• participate in horseshoe crab tagging program
• take horseshoe crab tagging training
• 0 1
  make plans for May 1st General Strike
• try ikebena
• read a book about ikebana
• thin and repot seedlings
• try growing carrots in a big pot
• delete pinterest account
• bookmark sites of pinterest pins for reference
• read 2001
• make a treat for unschooler's gathering
• repair broken jewelry
• go for a walk in crow's woods
• 0 2
  have a snowball fight
• get a very very very short haircut
• help L to catch more fish this year
• get the little cat to walk on a leash
• take my husband on 12 dates
• 1 0
  read some Russian science fiction
• find another theater opportunity for L
• plant something that will climb Z's driveway fence
• try making a day's supply of hot tea in the crock pot
• kick off 2012 with a good house cleaning
• try making freezer meals
• order new calender pages before I run out in August
• 5 0
  watch 5 of the movies I keep "meaning to watch"
• find and make a new recipe for barley soup
• help L make cupcakes
• re-read the Hitchhiker's Guide series
• read 50 books by June 30th
• lose 100 possessions
• 4 2
  create a 5 cups of tea per day reminder system
• give away L's outgrown clothing
• return to keeping a food and exercise journal
• 2 0
  grow green onions from cuttings
• make a gutter garden
• have a tea party with L
• 
  attend an art/craft-related workshop
• 3 1
  make coffee liqueur at home
• update my passwords
• repurpose a toy
• create a "night before" system and stick to it for a month
• 1 1
  repurpose a book
• go through L's bookshelves and get rid of no longer used books
• relieve my bedroom shelves of little-used and already-read books
• get rid of my little-worn clothing
• take everything out of the pantry and attach it to a meal or recipe (use it all up)
• 0 1
  have another unplugged weekend
• 
  have another unplugged week
• take a walk before 6 am
• visit the RN nature center
• celebrate my 52nd birthday
• give cookie crumbs to ants
• meditate in the garden
• organize a beach day with other unschooling families
• make quesadillas with L
• find a new spot for the toad house
• eat a whole pint of low-cal sorbet in one sitting
• read a book about vermicomposting
• walk to the point
• 
  walk to the castle
• check out the local consignment store (find out how consigning there works)
• organize and pare down bookmarked recipes
• 3 0
  cook something Russian
• ebay writing program with dvds
• go camping
• acquire or borrow a tent and sleeping bags for my family
• 0 1
  go a week without spending money on anything (including gas)
• 1 1
  make an outdoor worm compost box
• take more photos of horseshoe crabs at night
• show L how to clean fish
• 
  learn beekeeping
• 0 1
  collect data for the horseshoe crab study
• try growing birdhouse gourds
• plant more cucumbers on the fence
• give Tet Lee a birthday party
• update home organizer notebook
• watch a Russian-made film
• introduce L to Bullwinkle cartoons
• write something every day for a month
• organize paper recipes
• keep a garden journal for 2012
• 2 2
  walk in the rain (not to get somewhere)
• host a women's wine night
• buy tomato plants from roxy guy
• make a plan for fall gardening
• bake something for H to share at work
• drink green tea daily x 14
• leave a gift for the neighbor's dogs on National Dog Day
• back up photos to disc and file in lock box
• 
  make a mushroom spore print
• 
  grow pole beans
• make crystalized ginger
• 4 0
  make vanilla extract
• read Breakfast at Tiffany's
• help L make real mac and cheese (not the box kind)
• eat a sandwich using a knife and fork
• try on some nice boots
• 
  have a no-technology day (including electric lights)
• make a new playlist for the car
• bake a gingerbread from scratch
• make watermelon soup
• 
  make a wreath
• 0 1
  read Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
• have a good laugh
• go to a yard sale
• 
  sharpen all the pencils in both cups and drawer
• 1 0
