GQkudzu

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GQkudzu's Life List

  1. 1. re-learn Spanish
    9 entries . 40 cheers
    232 people
  2. 2. reach my ideal weight
    1 entry . 14 cheers
    130 people
  3. 3. finish my novel
    6 entries . 36 cheers
    832 people
  4. 4. get my Master's degree
    11 entries . 33 cheers
    1,027 people
  5. 5. get an MFA in Creative Writing
    3 entries . 38 cheers
    69 people
  6. 6. run a 5k
    7 entries . 30 cheers
    2,046 people
  7. 7. brew my own beer
    7 entries . 34 cheers
    602 people
  8. 8. keep chickens
    2 entries . 38 cheers
    62 people
  9. 9. raise my own queen bee
    2 entries . 16 cheers
    1 person
  10. 10. start a Plant a Row for the Hungry campaign
    1 entry . 21 cheers
    4 people
  11. 11. raise cattle
    1 entry . 6 cheers
    4 people
  12. 12. stay at LeConte Lodge
    1 entry . 4 cheers
    1 person
  13. 13. own peacocks
    33 cheers
    3 people
  14. 14. do 50 pushups a day
    6 entries . 11 cheers
    4 people
  15. 15. have a 3 month emergency fund
    1 entry . 36 cheers
    60 people
  16. 16. attend the Sewanee Summer Music Festival
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    3 people
  17. 17. spend a vacation in Chattanooga
    1 entry . 8 cheers
    1 person
  18. 18. learn the constellations
    1 entry . 20 cheers
    545 people
  19. 19. sell vegetables
    1 entry . 11 cheers
    1 person
  20. 20. have a total of 12 beehives
    4 entries . 10 cheers
    1 person
  21. 21. serve as an officer of an organization
    3 cheers
    1 person
  22. 22. start a herbarium
    1 entry . 9 cheers
    1 person
  23. 23. get rid of my inferiority complex
    3 entries . 20 cheers
    30 people
  24. 24. Start a Roth IRA
    1 entry . 12 cheers
    98 people
  25. 25. carve out a little spot on the Web for random observation, the channeling of negative energy and miscellania
    14 entries . 5 cheers
    1 person
  26. 26. do a retreat at Gethsemani Abbey
    9 cheers
    1 person
  27. 27. own an orchid
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    2 people
  28. 28. become intimate with Big South Fork
    2 entries . 3 cheers
    1 person
  29. 29. 43 random things about me
    18 entries . 6 cheers
    5 people
  30. 30. document my Appalachian experience in photographs
    14 entries . 12 cheers
    1 person
  31. 31. finish this reading list
    4 entries
    1 person
  32. 32. build a picnic table
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    4 people
  33. 33. be the Bono of my little world.
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    2 people
  34. 34. ride a bike around Cades Cove.
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    1 person
  35. 35. subscribe to a blog or two that I like -- read it regularly -- become a fan.
    1 cheer
    1 person
  36. 36. hike a total of 120 miles in 2009.
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    1 person
  37. 37. submit 100 short fiction manuscripts or get 3 published in print journals, whichever comes first.
    2 entries
    1 person
  38. 38. make dandelion wine.
    2 entries . 1 cheer
    21 people
  39. 39. spend money at that little country store where my grandmother used to shop.
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    1 person
  40. 40. start a conversation with a stranger.
    1 entry
    48 people
  41. 41. build raised beds.
    1 entry
    4 people
Recent entries
run 3 days this week. (read all 2 entries…)
9 miles 2 weeks ago

Sunday, Wednesday and Friday mornings this week, 3 miles each time, each run beginning around 5:50am. Plus, I did a 30-minute walk on Thursday morning, so that’s a bonus.



get rid of my inferiority complex (read all 3 entries…)
No self esteem better than low? 2 weeks ago

I ran across a book at the library entitled, THE MYTH OF SELF-ESTEEM. The point of the book: if we applaud ourselves for our successes, then we’re naturally going to beat ourselves up for our failures.



43 random things about me (read all 18 entries…)
Smoking honies 2 weeks ago

Alright, here’s a confession: in spite of all the bad stuff about cigarettes…in spite of the fact that we’ve all progressed beyond the Camel and Marlboro ads…in spite of how we now live in a culture in which fitness is chic…I have to acknowledge that, to me, a woman smoking a cigarette can be kind of hot. Granted, it has to be the right woman in the right situation, but still.



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