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Category: Lists

  • List #16: 100 Things that made my Year – 2024

    List #16: 100 Things that made my Year – 2024

    Stealing this idea from Austin Kleon. You can see 2023’s post here and 2022’s post here. What things would make your top 100 list?

  • List #15: All my NABLOPOMO Posts

    List #15: All my NABLOPOMO Posts

    So this is the last day of NaBloPoMo, hosted by San at the “in between is mine“. I made it, although my Feedly is next level. It has been wonderful getting to know some new bloggers this year, and I think I made it to everyone’s blog at least a few times a week. I…

  • List #14: Return to Running Program

    List #14: Return to Running Program

    Earlier this year, I got a stress fracture in my foot. It finally healed in July, but I put off a serious return to running until after I’d done the Camino—I did not want to jeopardise our holiday. I feel like the days of strenuous walking while we were away helped build more strength in…

  • List #13: Some More Things to Do If I Make It Back to Paris

    List #13: Some More Things to Do If I Make It Back to Paris

    I’ve now been to Paris twice, spending a full week both times. There are so many sites to see, but that must be balanced with time to stroll or sit and soak up the ambience. Not to mention making time to try all.the.food. Here’s my list of all the things that didn’t quite make the…

  • List #12: Soups on Regular rotation

    List #12: Soups on Regular rotation

    This is another post about soup for Julie and Tobia’s Cool Bloggers Autumn Soup Challenge. When the kids were younger, we would have pumpkin and red lentil soup with toasted cheese sandwiches at least every one to two weeks. It was my easy go-to meal. No recipe … I would eyeball everything in lieu of actual measurements and…

  • List #11: Decisions I need to Make

    List #11: Decisions I need to Make

    A list of decisions I need to make at the moment: What’s on your mind at the moment?

  • 101 Things: 400 Day Review

    101 Things: 400 Day Review

    I started my 101 Things list on September 11th 2023. I’m checking my progress every 100 days. At the end of the first 300 days, I calculated that I was 25.4% complete. The 400 day mark came and went while we were away. Let’s see how I went in the next 100 days … I calculate that’s an…

  • List # 10: Five Simple Household Items That Make Life Better

    List # 10: Five Simple Household Items That Make Life Better

    I’m not a person who is into things, but sometimes you find something that is so much better than the crappy thing you’ve been using for years, that you have to acknowledge it. Here are five things from our house that make my life easier. 2. My Microplane. This makes it so easy to get…

  • List #9: Some more Pet Peeves

    List #9: Some more Pet Peeves

    Over to you. The comment section is open for complaints!

  • 101 Things in 1001 Days: 300-Day Check-In

    101 Things in 1001 Days: 300-Day Check-In

    I started my 101 Things list on September 11th 2023. I’m checking my progress every 100 days. At the end of the first 200 days, I calculated that I was 19.96% complete. Let’s see how I went in the next 100 days … So that works out to be 5.42% more of the list complete which means I…