  listen to a band I've never heard before
• make something out of old keys
• pull 5 random things out of the pantry and use them within a week
• make a nerve-calming tincture
• 0 1
  try soap making
• find a new kale recipe and make it
• surprise someone
• give H a massage with oil
• find some low-calorie smoothie recipes and make one
• make a Blizzard Kit for house
• 3 0
  have a no-spend month http://smallnotebook.org/2010/07/01/the-no-spend-month/
• display L's self portrait
• frame L's self portrait
• create a 100 Recipes to Try folder
• 1 0
  celebrate National Day of Reason in May
• find a new tofu recipe and make it
• make spaghetti sauce
• create a vitamin/supplement reminder system
• take L to a ballet performance
• 
  photograph breakfast
• 
  take photos of a cat
• make and freeze low-sugar applesauce
• 
  take L to Herk
• 
  take L cloud watching
• do something about L's room
• personal
• do something about the bedroom
• make a crafts project folder
• 
  make a large veggie platter and share it with a friend
• call a friend and meet for coffee
• have a snowball fight
• buy L an ice cream maker
• see a film at Medi Art Theater
• read another graphic novel
• make a mobile or wind chime
• grow some hanging edible plants
• have a supper using only root vegetables
• 3 0
  try making a poached egg
• write a list of 10 things to like about winter (which I generally despise)
• sew something
• bring some Wookie Cookies to J @ BBD
• 1 0
  help L bake Wookie Cookies
• 
  treat L at the candy shop
• 0 1
  watch Elf with L and make chocolate chip and candy cane pancakes with syrup and whipped cream (skip the candy corn)
• clean out the cabinet next to the stove
• 1 0
  do not sit on the sofa before 6 pm x 10 days
• read a biography
• compare cost of making laundry detergent with what I usually buy
• drink wine with dinner
• send a postcard to a manager regarding an especially helpful employee
• drink only water x 10 days
• bake a casserole
• 
  find out what the heck is in my closet
• replace standard light bulbs with an energy-efficient type
• organize the under-the-stairs pantry
• make beer bread
• talk to a gardener or read about which edibles can be planted in the shade
• plant more mint
• put something decorative in garden
• draw up plans for summer 2012 gardens
• 152 0
  create a container garden in driveway
• put a long-handled scrubber in the shower
• stock up on staples and paper clips
• find a file cabinet for H
• 
  take L to the big cemetery to do drawings
• 
  drink hot chocolate on the beach
• write something every day for a month
• shower in the dark
• read in the bath tub
• celebrate Extraterrestrial Culture Day (2nd Tuesday in February)
• 1 1
  watch Groundhog Day on Groundhog Day
• eat a grapefruit every day for 2 weeks
• drink everything with a straw for a day
• celebrate Talk Like a Pirate Day on September 19th
• participate in the Great Backyard Bird Count in February
• 
  switch to decaf for a week
• wander the library and let a book "find me"
• go to a museum and sit in front of a painting for awhile (breathe)
• 
  sleep in for a change
• 
  go mushroom hunting (with camera) at FT
• name my car
• 
  feed the seagulls with L
• 
  eat an apple a day x 20
• 
  complete a 26 Things photo challenge
• try on a dress
• have a family meeting
• make something from Vegan Lunchbox
• make spaghetti with meatballs and eat the whole meal with fingers
• 
  do a 24-hour fast
• make something using pears
• 
  build a sandcastle with L
• phone M
• spend a whole day cooking and baking for the freezer
• buy a bottle of sake and drink some with H
• finish Wreck This Journal
• read The Great Gatsby
• invite someone over for waffles
• make something using mandarin oranges
• wear a pedometer for a day
• learn to fold an origami crane
• make pumpkin chicken chowder
• throw away a dollar on a lotto ticket
• forage wild rose hips for tea
• 1 1
  set loose a message in a bottle
• 
  make a fruit salad with 5 or more fruits
• 
  make a family Thanksgiving tree
