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Smelling Salts Journal

January 5, 2021

2021 To-Do List [100 A to Z]

It’s a new year! Time for another epic list of SSJ love-to-do’s!

2021 To-Do List [100 A to Z]

  1. All-in: find new ways to listen
  2. Artist book with “Bobby”
  3. Aufguss and more Aufguss
  4. Baked Alaska and other lost, luxurious desserts
  5. Big-ass karaoke party
  6. Blitz micro-meditation sessions
  7. Block printed fabric
  8. Change all the passwords
  9. Check in on people more
  10. Chore coat & thinking cap just for the #wyrdshed
  11. City-wide cross-country skiing
  12. Collingwood Christmas greenery
  13. Cookbook cull & cookbook club
  14. Correspondence! Correspondence! Correspondence!
  15. Couture sewing techniques and vintage patterns
  16. Cove swim & bonfire
  17. Cover “FFF” for JS Xmas Marathon
  18. Deep-stretch yoga
  19. Discover even more walking trails
  20. DIY tap board & more tap classes
  21. Do not tempt fate: replace the MacBook!
  22. Driving lessons for B [outsourced]
  23. Embroider something handmade
  24. Epic Sunday suppers
  25. Evil-eye nail polish & other whimsies
  26. Family filmmaking
  27. FFS! Repaint the bedroom ceiling, already!
  28. Find ways to honour the missing and the dead
  29. For all the reasons, Montreal
  30. Four-season closet cull
  31. Fresh perennials for the old back garden
  32. Go ahead! Cut your own hair!
  33. Gourmet Wednesday lunch dates
  34. Hang more artwork
  35. Hardcore solstice & equinox celebrations
  36. Hide the scuffed kitchen floor with a runner
  37. High tea in the woods 2.0 [and in more places]
  38. House Peking Duck [and other picnics]
  39. Procure the perfect white shirt
  40. Indoor plant parenting refresher course
  41. January kitchen edit + caulk
  42. Jo March vest in velvet
  43. Kickboxing & more kickboxing
  44. Kids’ summer jobs & finance modelling
  45. Learn to quilt by making a quilted garment
  46. Lift heavier & more often
  47. Linen Blanca flight suit
  48. Little black book of automatic writing, continued
  49. LTL, the Great Un-zooming
  50. Make Jen’s salsa & learn to salsa
  1. Master the Toaster Sweater
  2. Maximalist entertaining with minimal effort
  3. Micro-tackle unpleasant tasks 
  4. Modern rendition of that favourite lost wool coat
  5. Monty-Don-inspired backyard veg & herb container garden
  6. More porch stealth drops
  7. Nap regularly & sleep longer
  8. Naturally sweetened jam
  9. New front porch floor and steps
  10. No-money basement overhaul
  11. Old brown velvet into a Sapporo coat
  12. Organize and archive old media
  13. OTT floral print Emery dress
  14. Outdoor furniture update
  15. Paint the hallway & common areas
  16. PEC & Stratford jaunts
  17. Photography techniques & editing upgrade
  18. Piano duet with T
  19. Pink Palisade pants & blazer
  20. Plan a 2022 R&J getaway
  21. Plant even more bulbs!
  22. Poetry chapbook & monthly writing retreats
  23. Pomodoro method, just once
  24. Re-read Clarissa [just like the summer of ‘99]
  25. Re-up kids’ cooking, swimming, and biking skills
  26. Refashion the work-day
  27. Reinvent piano practice
  28. Replace the bistro set
  29. Rewrite the end of the novel
  30. Sailor jeans and more sailor jeans
  31. Satire, a spring intensive
  32. Saturday Night Family Film Festival, continued
  33. Send care packages
  34. Signature #wyrdshed cocktail
  35. Sing more & maybe even write a song
  36. Slay the 2020 taxes!
  37. Soft striped Pietra pants and Ogden cami
  38. Sour cherry & other summer fruit projects
  39. Start planning that dream vacation
  40. Summer radio show or serial
  41. Survive the first kid leaving for University
  42. Take the damn time to apply for arts grants
  43. That Eadmund project, oh, and that space thing…
  44. Tortoiseshell reading glasses
  45. Translate Beowulf again
  46. Trombone lessons for T
  47. Try snowshoeing
  48. Unusual pickles & bespoke canning
  49. Update the basement bathroom
  50. Write more spells and curses

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