101 Things v5 - Countdown to 50

Countdown to 50 – 101 Things in 1001 Days, Version 5 Complete

August 5, 2026 /

And here we are, 1001 days later. I can’t believe I’ve done this 5 times. I missed my main goal with all of these lists – to complete more this round than ever before. I honestly forgot about it for well over 6 months (probably more like 9+), which cuts off a good chunk of time, and then there were some events that conspired against me near the end that cancelled a few of the things that I had planned to complete. Such is life with these lists! Here’s a recap of what got done and what didn’t. But don’t worry, 101 Things in 1001 Days Version 6 is already up and running! Full post on that coming very soon.

Here are my previous lists, if you are interested: 101 Things v1, 101 Things v2, 101 Things v3, and 101 Things v4. If you decide to try it yourself, let me know!

Countdown to 50 – 101 Things in 1001 Days, v5

Begin Date: October 27, 2023
End Date: July 24, 2026 – my 50th birthday!

Items Complete
47%

Body, Mind, Heart, and Soul

1. Donate blood – Completed 22 Feb 2026
2. Colonoscopy – Completed 24 Feb 2025
3. Discuss hair thinning with dermatologist – Completed 22 August 2024
4. Weigh 50 lbs less on day 1001 than on day 1 – Complete – Down 132 lbs 24 July 2026
5. Hit 10,000 steps on my FitBit (replaced with) RingConn 10 times – Completed 03 March 2025

  1. 14 Nov 2024
  2. 06 Dec 2024
  3. 22 Dec 2024
  4. 23 Dec 2024
  5. 24 Jan 2025
  1. 28 Jan 2025
  2. 30 Jan 2025
  3. 31 Jan 2025
  4. 22 Feb 2025
  5. 03 Mar 2025

6. Meditate 101 times (for at least 5 minutes); Current total: 63/101
7. Have a girls only weekend with Mom
8. Build a LEGO kit – Completed 25 Dec 2024
9. Get a massage
10. Learn a new makeup look – Completed 18 July 2025
11. Do my nails 50 times – Completed 22 Dec 2025

