As October rolls into November

I have quite a bit of work to do on my little list. I have been working on the Odie park project. Last weekend I took her to the North Triangle neighborhood. We walked around gazing at old homes, smelling leaf piles, and visiting two parks: Nokomis and Parkovas. We also recently visited Coquillard Park. A good blogger would have taken some fabulous pictures of said parks. I however am simply a record keeper of my own list, and not a blogger. Since the following list is merely South Bend parks, it is clear I have a long way to go.

() Belleville Park Evergreen Ln. at Meadow Ln. 43.65
() Belleville Softball Complex In Belleville Park 0.00
(check) Boehm Park Edison Rd. at Rose St. 30.00
() Boland Park Corpus Christi Dr. at Tomahawk Trail. 21.03
() Brownfield Park Riverside Dr. at Angela Blvd. 2.70
(check) Coquillard Park Campeau St. at Arthur St. 7.16
() East Bank Trail Angela to Niles along Railway 1.10
(check) East Race Waterway Niles Ave. at Washington St. 5.10
() Elbel Park Auten Rd. at Quince Rd. 313.25
() Erskine Park Miami Rd. at Ireland Rd. 120.00
() Forestry 0.00
() Fredrickson Park South Bend Ave. at N. Jacob St. 14.24
() Fremont Park Fremont St. at W. Hamilton St. 2.00
() Gwen Stiver Park St. Joseph St. at Lasalle St. 0.38
(check) Howard Park Jefferson Blvd. at St. Louis Blvd. 11.49
() Keller Park Riverside Dr. near Sherman Ave. 16.91
() Kelly Park Howard St. at St. Peter St. 1.10
() Kennedy Park Olive St. at Westmoor St. 38.56
() LaSalle Memorial Park Portage Ave. near Ribourde Dr. 1.56
() LaSalle Park Washington St. at Camden St. 39.80
(check) Leeper Park Michigan St. at Park Ln. 25.72
() Lincoln Plaza Park N. Kenmore St. at W. Bulla St. 1.10
() Marshall Park Byron Dr. at Springbrook Dr. 9.00
() Martin Luther King, Jr. Park Linden Ave. at College St. 6.00
() McKinley Park Helmen Dr. near Manchester Dr. 1.10
() Morris Green Park St. Joseph St. at Colfax Ave. 0.70
() Muessel Grove Park Wilbur St. at Vassar Ave. 17.26
(check) Nokomis Park Lafayette Blvd. at Marquette Ave. 1.94
(check) Northside Blvd. Walkway Riverbank Sample to Greenlawn 32.50
() O'Brien Park Michigan St. at Walter St. 22.60
(check) Parkovash Park N. Lafayette Blvd. at Parkovash Ave. 1.65
() Pier Park Lafayette Blvd. at Parkovash Ave. 0.50
() Pinhook Park Boland Dr. at Riverside Dr. 42.69
() Plaza Park Jefferson Blvd. at Monroe St. 5.50
(check) Ponader Park Maple Lane Rd. at Douglas Rd. 10.38
(check) Potawatomi Park Mishawaka Ave. at Greenlawn Ave. 62.18
() Pulaski Park W. Western Ave. at S. Walnut St. 6.32
() Randolph Street Park Randolph St. at Sampson St. 2.00
() Ravina Park Indiana Ave. at Lebanon St. 0.40
() Riverside Manor Park Glenview Dr. near Viking Dr. 5.48
() Riverside Park Riverside Dr. near Darden Rd. 2.58
(check) Rum Village Park Ewing Ave. at Gertrude St. 160.00
(check) Seitz Park St. Joseph River at Washington St. 0.30
() Shetterley Park Riverside Dr. at Leland St. 2.66
() Sorin Park Sorin St. at Patterson Dr. 0.55
(check) South Bend River Walk 0.00
() Southeast Neighborhood Park Fellows St. at Keasey St. 9.50
() Studebaker Park Calvert St. at High St. 23.94
() Tarkington Park Hickory Rd. at Hepler St 10.96
(check) Veterans' Memorial Park Twyckenham at Northside Blvd. 16.11
(check) Viewing Park Northside Blvd. at Notre Dame Ave. 4.00
() Voorde Park Keller St. at Kenmore St. 14.00
() Westhaven Park Sussex Dr. at Grove St. 5.68
() Wheelock Park Between Laurel Rd. and Harvest Dr. on Darden Rd. 72.00
() Woodlawn Park Riverside Blvd. at Woodlawn Blvd. 16.56

