The Talbert Report: From the Attic

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

From the Attic

Remember the other day when I found a paper saying I wanted to work with the deaf or be a lawyer? I found another paper confirming those ambitions.

Journal entry from September 9, 1993 (10 years old)

Dear Journal,

When I grow up, I want to be either a teacher for the deaf, or a lawyer. I want to be a teacher for the deaf because I'm really interested in deaf people and sign language. It would really be neat to help out a deaf person! Or two. Or three! Or even more! I really would like to help them.

I want to be a lawyer too. A lawyer makes a lot of money and he/she helps people by standing up for them. You can ask anyone and they'll tell you my sister and I are wonderful at arguing! Ahem! We have practice! Ha, ha, ha! Those are the things I want to be when I grow up.

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Books in 2024

"Greek and Roman Gods and Goddesses" by Kimberly A. Lathem (1) (K)
"Dan Crawford: A Life of Fact Stranger Than Fiction" by Diane Schoemperlen (2)
"Best in Children's Books, Volume 17" by Mary Macnab (3) (K)
"Katie John" by Mary Calhoun (4)
"You Shouldn't Have Come Here" by Jeneva Rose (5)
"The Name of This Book is Secret" by Pseudonymous Bosch (6)
"The Hard Truth about Soft Skills" by Peggy Klaus (7) (K)
"Children's Missionary Library" by Vernon Howard and Alice Bostrom (8)
"The Trumpet of the Swan" by E.B. White (9)
"Mike Fink: Best of the Keelboatmen" by Harold W. Felton (10)
"Amusing Ourselves to Death" by Neil Postman (11) (K)
"Willpower Doesn't Work" by Benjamin Hardy (12)
"Cross Fire" by James Patterson (13)
"What's So Amazing About Grace?" by Philip Yancey (14) (K)
"Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte (15) (K)
"All Good People Here" by Ashley Flowers (16)
"Appleblossom the Possum" by Holly Goldberg Sloan (17)
"Hidden Pictures" by Jason Rekulak (18)
"The Knowledge of the Holy" by A.W. Tozer (19) (K)
"Harriet Tubman: Freedom Leader" by Tanya Savory (20)
"Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" by Fannie Flagg (21) (K)
"God's Tribesman: The Rochunga Pudaite Story" by Jams and Marti Hefley (22)
"Pete and Penny Know and Grow" by Dorothy Grunbock Johnson (23)
"The Villa" by Rachel Hawkins (24)
"Up From Slavery" by Booker T. Washington (25)
"The Precious Present" by Spencer Johnson (26) (K)
"Bringing up Boys" by James Dobson (27)
"Lord, Teach Me to Pray" by John MacArthur (28) (K)
"The Drift" by C.J. Tudor (29)
"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens (30) (K)
"Mindset" by Carol Dweck (31) (K)
"Our Independence and the Constitution" by Dorothy Canfield Fisher (32)
"Fairest" by Gail Carson Levine (33) (K)
"L.A. Dead" by Stuart Woods (34)
"Two Dollar Bill" by Stuart Woods (35)
"Thomas Jefferson: Man with a Vision" by Ruth Crisman (36)
"The Push" by Ashley Audrain (37)
"How to Be Your Own Selfish Pig" by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay (38)
"Strategic Moves" by Stuart Woods (39)
"Crime Scene Investigation" by Paul Mauro (40)
"Want to Know a Secret?" by Freida McFadden (41)
"Ten Girls Who Made History" by Irene Howat (42)
"The Secret of the Old Mill" by Franklin W. Dixon (43)
"The 9th Judgment" by James Patterson (44)
"Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass" by Frederick Douglass (45)
"Strange Tales of the Civil War" by Michael Sanders (46)
"Pygmalion" adapted by Nicole Vittiglio (47)
"Ten Girls Who Made a Difference" by Irene Howat (48)
"Ten Boys Who Made History" by Irene Howat (49)
"Contraband" by Stuart Woods (50)
"Unbound" by Stuart Woods (51)
"It Figures!" by Marvin Terban (52)
"Make Way for Sam Houston" by Jean Fritz (53) (K)
"Unintended Consequences" by Stuart Woods (54)
"Carnal Curiosity" by Stuart Woods (55)
"The Pilgrim's Progress" (abridged) (56) (K)
"Unnatural Acts" by Stuart Woods" (57)
"Paris Match" by Stuart Woods (58)
"Hot Pursuit" by Stuart Woods (59)
"So Far From the Bamboo Grove" by Yoko Kawashima Watkins (60)
"Naked Greed" by Stuart Woods (61)
"It's Not Supposed to Be This Way" by Lysa TerKeurst (62)
"Stonewall" by Jean Fritz (63)
"Pocahontas and the Strangers" by Clyde Robert Bulla (64)
"The Screwtape Letters" by C.S. Lewis (65) (K)
"Foreign Affairs" by Stuart Woods (66)
"Hercules and Other Tales from Greek Myths" by Olivia E. Coolidge (67)
"Hunting for Hidden Gold" by Franklin W. Dixon (68)
"The Upstairs Room" by Johanna Reiss (69)
"Scandalous Behavior" by Stuart Woods (70)
"Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans" by Edward Eggleston (71)
"A Spark of Light" by Jodi Picoult (72)
"The One Minute Sales Person" by Spencer Johnson (73) (K)
"Ethan Frome" by Edith Wharton (74)
"My Husband's Wife" by Jane Corry (75)
"How Successful People Think" by John Maxwell (76) (K)
"Time Management Magic" by Lee Cockerell (77)
"The Return of Tarzan" by Edgar Rice Burroughs (78)
"Mountain Miracle" by T.L. Tedrow (79)
"Family Jewels" by Stuart Woods (80)
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"The Envy of Eve" by Melissa B. Kruger (83)
"Sex, Lies & Serious Money" by Stuart Woods (84)
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"Let Sleeping Vets Lie" by James Herriot (87) (K)
"Fast & Loose" by Stuart Woods (88)
"Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank (89)
"The Gospel on the Ground" by Kristi McLelland (90) (K)
"Get Over Your Damn Self" by Romi Neustadt (91)
"Carry on, Mr. Bowditch!" by Jean Lee Latham (92)
"Gung Ho!" by Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles (93) (K)
"The God You Can Know" by Dan DeHaan (94) (K)
"Gulliver's Travels" by Jonathan Swift (95)
"The Golden Age of Pirates" by Bob Temple (96)
"God's Crime Scene for Kids" by J. Warner Wallace (97)
"The Circle Maker" by Mark Batterson (98) (K)
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101 in 1001

