From September 25, 2012 to September 24, 2013, I blogged about one fun thing I did each day. Here is the complete list:
- Start blog.
- Play Bananagrams!
- Enjoy solitude and herbal tea.
- Dinner at Deleece.
- See a musical.
- Sunday Dinner.
- Guilty Pleasure Monday: read all of Perez Hilton.
- At home pedicure.
- Read a new play.
- Drive fast with windows down, music up.
- GHOST
- Spend a full day with family and friends.
- Watch wedding video.
- Guilty Pleasure Monday: Pinterest.
- Top Chef like cooking challenge.
- Clean and organize the house.
- Go shopping at Foursided.
- Walk dog.
- Enjoy a home-cooked meal (made by someone else).
- Call Grandma!
- Professional photo shoot.
- Try acupuncture.
- Design a personal holiday card.
- Reconnect with a friend.
- Have warm, store bought, cookies.
- Watch a childhood movie.
- Stroll around a favorite neighborhood.
- Gulity Pleasure Monday: online and in store shopping.
- Spontaneous celebration.
- Be in a silly video.
- Reflect on progress of blog so far.
- Couple time without all those technological devices.
- Visit a farm in the Fall.
- Watch football.
- Guilty Pleasure Monday: Dog Shaming
- Write haikus.
- Celebrate Halloween.
- Write a couple’s bucket list.
- Read a bunch of funny cards, then buy some and send to friends.
- Do quizzes on Sporcle.
- Learn something from doing this blog.
- Guilty Pleasure Monday: shampoo and blow dry at the salon.
- Vote.
- Play with the dog.
- Conquer a mobility issue.
- Take pictures with a disposable camera.
- Go to a book signing.
- Plan an office secret santa.
- Host a Fall party.
- Get everyone excited for the secret santa by having everything ready for them to draw names.
- Substitute Guilty Pleasure Day: get a manicure
- FaceTime chat with an old friend.
- Make a Christmas wish list.
- Have so much fun, you can’t choose just one thing!
- Tour a home you know you can’t buy.
- Guilty Pleasure Monday: spend the afternoon at Ikea
- Get the disposable camera pictures developed and share with friends.
- Make a no bake dessert for a holiday get together.
- Give thanks.
- Admit you are a twihard.
- Participate in a public singalong.
- Decorate for a holiday.
- Guilty Pleasure Monday: stay in pj’s all day.
- Wear silly socks so people can see and gauge reactions.
- Gaze at a lovely view.
- Compete, crossword style.
- Participate in a food craze.
- Learn about family history (ideally by visiting with older relatives).
- Give and get a gift at a White Elephant party.
- Guilty Pleasure Monday: Eat at the Bongo Room.
- Update your bedding.
- Cuddle with human, animal or inanimate object.
- Make potpourri.
- Purchase and put together a new piece of furniture.
- Set the table, even if the occasion does not call for it.
- Start the day with a dance party.
- Guilty Pleasure Monday: Shop at a holiday market (and buy something you normally wouldn’t).
- Address and send holiday cards.
- Wrap holiday gifts.
- Take your dog to play at a dog park. (Or just watch dogs play)
- Write to your representation about an important issue.
- Attend a Vinejoy Potluck.
- Look for a new magazine to subscribe to.
- Guilty Pleasure Monday: Slide around on hardwood floor in socks.
- Celebrate at work sponsored holiday event.
- Start/join a book club.
- Meditate.
- Exchange gifts on first married Christmas.
- Give a gift to a child and play with it with him/her.
- Dance crazy.
- Guilty Pleasure Monday, Christmas Eve: Keep family traditions and appreciate little moments.
- Celebrate Christmas with family.
- Enjoy being away, but appreciate coming home too.
- Take pride in a small work task.
- Appreciate your shower.
- Forget to post.
- Rearrange the furniture.
- Make New Year’s Resolutions.
- Be grateful for the tangible and intangible.
- Join a walk for charity event, in my case the 2013 Arthritis Walk.
- Start or participate in a Facebook pay it forward chain.
- Play S#!t Head.
- Movie Date Out.
- Downton Abbey!
- Guilty Pleasure Monday: Caramel Cone Ice Cream
- Make a smoothie.
- Play Words With Friends with family.
- Go out at a time when you might not normally.
- Start planning a trip.
- Sing showtunes.
- Visit the Apple Store.
- Guilty Pleasure Monday: blanket, couch, READ.
- Birthday: Book of Mormon
- Start a new job.