That’s Entertainment

12. See 101 new-to-me movies (new or old releases) – Completed 14 May 2026

  1. A: Air (2023)
  2. B: The Boys in the Boat (2023)
  3. C: Cyrano (2021)
  4. D: Dune, Part 2 (2024)
  5. E: The Enemy Within (1994)
  6. F: Ferrari (2023)
  7. G: Godzilla Minus One (2023)
  8. H: The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
  9. I: IF (2024)
  10. J: Juror #2 (2024)
  11. K: Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
  12. L: Love Affair (1939)
  13. M: The Marvels (2023)
  14. N: Next Goal Wins (2023)
  15. O: On Moonlight Bay (1951)
  16. P: Piece by Piece (2024)
  17. Q: Quartet (2012)
  18. R: Rashomon (1950)
  19. S: The Sea Around Us (1953)
  20. T: Tarzan, the Ape Man (1932)
  21. U: The Untouchables (1987)
  22. V: The Virgin Suicides (1999)
  23. W: Wish (2023)
  24. X: Xeno (2025)
  25. Y: Yojimbo (1961)
  26. Z: Zootopia 2 (2025)
  27. 1920s: The Jazz Singer (1927)
  28. 1930s: Captain Blood (1935)
  29. 1940s: Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
  30. 1950s: Separate Tables (1958)
  31. 1960s: Four Days in November (1964)
  32. 1970s: Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman (1974)
  33. 1980s: Eight Men Out (1988)
  34. 1990s: Mrs. Brown (1997)
  35. 2000s: Billy Elliot (2000)
  36. 2010s: Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
  37. 2020s: The Adam Project (2022)
  38. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
  39. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 (2014)
  40. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 2 (2015)
  41. The Holdovers (2023)
  42. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom (2023)
  43. The 39 Steps (1935)
  44. The Color Purple (2023)
  45. American Fiction (2023)
  46. Argylle (2024)
  47. Anne Frank Remembered (1995)
  48. Wonka (2023)
  49. Flying Down to Rio (1933)
  50. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (2024)
  51. Dragonkeeper (2024)
  1. The Fall Guy (2024)
  2. Thelma (2024)
  3. Fly Me To the Moon (2024)
  4. A Quiet Place: Day One (2024)
  5. Twisters (2024)
  6. Trap (2024)
  7. Deadpool and Wolverine (2024)
  8. Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)
  9. Transformers One (2024)
  10. The Critic (2024)
  11. Megalopolis (2024)
  12. Saturday Night (2024)
  13. Piece by Piece (2024)
  14. Goodrich (2024)
  15. The Wild Robot (2024)
  16. Conclave (2024)
  17. Here (2024)
  18. Red One (2024)
  19. Wicked (2024)
  20. Gladiator II (2024)
  21. A Complete Unknown (2024)
  22. Moana 2 (2024)
  23. The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim (2024)
  24. Captain America: Brave New World (2025)
  25. Last Breath (2025)
  26. Thunderbolts (2025)
  27. Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning (2025)
  28. Karate Kid: Legends (2025)
  29. Challengers (2024)
  30. How to Train Your Dragon (2025)
  31. The Life of Chuck (2025)
  32. Materialists (2025)
  33. F1 (2025)
  34. Jurassic World: Rebirth (2025)
  35. Superman (2025)
  36. The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
  37. The Gorge (2025)
  38. Carry On (2024)
  39. KPOP Demon Hunters (2025)
  40. Tron: Ares (2025)
  41. Kiss of the Spider Woman (2025)
  42. Blue Moon (2025)
  43. Sinners (2025)
  44. Now You See Me, Now You Don’t (2025)
  45. The Running Man (2025)
  46. Wicked: For Good (2025)
  47. Rental Family (2025)
  48. Merrily We Roll Along (2025)
  49. Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025)
  50. Song Sung Blue (2025)

13. Watch 26 new-to-me movies, one starting with each letter of the alphabet (can count towards the 101) – Completed 14 May 2026
14. Watch a new-to-me movie from each decade, starting in 1920 (can count towards the 101) – Completed 15 Jan 2025
15. Use Regal Unlimited for 100 tickets between the two of us – Completed 16 Feb 2025

16. Watch 5 new-to-me but already existing shows via streaming (the ones we’ve been saying we’ll watch but haven’t had time to do so yet) – Completed 07 Dec 2024

  1. Ghosts (US version)
  2. Endeavour
  3. The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistence
  4. black-ish
  5. Only Murders in the Building

17. Complete the Ultimate Reading Challenge list of 50 books; Current total: 16/50
18. Read Gone With the Wind (can count towards the 50) – Started 21 Dec 2024
19. Read To Kill a Mockingbird (can count towards the 50) – Completed 17 July 2026
20. Finish stitching Adia, the Garden Fairy by Mirabilia
21. Visit the Fox Theatre for something other than a movie – Completed 26 Sept 2025, saw Back to the Future, The Musical
22. Attend a concert (if seen at the Fox, can only count for one, not both) – Completed 26 April 2026
23. Visit a special museum exhibition – Completed 18 April 2026

WordPress and Blogging

24. Blog about each 101 item when it is complete (can combine more than one item in a single update post); Items Complete: 30, Items Blogged: 1
25. Write/publish 101 new blog posts, not including 101 Things updates – Completed 23 August 2025
26. Clean/publish 101 old MovieMuse blogspot posts to my WordPress blog 101/101 – Completed 23 Nov 2024
27. Clean/publish remaining old movie review blog posts into my WordPress blog; Current total: 56/158
28. Publish all digital scrapping blog posts into my WordPress blog 106/106 – Completed 04 Sept 2024
29. Move WordPress blog to a new host – Completed 26 June 2024

