California Dreamin': 2025

Saturday, January 4, 2025

52 things to do in 2025

Here's my new list of goals, resolutions, things I want to do, things I think I should do, and hopefully there will be 52 of them.

1. Attend Gallifrey One
2. Go wine tasting in South Carolina (or North Carolina)
3. Join a book club
4. Go to a distillery (tasting)
5. Make pasta
6. Try six (6) new recipes (document)
7. 1SE (One Second Everyday) project
8. Scanning projects (pictures, old letters)
9. Blog once a week (in addition to pictures)
10. Keep photo diary
11. Walk 1,000 fitbit miles
12. Complete Couch to 5K
13. Go to the beach
14. Visit with Jennifer and David
15. Finish Grinch quilt
16. Make pillow cases
17. Raised bed for planting (dependent upon my SIL)
18. Plant lavender
19. Plant rosemary
20. Visit OS and family in Texas
21. Visit YS and family in Tennessee
22. Lose weight
23. Bake sourdough bread
24. Bake focaccia bread
25. Make Christmas cards
26. Update address list
27. Mail Christmas cards (by Dec 5)
28. Spend time with sister(s)
29. Visit Aunt Mearlene
30. Coffee with Amanda
31. Visit cousins
32. Go to Eagle Harbor in the fall
33. Crochet project
34. Go to Maryland to visit friends
35. Write down three things I'm thankful for everyday
36. Visit Nevada
37. Find a good Pho place nearby
38. Try new beers (document)
39. Yoga
40. Visit California
41. Make monthly goals
42. Write down 3 things that I'm thankful for each day
43. Crochet project
44. Complete a 1000-piece puzzle (a real challenge with kiddos around)
45. Go to a wine bar
46. Go to a new brewery (tasting)
47. Make sponge cake
48. Four intentional hikes/walks
49. Try a new restaurant
50. Visit a new place in S.C. (or N.C.)
51. Make something to wear

52. Make a list for 2026

Thursday, January 2, 2025

2024 - One Second Everyday (almost)

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

2024 Status Update

Here's a recap of how I did with my last year's goals, I only had 48 items on my list last year and I skipped #16, so there were only 47.

COMPLETED (21)

Trip to LA - Gallifrey One - DONE
Yoga - not a class but doing it with a TV teacher
Distillery or Brewery - tasting - Olde Mecklenburg Brewery - DONE
Bake a pie with homemade crust - DONE
Try new beers - DONE (but not posted)
1SE (one second everyday) project - incomplete but I'll post it in the next few days
Picture diary (a picture a day?) -- incomplete but done
Finish Mackenzie's quilt - DONE
Visit family in Tennessee - DONE
Go to the beach - DONE
Bake bread - tried a few different breads - failed at sourdough
Read through the entire Bible - DONE
Set up office - DONE
Set up sewing room - DONE
Have coffee time with Amanda - DONE
Watch grandsons' games - went to one soccer tournament AND one football game
Visit Aunt Mearlene - done (see pic in this link)
Spend time with my sister(s) - Anna came to visit
Visit Terri & Will - done (see pic in this link)
Find a way to visit with Nevada - DONE in October
Renew my passport - Done

INCOMPLETE (5)

6 New recipes - we did a few, not sure if it was six, so I'll have to put this back on my list for 2025 and keep track
Walk 1,000 fit bit miles - looks like I walked approximately 800
Finish Grinch quilt - pinned
Plant rosemary - have a rosemary plant
Visit cousins - saw them when I visited Aunt Mearlene

DIDN'T DO (21)

Join a book club
Go wine tasting in South Carolina
Make homemade pasta
Story Corp interviews
Participate in the A to Z Challenge
Work on scanning old pictures (need better scanner)
Work on scanning WWI era letters (see scanner note above)
Take a bike ride
Make pillow cases
Refinish a piece of furniture
Visit family in Texas
Plant a garden (raised bed)
Plant lavender
Take a photography course
Continue cookie bake off with Nevada
Exercise more
Take 12 hikes/walks
Lose 25 pounds
Go to a zoo
Complete Couch to 5K
Go to Eagle Harbor in the fall