- Take the Jung Typology Personality Test.
- Take pictures while walking the dog.
- Double Feature.
- Organize the closets.
- Guilty Pleasure Monday: Tahitian Vanilla Caramels.
- Stay inside all day, on purpose.
- Play Ticket to Ride.
- Play in the snow!
- Mail pictures to a relative.
- Paint a chalkboard wall.
- Book the trip!
- Play soccer (with a dog).
- Look at a bunch of catalogs.
- Draw on the chalkboard wall.
- Let someone else clean your house.
- Play Staring Contest; Rock, Paper, Scissors; and Thumb War.
- Eat fried cheese curds in Wisconsin.
- Watch the Super Bowl.
- Guilty Pleasure Monday: The Bachelor
- Host an alumni event.
- Celebrate Opening Night of a play.
- Write a love letter to an inanimate object.
- Eat at Chalkboard in Lincoln Square.
- Make an Itinerary.
- Paint pottery and give it as a gift.
- Guilty Pleasure Monday: drive in silence.
- Do Yoga.
- 4 Pics 1 Word.
- Have a home made-ish Valentine’s Day at home.
- Play chess.
- Jump on a bed.
- Guilty Pleasure Sunday: Thin Mints
- Workshop a new play.
- Dress up your pet in jewelry.
- Make a custom photo to frame.
- Use Overgram.
- Get a foot rub.
- Watch the short film, Validation.
- First Book Club meeting.
- YouTube Week- spirit animal.
- YouTube Week- HIMYM blooper reel.
- YouTube Week- best post-oscar moment.
- YouTube Week- tearful sports story.
- YouTube Week- patient dog.
- YouTube Week- Drunk History.
- YouTube Week- share a home video (of your pet).
- Go to the gym.
- Make duct tape art.
- Eat at Hopleaf.
- Do something “old married” couples do.
- Eat at Bistro Campagne.
- Go to LTAB (Louder Than A Bomb).
- Eat a treat, like a Starbucks chocolate brownie.
- Meet a newborn.
- Go to the doctor (what?) (it was fun).
- Make a good mood list.
- Enjoy friends with whom you share a name.
- Have friends write the blog.
- Order popout maps for a trip.
- Try a water workout.
- Substitute apples and peanut butter for a usual, unhealthy snack.
- Take care of someone else for once.
- Enjoy mail (it’s better if someone sends you a surprise).
- Get your hair washed (really well) at a salon.
- Have a spontaneous get together.
- Create a party invite using Pingg.
- Enjoy many guilty pleasures.
- Check in, it’s the halfway mark.
- Celebrate a pet’s birthday.
- Pack for a long trip in a carry on suitcase.
- Have an intelligent discussion about a piece or art or theater.
- Attempt to alleviate travel anxiety.
- London: St. James Park, Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, The Red Lion and Chor Bizzare.
- London to Brussels: love trains.
- Brussels: Mannekin Pis, make your own beer tour.
- Brussels: hot chocolate, Neuhaus chocolates and Maison Antoin frites.
- Amsterdam: rent a car.
- Amsterdam: Anne Frank House
- Paris: Cafe Moderne
- Paris: Champs Élysées, Arc de Triumph, and Eiffel Tower via rickshaw.
- London: Tate Modern, Globe and anniversary time.
- Lazy vacation day.
- Order in after a long flight.
- Bring fresh eyes to work.
- Take a mid workday walk.
- Attend (or work) a gala.
- Have tea with a friend.
- Watch Kardashians and veg.
- Instagram a #ootd
- Find reassurance you are on the “right path” in some aspect of your life.
- Allow someone to call you out and make a change for the better.
- Interview someone.
- Use the Photobooth app on an iProduct.
- Go to Ikea to shop with and for someone else.
- Have a very married Sunday.
- Train for a walk (like the Chicago Arthritis Walk)
- Get Apple TV (and acknowledge your total addiction to Apple products)
- Oops
- Design a team T-shirt
- Eat at Farmhouse Tavern
- Celebrate progress in your training
- Outdoor cooking
- Watch Netflix on the gym machine TV
- Forever Yogurt
- Work outside
- Continue to decrease average minutes per mile walk time
- Offer someone a job.
- Host a fundraising party.
- Spend time in the suburbs with people with kids.
- Eat leftovers and relax.
- Ski Safari.
- Have a meeting in an unusual place.
- Help with video editing.
- Give friends tickets to a show and then hear what they have to say about it after.
- Satisfy a musical craving.
