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BarbaryBlue

42 days-NO smoking!



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BarbaryBlue's Life List

  2. 1. Quit Smoking
    9 entries . 44 cheers     		8,504 people
  3. 2. Make Doctor's appointment
    2 entries . 5 cheers     		2 people
  4. 3. be more patient
    5 cheers     		2,906 people
  5. 4. keep the grocery bill under $200 per month
    4 entries . 10 cheers     		2 people
  6. 5. own my own home
    8 entries . 8 cheers     		1,373 people
  7. 6. Start my own business
    4 cheers     		8,599 people
  8. 7. fix my bike
    5 cheers     		117 people
  9. 8. Hike more
    10 cheers     		316 people
  10. 9. get a passport
    5 cheers     		1,753 people
  11. 10. build with cob
    6 cheers     		1 person
  12. 11. BUILD A TRIKE
    1 cheer     		4 people
  13. 12. grow vegetables
    7 cheers     		158 people
  14. 13. play the piano
    3 cheers     		1,126 people
  15. 14. brew my own beer
    4 cheers     		616 people
  16. 15. make my own shampoo
    3 cheers     		2 people
  17. 16. Learn Spanish
    1 cheer     		15,499 people
  18. 17. build a studio
    3 cheers     		17 people
  19. 18. dye my hair black and blue
    2 cheers     		3 people
  20. 19. Learn Self Defense
    2 cheers     		248 people
  21. 20. paint more
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		1,111 people
  22. 21. Write more
    4 cheers     		3,502 people
  23. 22. canning
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		3 people
  24. 23. Not be afraid to dance
    12 cheers     		10 people
  25. 24. Visit B.C.
    5 cheers     		5 people
  26. 25. Go to the dentist
    1 cheer     		1,031 people
  27. 26. be more social
    3 cheers     		5,099 people
  28. 27. make picture frames
    1 cheer     		5 people
  29. 28. be more magical
    5 cheers     		2 people
  30. 29. go camping with the kiddo
    2 cheers     		1 person
  31. 30. make floor cushions
    2 cheers     		1 person
  32. 31. bake more
    4 cheers     		234 people
  33. 32. travel by train
    2 cheers     		132 people
  34. 33. have less stuff
    1 entry . 3 cheers     		67 people
  35. 34. create new holiday traditions with my daughter
    7 cheers     		1 person
  36. 35. be outside more
    2 cheers     		65 people
  37. 36. silkscreen
    1 cheer     		62 people
  38. 37. play a team sport
    1 cheer     		22 people
  39. 38. do a small household task everyday
    2 entries . 2 cheers     		1 person
  40. 39. restore an old car
    3 cheers     		24 people
  41. 40. hike the appalachian trail
    5 cheers     		1,647 people
  42. 41. see the aurora borealis
    3 cheers     		1,764 people
  43. 42. get my arms sleeved
    2 cheers     		2 people
  44. 43. learn to relax without pharmaceutical intervention
    6 cheers     		1 person

How I did it
How to go to the library more
It took me
4 months
It made me
Thirfty

How I did it: I fell out of the habit of going to the library last spring. I had money to burn, so I started going to the bookstore instead. It started innocently enough with a trip to the used book store to trade in stuff that was clogging up my shelves. And then I found myself back at the Borders.I'm a really bad book hoarder. I'm trying to get out of the habit of it. I'm trying to change my qualifications for which books are worth owning.This sounds… Read how I did it…

Oct 05, 07:42PM PDT | 1 comment | 2 cheers


Recent entries
own my own home (read all 8 entries…)
Plodding forward 3 days ago

We are supposed to close next month now. I will have to ask the landlords if I can stay another month at my apartment. Luckily there are a couple of other units unrented so the should be open to our staying.
I’m trying to not be angry or upset. It’s turned into this almost spiritual thing. I need to let go of desire…but I still can’t help but keep hoping nothing else goes wrong and we get the house!

Nov 22, 08:31AM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


own my own home (read all 8 entries…)
Arrrgh! 2 weeks ago

So the loan procuring chick waited until the last possible minute to submit my loan and it seems that the underwriter’s guidelines have changed, and since I have only been back at my job for 15 months, and part of my wage is tips, I don’t qualify for the loan I was pre-qualified for. Everybody told me that was impossible. Everybody kept telling me there is NO way that you can’t get a loan you are pre-qualified for.

Well kids. I’m here to tell you, you sure as heck can be denied even if you’ve been pre-qualified.

The only silver lining in the whole thing is that I can still get a loan if my parents will co-sign…which they will. But now we have to jump through even more hoops in a really short period of time. And now I am going to have to move in an even shorter time frame.

Nov 09, 04:24PM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


have less stuff
Since we are getting ready to move... 2 weeks ago

We are in a full on purge. I try to do this every time I move. I look for things that have been undisturbed for a long time. Things wrapped in yellowed newspaper.
I always cull books and clothes. But sometimes it’s the things you ignore. The oh-I’ve-always-had-that-so-I-always-will type of stuff.
I got rid of these two “fancy” dragon collectibles I’ve had since I was a teen. They are really pretty, and I can remember them being expensive…but WTF…I am never going to put them out on a shelf and admire them again. Should I cart them around for all of eternity just because the cost $X 20 years ago?
Maybe somebody will find them and love them instead of me keeping them on the top shelf of the closet until the end of time.

Nov 04, 08:00PM PST | 2 cheers | 1 comment


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get a tatoo stop being so shy Learn to play the cello start recycling kiss a beautiful man with passion opera wants to be a size 8 Learn to love me Drive the Pacific Coast Highway. take control of my life Go to the cinema every week hi graduate university Free-fall sky dive Learn to play the piano participate in a LARP save someone's life buy a home spend less money babyducks wants to simplify my life rollerblade Kiss in the rain be a good friend to my friends. live in a treehouse Hawk~ wants to paint exercise regularly stop making to do lists get a job Learn to Dance Tango
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