D#1? Somewhere with D#2?)
64. Plan family vacation (for all 3 of us), even is short & nearby.
65. Visit 6 more new states.
66. See & photograph sculpture of man breaking free at 16th & Vine.
67. Visit Museum of the American Revolution.
68. Visit Barnes Museum.
69. Visit museum at Eastern State Penitentary.
70. Re-visit Philadelphia Museum of Art.
71. Visit Rodin Museum.

HOBBIES
72. Make queen-size t-shirt quilt for D#2. 
73. Make curtains for my bedroom.
74. Make curtains for D#2's bedroom.
75. Set batik star blocks into top.
76. Set black & white stars into top.
77. Make temperature quilt for 1950-2020.
78. Put together rainbow quilt kit. 
79. Make cat quilt for BARCS auction or ?
80. Make cat pillowcases for Forgotten Cats or ?
81. Finish top (at least) of Grandmother's Flower Garden.
82. Finish 2 quilts from Civil War repros (Amelia, MSQC pattern)
83. Organize or make quilt for ALA auction.
84. Make at least 1 quilt from Asian fabrics.
85. Make minimum of 3 healing/comfort/Baby Bureau quilts per year.
86. Make "Stairway to Cat Heaven" wall hanging & embellish with beads, etc.
87. Plant more small bulbs all over yard & flower beds.

CHARITABLE/RELIGIOUS
88. Give blood once a year.
89. Read Bible daily during Lent.
90. Volunteer somewhere for at least 6 months.
91. Join Worship Committee at church for minimum of 1 year.
92. Work (with others?) to replace ribbons in hymnals.
93. Sign up with Libravox & record an audio book.
94. Make a gratitude journal & add on entry -- large or small -- daily.

EDUCATION/SELF-DEVELOPMENT
95. Take a yoga or dance class for minimum of 6 weeks.
96. Re-start blog for Day Zero Project, Part 2 & update progress at least monthly.
97. Write a least 2 blog posts monthly.
98. Research how to do genealogy research & begin Hunt/Miller lines.
99. Go on Road Scholar civil rights tour.
100. Enter movies seen into spreadsheet & keep up-to-date.
101. Enter books read into spreadsheet & keep up-to-date.

DZ Year 1 = May 1, 2019 to April 30, 2020

DZ Year 2 = May 1, 2020 to April 30, 2021

DZ Year 3 = May 1, 2021 to January 26, 2022