I'm so wanting to make progress on this list....but the low-hanging fruit is getting pretty sparse.


I imagine that is why soooo many 101 listers just seem to fade away.


I'm not 20-something anymore. Time is ticking away and I no longer feel like I have all the time in the world to accomplish my goals. Truly, summers just seem to **FLY** by as of late. And unfortunately, they just seem to be filled with ....work.


Yuck. Is that what my life has become? Work, work, and more work?


This is not how I imagined things to be. Honestly, I am not what I imagined I'd be at this age. I guess my birthday a few days ago is making me a bit melancholy. Really? Did I just use that word to describe myself? Ugh...next thing you know, I'll be humming Eleanor Rigby....


So where are all the 101 listers that are sticking to the plan?!? If you are doing the Day Zero Project and are sticking to the plan, please let me know who you are! I need some inspiration!

And here is the lovely Harvest Moon herself.....

#98 Celebrate the Fall (Autumnal) Equinox (and spring)



Feel free to enjoy Neal Young's Harvest Moon on the playlist >> over there --->>



Tonight I am making the family a Harvest Dinner to celebrate the Fall Equinox. We are lucky to have a beautiful Harvest Moon shining overhead tonight! Just perfect!



Dinner Menu

Mulled Cider

Caramelized Onion Flatbread and Butternut Squash Soup with Caramelized Onions and Apples

Rosemary-Garlic Pork Chops with Roast Carrots, Parsnips and Onions


Mashed Potatoes with Roast Garlic-Basil Oil (Notice the pretty shade of green from the basil!)


Caramelized Apples with Vanilla Ice Cream
and Maple Oatmeal Scones
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And here are my results...

Goal #23 Make a motivational playlist - COMPLETE

Let me clarify that these are my "feel good" songs. Ones that make me smile, sing along and just generally gain a better outlook. It is by no means a complete list. I add to it continually. But I want to note that the very first song is one that I turn to to get my head on straight.

Change your mind: Sister Hazel

Walking on sunshine: Katrina and the Waves

I can see clearly now: Johnny Nash

Somewhere over the rainbow-What a wonderful world medley: Isreal Kamakawewo Ole

I'm a believer: Smash Mouth

Lean on me: Bill Whithers

All-Star: Smash-Mouth

Don't worry, be happy: Bobby Mcferrin

Dancing in the streets: Van Halen

Beautiful day: U2

In your eyes: Jeffrey Gaines

In your eyes: Peter Gabriel

Bohemian rhapsody: Queen

Sailing: Christopher Cross

When the night feels my song: Bedouin Soundclash

Celebration: Kool & the Gang

Three little birds: Bob Marley

Girls just wanna have fun: Cindy Lauper

Roll with it: Steve Winwood

Another postcard: Barenaked Ladies

margaritaville: Jimmy Buffett

Sexual healing: Marvin Gaye

Suddenly I see: KT Tunstall

Black horse and a cherry tree: KT Tunstall

Love train: The O'Jays

A beautiful morning: The Rascals

Stir it up: Bob Marley

Fly: Sugar Ray

Soak up the sun: Sheryl Crow

You know I want you: Pitbull

Say hey (I love you): Michael Franti & Spearhead

What a wonderful world: Louis Armstrong

Amazed: Lonestar

Into the mystic: Van Morrison

Bitch: Merredith Brooks

Good times roll: Cars

Pretty woman: Roy Orbison

You gotta be: Des'ree

If everyone cared: Nickelback

If today was your last day: Nickelback

Jai Ho (you are my destiny): Slumdog millionaire soundtrack

Gotta be somebody: Nickelback

Steve McQueen: Sheryl Crow

Chaiyya Chaiyya: Sukhwinder Singh & Sapana Awasthi

Dil Se Re: A.R. Rahman

Graceland: Paul Simon

Serenata (whole cd): Armik

Diabolic Inventions and Seduction for Solo Guitar, Vol. 1, Music of Astor Piazzolla: Al di Meola

Bubbly: Colbie Caillat

Lucky: Jason Mraz featuring Colbie Caillat

The Remedy (I Won't Worry): Jason Mraz

I'm Yours: Jason Mraz

Unwritten: Natasha Beddingfield

We are family: Sister Sledge

My way: Frank Sinatra

Respect: Aretha Franklin

Imagine: John Lennon

Simply the best: Tina Turner

Moondance: Van Morrison

I hope you dance: Leann Womack

Time of your life: Greenday

Shine: collective Soul

Southern cross: Crosby Stills & Nash

Treetop flyer: Stephen Stills Note that this is an entire album and this version of the song is, in my opinion, far superior to other versions available.

Like a rock: Bob Seger Again, this is an entire album.

Dream weaver: Gary Wright

Mummer's dance: Loreena McKennitt

What have I done in furtherance of my list?

Well, my current favorite book series is George R. R. Martin's Song of Ice and Fire. I've read them all, and am anxiously waiting for the next book.....which has been delayed FOREVER. Wondering if it will ever come out. Meanwhile, its been awhile since I've read the released books and so I decided that I'd re-read the series....albeit leisurely...hoping that by the time I get through them a second time, the next book will be out.





Book one in the series is A Game of Thrones. LOVE LOVE LOVE this book. All of them, actually. Martin's characters come alive in this series of knights and kings, dragons and treachery, heroines and darker things "beyond the wall"...

Other titles are A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords and A Feast for Crows. The long awaited 5th installment will be A Dance with Dragons....we think.


If you are actually a fan, and have been reading his stuff, you may be interested to know that HBO is making A Song of Ice & Fire into a series, scheduled for 2011, and the series is called A Game of Thrones. See a preview here.

To keep up to date (sort of) with the author, check out his site GeorgeRRMartin.com.

I'm a bit further along with my son's quilt than I thought. Worked on it again tonight, and stretching it out and surveying the progress, it looks like I'm about 65% done with the top-stitching.

The quilt design is in honor of his practice of Taekwondo.

Did some more top-stitching on my son's quilt. I think I am close to 40% complete on that, so the goal is reasonable and obtainable for me to finish by October 24th.

Also in the works is the bedroom painting.

This is a 2'x2' mock-up for the walls.The wall paint scheme is intended to match the quilt colors.

And this is the quilt pattern that I'm going to start on after my son's quilt is done.

I'm on track to complete at least 2 more goals in the next month and a half. Woohoo!!

Wow! It has been too long! going on two months since I've last posted. Not that I've fallen off the wagon or anything. Just busy with life. A friend once told me (or should I say often told me) that life is what happens when you're busy making plans. I don't think it was an original statement...but it is often true.

The burner is now on high for me to finish my son's quilt. I have just over a month now, as he has decided to move to Arizona in October. Ironic....he probably won't need it there. Nevertheless, it is long past time that I finish it. 3 years to be exact.

So, my evenings will be spent hand top-stitching the quilt, about 30% of which is done. And I'll have to fit that in with the rest of life happening....

If I don't finish it, do you think he might stay?.......hmmm, probably not. I am so going to miss him.