100 Little Things

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I was inspired by Ashley at The Big White Farmhouse’s series of posts on “100 Little Things.” The idea is to make a list of 100 things you’d like to accomplish, than then track your progress through the year.

She mentioned that she only gets to a small number in the year, so I don’t feel pressure to accomplish everything. As an ideas person, I have a difficult time with follow through, and as a my-baby-isn’t-sleeping-through-the-night person I have a hard time remembering anything. This list will hopefully help me remember and encourage me to tackle projects that are always swimming around in my mind.

This is my brain dump list over the course of several days, so it’s not in any particular order.

1. Re-Write “Pretzels the Dog.”
2. Either figure out how to use my sewing machine or donate it.
3. Read a Jane Austen book.
4. Paint a big canvas.
5. Print out our pictures.
6. Find some donated freezer breastmilk for Pio.
7. Make Pio’s baby photo book.
8. Create some printable greeting cards.
9. Go on a date with David.
10. Post our frugal food tips.
11. Write an eBook about David’s prayer journey.
12. Read The Reed of God.
13. Update my goodreads.
14. Print out report cards for the 19-20 school year.
15. Create an “alphabet of the week” program for Bea.
16. Teach the kids to tie their shoes.
17. Come up with an end-of-year craft for Family Faith Formation.
18. Find a set of cloth napkins for the whole family.
19. Clean out the cupboard above the desk in the kitchen.
20. Organize the winter gear stuff.
21. Vacuum out all the vehicles.
22. Rework the “Books” page of my blog.
23. Have our priest over for dinner.
24. Clean out the outside/front door area of the house.
25. Mulch our landscaping.
26. Make a legit meal plan.
27. Take my instant pot out of the box.
28. Use my instant pot on an actual recipe.
29. Sell/give away the 2 NWT Lularoe dresses in my closet.
30. Weed the kids’ shoes.
31. Clean out my dresser.
32. Wash my shower curtain.
33. Find roller skates for all the kids.
34. Come up with a thank-you gift for our hospital nurses and ped’s office.
35. Figure out a perpetual calendar system.
36. Fix the screen door.
37. Go to adoration 5 times.
38. Open a bank account for Pio.
39. Plan VBS.
40. Read Theology of Home.
41. Do a new Artistic Pursuits lesson with the kids.
42. Figure out how to do an email list.
43. Get Pio’s 3 month, 6th month, 9 month, and 12 month pictures taken.
44. Have another Yes Day.
45. Read through the Great Adventure Storybook with the kids.
46. Clean out the storage room.
47. Play a new board game with the kids.
48. Take the kids to the zoo.
49. Figure out a system for our coats/boots/bags.
50. Clean the filters on the vacuum.
51. Read Little Women.
52. See the new Downton Abbey movie.
53. See the new Little Women movie.
54. Go to the eye doctor.
55. Get a physical.
56. Do the Divine Mercy Novena.
57. Check around for new Catholic mom blogs to follow.
58. Thrift some new decor for our front entry.
59. Visit our old neighbor.
60. Take a family vacation.
61. Learn to paint flowers.
62. Write “Toddlersaurus Rex” and ” Beatrice, Scourge of the Seven Seas.”
63. Host a party for our homeschool friends.
64. Clean out my t-shirt drawer.
65. Clean out the shelf in my closet.
66. Find a backpack diaper bag.
67. Make/find some freezer meals for my parents.
68. Find a good pair of shoes for the winter.
69. Find a good pair of shoes for summer.
70. Figure out how to do the “around the head braid” updo for the girls.
71. Weed out our picture frames.
72. Weed our children’s art display.
73. Go on a fun field trip.
74. Do a Lenten devotional with the kids.
75. Figure out a toy organization system.
76. Clean off kitchen sink shelf.
77. Find more CD audiobooks for kids.
78. Fix and reupholster rocking chair.
78. Replace chair/ottoman in bedroom.
79. Figure out a living Stations of the Cross for Family Faith.
80. Force the kids to take piano lessons.
81. Do a Spanish unit study with the kids.
82. Write decluttering eBook.
83. Organize the freezer.
84. Find a way to make our oat balls that doesn’t involve raw oats.
85. Go through our old documents and shred what we don’t need.
86. Plan our reading list for next year.
87. Memorize the real words to Red Is the Rose.
88. Weed adult books.
89. Read something by St. John of the Cross.
90. Revamp the bathroom decor.
91. Give away extra homeschool materials.
92. Ask about Our Lady of Guadalupe trip.
93. Go on cul-de-sac walks when it gets warm enough.
94. Develop a cleaning schedule.
95. Clean the carpets.
96. Create a family prayer journal.
97. Weed kitchen items.
98. Decide about a BookShark partnership for next year.
99. Plan First Communion events for church.
100. Look through my Grandma’s old pictures.


If you actually read this far and are itching to help in some way (like you have some frozen breastmilk to pass along, know how to make this guy, or want to read books to my littles while I dive into closet clean-outing), thanks and let me know.


That was fun. Really– it was super satisfying to make a list of things to do, and I appreciate having all those ideas in one spot. It is a little scary to brain dump what are decidedly uncool and unexciting goals, but I like the accountability prospect, and anyone who would be reading this is probably well aware of my uncool and unexciting existence already.


I’d love to see your list in real life or on the internets if you were inspired to make your own and are brave enough to share. <3


Thanks for the idea, Ashley!