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365) Start a blog

365) Start a blog

LOOKING BACK Back in the winter of 2011, when John finally convinced me to do

323) Kiss under the mistletoe

323) Kiss under the mistletoe

Technically, what you see here is holly not mistletoe. But as far as I’m concerned,

317) Mail a Christmas card

317) Mail a Christmas card

I blame it on my generation for being completely complacent when it comes to writing

307) See a real live mummy

307) See a real live mummy

[The following is a designated 'John-only' to-do] Alright, this is some weird, creepy, can’t really

285) Finish a 1000 piece puzzle

285) Finish a 1000 piece puzzle

Hallelujah! It’s finished!!!! Seriously, this puzzle has been a pain in the ass. We started

276) Research Plants

276) Research Plants

Over the last six months, we’ve spent a good chuck of time researching plant life.

270) Write a letter to the editor

270) Write a letter to the editor

Dear John Macfarlane – Editor & Publisher of The Walrus, Firstly, I’d like to say

269) Visit a Frida Kahlo exhibition

269) Visit a Frida Kahlo exhibition

“They thought I was a surrealist but I wasn’t. I never painted dreams I painted

226) Fly a Box Kite

226) Fly a Box Kite

I have this reoccurring dream every so often where I’m running through a field of

199) Wear a kilt

199) Wear a kilt

[The following is a designated 'John-only' to-do] In celebration of his sister’s “German-Italian” wedding, John

186) Sleep a night in a hammock

186) Sleep a night in a hammock

Everything is hot and sticky in Toronto. Even our apartment is sweating profusely…. the walls,

162) Operate a backhoe

162) Operate a backhoe

Sunday morning / 10:30am: In the same weekend that we hand-milked a cow, drove a

156) Split wood with a wood splitter

156) Split wood with a wood splitter

Saturday afternoon / 12:30pm: Splitting wood with a mechanized wood splitter isn’t very challenging or mentally

155) Use a chainsaw

155) Use a chainsaw

Saturday morning / 11:30am: After we chopped that old hickory tree to the ground, we

154) Cut down a tree with an axe

154) Cut down a tree with an axe

Saturday morning / 10:30am: After our jaunt in the John Deere, we headed to John’s

153) Drive a tractor

153) Drive a tractor

Saturday morning / 8:30am: After our informative hand-miking session at Steenbeek Dairy Farm, we hopped

143) Write on a bathroom stall door

143) Write on a bathroom stall door

For the last two months I’ve been carrying around a Sharpie in my purse, waiting

79) Wear full body underwear

79) Wear full body underwear

The union suit is a classic garment: simple, basic, comfortable and functional (…you can’t get

64) Kiss on a bridge in the sunset

64) Kiss on a bridge in the sunset

Crossing over the Don River and the Don Valley Expressway is the Queen Street Bridge,