Flyover and March Report

 

On my walk the other day I saw the first sandhill cranes of the year. I'd seen footprints in the snow, but not the birds yet. And you might remember the place where the cranes nest. The lady who owns that property was outside, and I asked her if they still nested there. She said they do!

I've gotten much better pictures of the cranes other times, but this one is current, and so will be featured.



And now, in other news. My 300 days is half up (of course, I'm fudging and giving myself a year). Not nearly halfway on most goals, but I think I'm still doing more than I might have without any goals.

54 in 300, report on day 159
Number	Category	Item	March	Total
1	WRITING	begin working on North Country Quest again	nothing this month	still about 5 chapters done
2	WRITING	edit Kiss of the Butterfly, submit for publication	nothing	nothing
3	WRITING	100 NC History pages	nothing	just the planning in Nov
4	WRITING	blog about 8 wild foods	none	none
5	WRITING	finish Dead Mule Swamp Druggist	chapters 27-28	10 chapters added
6	WRITING	do 10 book promotion things	1 the big afghan giveaway is in progress (have you entered?)	6
7	WRITING	writing schedule day 50 times	0 (this doesn't mean I didn't write, but this refers to a particular disciplined schedule, and I didn't do any)	9
8	WRITING	5 entries in Off the Sanctuary Wall	none	none
9	WRITING	pursue a contract I can't name yet	follow up contact	no results
10	WRITING	talk to 5 bookstores about carrying mysteries	none	none
11	HOUSE	fix kitchen drawer	DONE	DONE
12	HOUSE	cut down 5 autumn olive trees	none	none
13	HOUSE	clean refrigerator twice	not so soon yet	1
14	HOUSE	replace kitchen faucet	nothing	nothing
15	HOUSE	get lawnmower fixed	nothing	nothing
16	HOUSE	clean terrace	nothing	nothing
17	HOUSE	kitchen light electric box	nothing	nothing
18	HOUSE	replace faucet by washing machine	nothing	nothing
19	HOUSE	put away model railroad stuff	none	none
20	HOUSE	spend 10 hours sorting books	none	2 total
21	FITNESS	increase to 30 pushups	24	increase of 1 since February
22	FITNESS	increase to 100 jumping jacks	75	increase of 5 since February
23	FITNESS	increase to 2 min planking	70 sec	no increase
24	FITNESS	walk, bike, ski or snowshoe 200 times	20	69, better
25	HIKING	NCT Hike 100 Challenge for 2016	3.5	total of 12.5 miles on three SPW hikes
26	HIKING	visit 5 new MI counties to explore trails	none	none
27	HIKING	hike 100 more miles of the Buckeye Trail	maps ordered	this spring
28	HIKING	clear my trail better	0	total of 13 days, wrong season now
29	PERSONAL	Savings Goal	added some	77% to goal
30	PERSONAL	Financial Goal #2	nothing	nothing
31	PERSONAL	lose 10 pounds	0	I'm back to where I was when I started, even the longer walks don't seem to bring results
32	PERSONAL	play music 50 times	4	18
33	PERSONAL	other #1 (200 times)	3	37, not good
34	PERSONAL	other #2	0	1, not on track
35	MISC	make 21 quarts juice	0	7 total
36	MISC	try 10 new wild foods	none	none
37	MISC	some genealogy stuff	reviewed site I started on a while ago	just the review
38	MISC	100 more pix on Shark Shots	8	8 total
39	MISC	2 photo cards documented	nothing	nothing, but backed up some more stuff
40	MISC	give 10 gifts from my kitchen	1	4
41	MISC	eat at Brenda's Burgers	with Ester	DONE
42	MISC	eat at Country Critters	nothing	but I'd better, because it's for sale
43	MISC	take my trailer on 2 trips	none	none
44	MISC	finish monkey booties	1	DONE
45	MISC	get two programs NCT and Kitchen Sink	none	but I have a short program next week
46	MISC	get rid of 100 things	1	9
47	MISC	read or listen to 100 books	17	42 Best one was He Who Hesitates by Ed McBain. This was billed as a simple mystery, but it is almost literary and would make a great play.
48	MISC	move NCC from Josh's garage	nothing	nothing
49	MISC	short bios of 5 relatives	none	none
50	MISC	sort my fabric	nothing	nothing
51	MISC	do something inside my trailer	nothing	nothing
52	MISC	add 50 things to family heritage list	none	none
53	MISC	some VCR tapes to DVD	none	none
54	MISC	some cassette tapes to CD	none	none

	See february Report
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