A year of adventures

 So far, so good, and I see a couple possible bingos forming.  Culture I went to a new-to-me museum: The Oregon Historical Society . I'm certain I've been there before, but I don't remember it, or spending any time with the exhibits, so I'm counting it as new. I learned it's free to people in my county, and it was a very enjoyable way to spend some time!  No place on this card, but related: I also went to a historical architecture presentation at a different museum, and it was so good I've now become a member. I'd been there before so it didn't qualify for a bingo square. Live music: I went to see The Sextones at the Jack London Revue. I saw them one other time - they're kind of retro R&B (their wikipedia page says soul & funk - sure) and are a lot of fun.  I have a ticket to see a documentary on Friday about Chet Baker at my favorite non-profit indie theater, The Hollywood Theatre  - so unless something happens, I can check this off soon.  ...

I haven't made resolutions the last few years, but I wanted a way to be mindful and stay engaged with doing new/meaningful things this coming year. Someone mentioned they'd heard about people making bingo cards and that really took off for me. I did some brainstorming and brought my idea to fb, and in the end I generated a series of cards:  My intent is to go for one bingo (5 cells in a row, any direction) per month, but hey, maybe I'll get motivated to do more!  A couple people asked how to do this so I figured it's better to write it up where I can find & share it!  Here's how I made the cards.  Made a list of activities that I might want to do or be reminded/prompted to do. Grouped them into five categories Dug around til I found a site that would let me generate free bingo cards and would respect the category concept (rather than fully randomizing my items across the whole card). Do you want to play? Here are my categories/activities; feel free to change the...