101 Things in 1001 Days

18. Lord of the Rings marathon

Over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend, I decided just to pop in some Middle Earth movies and get this marathon crossed off my list. I rewatched all the extended editions as well as Ringers (for the first time) and started the first two episodes of Rings of Power. I've seen the LotR movies dozens of times, but it was magical to watch them again this time. It reminded me of how amazingly good the movies are, and perhaps that was partly because I watched them after watching the Hobbit movies. While there are still many things I don't like about the Hobbit movies, there were fewer parts I disliked this time around. In fact, I really liked them. But then watching the LotR trilogy just blew them away. What a wonderful weekend in Middle Earth! The next day, at work, I listened to the LotR soundtracks all day to make the feeling last a little longer.



Day 1:
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring

Day 2:
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Ringers: Lord of the Fans

Day 3:
The Rings of Power: Episodes 1 & 2

18. Get 5 new Pawsport stamps

I decided to take a few hours out of my day for a short visit to National Harbor. While there, we got Morgan Bear his first Maryland Build-a-Bear pawsport stamp. It's a stamp we didn't have before and specific to Maryland and in red! Pretty awesome. The store employee wanted to make sure there was room for lots more stamps, so she made a point to stamp near the top of the page. I appreciate that so much!


Progress: 3 / 5

18. Get 5 new Pawsport stamps

I went to the Pentagon City Build-a-Bear for the first time, and we got Morgan Bear's Pawsport stamped by an employee who had never stamped one before! So that was a fun moment for all of us!


Progress: 1 / 5

18. Complete Wreck This Journal

This month I did my final remaining 11 pages and just finished the last one a few minutes ago! This Wreck it Journal is finally done!

Page 83: Sew this page

(I take these instructions quite literally)

Page 56-57: compost this page


Pages 130-131: Sample various substances found in your home. Document what they are. Create color themes.

18. Complete Wreck This Journal

I finished a few more pages this month:
7- Pour, spill, drip, spit, fling your coffee here
98-99- Make a mess. Clean it up.
104-105- Make prints using an ink pad and cut vegetables
147- This page is a sign. What do you want it to say?

Pages 104-105: Make prints using an ink pad and cut vegetables
I don't often have raw veggies around my place, but I had some leftover from the Thing where I made something in a crockpot and the Thing where I made something in a juicer. I used a throw-away dollar store inkpad, which got all wet and ruined by the veggies.

18. Complete Wreck This Journal

I finished 6 pages in December:
45: Wrap something with this page
58-59: Do a really ugly drawing
69: Collect fruit stickers here
142-143: Write or draw with your left hand

Page 69: Collect fruit stickers here

18. Complete Wreck This Journal

I worked on some more pages this month and finished these ones:
15- Color this entire page
107- Ask a friend to do something destructive to this page. Don't look
122-123- Hang this journal in a public place. Invite people to draw here
140-141- Fill in this page when you are really angry
151- Space for negative comments
163- Give away your favorite page
164-165- Write backward
171- Scrub this page

Pages 122 & 123:
I put this out on the table at Brickfair and lots of people drew things!

18. Complete Wreck This Journal

I picked this up yesterday and made some progress on various pages. I also finished a few pages.

47 Tongue Painting
63 Pretend you are doodling on the back of an envelope
70-71 Cover this page in office supplies
74 (blank page)
77 Rub here with dirt

Page 63:
(I can't doodle. Seriously. It's a sort of disability)


Pages 70-71:

18. Complete Wreck This Journal

I finished a few more pages this month:

88-89- Collect the stamps off of all your mail
90-91- Trace the things in your bag (or pockets). Let the lines overlap
92-93- Cover this page with white things

Pages 88-89:

18. Complete Wreck This Journal

I had more fun with these pages this month. I'm finally embracing the concept of wrecking, realizing that the pages don't have to be quite perfect.

Pages completed:
37. Chew on this page
48-49. Write one word over and over
161. Write with the pen in your mouth
157. Lose this page. (Throw it out). Accept the loss.
173. Hide a secret message somewhere in this book
177. Close this book. Write/scribble something on the edges

And 4 more blank ones that I'm crossing off the list.
Pages 48-49:


Page 157:


Progress: 63/184