I'm doing 40 things
I have met her…and called her a few times. Managing to stay moderately civil but that’s enough. But the neighbors whom I’ve wanted to meet are now friends and just fabulous. I’ve run over to stay with their daughters on short notice. Their girls made my five year old feel welcome on the bus on her first day of kindergarten. They are a lovely, lovely family and I feel blessed to call them friends.
GlitterAndBeGay's Life List
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1. reconnect with my cousins
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2. Become a worthy Scrabble opponent
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3. make my own earrings
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4. play the piano again
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5. wear makeup
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6. put up art in my bedroom
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7. change my hair
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8. Take more pictures
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9. dye my hair
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10. Take vitamins daily
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11. Clean out the basement
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12. blog more
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13. Learn how to use iMovie
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14. learn chess
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15. train my dog
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16. send long emails to five out of touch friends
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17. buy a guitar
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18. Master the blackberry martini
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19. take stuff to the food pantry
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20. twitter
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21. get window treatments for my bedroom
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22. pluck my eyebrows
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23. organize my clothes
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24. drink more water
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25. make ravioli with wonton wrappers
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26. keep up with The New Yorker
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27. wear contacts
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28. unpack EVERYTHING in my mom's new house
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29. Listen to "Le Nozze di Figaro" eight times
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30. put out clothes every night
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31. decorate cookies
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32. lose 25 pounds
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33. Read the Op-Ed's every day
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34. clean out my purse
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35. Read Anthony Powell's "Dance to the Music of Time"
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36. catch up on ironing
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37. learn italian
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38. organize my music
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39. watch more movies
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40. frolic in a swimming suit without feeling self-conscious
2 cheers1 person
How I did it
It made me
happy beyond words 
How I did it: Bought the extra piece I needed as my DVR isn't next to my router. Moved my router as it needed to be on the same wiring system. Held my breath and plugged everything in. Downloaded the software. Made one call to customer service and I was working... Read how I did it…
It made me
amazed 
How I did it: Had houseguests who looked terrific and swore by the "Younger Next Year" book, which features real exercise six days a week. And it turned out to be an easy thing to build my mornings around--and I'm feeling firmer and generally quite motivated. Plus my daughter loves going to the free childcare part on weekends. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
So happy I did this one!
5 months ago
Filled my old IPod with 3 movies, a few TV shows and some audio books for my five year old. She loved it, and we now have it available for long trips.
The closet is cleaned out
8 months ago
and the box of beach towels which was clearly housing the mouse has been cleaned out. (And the towels obviously washed and sorted.) Will put a trap in, in case the mouse isn’t the one which met a watery death in our toilet earlier this winter. But at least I can stop avoiding the bathroom closet.
