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How to make a difference in someone's life
It took me
1 day
It made me
Suprised

How I did it: My best friend;s daughter is a borderliner.  Their lives over the past few years have been hell.  The daughter is a first class manipulater and my friend is a mother who will do almost anything to make her daughter "happy."At one point, the relationship had gotten so bad that my friend started to turn grey and looked like she was a crumpled piece of paper.  I did my best to listen and comfort but was unable to offer any rea… Read how I did it…

Sep 12, 2009, 12:12PM PDT | 1 comment | 2 cheers


How to learn 43 New Things about Greek Mythology in 2009
It took me
1 month
It made me
Happy

How I did it: I took the book Gods Bahving Badly by Marie Phillips, with me on vacation.  The hotel had free WIFI in the pool area so everytime I ran into something/someone I didn't understand, I Googled it on my Iphone and made notes.  It felt a bit nostalgic - like I was back in school again.  The exercise has definietely rekindled by interest in Greek Mythology and I am going to follow up on that in the very near future. Read how I did it…

Aug 18, 2009, 10:09PM PDT | 0 comments


How to walk in a volcano
It took me
1 day
It made me
Amazed

How I did it: This was an easy one - we took a touristy boat trip from the Greek Island Kos to Nissyros, the volcanic island.  You cannot see the volcano from the water - you can only see it from the air or when you are standing next to it.The volcano is dormant but there were plenty of bubbling puddles of mud and lots of steam on the bottom of the crater.  The landscape looks like I picture the moon - white brown and yellow.  And it sti… Read how I did it…

Jul 27, 2009, 01:19PM PDT | 0 comments


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read 2 books a month (read all 5 entries…)
November

I finished Amsterdam by Ian McEwan. It has been in my bookcase for years…. it won a Booker Prize and I am usually not a fan of Booker Prize books because I feel they are extremely wordy. This was a pleasent surprise – I’m glad it has survived all of my clean up the bookshelves cleaning sprees over the years.

Now I have moved on to The Lacuna by Barbara Kingsolver, my all time favorite author. I always take my time reading her books because I savor every single word.

Nov 10, 2009, 12:31PM PST | 0 comments


read 2 books a month (read all 5 entries…)
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I met my October goal by reading the Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards. It was an interesting read but I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone.

Oct 25, 2009, 11:48AM PDT | 0 comments


find at least one thing each day that makes me happy and record it everyday for a year
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- Children’s laughter

- Blue Skies

- Sailboats

- Bright pink toenail polish

- Eating lunch with my friend

- Cookbooks

Oct 17, 2009, 02:21AM PDT | 0 comments


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watch Grey's Anatomy Micky wants to Read all the books on the BBC Big Read Top 100 find someone to spend the rest of my life with be a vegetarian for a week build furniture spend less time online be more positive make brendon urie of panic! at the disco fall in love with me get out of debt meet panic! at the disco Sing in front of a crowd go on a road trip with no predetermined destination buy a car Lose 20 pounds volunteer in India raj_satan wants to find at least one thing each day that makes me happy and record it everyday for a year Learn Lithuanian Get more sleep Make a beat escape society Read the Bible learn german appreciate what I have paint my kitchen be hot look prettier arrakis wants to visit every country in Europe watch less tv
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