101 Things in 1001 Days

73. Read all published illustrated Harry Potter editions

This month I read the illustrated versions of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and The Tales of Beedle the Bard. I loved experiencing the magic of these stories again in a new way. Reading them with these illustrations made them feel especially magical. I look forward to the final three books, when they get published in the future.

73. Read all published illustrated Harry Potter editions

I read the first book this month for my Harry Potter meetup's monthly discussion. It was my first time reading this edition, and I listened to the first movie soundtrack at the same time. It was magical when the two were in sync! I loved experiencing the story in a new way, and the artistic choices were amazing.

73. For everything in my Netflix “My List” either watch it or delete it

Well, I made a really good push for finishing this. But it proved to be a whole lot bigger than expected. I watched 40 different things that were on my list, but there are still a whole lot left. I'm planning on rolling over a version of this to my list #5 so I can keep making a dent in the things I've been meaning and wanting to see.

73. For everything in my Netflix “My List” either watch it or delete it

It's been a while since I updated this list of things I've watched! Here's what I can cross off my list... sort of. Some are shows that are still current, so I'll keep them on the list so I can easily get to the next seasons as they're posted.

Arrow
Between
The Blacklist
Comic Book Men
The Flash
Justice League Unlimited
Mark Gatiss: A Study in Sherlock
Stranger Things
Supergirl
TURN
Ultimate Spider-Man: Web Warriors
Wolf Blood
Zootopia

73. For everything in my Netflix “My List” either watch it or delete it

A few of these I watched in March, but most were in April. I've removed them from my list (or kept so I can keep track of future seasons as they're added):
Code
Girl Meets World
The Guild
Hit Record on TV
Home
Rag Tag
The Returned
Walt Disney Short Films Collection

51. Watch all of Agatha Christie’s Poirot and read one new-to-me book
73. For everything in my Netflix “My List” either watch it or delete it

I grew up watching episodes of Agatha Christie's Poirot on PBS and reading his mysteries. I haven't any idea which I've read and which I haven't, so maybe one day I will read the whole series. I definitely remembered some of the myseries as I was watching the episodes, though it has been 18 years since I read my last Poirot mystery (Curtain), so there were definitely some details I didn't remember! A few years ago I saw part of an episode of the series with Tim Curry in it, and I knew I'd never seen that one as a child. So this thing was born so that I might relive the fun of solving cases with this detective.


Over the past few months, I've worked my way through the entire series, all 13 seasons of it, which had been on my Netflix queue. To be honest, if I'd known there were 13 seasons, I might not have tried to do this. But I'm so glad that I did. I rediscovered how much I enjoyed Hastings and Poirot, my adoration of Ms. Lemon's filing system (WANT), and the lovable Inspector Japp (who is smart enough to bring Poirot in on many a case... though it's also funny how danger seems to follow Poirot around; perhaps that's only because we don't see the episodes where he's just living normally). I loved the earlier episodes best (though season 8). And though I liked some of the new characters, it just wasn't the same feel (though production values were much better; "Murder on the Orient Express" for example was absolutely GORGEOUS in dramatic storytelling and cinematography).

I left one episode in season 9 for last as I was planning on listening to the audio book then watching. However, it turns out I got the radio drama version. Not really the same, as I don't get the full Agatha Christie effect. So I ended up getting The Body in the Library out instead and trying Ms. Marple for the first time. She was excellent.

I can't tell you how glad I am that I made this one of my things! It took several months, but I thoroughly enjoyed every second of it.

