All right, everyone, it’s been more than 30 days. That means no more fun for us, ever again. Hank and I went out with a bang though.
We made cake for breakfast, to celebrate Hank’s favorite book In the Night Kitchen. And then my child — who has always had regular access to sugar because I use it to curry favor — took exactly one bite of cake.
I had put out some unsweetened applesauce to mitigate my dubious parenting skills, and he ate that instead? So that’s the last time I use the hippie cake mix.
Anyway, it turns out you guys are pretty fun yourselves, and lots of you started your own 30 Day projects. Here’s a peek into a few of them:
You Can’t Swim in a Town this Shallow
Thanks for playing along, friends. Have a project I missed? Please tell us in comments and we will direct our attention your way.
Mighty Girl 
I did the project, too. Thanks for inspiring me! Sometimes on a normal day with work and everything, it was hard to find something fun but I think, these days especially need projects like this!
btw I think the cake looks delicious 🙂
http://lenavslenny.blogspot.com/search/label/30%20Days
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I was also inspired by Matt Cutts’ talk on Ted, http://katespov.blogspot.com/2011/07/kicking-or-gaining-habit-in-30-days.html, and wanted to try changing a habit. I’ve tried things like this before and fell flat so I didn’t state what my goal was except verbally to me husband. The goal was o blog daily for 30 days. Yesterday was my 32nd straight day!
I’m not sure it’s a habit I intend to continue but it definitely helped me develop ways to blog more regularly and easily. Maybe going forward Monday thru Friday will do. 🙂
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Oh, yes. I had a lot of fun over 30 days thanks to your inspiration.
You can check it out here: http://kleinbeck.blogspot.com/search/label/fun
My favorite days were 5, 10, 13, 24, 27, & 30.
Ruminations on the role of fun in my life: forthcoming.
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Thank you for such a great idea. I’ve had a good time playing along!
http://mollysuitcaseheart.blogspot.com/search/label/30%20Days%20of%20Fun
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So the belly dancing for 30 days thing didn’t exactly work out. We resume again on Monday.
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When I was a kid, I would have been overjoyed to bring one of my favorite books into real life! You certainly ended the project with a bang.
Thanks for sharing the projects of other bloggers. I starred this entry in my Google Reader and I’m gonna go through them when I have time this weekend. Hopefully I’ll find a new blog or two to follow!
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Thanks Maggie! I still have 12 days to go, but so far, so good.
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Thanks so much Maggie! I’m just tickled pink to be included. Shamefully, I fell off the 30 day train…but I’ve re-started. Loved your inspiration to make the day to day more fun.
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Sadly, my boys prefer applesauce over cake, as well. Thanks for inspiration. I started a little late, but I’m doing things I’d never dreamed of doing and they are FUN! My favorite so far is Save a Horse, Ride a Camel. Jumping on the bed is a close second.
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I loved the idea and had my own 30 days of fun. The highlights? Having a sleepover with my nephews, going for a long bike ride in the rain, and learning to play a song on the guitar. Thank you for inspiring me to try all these new activities.
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What I found interesting about this 30 day project is that you didn’t do anything radically different than what you normally do ( or so it seemed). I think the point, or at least what I took from it, was to really appreciate how many fun things you get to do. Even the simple things.
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Well, we did a 30 Days No Take-Out project, not long ago.
http://thevalentine4.com/category/30-days-no-takeout/page/7/
I’m not sure “fun” is quite the correct word to describe it, though….
(Also? Cake for breakfast is awesome! Especially if I don’t have to bake it.)
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Thanks for the inspiration! Next time I need a jolt of fun, I know exactly what to do.
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Your inspired Fun idea hit me at the best possible time. I started playing a week or so ago. Thanks for sharing your genius, Maggie.
http://julsbeads.blogspot.com/
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I decided to try 30 days of fun leading up to my 36th birthday. Thank you for being such an inspiration. As I wrote in my 30 day project recap post, I realized that the simple things I find fun are STILL the things I find fun, even when I’m consciously focusing on it. I need to remember to value these things so I don’t take them for granted.
http://www.bookishpenguin.com/blog/2011/8/20/30-day-project-fun-recap.html
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I’m in the midst of 30 Days of Awesome! So far, so awesome.
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You totally inspired me to try this, and I had so much fun, I think I’m going to do a 30 Days of Fun each year in July. My birthday is at the end of the month, so it’s a great way to lead up to that. You can check out my posts here
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oops, I screwed up the link! here are my posts! http://modaveloce.blogspot.com/search/label/30daysfun
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In the Night Kitchen is my favorite book, too. As if Hank could endear me to him anymore than he already has. Milk in the batter milk in the batter.
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Thank you for the link! My 30 days is still going strong; the sad part is that the blogging about my 30 days was stressing me out! How crazy is that? So I have all my pictures and all my notes and am setting aside some quiet time to get some posts up. I figured that made much better sense than wandering in around 11:30 or 12:30… or 2… (well you get the point) and freaking out because I needed to post about that day’s fun. This was fantastically inspiring and really forced me to think outside the box. And I have SEVEN days left! Thanks Maggie! 🙂
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I’m working on 30 days of Nice Things. I’ve still got four more left!
http://likedoogie.blogspot.com/2011/07/30-days-of-nice-things.html
Thanks for the idea!
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It’s not a new 30 day project per-se, but my goal is definitely to keep making fun lists that make people go “YES! That.”
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