How I did it: The buildings are all decorated in Bavarian style which is fun to see. They have christmas music performances and a live nativity scene. There are a lot of winter weather activities to do in the area but you will need the properly equiped vehicle to get to these activities. Some of the activities I found were sled rides, snoeshoeing and dog sledding. Be sure to bring proper clothes, gloves, hats and proper shoes with good traction. … Read how I did it…
How I did it: Went to http://www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood and made an appointment. I showed up at the blood drive. The blood drive was at the farmers market which was in the parking lot of the local funeral home. I had to laugh at that. I filled the paperwork out and they took me to one of the beds. They put a needle in my right arm at first but it hurt quite a bit. They said they might have hit a tendon and they tried the other arm. It wa… Read how I did it…
How I did it: Great thought from Eckhart Tolle "Complaining is not done for the purpose of correcting a situation. That is something different. Complaining is done simply as the ego’s way of reinforcing its rightness and someone else’s wrongness."Whenever you feel yourself about to say something snarky ask yourself:'What's my real agenda here? Is it to show them that I'm right and they're wrong? Is it to come away looking good while I make th… Read how I did it…
How I did it: Most of the time we are in such a hurry we don't notice the great architecture in our own home town. I found by taking a day and looking up you find the most beautiful buildings. I found dental molding and rossettes. Plaques with carvings symbolizing what the building was originally built for. The JK Gill building had pictures of a printing press. Today I just noticed the carvings around the arch of the front doors of the main library and… Read how I did it…
How I did it: Find a system to balance your accounts. Find an app that works for you. Other people like Quicken or Mint. Neither one of them worked for me. I found the accounts app for my ipod. I love it!Track every transaction you take out of your accounts. I started taking cash out every payday for spending money, groceries and gas. You use the money you have and you don't have overdrafts. If I do use my debit card I keep up on entering it. If I have… Read how I did it…
How I did it: Beauty:Skin care is important to French women. Use the best products you can afford. I now know what skin care works well for me but I also know that if I can't afford it what cheaper options will do until I can buy my preferred brand. Wash your face before going to bed, this alone will improve the condition of your skin greatly. You should also wash your face in the morning to get rid of accumulated oil and dead skin. Talk to someone who… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I was lucky enough to have some money already in the bank when I started it. I just had to keep from spending it. I have always had automatic deposits for goals. I just transfered them to another account for my emergency/opportunity fund. Having automatic deposits are great becase you don't miss money you never see and then you get really happy when you see your balance growing. If you are lucky enough to get a raise and can afford … Read how I did it…
How I did it: Keep track of your spending for a few months to see where your money is going and then set up a budget. See how well you live on the budget and make adjustments. See how much you can put away. Run the numbers on a paycheck calculator because putting money away pre-tax will change how much your take home pay is and you may be able to put more away than you realize. The minimum amount you should put away is 15% of your gross income. If you … Read how I did it…
How I did it: It can be hard to do when you first start. I was always forgetting to bring bags with me into the store and then there are times when you just forget that you will even need a bag. Plastic is all around us. Doing this goal made me realize how much plastic we actually use. The good new is that there are alternatives to many of our uses of plastic bags.There are biodegradable bags made from corn or from recycled plastic for garbage. Th… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I gathered every cord I could find. I sat down and figured out what each cord went to and if I still needed it. If I did not need it or I did not know what it belonged to I got rid of it. The remaining cords I put with the equipment that they belonged to and labeled them with a marker and tape. There are things you can buy to label your cords but tape works just as well. The cords that I had plugged in to power strips I tied togethe… Read how I did it…
How I did it: You can buy your train ticket at amtraks website. The price is very reasonable. I travelled business class. The coach seats are the same size but you get more room in business class. Travelling by train is nice. You can move around sit in the bistro car if you want. There are some things that can happen. On the way up something went wrong with one of the cars and we were stranded and a 3.5 hour trip turned into a 13 hour trip. It was stil… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I have been working on taking care of myself for the last year. Although losing weight was originally part of this goal I think that is such a big thing that I have made it a separate goal. Taking care of you is an everyday thing and this goal was more about learning how to do it. What I have learned… You can start out small. Take the time to wash your face before you go to bed. Treat yourself to little luxuries. Take a bubble… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I went on a family vacation. I was just more willing to pose for pictures. Sometimes I had negative thoughts about the results but they quickly passed. You just have to be willing to do it and accept that this is you. You might say to yourself that this is not the best picture but it's who you are and you can always find positives about it. This is who you are for right now anyway just Smile and be happy. My neice loves taking … Read how I did it…
How I did it: This trip was just not for pleasure but to show my sister and my neice the last place my mother was when she passed away. She had a heart attack on the Ring of Kerry two years ago. This trip we did a lot of the same things my mom did because I wanted my sister and neice to experiance them. We left flowers along the roadside on the Ring. It was stressful a lot of the time becuase my sister and I are two totaly different people and do… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I had my friend's mom who plays the lottery help me with this because there are so many games and I really don't know how they work. I played powerball. You just fill out the form with your numbers, give to the cashier and she gives you your printed ticket. My ticket is eligable for two draws. No luck on the first one but who knows maybe I will be able to afford all of the travel goals on my list by next week. :) It would be great if I wo… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I think there are only two drive ins still open in my state and one is about 30 minutes away from me. I looked up their website found out where they were and asked some family and friends if they wanted to go with. The website said the movie started at 7:00 but it actually did not start until after 9:00. The gates opened at 6:30 and the line was a couple blocks long but once they opened the gates it went very quickly. You can … Read how I did it…
How I did it: I filled flower water tubes for 5 hours. Not exactly working on the float itself but flowers will go into these and will be on all the floats. A group of about 7 people sorted and filled with water 4 barrels of these. The group of people I was with were nice and there was good conversation but I really wanted to work more on the float itself. It is kind of disappointing not being able to see what you were able to accomplish on the fi… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I have tried this before but I really wanted to stop this time. I got tired of being controlled by this. I remember days feeling like absoulute crap thinking I have to get one to feel better and realizing that the very thing I wanted is what was making me feel this way. I have had some Diet Coke off and on and usually a little bit will do me, if I have more than that I can feel all the bad things. The saltiness on your lips, feeling bloat… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I was doing ancestry.com on my own but with little actual facts I was getting stuck. Ancestry gives you the option to hire experts. You can explain what you want and how much money you are willing to pay and then the experts put in bids. Once you accept a bid the expert then does the searching for you. I was not able to go back as far as I would like I my fathers side of the tree but at least I have facts instead of questions. My fa… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I know the rules of the road. Every test I took I got a very high score on. The most important thing to learn is that you always have to be aware. Not only aware of what you are doing and how fast you are going but of your surroundings and the other drivers. In the last month I have seen people run a stop sign and failed to yield right of way. Both of these instances could have caused an accident if I had not been paying enough atte… Read how I did it…
