To be completed, in no particular order, are these 42 Things, broken down into categories of Life, the Universe, and Everything. I’ll add links to the corresponding tags as I work on each Thing so you can easily find posts about the progress.

Life

1. Pick a cookbook and make every single recipe in it. Tag: Cookbook
2. Finish a 10k. Tag: 10k
3. Make a literary sign post.
4. Learn to crochet. Tag: Crochet
5. Take a Zumba class (or some other dance aerobic class). Tag: Zumba
6. Blog regularly (once a week or more) for at least 6 months. Tag: Blog regularly
7. Spend 30 days doing morning pages. Tag: Morning Pages
8. Take a photography class. Tag: Photography
9. Submit a poem or essay to publications until it’s accepted. Tag: Publication
10. Paint pottery with my daughter.
11. Take Fig to Galveston for a trip to the Train Museum and surrey rides on the Seawall.
12. Make a list of 42 things that I like about my body. Body Love
13. Crochet one thing for myself and one thing for someone else. Tag: Crocheting things
14. Take a bookmaking class.

The Universe

1. Send handwritten letters to 20 people. Tag: Letters
2. Do a veggie co-op for a season.
3. Send gifts for no reason to five people.
4. Get passports for Adam, Fig, and me.
5. Get a stamp in the passports.
6. Go to the Grand Canyon.
7. Meatless Monday for three months. Tag: Meatless Monday
8. Serve at church.
9. Take Fig to a beautiful beach.
10. Go back to Quartz Mountain Nature Park.
11. Do a silent spiritual retreat.
12. Pray in Color every day for a month. Tag: Pray in Color
13. 30 days of a gratitude practice
14. 30 days of mindfulness practice

And Everything

1. Start the 42 Things blog. Tag: 42ThingsBlog
2. Reread The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series. Tag: Hitchhiker’s Guide
3. Read the books I’ve had for years and never read — or get rid of them. Tag: Read or Rid
4. Update my Librarything list – and keep it maintained. Tag: Librarything
5. Host a fancy dinner party. Tag: Dinner Party
6. Get rid of clothes that I haven’t worn in over a year, but allow myself 10 sentimental exceptions. Tag: Clothes
7. Have a pixie haircut.
8. Dye at least some of my hair purple. Tag: Purple
9. Paint a room in our house.
10. Take a class or workshop at the Jung Center.
11. Eat food that I grew in my own garden.
12. Make the bed every morning for 30 days. Tag: Make the Bed
13. Join/start a book club. Tag: Book Club
14. Finish NaNoWriMo, dammit.