I'm doing 24 things
Onion is up!
2 weeks ago
Yes, singular. One onion is up. Hoping for more, ‘natch.
LookingAhead's Life List
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1. Order new dahlia tubers for the dahlia bed (fall/winter project)
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2. Make a terrarium
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3. Grow garlic
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4. Grow onions
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5. Ride on a zip line.
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6. Go back to reading.
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7. Grow sunflowers (summer 2010)
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8. Watch classic movies.
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9. Improve my Spanish.
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10. Learn how to draw animals.
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11. Design at least one more knitting pattern.
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12. Read the top 100 books.
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13. Paint one wall of my bedroom
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14. Make rhubarb pie.
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15. Have a little greenhouse
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16. Grow pumpkins (summer 2010)
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17. Have a summer pot-painting party
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18. Make oatmeal bread (fall/winter project)
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19. Make chicken a la king (fall/winter project)
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20. Make freezer jam
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21. Drive somewhere far like down to San Diego or across the country.
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22. Go to Churchmouse Yarns again.
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23. Plant lavender outside my fence (summer 2010)
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24. Make a light box for taking photos
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How I did it
It made me
Happy! 
How I did it: Did just what a million people have done before me:1. Prepared a bed (using the square-foot-gardening method as an experiment).2. Bought three healthy, big, heirloom-tomato starts (English Yellow Perfection, Black Brandywine and one whose name I forget) and planted them. The one that ripened first (and only? Am waiting on the rest) was the EYP.3. Watched them, watered them, put on no extra fertilizer because I'm clueless about that s… Read how I did it…
It made me
Content, centered
How I did it: Much to my surprise, last year I found myself hospitalized for three weeks for depression and suicide. While in the hospital, the patients have to write a list of positive things we want to do once we get out, and riding horses was #1 on my list. (I had ridden a lot as a child and as a teenager, even had my own horses, so this was something I wanted to get back into.) Astonishingly, within a week of my getting out of the hospital, I met a… Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: First, I had no choice but to confront being alone. My partner of 21 years went completely kaplooie with a mid-life crisis, things fell horrendously, explosively apart, and there I was, alone. I didn't want to be in my house, I didn't want to be outside of the house, I didn't want to be at work, I didn't want not to be at work; I didn't want to be with my friends; I didn't want to be alone; everything I did was torture. What made the most… Read how I did it…
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In the ground
3 weeks ago
Got some guidance off the Internet, plopped them in the ground. Fingers are crossed.