Last night I began to read Mayflower which is a Pulitzer Prize winner. Nonfiction - but I've discovered to read what I'd like, I need a little more flexibility than I gave myself.

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I made Randy and Peggy dinner last night. With busy schedules, it really has taken two years to make the dinner happen.

My last run was about 4 miles and it took me 38 minutes. 10K, I've got my mind set on you.

101 update

I've been quite and busy. I'm having so much fun though!

101 Things in 1001 Days - Completions

Academic/Knowledge
3) Write and maintain a website
4) Learn to implement code using a header file
5) Compile code w/ a make file
6) Use multiple source code files compiled through a make file
7) Use a header to input source code from one file to another
8) Read and understand a complete work (of any length) by Faulkner
12) Have a conversation in Portuguese
15) T.A. a graduate level class
16) Take a language class
17) Present at an academic conference

Diet/Food
19) Make Fried Green Tomatoes - TONIGHT!
23) Make baking bread a habit - I don't eat a lot of bread, but I regularly make pizza dough!

Exercise
26) Take a yoga class
27) Take an advanced pilates class
28) Run a 5K
29) Run a faster 5K! Today!!!! Go me! I don't have my official time yet though.
32) Master a tri-cep push-up -not mastered, but close - Thank You YOGA!
33) Go hiking in the North Cascades
35) Return from a vacation thinner than you left - I came back from my last roadtrip about right.

Travel
38) Visit the Devil’s Tower in Wyoming - went with my mom!
42) Visit the Field Museum
47) Sleep in a tent - boy, did my mom complain about this!
48) Visit a country whose primary language is not English - Costa Rica
49) Attend a baseball game at Wrigley Field - SO much fun!

Community
54) Visit the Pizza restaurant near Lake Michigan
55) Visit the Snite Museum
56) Canoe the St. Joseph River (starting from St. Patrick’s Park) - maybe tomorrow if it warms up
58) Take a local cooking class
60) Volunteer for a South Bend community program - want to help out the Dhan community service
61) Volunteer for the ND Physics Department - definitely on the small scale, working on the big scale
62) Visit a local winery
66) Visit Amish Country - Mom again
67) Visit Fernwood Botanical Garden - twice! once with Ma

Household
68) Paint the bathroom - a lovely blue!
69) Develop a successful composting system
70) Clean the oven twice (1/3)
71) Grow a crop of corn
73) Clean and organize the contents of both desks
74) Maintain organization of the desks - working to
75) Develop and maintain organization systems for all messy zones - getting better
76) Replace expensive cleaning products with homemade versions

Financial
80) Pay off student loans - really ready to do this
81) Pay off my car loan - DONE
82) Organize and fully document my financial information - kinda, sorta...

Odie
85) Train Odie to come when called - when she wants to...
86) Train Odie to look - maybe not in those words...
87) Train Odie to stay at doorways - DEFINITELY
88) Take Odie to 90% of the pet-friendly parks in the county - added a new one today
90) Take Odie on a vacation - weekend away + x-mas last year

Personal Challenges
92) Watch no television for one month
93) Drive in downtown Chicago - a bit, but could really solidify this

Miscellaneous
96) Cook dinner for Randy and Peggy - coming soon!
97) Have pants tailored
98) Reconnect w/ an old friend - Katy! Leah!
100) Give a thoughtful and random gift to a friend (5 times) Pokie - secret purple sparkly + chocolate, Cathy - madeline cookie pan, Mallory - gluten free goodies
101) Do not allow yourself to complain of boredom - boy NEVER!