73. For everything in my Netflix “My List” either watch it or delete it

Here's my list of things I need to watch (counts toward goal):
30 Days
The 100 (have seen season 1 only)
The Adventures of Puss in Boots
Agatha Christie's Poirot
The Almighty Johnsons
Amelie
Arrow (have seen season 1 only)
Batman (want to rewatch)
Being Elmo
Between
Big Eden
Bitten (have seen season 1 only)
Black Mirror
The Blacklist
Bridegroom
Chaos On the Bridge
Charlotte's Web (non-animated version)
Children of the Corn
Clerks
The Code
Comic Book: the movie
Comic Book Men
Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Death Note
Dragon Tattoo Trilogy
The English patient
The Enlgishman who went up a hill and came down a mountain
The Flash
Food, Inc.
Freaks and Geeks
Free Fall
Fringe (have tired to watch this twice)
Getting Go
Glee
Glengary GlenRoss
The Guild (can't remember where I left off... season 2?)
Hackers
Hemlock Grove (have seen season 1 only)
Hercules (Disney)
Hercules: The Legendary Journys (have seen most, but not all)
Hit Record on TV
How to Train your Dragon: Legends
Horns
An Ideal Husband
In the Name of
Interior Leather Bar
Iron Man vs the Hulk
Iron man & Captain America: Heroes United
Jedi Junkies
Jessica Jones
Justice League (stopped at season 1, episode 13)
Justice League Unlimited
The Killing (have seen seasons 1 & 2 only)
Legends
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes: maximum Overload
Leverage (can't remember where I left off.. season 3? 4?)
Lilting
The Loft
Luther (have seen seasons 1 & 2 only)
Magic Beyond Words
Mean Girls
Monarch of the Glen (have seen seasons 1-5)
Morgan
Mr. Angel
Mr. Mom (want to rewatch as an adult)
Mulan
Noragami
Odd Thomas
The Originals
Out in the Dark
Outsourced
Paris is Burning
Peaky Blinders
Pit Stop
Priest
Psycho-Pass
Raising Hope (can't remember where I left off, but it was season 1)
R W B Y
Rag Tag
Reign
Revolution
The Science of Doctor Who
The Secret of Kells
The Secret of Moonacre
Secrets of Scotland Yard
Snowpiercer
Spartacus
Star Trek the animated series
Star Wars: the Clone Wars (can't remember where I left off)
Starship Troopers
Super Mario Brothers' Super Show
Super Size me
Sword Art Online
The Tigger Movie
Tiny
The Tomorrow People
The Tudors (have seen the beginning of season 1)
TURN: Washinton's Spies
Unlocking Sherlock
Video Game High School
Video Game High School: the movie
Walt Disney Short Films Collection
The Weather Man
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
White Collar
Wolf Blood
Xena

Shows I've already seen and am I'm waiting on (does not count toward goal):
Avengers Assemble
Daredevil
Sense 8

Things I've already seen but want to keep on the list for easy access (does not count toward goal):
Bear City
The Bletchley Circle
Geography Club
The i Inside
The Ledge


Um, yeah. What the heck was I thinking when I made this one of my things? There's no way I'm making it through all of these! LOL I did remove 2 things from the list as I was typing this up. But, still, this is a heck of a lot to get through. More than 100 items on here to watch, many with multiple seasons. Yikes! Maybe I'll be deleting some of these as time goes on?

73. Get to 50 loans made on Kiva.org

I made two loans today on Becky's birthday (Valentine's Day) with the Becky's Hugs group. Both were in countries I had never made a loan in before.

The first is to a group in Mali who needed sheep to sell at the market. Link: http://www.kiva.org/lend/830781

The second is to Carmen in Honduras (the heart-shaped candy caught my eye). The loan is to help her in her store, which is a side business. She is also a teacher. Link: http://www.kiva.org/lend/836770

Neither is fully funded yet. But, if they do get funded, I will be at progress 48/50 for this thing. Nearly there!

73. Get to 50 loans made on Kiva.org

I loaned Alexander in the Ukraine (a new-to-me country) in order for him to install a heating system and build an additional greenhouse for his vegetables. I loaned through the Nerdfighter group. http://www.kiva.org/lend/799151

Progress: 45/50

73. Get to 50 loans made on Kiva.org

I had enough credit in my account for another loan plus a small donation. I donated to the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where I've never donated before. This loan helped a group buy shoes to resell. http://www.kiva.org/lend/767770

Progress: 42/50