26 in 2026

 I learned last year to keep my goals for the year pretty vague and I have a better chance of knocking them off. I managed to get all but 2 done last year of the 25. I am keeping most of the list the same, adding a few new ones, and bringing one of the ones I didn't get done over to 2026. Seeing Gone With the Wind will get done one day but I'm in no hurry. 

So without further ado, here's my 26 in 2026 list

1. Have at least one adventure every month
2. Go to at least 1 author talk
3. Read at least 150 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. Have a giant caramel apple
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 -- This was a tough one last year but I managed to get to one. So we shall see how it goes this year
17. Try one new pizza place
18. Take a new train ride -- The hubby is obsessed with trains lately and this should be easy
19.  Go to at least one new ballpark
20. Try a new food
21. Visit at least 1 National Park Site
22. Get my bobblehead museum stamp -- Carryover from 2025. It will happen this year
23. Try a new ice cream flavor
24. Get at least 25 baseball stamps
25. Visit a new chocolate/candy shop
26..Visit a new ice cream place

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

24 in 2024

I managed to complete about half of my 23 in 2023 list last year. A couple I really had good intentions about doing but life go in the way or I just ran out of time. This year I decided to keep it vague and hope for the best

1. Have at least one adventure every month -- big, small, repeat. It doesn't matter. I just want to have adventures.
2. Shop local at least one new shop
3. Read at least 12 non-fiction books
4. Watch at least one movie a month
5. Explore at least one new park or trail
6. Try at least one new restaurant
7. Play at least one new game
8. Make at least one new recipe
9. Visit at least one new brewery
10. Visit at least one new winery
11. Walk/bike/hike at least 400 miles
12. See at least one live performance 
13. Visit at least one new baseball stadium (major, minor or spring training)
14. Try at least one new cocktail
15. Try at least one new coffee shop/cafe
16. Buy myself flowers at least once -- I just want pretty flowers 
17. Go to at least one book signing/author talk
18. Watch Gone With the Wind -- I just read a book about Hattie McDaniel who played Mammie and now would like to read it.
19. Read a comic book -- The hubby has a stack of comic books sitting on the coffee table. I better knock this one out before he sells them on E-bay
20. Try a new food
21. Get at least one stamp in my NPS passport
22. Complete a 5K every month.. official or just for fun -- A walk of 3.1 counts in my book
23. Complete the 50 state book challenge
24. Get at least one stamp in all 6 of my baseball passports (Spring Training, Big Book, Baseball Attractions, Brewers, Minor League, and T-Rats)

23 in 2023

For the second year in a row, I did not do very well at my 22 in 2022 list last year. I think I managed to do 5 things and one closed without really telling us so I couldn't even attempt to do it. Unlike last year where I moved everything over that I did not do last year to this year's list, I took things off that I know probably would not get done and made a lot more vague goals instead of very specific ones. Let's see how I do this year. I did keep a couple on the list that I really want try to get done some day.

Here goes nothing... Anything bold is a carry over from previous years

1. Explore Lions Den
2. Explore Wilderness Park
3. Walk/bike at least 30 miles every month or 360 miles in 2023
4. Discover at least one new coffee shop/cafe
5. Chase at least one waterfall
6. Go to short story night at Lion Tale's Brewing Company
7. Go to Mile to Music -- This almost happened last year but timing didn't work.
8. Follow the Fox Trail through Appleton
9. Go to Copper Rock Coffee Shop
10. Bike at least 10 miles -- My bike was having issues last year and I didn't want to venture too far from home in case of a flat tire. Hopefully this year, I won't run into those issues.
11. Go to Cedar Valley Cheese
12. Walk the new walking bridge in Appleton
13. Go to the Dirty Bookstore in Appleton
14. Discover at least one new donut shop somewhere in the country
15. Try stuffed chicken wings from Mai's Deli
16. Do at least one art/craft project a month
17. Go to Sweet Liar in Menasha
18. Try at least one new recipe
19. Discover at least one new restaurant
20. Attempt to see a manatee
21. Discover at least 1 new brewery
22. Discover at least 1 new winery
23. Make Italian Cream Sodas