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1 | ACCOMPLISHMENTS | CATEGORY | |
2 | Tried many new recipes. | Around the House | |
3 | Successfully made "Garbage Plate" hot sauce. | Around the House | |
4 | Mastered the art of fermentation—red onions, hard boiled eggs, sauerkraut (Peruvian Sauerkraut, Indian Sauerkraut, kimchi), garlic cloves in honey, and sourdough starters (regular flour, rye flour, and spelt flour). | Around the House | |
5 | Mastered baking 3 kinds of Cheesecake, a Chocolate Cake, a Carrot Cake, and a Red Velvet cake. | Around the House | |
6 | Made some really tasty recipes. | Around the House | |
7 | Made fresh butter. | Around the House | |
8 | Made bagels and tortillas, and got my Hungarian goulash recipe the way I want it. | Around the House | |
9 | Made a kickass ratatouille (and I burn toast, so BIG cooking accomplishment right there). | Around the House | |
10 | Made a chocolate French silk pie which was way harder than I thought it would be, but oh so wonderful. | Around the House | |
11 | Learned to bake bomber sourdough with rye and oats and bulgar wheat. | Around the House | |
12 | Learned how to make brownies. (doesn't everyone already know how to do that?) | Around the House | |
13 | Embarked on many elaborate cooking adventures, including making tempeh from scratch for the first time. | Around the House | |
14 | Cooked dinner each night. | Around the House | |
15 | Became a way more confident baker, especially with yeast, and made homemade goat cheese and pickles. | Around the House | |
16 | Baked something new every Saturday, which has been extremely therapeutic for me. My kiddos love my Dutch oven artisan bread! | Around the House | |
17 | Baked more types of bread and soups, Indian food, Used InstaPot to make yogurt, Frermented saurkraut, Made Neapolitan pizza in an outdoor propane oven | Around the House | |
18 | Baked a ton of very new to me cookies, good meals, and other goodies . | Around the House | |
19 | Baked a lot of bread and still doing so every 2 weeks… and I gained weight from the bread! | Around the House | |
20 | Ate at least three batches of homemade frozen cookie dough (over many months, not like all at once or anything). | Around the House | |
21 | Got 3 replacement Espresso machines—two worked poorly and were returned. The latest is a Pod machine and it’s working fine so far. | Around the House | |
22 | Bought the biggest Bialetti espresso maker possible. | Around the House | |
23 | Went through all old school related paperwork, and recycled about 90% of it. | Around the House | |
24 | Revamped my entire wardrobe. I still had clothes in my closet from my 20's...it had to go! | Around the House | |
25 | Finally organized that junk drawer. | Around the House | |
26 | Every paper in my house has been touched in the last year. I went through all the boxes in the attic and all my many boxes of teaching stuff. At one point, I had my recycling roller completely filled with discarded papers--so very satisfying to think of that volume of stuff out of the house. | Around the House | |
27 | Did a lot of downsizing - of clothes and books especially - and took them to places where they can be used, and took plastics and documents to Eco Park recycling center. | Around the House | |
28 | Cleaned out every drawer, closet, and cupboard I could think of, then donated as much stuff as I could convince my family that we didn't need. | Around the House | |
29 | Killed dozens of black widow spiders with homemade peppermint spray. | Around the House | |
30 | Updated the kitchen and bathroom. | Around the House | |
31 | Ripped up carpet, scraped off wallpaper, painted, put up bookshelves (all with help), hung things (including curtains), backsplash, etc. | Around the House | |
32 | Renovated my upstairs. | Around the House | |
33 | Removed caulk gunk from the edges of my built-in dining room hutch (those you see in period homes) and baseboards, and re-caulked. | Around the House | |
34 | Rearranged my living room, swapped the dining room with the living room, rearranged the living room again. | Around the House | |
35 | Rearranged every room in the apartment so all 4 of us as a family could fit all day long into our dwelling. | Around the House | |
36 | Painted the dining room (from outdated gold to soft gray) and living room (from darkish ecru to soft gray). | Around the House | |
37 | Painted the basement, a shelf, a dresser, and a desk turquoise | Around the House | |
38 | Painted the bar in our basement. | Around the House | |
39 | Painted my fireplace. | Around the House | |
40 | Painted my bedroom after 5+ years of living with a shiny brick red accent wall and three shiny dark grey walls. | Around the House | |
41 | Kept up with the laundry and dishes. Took a couple showers a week. | Around the House | |
42 | Installed new curtain hooks, light switch wall plates, and new ceiling fans (after 6+ years of procrastinating!). | Around the House | |
43 | Fixed and added more/better lighting to the basement, garage and attic. | Around the House | |
44 | Finally put art on my walls! (And then I bought more art and put that up too!) | Around the House | |
45 | Finally had new granite countertops installed to replace the 20-year-old laminate ones that came with the house when we bought it 6 years ago. | Around the House | |
46 | Designed our new kitchen with my partner. | Around the House | |
47 | Designed a new kitchen for my condo. | Around the House | |
48 | Cleaned out drains, replanted some indoor plants, put out recycling every Wednesday, and fed the birds outside. | Around the House | |
49 | Built shelves for my daughter's room with my new, YEARS-wanted, miter saw! My favorite accomplishment! | Around the House | |
50 | Built a bathroom vanity, and an acoustic box/display stand for my parents' antique Christmas tree stand. | Around the House | |
51 | Bought paint for upstairs bathroom the first weekend of quarantine in Mar. 2020 and finally painted it in Apr. 2021! | Around the House | |
52 | Got a house! | Around the House | |