There’s No Place Like Home

30. Frame and hang all 3 Shakespeare fairies by Mirabilia
31. Frame and hang Brian Kesinger art prints
32. Frame and hang family photos
33. Replace the recliners – Completed 23 August 2024
34. Replace the sofa
35. Replace Christmas tree – Completed 01 Dec 2024
36. Replace broken shutter(s)
37. Replace front door
38. Fix dislodged downspout
39. Clean out the pantry; Current total: 1/6

  • Upper: Small Shelf – TBD; Large Shelf – TBD
  • Lower, Top: Small Shelf – Completed 07 Dec 2024; Large Shelf – TBD
  • Lower, Bottom: Small Shelf – TBD; Large Shelf – TBD

40. Clean out the cupboard; Current total: 1/8

  • Row 1: Left – TBD, Right – TBD
  • Row 2: Left – TBD, Right – TBD
  • Row 3: Left – Completed 07 Dec 2024, Right – TBD
  • Row 4: Left – TBD, Right – TBD

41. Clean out the kitchen baskets; Current Total: 6/6 – Completed 30 Jun 2026

  • Upper: Left – Completed 22 July 2025, Center – Completed 07 Dec 2024, Right – 30 Jun 2026
  • Lower: Left – 30 Jun 2026, Center – 30 Jun 2026, Right – 30 Jun 2026

42. Clean out the refrigerator/freezer upstairs AND wash all the shelves/drawers – Completed 16 July 2026
43. Clean out the refrigerator/freezer downstairs – Completed 16 July 2026
44. Go through 50 boxes

What’s Cookin’?

45. Try 50 new recipes, Current total: 12/50
46. Pick 10 of my never-used cookbooks and make 1 recipe from each (can count towards the 50)
47. Add a new recipe to the routine list for the air fryer (attempts can count towards the 50)
48. Add a new recipe to the routine list for the Instant Pot (attempts can count towards the 50)
49. Add a new recipe to the routine list for the crock pot – based on Bush’s Chili Magic Starter – Completed 15 January 2026
50. Make 50 meals in the crock pot, instant pot, or air fryer; minimum 5 each
51. Make homemade ice cream (can count towards the 50)
52. Learn to make pizza dough from scratch (bread machine okay, attempts can count towards the 50)
53. Learn to make french toast (Jacob’s recipe?, attempted recipes can count towards the 50)
54. Learn to grill a great hamburger at home in my grill pan in the oven – Completed 15 July 2025
55. Perfect Lochlyn’s pecan pie recipe (attempts do NOT count towards the 50; recipe is not new)
56. Make a pie from scratch (crust, filling, everything)
57. Make a recipe book of family recipes, give as Christmas gifts

Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

58. Visit Granny Ruth – Completed 08 March 2025
59. See Tony at least once a year (here or there) – Completed 18 December 2025

  • 2023 or 2026: Thanksgiving
  • 2024: Thanksgiving, Christmas
  • 2025: Returning from Disney

60. Make a list of 50 realistic places to visit/things to do, include one in each state that touches Georgia – Completed 13 Dec 2024

