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Alaythia is off to Texas again




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Alaythia is off to Texas again's Life List

  1. 1. create my own unique family traditions
    3 entries . 184 cheers     		5 people
  2. 2. digitize my grandmother's photo albums
    1 entry . 97 cheers     		1 person
  3. 3. Transform my arms of mush into arms of steel
    4 entries . 58 cheers     		3 people
  4. 4. Sacrifice little things I want now for big things I want later
    1 entry . 109 cheers     		1 person
  5. 5. stop apologizing for being somewhat of an introvert
    1 entry . 65 cheers     		15 people
  6. 6. read 50 books in 2008
    40 entries . 28 cheers     		194 people
  7. 7. Be a better steward of my time, talents, and treasure
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  8. 8. post random questions daily and see if anyone plays with me and answers them :)
    267 entries . 27 cheers     		317 people
  9. 9. Have the body of an aerobics instructor--preferably without having to actually become one
    4 entries . 17 cheers     		1 person
  10. 10. memorize a book of the Bible
    2 entries . 29 cheers     		21 people
  11. 11. Watch every episode of M*A*S*H ever made
    4 entries . 27 cheers     		48 people
  12. 12. become better at small-talk
    1 entry . 37 cheers     		1,670 people
  13. 13. fly in a B-17
    4 entries . 27 cheers     		2 people
  14. 14. leave notes in library books
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		453 people
  15. 15. Evolve discreetly into a 1950s domestic goddess
    3 entries . 20 cheers     		30 people
  16. 16. Improve my posture
    2 entries . 16 cheers     		2,383 people
  17. 17. Learn to speak Russian
    4 entries . 44 cheers     		301 people
  18. 18. earn a Masters degree in...something (but I have to figure out what first)
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  19. 19. Stand inside a "dirt devil"
    4 entries . 15 cheers     		3 people
  20. 20. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.
    88 entries . 15 cheers     		584 people
  21. 21. Improve my photography
    1 entry . 30 cheers     		536 people
  22. 22. find a form of daily exercise that I'm relatively good at and that I don't completely and utterly despise
    11 cheers     		1 person
  23. 23. Widen my tea horizons under the auspicious tutelage of Celtic Christian
    2 team members . 1 entry . 16 cheers     		1 person
  24. 24. Bring my flute out of retirement
    2 entries . 36 cheers     		1 person
  25. 25. Take 43 Internet quizzes
    21 entries . 9 cheers     		58 people
  26. 26. introduce my taste buds to some new (and hopefully healthier) cuisines
    24 cheers     		1 person
  27. 27. Hike the South Loop Trail on Mt. Charleston
    15 cheers     		1 person
  28. 28. Ascertain the fate and hopefully, the burial place, of my long lost relative
    2 entries . 8 cheers     		1 person
  29. 29. Post random thoughts, observations, and events of the day...
    14 entries . 12 cheers     		21 people
  30. 30. find an awesome new journal to keep my favorite quotes in
    11 cheers     		1 person
  31. 31. periodically share some tidbits from my "Notebook of Good Ideas"
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		1 person
  32. 32. be able to bake rolls that taste as good as my grandmother's
    1 entry . 17 cheers     		1 person
Recent entries
read 50 books in 2008 (read all 40 entries…)
40). 1 day ago

The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life: How to Get More Books in Your Life and More Life From Your Books by Steve Leveen

This is probably my favorite quote from this book:

“A large bookstore today can offer 100,000 titles. Major libraries preserve millions of volumes. And online, you can find over six million volumes in English. Compare these numbers with an active reading life of, say, fifty books a year or five hundred books a decade. It’s natural to feel discouraged when we finally face the facts: there’s a yawning expanse of delicious knowledge and captivating stories we are fated never to know.” (p.6)

When faced with that reality, that the sheer number of books I will be able read in my lifetime are only a mere fraction of the ones that currently exist, I will never feel guilty about not finishing a book I don’t like ever again.

Oct 06, 05:46PM PDT | 4 cheers | 0 comments


read 50 books in 2008 (read all 40 entries…)
39). 1 day ago

Queens’ Play by Dorothy Dunnett

Oct 06, 05:24PM PDT | 1 cheer | 2 comments


Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful. (read all 88 entries…)
October 6, 2008 1 day ago

1). That my dad’s surgery today went well and that he’s now home from the hospital resting.

2). A pre-dawn sky awash with stars.

3). That I normally don’t have to get up at 4am.

4). Dr Pepper

5). Ummm…did I mention Dr Pepper? :D

Oct 06, 05:13PM PDT | 3 cheers | 2 comments


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