- Make a “real” photo album.
- Stay out way later than you normally do.
- Bring someone FroYo (It’s froyo to go).
- Plan a baby shower.
- Treat yourself to some nice workout gear.
- Participate in a run/walk for charity.
- Attend a high school graduation.
- Watch an entire season of a TV show in one day.
- Find a cute story on Buzzfeed.
- Order cards from Nourishing Notes.
- Read “Fun Stuff” page on Huffington Post.
- Do a group craft project.
- Dog pile in the bed (with dogs, not humans).
- Eat a Pronto Pup.
- Relax.
- Eat more than one meal with the same people.
- Hold court by scheduling multiple meetings/hangouts in the same bar.
- Eat at Marigold.
- Drive at night during a thunderstorm.
- Attend a new play reading.
- Attend the New Harmony Project writers conference.
- Find peace in a place you love.
- Buy a musical instrument.
- Treat a medical need (toenails lasered).
- Start of Fun focused Pinterest Board.
- Give a curtain speech.
- Eat Dad’s cooking.
- Host a baby shower.
- Watch The Tony’s.
- Face a fear (heights, skyscraper).
- Discover a new part of the city.
- Non-stop text conversation.
- Paint nails.
- Camp.
- Explore a Northern Michigan.
- Hike.
- Utilize interns.
- Celebrate a friend’s success.
- Eat vegetarian.
- Put together a last minute (yet pretty) snack plate.
- Have dog sleepover.
- Support a cause.
- Observe the moon.
- Make a collage on Polyvore.
- Create a silly photo on FarrOut.
- Return to Guilty Pleasures.
- See a Q Brothers’ show.
- One on One with a playwright.
- Go to a few art fairs/festivals.
- See Mike and Joe play.
- Buy something from Wasted.
- Become a member at Massage Envy.
- Attend a Functional Strength and Fitness class.
- Celebrate Fourth of July.
- Learn about an animal (llama!).
- Buy bikes.
- Take a bike ride.
- Vow to live a more active lifestyle.
- Get an ombre hair color.
- Pet your dog.
- Sleep in an Airstream.
- Eat at The Cook’s House.
- Attend a vow renewal.
- Find more Airstreams.
- Anthropologie love.
- Run.
- Read a friend’s travel blog.
- Listen to This American Life.
- Rate animal cuteness online.
- Eat at John’s Place.
- Have an ideal summer day, reflect.
- Eat a biscuit from Bang Bang Pie Shop.
- Hold court at a coffee shop.
- See high school theatre.
- Attend and work a work event.
- Set up for a garage sale.
- Have a garage sale.
- Visit places you used to go all the time.
- Attend a non-traditional graduation.
- Prepare for things to come.
- Meet with your mentor.
- Roadtrip Day 1
- Roadtrip Day 2
- Roadtrip Day 3
- Roadtrip Day 4
- Roadtrip Day 5
- Roadtrip Day 6
- Roadtrip Day 7
- Roadtrip Day 8
- Be present for the birth of a family member.
- Spend time with a newborn.
- Make time to catch up.
- Support someone’s life plan.
- Catch up on the day’s news.
- Monopoly iPad style.
- Correct a mistake.
- Guilty Pleasure: Fantasy Football.
- Celebrate the hubs bday.
- Lounge in a park with friends.
- Appreciate the asleep, not asleep moments of peace.
- Buy appropriate shoes for arthritic feet.
- Rearrange your office.
- Have an impromptu marriage day.
- Watch someone meet a new family member.
- Watch a movie you’ve never seen, but should have.
- Find a picture that expresses your mood.
- Discover Arbonne.
- Draft your fantasy football team.
- Make new friends.
- Play Freeze.
- Swing on a rope swing.
- Swing some more.
- Play tennis.
- Acknowledge the end of summer.
- Get back into your routine.
- Go off sugar.
- Ride your bike to work.
- Work with an accountant.
- Make a big announcement.
- Go on a spiritual journey.
- Recreate Chopped in your kitchen.
- Read Kinfolk.
- Watch I’m Having Their Baby.
- Reconcile the books.
- Watch Friday Night Lights.
- Write an autobiography.
- Continue the spiritual journey.
- Go to a new business.
- Host an Arbonne party.
- Watch Nick at Night.
- Guiliana and Bill, again. More reflection.
- Catch up on blog posts.
- Take an adoption class.
- Watch kids play football.
- Get a tattoo.
- Celebrate one year of blogging!
year of fun 