I'm doing 40 things
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It’s time to revamp and update this list. A new year approaches.
LittleButton's Life List
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1. Revise and update my goals
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2. Make 2009 the Best Year of Our Lives
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3. Show my husband every day how much I truly love him
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4. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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5. have nothing in my house that I do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful
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6. Switch to re-usable grocery bags
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7. Eat better
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8. tone my body
2 entries . 10 cheers772 people -
9. pay off my debts
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10. Own our own home
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11. Have a baby
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12. Do Pilates every day
3 entries . 18 cheers15 people -
13. cook my way through the Donna Hay cookbooks
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14. Learn to cook Indian food
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15. read all of Stephen King's books
10 entries . 4 cheers111 people -
16. Travel
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17. Kiss under a waterfall
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18. get a tattoo
3 entries . 14 cheers20,307 people -
19. go skydiving
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20. take voice lessons
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21. learn the harp
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22. learn to speak Welsh
1 entry . 13 cheers58 people -
23. Learn to speak French
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24. improve my latin
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25. Try absinthe
1 entry . 7 cheers299 people -
26. spend the night in a bedouin tent and then watch a sunrise over the desert
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27. have a house with hidden rooms and trap doors, and some kind of secret tunnel
1 entry . 13 cheers490 people -
28. stop pulling my hair
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29. make the most of (the rest of) my twenties
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30. Give periodic lessons in common spelling, grammar, and punctuation mistakes
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31. someday be one of those old couples who still hold hands.
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32. drink 43 types of tea
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33. Share my favorite recipes with people on 43Things
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34. organize my recipes
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35. grow my own herbs
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36. Be more green
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37. make a beautiful, inviting, uplifting home
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38. Go Organic in 2010
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39. Find a new job (for me and my husband)
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40. completely clean my house
5 people
How I did it
It made me
proud 
How I did it: I co-wrote a script with my husband (the real writer in the family) for fun and to relax. We wrote a comedic/satiric horror film, which we actually went and filmed as well.We started with brainstorming a plot and coming up with characters. Then we took that outline and started going with it, bouncing ideas off each other. It was the first time either of us has co-written something, and it was fun. Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: I directed the prologue to the film my husband and I wrote together. So it's technically part of another film, but could stand alone as a short. I did a little directing with the rest of the film, but this portion was more planned - with shot lists, multiple takes, more angles/inserts, etc. More traditional, while the rest of the film is more guerrilla in style. I think I came up with some stylish shots. Read how I did it…
It made me
thrilled
How I did it: So many fantastic things have happened to me this year, and mostly it's been amazing because I have spent most of my time with my best friend - now my husband. He's encouraged me to try new things, and take on challenges I would have been afraid to before. I've increased in confidence, and in how I feel about myself. I planned our wedding, which turned out perfectly, and did it on a dime. We moved into our first place together. I produced… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
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22. Real Chinese jasmine tea. It’s definitely one of my favorites. I finally found the “Sunflower” brand at the Asian grocery store. I first tried it in Paraguay (it had been a gift from some Chinese people to the friends I was staying with). It has a lovely, light flavor, needs no sweetener, and helps settle your stomach when you’ve overindulged. What’s not to like?
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I’m not a “save the planet” kind of person, nor a fanatic in any sense. By “going green” I mean eliminating harmful chemicals from my life for the health of my family, and reducing waste. I definitely want to make the transition to as natural as possible (no harsh synthetic chemicals, eating organic meat/eggs and most veggies, etc.) before we have kids. I want to try to raise them responsibly, and I feel that willfully exposing them to known toxins and hormones is not the best way to accomplish that.
