Friday, December 31, 2021

100 things that made my year 2021

 100 Things of 2021

 Here's is 2020's list: link Here is 2018's list: link  Here's 2017's list: link

  1. Food. mom’s raspberry cookie bars and peanut butter cookies with reese’s pieces
  2. applesauce in the Instant Pot
  3. steak with cheese and mushroom (cook for 2) 
  4. sweet potato tacos, roasted potato tacos, great avocoo sauce
  5. mushroom barley soup; ,
  6. peanut tofu broccoli;
  7. lentil bulger salad,brussel sprout salad, balela salad
  8. good guac and ice cream;
  9. Rice pudding in instant pot
  10. Others: turkey rachel with homemade 1000 island; roasted tomato and bean soup;
  11. Accomplishments. I complete my first 100 blog posts.  (Then move on to 450!)
  12. Biking to work 3x Jan 6-8; bike 4x Jan week 2; bike 41x thru May; see hawks
  13. 3 grateful -someone else, something, and yourself
  14. complete 2017-2020 DRL history
  15. build garden boxes, fences, trellis
  16. I create a spreadsheet called Middle Seasons to track the yearly seasons
  17. vegetable garden diary; lots of nature notes
  18. I had 2 McDoubles on Wed for Lunch… otherwise it’s been almost 2 weeks since any meat
  19. House projects: hot water heater, condensate pump, floor drain, fixed fence; get masonry job done
  20. Quick pickles with garden cukes, lots of bottle of onions and jalapenos
  21. Experiential Learning. Zoom cooking lesson with Iliana Regan
  22. finish 12 songs “album”
  23. Making hummus and pickles
  24. King Arthur flour breadmaking videos on Youtube… Jeff someone
  25. 7:20 trees, lit up like candles (tops bright red, bottoms in shadow);
  26. successful sourdough raisin cinnamon
  27. completed CEL presentation
  28. Movies: Thou Shalt Not Kill, the Alpinist, Never Let Me Go, Muhammad Ali doc The Crown, 
  29.  start thinking about “catalogs”.. The world is a vast opportunity
  30. when I was driving to menards to today, I was open for signs from the universe. Family of geese leaped out by LT forcing a quick stop. Then, at funeral home, line of cars top traffic.  Think about “what is meaning of these signs”?
  31.  Adventuring/Nature/Trips. find new Bemis trails in winter
  32. beautiful forest on walk after snow;
  33. birthday trip to Delafield - XC ski at Lapham’s Peak
  34. woodpeckers and hummingbirds in yard;
  35. Trip to Burlington: Hen in the Pot, bike the Colchester Causeway, restaurant by Foam brewery, hotel Vermont
  36. Madison sourdough, williamson Coop; Olbrich Botanic Gardens; 
  37. Return to Scuppernog trail in Kettle Moraine
  38.  Back yard - tracking first cardinals, eggplants in pots, toad lilies open in back yard (trout?)
  39. 8 days.(?) in a row of walking 60 mins in Bemis/ listen to book; earlier in Bemis: Salamander!
  40. bike to Naperville for year-end party
  41. People. Each night, J, lying in bed, says “I had a good day with you. Thank you. I really enjoyed walking in the woods in the snow.” (or whatever)
  42. J’s ‘anniversary’ card
  43. dad helps install light and outlet in basement
  44. on a frigid (-4 degree) walk.. Many WS people shoveling, being cheerful and saying hi…. It occurs to me that there’s a lot of people who like being here in the neighborhood.. ‘Happy to be here.’
  45. Bob, Mary, Anita, Leo, cleaning sewer water in our basement while we’re on honeymoon
  46. Bob helping me with hot water heater, landscape project, garage door opener
  47. Mom sending garden photos and store sales
  48.  Thubten Chodron Open Hearted Life lectures
  49.  WDCB - Paul Abella as DJ;
  50.  Terry Bruns - brings gourds, always making things nicer, always being thoughtful and caring
  51. Learning. Broaden and Build theory - enjoyment, happiness, joy, love, hope, pride, interest, inspired, at ease, calm
  52. 40-day med course - Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach
  53. Richard Schwartz/Tim Ferriss podcast;
  54. JKZ pandemic videos: where is your mind at this moment? Where is your heart in this moment?” how is it in the body in this moment? Is it possible to be fully here?  Not a prisoner of fears, projections or thoughts, or even the circumstances and conditions… the curriculum of the moment is…
  55. Pickleball
  56.  ‘have no fear” or ”there is nothing to be frightened of.”;
  57.  Leo Babauta - today's an opportunity for... and daily questions
  58.  
  59.  Gottman Marriage Minutes... much wisdom about rituals, "small things often," praising, the type of words we use
  60.  new-style Budget (based on Google sheet example)
  61. Music. Beethoven - SQ #132 (#15 in A minor) III. Adagio molto;
  62. Mozart SQ #21
  63. Mozart SQ #23
  64. Shostakovich SQ #8
  65. Pinegrove band
  66. Beethoven - SQ #15 and #16;
  67. Mahler #9, #1
  68. Glenn Gould, Beethoven Symph transcripts for piano
  69.  Concerts: Julian Lage, Frank Catalano, S.G. Googman, Son Volt
  70.  Old friends making good music: Dirty Projectors, Bright Eyes, Dinosaur Jr., relistening to Magnolia Electric Company "Farewell Transmission"
  71. Life Hacks. thinking (after watching Goldsworthy) about not having space between things -- one task to the next...work…
  72. make list of things to listen to at work: m-1988(etc...week focus of 50 years)/Gioa; tu-classical; albums from my list to listen to; w-gioiga; WDCB; Th-1959; ATLT; F - best jazz (dumped playlist; Gioia”
  73. weekly med schedule: M- goodness/ blessings; Tu Core; W forgiveness/peace; Th - body scan; F- LK; Sa - beyond thoughts; Su-LKM
  74. When I make a good recipe, why don’t I add it to my menu a month or two away right away?
  75.  I ask J falling asleep- what was the best part of your day? That would be a good thing to continue, but to tell her mine
  76. have food staples on hand - beans, cruciferous, grain salad,
  77.  grateful: one person, one thing, me
  78.  Wednesday soups
  79.   Connect 3: connect to 3 people each day (Jennie, friends, family); reach out; keep a notebook to check up on (what matters to people, good reads to share, projects, kids, life situations)
  80. Blog index, reflecting on thinking continually, trying to make something like year review, Ideas for Life
  81. Things.  Delafield Coffee Tables. Raw wood.
  82. Publican bread;
  83. Sassy Cow - “the sassy” 4 scoops, any flavor - lemon, vanilla, chocolate malt, smores
  84. shelf of local breads at Williamson Co-op
  85. hummingbird sitting on top brach in Olbrich Garden, wings extended, taking shower in sprinkler
  86.  7 Stars foodstore … pita, tahini, 2# bulger
  87. Irish cheese at Aldi;
  88.  new Berkey - good coffee!
  89.  New Sunny stationary bike
  90.  Air Fryer; Mandoline
  91. TBD. Crying in H-Mart
  92. Ted Kooser
  93. Forest Unseen
  94. Boomtown - Anderson
  95. From the Freud Archive
  96. Richardson- Emerson bio
  97. Pollan - This is Your Mind on Plants;
  98. Bewilderment - Richard Powers
  99. Killing Commendatore - Murakami
  100. Write Just One Song - Tweedy
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