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Category: Lists

  • List #47: All my NaBloPoMo posts for 2025

    List #47: All my NaBloPoMo posts for 2025

    So how did NaBloPoMo go this year? Well I posted everyday, but I’m glad that I decided to revive my 25 words post format because those posts saved me on the days that were just too busy. I had four of those posts. I also made good use of lists posts, which means I only…

  • List #46:Good Things Friday November 2025

    List #46:Good Things Friday November 2025

    For the second month in a row, when this post is published I’ll be heading away for a long weekend. This time I’m off to Pop and Pour, an annual food and wine festival. We have been going for the last few years with our friends from running. There will be a lot of eating,…

  • List #45: Today’s Shopping List

    List #45: Today’s Shopping List

    I normally write out my shopping or errands list in my notebook and then take a photo of it for when I’m at the shop. My photo reel has photos like this sprinkled throughout. Today I am making Smoky Chickpea, Red Lentil & Vegetable Soup, but I already have more than half the ingredients I…

  • List #44: 10 Recent Purchases

    List #44: 10 Recent Purchases

    A list of the last 10 purchases on my credit card. What kinds of things would be on your list?

  • List #43:Summer Veggies in my Wicking Bed
  • 101 Things in 1001 Days: 800-day Checkin

    101 Things in 1001 Days: 800-day Checkin

    I started my 101 Things list on September 11th 2023. I’m checking my progress every 100 days. At the end of the first 700 days, I calculated that I was 42.4% complete. I calculate that I completed 4.8% of my list which means I’ve completed 47.2% of my list. What is one thing on here that you’d like to…

  • List #42: What I ate last week

    List #42: What I ate last week

    Hmmm … that was a very slack week for cooking. I’m pretty sure I’ll be cooking more this week. What’s your go to if you find yourself caught up and needing dinner?

  • List #41: Travel MVPs … Or Five pieces I love to pack

    List #41: Travel MVPs … Or Five pieces I love to pack

    When we travel we almost always go carry-on if we are flying. We have been traveling in Spring and Autumn for our last few trips so the weather has been fairly similar each time we have traveled. That means that packing is getting quicker because I always reach for the same things. These clothes are…

  • List #40: Wildflowers we saw while in the Grampians

    List #40: Wildflowers we saw while in the Grampians

    The Grampians have over 1000 different flowering plants so on our recent trip to the Grampians I kept an eye out for wildflowers. I noticed there were a lot more and a bigger variety on our Mount Abrupt hike when compared with The Pinnacles. September to November is peak wildflower season. I use the iNaturalist…

  • List #39: Books I Have on Loan From the Library

    List #39: Books I Have on Loan From the Library

    The weather today has been awful, so I had to make a mad dash through the rain into and out of the library to drop off my read books and pick up my reserves.