53 | Bought my first house (I've never lived in an owned house before). | Around the House | |
54 | Bought a house with my partner! | Around the House | |
55 | Learned to really enjoy brewing/drinking a cup of loose leaf tea most mornings (thanks to Happy Earth Tea!). | Around the House | |
56 | Listened to the song "Good Day, Sunshine" 36 times within a 2 week span. | Around the House | |
57 | My partner and I bought a basketball hoop. We both played basketball in high school and started playing again recently, which has been a really great way for us to connect and be competitive. | Connections to Friends & Family | |
58 | Had multiple picnics with friends on my own front lawn. | Connections to Friends & Family | |
59 | Survived a ZOOM reunion with my boarding school classmates, most of whom I hadn't seen in 24 years. | Connections to Friends & Family | |
60 | Walked the dog more often. | Connections to Friends & Family | |
61 | Got 2 kittens from a farmer in Buffalo to join our family. "Ziggy Stardust" and "Mando Calrissian." My children have been asking for 2 years. I love them even though I've only had dogs growing up all my life. I have never really been around cats. | Connections to Friends & Family | |
62 | Brought my cat outside in a harness - She hated it! | Connections to Friends & Family | |
63 | Adopted two puppies. | Connections to Friends & Family | |
64 | Adopted two of the most affectionate cats. They bring me immense joy. | Connections to Friends & Family | |
65 | Administered medications twice a day to our 2 dogs and cat. Saint Francis seems to find our home a suitable place to live for animals who need on-going medications. | Connections to Friends & Family | |
66 | Talk to more/spent more time with my siblings. | Connections to Friends & Family | |
67 | Spoke to my mother on the phone every day. | Connections to Friends & Family | |
68 | Reconnected with a few special friends from my past that I didn't know I missed, and needed!!! | Connections to Friends & Family | |
69 | Overcame my distaste for video and phone calls. | Connections to Friends & Family | |
70 | Learned to enjoy video chats with friends (in the past I always refused to FaceTime). | Connections to Friends & Family | |
71 | Kept some (but not all) houseplants alive. | Connections to Friends & Family | |
72 | Had weekly Zoom dinner dates with my mom. | Connections to Friends & Family | |
73 | Got to spend SO much time with my dear husband and laughed a lot, got annoyed some, practiced sharing gratitude often. | Connections to Friends & Family | |
74 | Embraced my time with my dear Dad and our precious dog Blossom, my time with close friends, and the aroma of our Toasted Southern Pecan coffee, in the mornings! | Connections to Friends & Family | |
75 | Discovered that plants in my home are a necessity yet have never been able to keep any alive, so that's another goal I'm reaching for. | Connections to Friends & Family | |
76 | Didn't strangle my husband. Haha...just kidding. He has been a superstar partner and nothing makes you appreciate that more than being around each other 24/7 through the weirdest and hardest year of life ever. | Connections to Friends & Family | |
77 | Brought an orchid back from the brink of death. | Connections to Friends & Family | |
78 | Watched my nephew(s) get older and smarter from afar without ever crying because I couldn't just go visit. | Connections to Friends & Family | |
79 | Did a lot of cross stitch, Ukrainian eggs, photography, baking & cooking, and I built a DIY mini bookstore. | Creative Endeavours | |
80 | Used the dancing sloth emoji in text messages -- frequently. | Creative Endeavours | |
81 | Played the trumpet poorly. | Creative Endeavours | |
82 | Had a guitar restrung and tuned so I could learn to play... but haven't opened the case since. | Creative Endeavours | |
83 | Watched lots of British shows on Netflix. | Creative Endeavours | |
84 | Watched a 12 part documentary about women filmakers and told my family it was a "class" and not to bother me when I was watching. I learned a hell of a lot, too. | Creative Endeavours | |
85 | Used up 36+ tubes of glitter paint, a dozen pieces of chalk, 6+ watercolor sets, and a thing of fingerpaints. | Creative Endeavours | |
86 | Used a lot of fabric scraps to make: An alphabet for H, a baby quilt for little M, an advent calendar for my parents, a blanket for C, a pair of pants mended for my husband's birthday, a hat for dad, a dress for myself, and lots of other small things for family and friends. | Creative Endeavours | |
87 | Took several free online classes through the public library system including a drawing class! (the illustration is a freehand copy of Frida Kahlo's "Still Life With Parrot") | Creative Endeavours | |
88 | Stopped: Trying to finish books I don't like. | Creative Endeavours | |
89 | Started re-learning French again on a language learning app. | Creative Endeavours | |
90 | Started doing jigsaw puzzles for the first time, which proved to be excellent physical therapy for my arm, which was recovering from elbow surgery. I completed dozens of puzzles, working my way up to more challenging ones, including four 2000-piece puzzles. | Creative Endeavours | |
91 | Rewatched Arrested Development. | Creative Endeavours | |
92 | Read SO many books that had been sitting on the shelves for years, waiting to be read. | Creative Endeavours | |
93 | Read books on the Kindle. Love it. | Creative Endeavours | |
94 | Read at least 15 fantastic books/memoirs. | Creative Endeavours | |
95 | Read a lot more than I used to. Last year, I read 22 books. This year, I’ve read 13 books so far (as of May 2021). I’m on book #14 right now. | Creative Endeavours | |
96 | Read a few books. | Creative Endeavours | |
97 | Read 60 books in 2020, 27 so far (as of May 2021). | Creative Endeavours | |
98 | Read 60 books in 2020 (about 20 more than in a normal year), and reviewed most of them on the blog I started in Jan. 2020 at NewYorkTate.com. | Creative Endeavours | |
99 | Read 50 books. | Creative Endeavours | |
100 | Read 25 books already this year (thanks, grad school)! | Creative Endeavours |