25 in 2025

 Ever year I say I am not going to do this list and every year I do it. I struggle every year coming up with things to add. I did keep a lot of the ones from last year on the list as they are generic and things I should be trying to do every year anyways. 

Here goes nothing for 2025

1. Have at least one adventure every month 

2. Get my 50 book pin from Brenda Novak 

3. Read at least 100 books

4. Watch at least 12 new to me movies

5. Explore at least one new park or trail

6. Try at least one new restaurant 

7. Get my Goodreads To Read list under 450 books

8. Make at least one new recipe

9. Try at least one new beer, cider, or cocktail

10. Visit at least one new winery or brewery

11. Walk/bike/hike at least 450 miles

12. See at least one live performance

13. Visit at least one new museum, landmark, tourist attraction, etc 

14. Visit at least one new county

15. Try at least one new coffee shop

16. Visit a new Indie bookstore

17. Try one new pizza place

18. Watch Gone With the Wind

19. Go to at least one new ballpark

20. Try a new food

21. Visit at least 1 National Park 

22. Get my bobblehead museum stamp

23. Buy my garden spinner I want. 

24. Get at least 25 baseball stamps

25. Visit a new chocolate/candy shop

It should be a good year. Stay tuned to see what gets done this year

Eating Donuts in Sheboygan

 One of my many bucket list goals is to have donuts in every state in the US and every county in WI among other things. Lofty goals I know. I mentioned this to Andrea and she was like you need to have a donut from the super secret donut place that you need to be a subscriber to obtain said donut. Lucky for me she was a subscriber. 

The super secret donut place is no longer super secret as it has a store front. Sunday Dough started as a home business and has moved to a store front. Andrea says you still need to be a subscriber to be able to pre-order. You can also take your chances of walking in and picking up some donuts but they are can run out. Sunday Dough is only open Friday-Sunday 9-2 or until sold out.

Sunday Dough has 6 core flavors: Lemon Cheesecake, Strawberry Shortcake, Maple French Toast, S'more, and Vanilla Sprinkle. There are also 2 flavors of the month. February's flavors are Cookie Butter and Hot Chocolate. Each donut is $4. To be honest there was literally 2 flavors I would have eaten -- S'mores and Hot Chocolate. I'm glad I didn't have to move outside of my comfort zone and try a "weird" flavored donut.

Because Andrea is a subscriber and we wanted to have ice cream for breakfast, she pre-ordered our donuts and picked them up. We both got Hot Chocolate which brioche dough filled with Hot Chocolate Ganache covered with more ganache and topped with mini marshmallows and whipped frosting. 

The donut was good. Was it $4 good? Not quite $4 good. Don't get me wrong it was delicious but I'm frugal. A $4 donut should wow me. It didn't Wow me. The brioche dough was very good and had an amazing texture. The ganache was a bit on the dark side.. even a bit dark for me. It could have used either more sugar or a slightly sweet chocolate (Less Cocoa percentage). 

Dollop of ice cream not included

There was not a donut from that list the hubby would enjoy. He is a basic donut kind of guy and even the vanilla sprinkle was too sprinkly for him. 

Would I eat them again. Heck yes.. as long as there is a flavor I would enjoy. I would definitely recommend if you are in the mood for an unordinary donut.

So far I've had donuts in 7 states and 6 counties. I wonder where my next donut adventure will be.