  1. Alabama: Rosenbaum House (Frank Lloyd Wright)
  2. Tennessee: Ancient Lore Village
  3. North Carolina: Biltmore at Christmas
  4. South Carolina: Charleston
  5. Florida: Ringling Museum
  6. Atlanta: The King Center
  7. Atlanta: National Center For Civil And Human Rights
  8. Atlanta: The Breman Museum
  9. Atlanta: Jimmy Carter Presidential Library
  10. Atlanta: Booth Western Art Museum
  11. Atlanta: Zoo Atlanta
  12. Atlanta Botanical Gardens Garden Lights, Holiday Nights
  13. Atlanta: Fernbank Wildwoods Aglow
  14. Atlanta: CDC Museum
  15. Atlanta: BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir
  16. Atlanta: Buford Highway Farmers Market Completed 13 Dec 2024
  17. Atlanta: Ponce City Market
  18. Atlanta: Delta Flight Museum
  19. Atlanta: Scad Fash – Museum Of Fashion + Film
  20. Atlanta: Junkman’s Daughter
  21. Atlanta: Hawks game (only major local team we haven’t seen)
  22. Atlanta: Puppet show at the Center for Puppetry Arts
  23. Atlanta: Road to Tara Museum
  24. Atlanta: Museum of Illusions
  25. Atlanta: Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
  1. Atlanta: Polaris
  2. Atlanta: Go West BnB
  3. Atlanta: Yellow Daisy Festival Completed 04 Sep 2025
  4. Atlanta: Glass blowing class (multiple options)
  5. Atlanta: Drone Show at Stone Mountain
  6. Atlanta: Gwinnett Braves Game
  7. Rome Braves Game (Rome, GA)
  8. Georgia Museum of Art (Athens, GA)
  9. Yoder’s Deitsch Haus (Montezuma, GA)
  10. The Rock Garden (Calhoun, GA)
  11. Georgia Sports Hall of Fame (Macon, GA)
  12. Tubman Museum (Macon, GA)
  13. Ocmulgee Mounds National Park, once it is made official (Macon, GA)
  14. Little White House (Warm Springs, GA)
  15. Savannah Bananas Game
  16. Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse
  17. Drawn to Life, Disney’s Cirque du Soleil show
  18. St. Augustine, FL (Steve has never been)
  19. Unclaimed Baggage Store (Alabama)
  20. Washington DC (haven’t been as an adult)
  21. Universal Studios (Florida or California)
  22. California Adventure
  23. American Museum of Natural History in New York
  24. Las Vegas – Completed 29 Jan 2025
  25. The Melting Pot

61. Visit 5 of the places on the new list of 50 places to visit; Current total: 2/5

  1. Buford Highway Farmers Market, Completed 13 Dec 2024
  2. Las Vegas, Complete 29 Jan 2025
  3. Yellow Daisy Festival, Completed 04 September 2025
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62. Visit a Buc-ee’s
63. Do 5 new-to-me fun things in Atlanta (can be on new list of 50 places/things, but doesn’t have to be); Current total: 1/5

  1. Buford Highway Farmers Market, Completed 13 Dec 2024
  2. Yellow Daisy Festival, Complete 04 Sep 2025
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64. Ride on a train (not at a theme park, something like White Pass Rail is okay)
65. Stay at an unusual hotel or rental home
66. Say yes to something I would normally say no to – Completed 24 September 2025
67. Take a trip somewhere by myself (not to visit a friend, just solo travel)
68. Get TSA Pre-Check and/or Global Entry for both of us – Completed 02 April 2026
69. See another total solar eclipse – Completed 8 Apr 2024
70. Cruise on a cruise line other than Disney

It’s Never Too Late

71. Learn how to tie a long tie (double Windsor) on someone else
72. Learn how to tie a bow tie on someone else
73. Buy a lottery ticket – Completed 06 Dec 2024
74. Try a new craft – Ribbon Leis – Completed 09 April 2026
75. Try something physical I’ve never done before
76. Learn to make 5 non-alcoholic cocktails for special occasions
77. Listen to 5 new-to-me popular musical artists (like Taylor Swift) – Completed 16 Sept 2025

  1. Ed Sheeran
  2. Taylor Swift
  3. Adele
  4. One Direction
  5. BLACKPINK

78. Read 5 new-to-me popular authors (like Stephen King, can count towards the 50)
79. Visit 5 new-to-me restaurants in our area – Completed 06 Dec 2024

  1. China King
  2. Hop Shing
  3. Bamboo Panda
  4. Atlantic Grill
  5. Ford’s BBQ

80. Make a Spotify playlist – Completed 27 Mar 2024
81. Listen to a podcast – Completed 22 June 2025
82. Walk (or run, haha) a 5k (3.1 miles)
83. Make a bucket list of at least 25 items (cannot include more than 2 travel items from other lists) – Completed 24 Jan 2024