• have a candlelight dinner outdoors
• get eyebrows waxed
• have a long soak in the tub
• have a pajama day at home (tun the phone off, too)
• wake up to a clean house and no dirty dishes x 10
• learn 20 words in ASL
• make lasagna
• watch a comedy that I have never seen before
• visit the new Italian grocery
• go on a picnic
• replace L's mattress
• 1 0
  have S over for dinner or lunch
• have coffee with H at Solly
• put a love note in H's lunch box
• 0 2
  take a nap
• talk to an agent about life insurance for H
• make a birthdays book so I never forget anyone's special day
• stick to a weekly grocery budget for 6 weeks by using cash
• try 3 new-to-me herbal teas
• stock up on frozen wild salmon
• renew L's passport (summer 2012)
• 3 2
  go beachcombing with L and make "monsters" with what we find
• find a new lentils recipe and cook it
• meditate for 15 minutes x 15
• 0 1
  use Total Gym x 30
• do exercise video x 40
• read a book by Vandana Shiva
• read an extra book for spring semester SF group
• read an extra book for fall semester SF group
• make zucchini bread with zuc from my own garden
• 
  unplug for a week
• 
  unplug for a weekend
• draw 3 pictures for garden journal
• listen to an unschooling podcast (HS)
• vacuum out car
• bake a bread other than "white"
• cook with a bean I've never tried before
• 0 1
  attend another unschooler gathering (HS)
• start a tax envelope (put it on the fridge)
• attend a lecture @ the library (HS)
• help P set up HS cooking class (HS)
• take cats to vet for updates
• make L's annual physical appointment
• 3 1
  clean up bookmarks and make folders
• 
  walk GNH nature trail
• make papier mache mushrooms
• make pumpkin pie with L (HS)
• 1 2
  make a snowman
• 2 0
  go letterboxing again
• find letterboxing journal and stamps
• read a Lovecraft story
• 
  attend another peace vigil
• 2 1
  attend a fair
• find a birthday gift for H
• print out these goals to keep in appointment book
• 
  try a new (to me) farmer's market
• do at least one Walktober hike this fall (HS)
• find out where to buy apple seconds/drops this fall
• make L's Halloween costume (HS)
• make salsa
• 
  attend an event at Prov gallery
• 1 0
  make sushi for an anime party
• clean refrigerator coils
• 4 1
  clean out email folders
• have another joke supper
• have another poetry supper
• 
  throw a family party for DB's birthday
• 
  give L a fun birthday week
• take family on a Perseids-gazing outing
• dig out yoga cards and try it for a week
• bookcross 25 more books
• help H lose 20 more lbs
• complete annual dental
• complete annual gyn
• attend another gallery opening @ FG
• 
  attend another gallery opening @ LA
• 1 0
  attend a conference
• attend a workshop
• try shampoo made for gray hair
• read Robinson Crusoe
• read Catcher in the Rye
• 
  watch writing institute dvd (HS)
• visit the hardware place in G and tie-in with book (HS)
• attend a CT @ GPL
• 
  bake a cake in the pressure cooker (HS)
• wrap the water heater
• clean out my car's trunk
• buy a larger food processor
• use the fireplace
• 1 1
  read another China Mielville novel
• read another Alastair Reynolds novel
• read another Coyote book
• 2 1
  have a Doctor Who supper (include fish fingers and custard) (HS)
• try a recipe from Star Trek cookbook (HS)
• 
  keep garden journal for 2011
• receive 5 seed catalogs
• portfolio: ww2 study (HS)
• portfolio: 8 gr writing (HS)
• check out teen volunteer ops @ C-museum (HS)
• 
  go fishing (HS)
• expand stair garden in spring
• 
  submit a photo to LLP
• attend at least one play
• send 4 cards to NJ
• find a theater opportunity (HS)
• 
  put beehive in yard (HS)
• 1 0
  get sewing machine working (HS)
• 0 1
  make 5 necklaces
• 1 0
  start seeds on porch for next year's garden
• finish unpacking
• 1 0
  audit a college class
• try wearing scarves
• 1 1
  try home canning

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Updated the 12 Weeks of Clean Challenge

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