28 things list, updated #2

When I turned 28 in September, I made a list of things to do before I turn 29. I am making slow but steady progress, and I am also feeling totally brain-dead this week, so I thought I’d share my second update with you.

Also, this photo is making me happy: it’s artsy, it’s green, and it includes the latest Maisie book, which I recently read and loved. (And, lacking a list-making photo, this is a good substitute; I often make lists sitting in cafes, sipping hot tea or chai lattes.)

(Finished items are crossed off; items begun are starred*.)

1. Try the Project Life system to document either my time in Oxford or our first year in Boston
2. Go to New York to see Ben in The Lion King and visit friends (Totally fabulous weekend – and the show rocked!)
3. Plan a trip to Europe/Oxford
4. Hang out with my family in Texas (So. Much. Fun.)
5. Dig into some classics I’ve never read (so far, Murder on the Orient Express, Essays of E.B. White, Letters to a Young Poet, A Christmas Carol, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, The Great Gatsby, Northanger Abbey)
6. Visit a place I’ve never been (Portland, ME; Marblehead, Amherst, Hingham, Newton Highlands & Newtonville, MA)
7. Clean out my desk at home, currently full of stuff I don’t use*
8. Visit my loves in Abilene (pure joy)
9. Go apple picking again (it was delectable)
10. Knit some swoon-worthy autumn accessories (Done.)
11. Buy a new pair of black high-heeled boots (Bought riding boots instead. LOVE them.)
12. Keep in better touch with far-away friends (stolen from Bethany’s list)* (Up and down. But I’m trying.)
13. Explore more of New England (see #6)
14. Try at least 2 new recipes a month* (averaging 3 or 4 so far!)
15. Visit half a dozen area bookstores I haven’t been to yet (Done! Longfellow Books, Porter Square Books, Artists & Authors, Spirit of ’76 Bookstore, Amherst Books, the New England Mobile Book Fair and Newtonville Books)
16. Go see The Civil Wars in concert with my Jeremiah (a lovely evening)
17. Take another writing course (I took Alchemy Daily with Jenna)
18. Take a financial management course with J (we learned a lot)
19. Put together new outfits from pieces I already own
20. Schedule a checkup (it’s been far too long)
21. Start or join a book club* (Julie and I have gathered our friends. First meeting is set for March.)
22. Buy a sassy red handbag
23. Drive up to New Hampshire or Vermont to see the fall foliage (We drove to western Mass.)
24. Fill a new notebook with a super-secret writing project
25. Get a Massachusetts driver’s license
26. Learn to pay attention to one thing at a time* (This is not going well.)
27. Send 28 handwritten letters (Christmas cards don’t count)* (About halfway there.)
28. Go to a literary festival/conference/event (Boston Book Fest, multiple author readings, signed up for the Glen Workshop East)

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