~~1. Make 10 new recipes ~~March 31, 2020~~~~

- Sausage gravy

- Mexican casserole

- Honey Grilled Tenderloins

- Hearty Hamburger Soup

- Chunky Macadamia Nut White Chocolate Cookies
- Honey cake

- Caramel-stuffed Chocolate Chip Cookies

2. Use my bread machine at least 3 times

3. Try 5 local restaurants that are new to us - Khan Mongolian Grill

~~4. Make candied apples~~ October 3, 2019

5. Make a floral lantern

6. Make pretty envelopes

7. Create glamour glassware

8. Make a candy cane decorative stand

9. Make candles in teacups

~~10. Make snowball soap surprises ~~March 31, 2020~~~~

11. Make creme brulee

12. Go to one Macon Bacon game

~~13. Go to one Macon Mayhem game~~

14. Go to Savannah Children’s Museum

15. Visit Atlanta Botanical Gardens

16. Ride the Santa Express at Blue Ridge Scenic Railway

17. Visit Tallulah Gorge (whole family)

18. Visit Gibbs Gardens

19. Take the kids to the Hogg Mine

~~20. Visit Helen, GA. (whole family)~~ November 16, 2019

21. Go to Callaway Gardens (whole family)

~~22. Go to a monster truck rally~~

23. Go to Fernbank Museum of National History

24. Visit a planetarium

25. Go with the family to the Biltmore House

26. Take the kids on the SouthStar Trolley in Augusta

27. Go to Wild Animal Safari (whole family)

28. Go to Noah’s Ark (whole family)

29. Visit Pebble Hill Plantation

30. Go to Andersonville

31. Visit the Biblical History Center (whole family)

32. Do the CFA tour in Atlanta (whole family)

33. Visit the World of Coke (whole family)

~~34. Visit Babyland~~ November 16, 2019

35. Visit The Breman Museum (whole family)

36. See one show at the Center of Puppetry Arts

37. Go to Tellus (whole family)

38. Go to Jimmy Carter’s Sunday school class

39. Visit the Tubman Museum

40. Go to 5 fun events that aren’t local

A. High Falls State Park

B. Indian Springs State Park

41. Hike the Ocmulgee trail again

42. Hike the Amerson River trails again

43. Go tubing with the kids

44. Visit Radium Springs Garden (whole family)

45. Visit Providence Canyon (whole family)

46. Go to the Georgia Southern museum (whole family)

47. Visit the CDC museum

48. Go to the Habitat for Humanity Global Village & Discovery Center

49. Visit the Vidalia Onion museum

50. Go out of state for our girls trip

51. Run a 5K.

52. Complete Lee Labrada’s full plan at least once.

53. Get my hearing checked

54. Do 10 pullups in a row.

55. Do 30 pushups in a row.

56. *Personal health goal*

57. Walk/run/bike 100 miles

58. Pay for the person behind me in a drive thru

59. Adopt a child for Christmas every Christmas (1/3)

60. Extend a loan on Kiva.org

61. Help with Party with a Purpose at least two times

62. Volunteer with Meals on Wheels at least 3 times

~~63. Work at a food bank at least once~~

~~64. Give a minimum of $100 to Stephanie and Daniel~~

65. Do 20 acts of random kindness with the kids

~~66. Give a minimum of $100 to Christian and Hannah~~

67. Make $100 a month on Mturk at least 12 times (1/12)

~~68. Save $1,000 in a separate account from our savings account~~ November 8, 2019

69. Pay off the Discover card.

70. *Personal financial goal*

71. *Personal financial goal*

72. Have 5 months minimum with no eating out

73. Do at least one no-spend month (for “wants”)

74. Make $200 on Mercari or eBay

75. Create an emergency car kit

76. Read 50 books per year.

77. Catalog every book in the house

78. Finish all the pork in our freezer

79. Leave Stephen 10 random love notes throughout the 1001 days.

80. Leave Brianna 10 random love notes throughout the 1001 days.

81. Leave Hunter 10 random love notes throughout the 1001 days.

82. Finish my chronological Bible plan

83. Get a passport

84. Get recertified for CPR

85. Vote in Georgia

86. Get a Georgia drivers license October 4, 2019

87. Organize pantry and buy organizing tools (make the pantry look nice)

88. Spend one weekend unplugged

~~89. Complete the #100happydays challenge~~

90. Find an escape room that Bri can do

91. Do 25 of the things on my Pinterest boards

https://thetalbertreport.blogspot.com/2019/10/firework-salt-painting.html

92. Have family pictures taken

93. Clean the photos off my phone

94. Mail at least 10 snail mail letters

95. Level-related goal for R+F

96. Customer-related goal for R+F

97. Business partner-related goal for R+F

98. Go to convention at least once

99. Financial goal for R+F

100. Learn how to really utilize my Instagram profile

101. Complete 70 things on this list by July 11, 2022.