I'm doing 24 things
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2 months ago
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen.
Alaythia's Life List
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1. create my own unique family traditions
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2. digitize my grandmother's photo albums
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3. Transform my arms of mush into arms of steel
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4. stop apologizing for being somewhat of an introvert
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5. Read 50 books in 2009.
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6. post random questions daily and see if anyone plays with me and answers them :)
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7. Write something. Anything. Sentence. Paragraph. Short Story. Novel. Epic. Anything.
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8. live frugally, but stylishly and deliciously
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9. Evolve discreetly into a 1950s domestic goddess
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10. Watch every episode of M*A*S*H ever made
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11. Have the body of an aerobics instructor--preferably without having to actually become one
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12. fly in a B-17
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13. Learn to speak Russian
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14. memorize a book of the Bible
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15. Bring my flute out of retirement
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16. Take 43 Internet quizzes
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17. Ascertain the fate and hopefully, the burial place, of my long lost relative
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18. Post random thoughts, observations, and events of the day...
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19. Try new recipes.
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20. take one photograph each day as a way to document my life.
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21. read at least 43 of the World's 100 Greatest Books
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22. Photograph answers to 20 questions about me
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23. save a word
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24. learn photoshop
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How I did it
It made me
happy. 
How I did it: I read. A lot. By putting little scraps of time to good use. I read late at night after everyone was asleep and the house was dark and quiet. I read while soaking in the bathtub and on long car rides and even 30,000 feet in the air on a few plane trips. I checked out books like 1001 Books for Every Mood by Hallie Ephron and made long lists of titles that appealed to me. I have come to realize that there… Read how I did it…
It made me
satisfied.
How I did it: I asked! When it comes to finding out who your subscribers are, subtlety does not work well. You can look at your "cheers received" tab to get an idea for who's most consistent in cheering you but that's no guarantee. The easiest way to do it is just to adopt this goal, post a question and see who bites. Some people will tell you they're subscribed to you and others will still lurk anonymously in the shadows. … Read how I did it…
Recent entries
Some progress...
3 months ago
Since I’ve been in close proximity to my grandparents for the last couple of months I’ve managed to scan in two of the oldest albums of photographs. This is really just a drop in the bucket but it is gratifying to know that another copy of these pictures exist elsewhere.
This is a picture of my great-great grandparents on their wedding day. She had just turned 14 and he was 19. Don’t they look happy? :P This picture was taken in 1901. My great-great grandmother lived to be 98 or 99 years old. I did get to meet her but I was quite small when she died and I only remember a general impression of softness and wrinkles.
