Drink a Coconut With a Straw

In the 2001 things to do book, there is a suggestion to "drink the milk from a coconut with a straw" I wrote about drinking from a fresh coconut in Hawaii (here). But there was no straw involved. I figured it was still okay since it was a new experience, and you don't really need …

March Check-In / April Plans

March seemed to get very chaotic and everything went crazy with having to change ways of doing everything. I really kinda wish I had started saving all the meme’s and headlines from each day from the start of being told to stay at home and not venture out to group outings, and all the events …

My “Did That” Page

At the top (under the cover photo) are tabs for my different pages. One of them is where I am keeping track of all the experiences I have written about and check off the "bucketlist". I recently sorted them into different categories that I think are good groups for each.  Just wanted to share about …

Music Monday 04

Ongoing challenge: listen to the 1001(+) Songs you Must Hear Before You Die, 20 songs each week. Read about it, and find the full list here.  Jive Talkin’- Bee Gees (released 1975, album “Main Course”, Funk, Disco) Step into My Office, Baby - Belle & Sebastian (released 2003, album “Dear Catastrophe Waitress”, Chamber Pop) Spanish …

Catch a Dueling Pianos show

I had read about this dueling piano act happening weekly at a bar downtown (Dive Bar). I don't think this item is in the book, but I wanted to go catch the show and make it a bucket list item. I mean, how many places have this right? Got there and there were two pianos …

Try Eating It: Raw Oyster

I never thought I would voluntarily eat any seafood raw. As I have been "growing up" I have decided to give something a try, at least once. Pretty sure, the first time I gave raw oysters a try was about 2003, my family went to Santa Barbara, California for a weekend trip.  I think it …

February Check-In / March Plans

It’s not quite the end of February, but I still seem to be in a “doing nothing” rut, so I have decided to do this recap/planning for next month early. I did go to a crab feed and to a play, but other than going to work and home, zip. Now is a good time …

Music Monday 03

Ongoing challenge: listen to the 1001(+) Songs you Must Hear Before You Die, 20 songs each week. Read about it, and find the full list here.  Music Monday 03 I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor - Arctic Monkeys (released 2005, album “Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not”, Garage Rock, Indie …

January Check-In / February Plans

End of December I created different category lists with only 12 items each to help work on marking off things to do and get out of a “doing nothing” rut. (read about my “Starting With a Dozen Each” here) Well, looks like I had a good idea but didn’t really get around to implanting the …

Starting with a Dozen Each

As we get ready to begin a new year, I’m looking over my blog and it seems my journaling has slacked way off. In pondering how to get myself excited again to “check” things off, I plan to start with a dozen items for different areas in life. Why start with 12 things to do? …

Music Monday 02

Ongoing challenge: listen to the 1001(+) Songs you Must Hear Before You Die, 20 songs each week. Read about it, and find the full list here.  Music Monday 02 Amandrai - Ali Farka Toure (released 1988, album “Ali Farka Toure”, Mande, folk, blues) Elected - Alice Cooper (release 1972, album “Billion Dollar Babies”, Hard Rock) …

Music Monday 01

I grabbed a list from a site regarding the 1,001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die. Hopefully it's an accurate list. I'm going to try to get through list in one year, which would be about twenty songs each week. I will be creating this Music Monday Playlist to share which songs I will …

Remembering Pearl Harbor

My mom and I went to see Midway in the theater. I told my mom that we should go see it as part of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. The movie starts with the attack at Pearl Harbor and shows events leading up to, and the battle at Midway. It is interesting to read about the …

Try Eating It: Fluffernutter Sandwich

Every once in a while, I will take a look at the National and International days to see what is being celebrated / observed / remembered. Each day, and month, has several officially recognized days and some of them just seem so odd that I either laugh or scratch my head and wonder why. October 8th …

Things to Do in the Fall Season

Saying there’s a seasonal change in the year is nice in that it breaks up the year. It gives you things to look forward to doing that’s related to that part of the year. Stuff that you do each year that have become traditions, and new things you are wanting to accomplish and experience. Fall …