1. Don’t sleep in a hospital
2. Don’t Permanently Shutter LA Fashion Insider
3. Ring in the New Year
4. Do something I wouldn’t do if not for this blog
5. Go to a Marquette game
6. See my Dad in person by Father’s Day
7. Shot gun
8. Off roading
9. Complete 10 nagging home repairs
10. Refurbish the fireplace
11. Sleep in my bed
12. Visit an American City we’ve never been to
13. Visit a state we’ve never been to
14. Celebrate Sonia’s 50th
15. Go Skiing
16. Soak in a hot spring
17. Convert guest bedroom into a library/study
18. Pool Equipment Fence
19. Pay off Amex Business
20. Read 4 Pulitzer winning/finalist Fiction Novels
21. Read 20 additional books
22. Go to Wrigley
23. Survive 2020
24. Five hikes
25. Go vegetarian for two weeks
26. Take the top off or sell the Bronco
27. Celebrate Devin’s 30th
28. Read a top 50 book of all time I haven’t read
29. Complete Spain/Portugal Album
30. Go to five live music venues in LA
31. Spend a day at a lake or river
32. Go to a baseball stadium I’ve never been to
33. Sleep in a tent
34. Draft our wills
35. Eat seafood seaside 
36. A look back on the last decade
37. Attend my nephew’s HS graduation
38. San Diego
39. Watch a sunrise
40. Watch a sunset
41. Star Gaze
42. Nap in a hammock
43. Lounge by 5 hotel pools
44. Attend a music festival
45. Three Beaches
46. Three Masterclasses
47. New Orleans
48. See 10 New Movies
49. Don’t go bankrupt
50. Cardio
51. Zip line
52. Kayak
53. New laptops
54. Have a picnic
55. Go to any concert
56. Staycation
57. Dinner at home one full week (3 times)
58. Go to a Giants game
59. Have a drink in a bar over 200 years old
60. Commission a Pear Jam/MU Concert poster from 92’
61. Help 10 LA restaurants recover
62. Visit a National Park
63. Visit 3 Museums
64. Bike ride in another city
65. Deep sea fishing
66. Stay at a winery
67. Aurora Borealis
68. Set my watch to 5 different time zones
69. Fish a river or stream
70. Frame Pearl Jam posters
71. See 3 Plays
72. Don’t wear a hospital gown
73. Have a Catch
74. Go to a professional sporting event
75. Finish first draft of novel
76. Go to an island
77. See Alex pitch
78. Five rooftop toasts
79. Garage Sale
80. Landscape the curbside
81. Art for the dining room wall
82. No car for me
83. Remove a tattoo
84. Sleep in the desert
85. RV
86. Go to a Bears game
87. Celebrate Hemingway’s 9th
88. Celebrate Brittany’s 25th
89. Learn more Spanish
90. Palm Springs
91. New car for Sonia
92. Las Vegas
93. Add five vintage hard covers to the library
94. Weigh 165
95. Don’t Weigh 120
96. See my mom in person this year
97. Start second novel
98. Walk across a bridge
99. Family photo
100. Tour a winery

54%. The lowest completion rate in years, but expected once the shit hit the fan. Happy for the most part.

I’ve always enjoyed appreciated devastation depicted in film.

Branzino and home grown roasted zucchini.

Head start on next year’s goal to upgrade my kitchenware. Three new Dalstrong knives for X-mas. Thanks, GA.

My last read book of 2020. I was entertained.

Until I get a pizza oven, the blackstone worked surprisingly well. The Bloody Mary in the spa to watch the Bears game was icing on the cake. Trying to set up a universal remote for the remainder of the day brought things back down to earth.

Hemingway was very impressed about how much faster the Blackstone cooked his 40lbs of venison than it used to take me with the oven. Sonia’s happy the house doesn’t smell like venison.

Christmas was different this year. The Christmas Eve party that has been a Youmans family tradition for more than two decades was paused for a more immediate gathering in the back yard. We added whiffle ball which was a plus, and the fire pit made the cool night more than tolerable. As for Christmas Day, the breakfast was as good as ever and Santa brought a perfect 72 degrees and sunny day.

The grocery store drink dispenser is a game changer.

Meh.

Much better.

Dinner prep.

Bacon, egg and cheese with miso red sauce for a kick. I love this griddle.

Entertaining.

3 hour BBQ ribs. House grown butter lettuce salad. House grown roasted zucchini.

Guess we’ll have some zucchini for dinner.

New Blackstone griddle with 3 built in air fryers. Breaking it in with some fajitas.

Christmas.

California’s new stay at home order. Screw it, we’re going to work.

Another pandemic silver lining. I just became a HVAC repairman. It was like solving a Rubik’s cube, but now I know what the cave men must have felt when they first made fire.

No restaurants, so it’s time to cook more. Huge Mac and air fries.

I subscribed to a monthly Butcher Box of grass fed meats just in time. The second full lock down has begun.