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Emr1970




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Emr1970's Life List

  2. 1. Get a master's degree
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  3. 2. Take an exercise science/personal training class
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  4. 3. Learn 500 new words
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  5. 4. Lose 70 lbs
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  6. 5. Make list of songs in music books
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  7. 6. Have a book published
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  8. 7. Read 100 books I've never read
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  9. 8. E-mail 1 friend a week
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  10. 9. Start and maintain a garden
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  11. 10. Make list of books in my library
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  12. 11. Make list of karaoke songs
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  13. 12. Clean and organize my house
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  14. 13. Replace carpet with hardwood floors
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  15. 14. Make Zen garden in backyard
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  16. 15. Read entire Bible
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  17. 16. Watch all films on list of "50 Films to See Before You Die"
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  18. 17. Finish decorating my daughter's room
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  19. 18. Walk or run a half marathon
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  20. 19. Finish crocheted afghan
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  21. 20. Make a quilt
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  22. 21. Take a dance class
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  23. 22. Learn to play chess
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  24. 23. Plan 10th anniversary celebration
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  25. 24. Learn 10 new piano pieces
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  26. 25. Learn 10 new vocal pieces
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  27. 26. Put $10 in savings every week
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  28. 27. Recycle paper, plastic and glass
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  29. 28. Homeschool my daughter
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  30. 29. Get out of debt
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  31. 30. Make scrapbooks
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  32. 31. Try all recipes in Weight Watchers cookbook
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  33. 32. Read 500 books to my daughter
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  34. 33. Grow my hair down to my lower back
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  35. 34. Exterminate home
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  36. 35. Water seal the deck
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  37. 36. Express appreciation for 1 person each day
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  38. 37. Handmake Christmas presents for family and friends
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  39. 38. Finish latch hook rug
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  40. 39. Work from home
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  41. 40. Write every day
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  42. 41. Stop swearing
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  43. 42. Redecorate Su's dollhouse
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  44. 43. Make train book for Su
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How I did it
How to finish lion cross stitch project
It took me
3 years
It made me

How I did it: At first, I just kept going.  When I realized I'd made mistakes, and had a hard time figuring out how to cover them, I took a break to work on a couple of other projects.  Then I was able to come back to it with a new attitude, decided to forget about the pattern and just make stuff up, and finished it really quickly.  I can't even tell I deviated from the pattern! Read how I did it…

Jan 05, 2009, 08:57AM PST | 0 comments


Recent entries
walk (or run) a half marathon
First step: 5K 5 months ago

I completed my first 5K race this past weekend. I’ve been taking an Aerobic Walking class, and this was one of the requirements. It was absolutely the hottest day we’ve had this year so far, but I started the race anyway, and more importantly, finished it! My time was 53:00, and it was the farthest I’ve ever walked at one time.

Next intermediate goal: to do a 5K with my husband and daughter.

Jun 29, 08:23AM PDT | 0 comments


have 100 Facebook friends
Reconnecting 21 months ago

It’s amazing how technology allows us to reconnect with people we haven’t seen in years. In the last two weeks I’ve received friend requests from people I lost touch with almost twenty years ago. I’m also amazed to discover that most people will accept your friend request, even if you were only casual acquaintances nearly twenty years ago. I guess what we all have in common is a need to connect, to hold on to relationships we should have cherished but instead took for granted. There are six billion people on the planet, and yet so many of us feel so lonely that we’ll hold tightly to anyone who KNOWS us, or even just recognizes our name. I don’t think this desire to connect is necessarily a bad thing, as long as we don’t use it as a subsitute for face-to-face human contact.

I think this reconnect is definitely worth doing, and I intend to keep reaching out, even though I’ve completed this goal—and I’d advise anyone else to do the same.

Feb 26, 2008, 08:46AM PST | 0 comments


make lyric book and CD for my husband's birthday
2nd Volume 2 years ago

This is the second time I’ve made a book of love song lyrics for my husband, but this time I also made CDs of all the songs in the book, complete with cool CD labels and matching inserts. I’m already planning a third volume, since there were so many great songs I couldn’t use due to lack of space in the book. It was really fun to look for songs, and hunt down the lyrics online. I can’t believe how many sites there are for song lyrics!

Jul 18, 2007, 09:15AM PDT | 0 comments


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travel around the world Live in a town like Stars Hollow listen to more music. JFCox wants to Read 50 books in 2006 get in shape Homeschool make something of my life stop lying look after my skin learn chinese learn how to graffiti move to new england Stop caring what other people think of me lose 15 pounds michelelisa wants to Find a balance between the things I want to do and the things I need to do Complete "The Artist's Way" get my house organized learn to love myself create a list of 100 must-read books and read them. make a custom google map have a mohawk join Toastmasters Visit Australia give handmade gifts artemisfair wants to Watch all 6 seasons of Xena. fall in love and be loved.. grow out my hair love myself more
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