  1. Take a painting class (oil or acrylic)
  2. Go up in a hot air balloon
  3. Go zip lining
  4. Climb Stone Mountain
  5. Try curling
  6. Do the Turner Classic Movie cruise
  7. Biltmore House at Christmas
  8. Walt Disney World at Christmas (Dec 2025)
  9. Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown (April 2024)
  10. Baseball game at Wrigley Field
  11. Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago
  12. See a major Hollywood star on Broadway
  13. Go to the top of the Empire State Building
  14. Niagra Falls (April 2024)
  15. Hearst Castle in San Simeon, CA
  1. Spend more time in Newport RI
  2. Mackinack Island, MI
  3. Visit Branson
  4. See Cirque du Soleil’s O (Feb 2025)
  5. See a movie at the famous Chinese Theater in Hollywood
  6. Chihuly Garden and Glass
  7. Hawaii
  8. Cruise through the Panama Canal (April 2026)
  9. Visit the southern hemisphere
  10. Travel to see the Northern Lights
  11. Winged Victory of Samothrace at the Louvre
  12. Notre Dame Cathedral
  13. Sistine Chapel at The Vatican
  14. Vasa Museum in Stockholm, Sweden
  15. A non-US Disney park (Disneyland Paris, Tokyo DisneyLand or DisneySea, etc)

84. Complete one item from the bucket list National Baseball Hall of Fame, 12 Apr 2024
85. Learn 50 new things by using the Special Random Search on Wikipedia – Completed 23 Nov 2024

  1. Richard Billows
  2. Campsea Ashe
  3. Javier Caceres
  4. Dennis Chávez
  5. Mount Elizabeth Station
  6. Alex Neal-Bullen
  7. Jefferson Market Prison
  8. Old Hokie
  9. Nuss procedure
  10. Fraxinus platypoda
  11. Four Corners of Law
  12. Nelson Annandale
  13. Clifton C. Edom
  14. Temple of Isis (Pompeii)
  15. Johan Theodor Holmskjold
  16. Multi-link suspension
  17. Sahm rule
  18. Kara (South Korean group)
  19. Graphis scripta
  20. Tom Reed
  21. Nikolay Veduta
  22. Giovan Battista della Cerva
  23. Alessandro Bottacchiari
  24. Lynde Wheeler
  25. IRX3
  1. Alan Wace
  2. Nee-Na
  3. Maxine Brown
  4. Raynald of Châtillon
  5. Tadeusz Czesław Malinowski
  6. Bryan Gordon
  7. Roldano Lupi
  8. Highland Park (Denver, Colorado)
  9. Dorothy Olsen
  10. Waltz Away Dreaming
  11. 1 Denison Street
  12. Archaeology of Hatfield and Thorne Moors
  13. Cam Taylor-Britt
  14. Paycheck Fairness Act
  15. Erin Corr
  16. Rebec
  17. Kenneth E. Parris III
  18. Dutch Gainor
  19. Oxacme calcarea
  20. Rodershausen
  21. The Doorway to Hell
  22. The Rachel Divide
  23. Vishal Gite
  24. Vuelta a El Salvador
  25. George Town, Chennai

Adulting

86. Put sincere effort into finding a job (can’t control if I actually get one or not)
87. Meet with a financial planner or take an online course to create and implement an investment plan
88. Review all subscriptions/automatic payments; decrease by $500 per year; Total decrease: $534 – Completed 30 Oct 2024
89. Start 2 ROTH IRAs – one for Steve and one for me – and fully fund it each year
90. Meet with an attorney for estate planning and final arrangements (trust?, will, living will, POA)
91. Make note of graves of grandparents, Lochlyn, and other relatives, include a copy with the “important papers” (such as the will)
92. Meet with parents to discuss final wishes, locations, etc.
93. Clean up my Amazon lists – Completed 10 June 2025
94. Backup all photos
95. Get estimate for foundation repair
96. Get estimate for deck replacement
97. Get estimate for fixing fascia/soffit boards at gutter points
98. Get estimate for dental work – Completed 09 July 2024

The Usual Suspects

99. Complete Project 365 again
100. Finish making another 101 Things list by day 1001 – Started 08 Dec 2024
101. Beat my previous 101 Things in 1001 Days completion record of 52; Current total: 47/53

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