Fairdivinity

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I'm doing 22 things
  

How I did it
How to do a sprint triathlon
It took me
5 months
It made me
Amazed!

How I did it: I decided I wanted to get into shape, so I convinced a friend to a sprint triathlon with me. We looked for a triathlon that was well enough in the future that we'd have plenty of time to train. Because I was starting out from total couch potato, I decided to focus on the swim and the bike, because you can walk the run,but you sure can't walk the swim or the bike! I also looked for a triathlon that had a friendly reputation, because I was … Read how I did it…

Nov 02, 09:57AM PST | 0 comments | 1 cheer


How to drive across the USA
It took me
1 month
It made me
Happy!

How I did it: During my last year of university I mentioned to a friend that hey, wouldn't it be fun if we did a cross-country road trip after graduation?  Somehow, despite our best efforts, we actually managed to get our act together and took a trip! There were three of us and we drove from Washington, D.C. to San Francisco and then back.  We went via Chicago and Wyoming on the way out, and came back via Las Vegas, New Mexico, Memphis, and A… Read how I did it…

May 27, 04:19PM PDT | 0 comments | 6 cheers


How to run a 5k
It took me
3 months
It made me
healthier!

How I did it: I've been working on this for a while--I followed coolrunning.com's couch-5k plan.  I got together with a friend and we picked a 5k race we were going to do, and then I followed the plan and actually ran a whole 5k without stopping or walking! Read how I did it…

Mar 24, 10:05AM PDT | 0 comments | 2 cheers


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Recent entries
lose weight (read all 4 entries…)
Bah 4 days ago

Feeling pretty discouraged about this right now. For the past two weeks I have tracked my food carefully, stayed on plan (Weight Watchers) and yet… I weight more now than I did two weeks ago. How is that possible? It feels like I’ll NEVER lose the rest of the weight…

Nov 18, 05:19PM PST | 1 cheer | 2 comments


Plan my Thanksgiving dinner menu (read all 2 entries…)
Woohoo! 4 days ago

We’ve made a list of everything we’re making:
-Turkey
-Stuffing (caramelized onions, apple, chestnut, and sage stuffing)
-Brussels sprouts (Trying a new recipe-sprouts, shallots, in a lemony dressing)
-Sauteed spinach (very simple-my mom can’t eat garlic, alas.)
-Baked sweet potatoes
-Baked potatoes
-cranberry-apricot sauce (super awesome recipe, I’ve been making it for years)
-cranberry chutney (I like cranberry sauces a lot, so I usually try one new one a year)
-Gravy (Cook’s Illustrated make-ahead gravy. Best gravy recipe ever!)
-rolls
-pies (We buy them from a local non-profit. It´s their yearly fundraiser.)

The ingredient list is done, now we need to translate that into a shopping list, separated out by store and day.

Nov 18, 10:25AM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


Plan my Thanksgiving dinner menu (read all 2 entries…)
First step. 6 days ago

Plan the menu. I want to make sure we have lots of vegetables and healthy food. I also want to make sure we have plenty of snacks and nibbles for beforehand. Once I’ve planned the menu, I want to make a timeline so I know what will be done when.

Nov 16, 04:50PM PST | 0 comments


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The world wants to...

design clothes Oryx wants to read a book a week Be a better friend read at least one book a week be financially free Become a model sing in a nightclub Learn to play the piano get laser eye surgery become a father List ways I can be more green. open a restaurant read all of Jane Austen's novels Learn to read Binary Get better at tennis somethingbetter wants to Write more exercise Be more sociable Deal better with ADHD finish my degree stop biting my fingernails create my own advice column Get a tattoo Travle the world J B wants to identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money) Learn how to do capoeira stop stressing skinny dip
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