—Heather’s list of fun/challenging/interesting things to do:
*#3. Make a strawberry cake from scratch.
I used this recipe, and somewhat oddly for me, I didn’t even fiddle with it. And not only did I make this yummy cake, but I made it using strawberries from our own garden. And of course, I had darling Heather in mind, not only as I baked but also I ate this scrumptiousness.
—Pat’s list of movies:
#25. Fried Green Tomatoes.
I’d actually seen this movie before, but sheesh, that was couple decades ago and I didn’t remember much other than the fact that I’d enjoyed it. I wanted to find a movie to watch while doing a little scrapbooking, so I started checking netflix to find a movie from Pat’s list that was available streaming. When I noticed that this was only going to be available through the first of July, I knew that was the one. Thank you, Pat–I loved seeing this movie again. All the more with you in my thoughts as I did so. 🙂
—Jean’s list of creative endeavors:
#28. Write a letter in a circle, from the outside to the inside.
Easy to Jean in mind for this one, as the letter was to her. 😀
#16. Bake 50 different kinds of cookies.
World’s Greatest Peanut Butter Cookies. I’m not sure their name is really accurate, but they are darn good. Though I made them with crunchy peanut butter, you know, because why wouldn’t you?!! (40/50)
#14. Drink 50 different beers.
Cardinal Pale Ale. (27/50)
Prairie Standard. (28/50)
Hayseed. (29/50)
#24. Write 50 handwritten letters.
To Care, the letter queen. (11/50)
And to Jean. (12/50)
#37. Read 50 books I’d never heard of before buying/checking out from the library.
Genocide by Jane Springer. (31/50)
#41. Read 50 non-fiction books, each about a different country.
An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President by Randal Robinson (10/50)
#44. Read 50 science/nature books.
Songbird Journeys: Four Seasons in the Lives of Migratory Birds by Miyoko Chu (16/50)
Our Million and One (most of these items have pictures with them on the linked page):
#31. Drink a beer brewed in each of the 50 states.
Nebraska–Cardinal Pale Ale by the Nebraska Brewing Company (15/50)
Oklahoma–Prairie Standard by Prairie Artisan Ales (16/50)
Ohio–Burning River Pale Ale by Great Lakes Brewing Company (17/50)
New Hampshire–Hayseed, Smuttynose Brewing Company (18/50)
#99. Eat at a diner. The Scottsville Diner on July 10th. Done!
#132. Try every type of Deans Beans.
Arctic Sunrise (1/31-ish)
#184. Go to the Lilac Festival. This was actually in May, but I’d forgotten to record it.
#185. Go back to Mount Hope Cemetery. On July 3rd.
#190. Read Neverwhere. We finished up on July 9th. We both loved it!
#211. Have a coffee at Boulder Coffee Company. On July 3rd.
#214. Visit every branch of the Monroe County Library system.
Webster Public Library in mid-June. It’s in a strip mall, which seems odd. Looks are deceiving though, as it’s actually fairly big and rather nice inside.
Scottsville Public Library on July 10th. Very small, but very cool. It’s housed in a quaint old building, that I think was a church.
#256. Eat at a deli. Went to Pelligrinos on July 3rd. I had what was quite possibly the best sub of my life–the Mediterranean sans the olives. Rich had the Cuban and really loved his too.
#334. Play bocce. At the family reunion on the 4th of July.
Reading Challenges:
Haiti, non-fiction setting: An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President by Randall Robinson
1997–The House You Pass on the Way by Jacqueline Woodson.
#51. birds
Songbird Journeys: Four Seasons in the Lives of Migratory Birds by Miyoko Chu
#88. the Caribbean
An Unbroken Agony: Haiti, From Revolution to the Kidnapping of a President by Randall Robinson
*Read a million pages before I die.
I’m now down to 949,496 pages to go.
talking to myself 