MaidMirawyn

is trying to enjoy the rain.



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MaidMirawyn's Life List

  1. 1. have children
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    4,132 people
  2. 2. pay off my student loan
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    666 people
  3. 3. Read through the Bible
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    125 people
  4. 4. complete Guild Wars
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    7 people
  5. 5. finish reading The Silmarillion
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    5 people
  6. 6. learn the correct way to sew
    1 person
  7. 7. build a loom
    1 entry
    7 people
  8. 8. learn to tat
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    16 people
  9. 9. crochet a sweater
    1 entry
    23 people
  10. 10. have one really awesome dance costume
    1 entry
    1 person
  11. 11. learn web design
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    293 people
  12. 12. visit Venice
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    209 people
  13. 13. be a girl scout leader
    15 people
  14. 14. visit Greece
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    875 people
  15. 15. go on a cruise
    4,113 people
  16. 16. learn to make pralines
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    1 person
  17. 17. knit DNA
    2 entries
    3 people
  18. 18. crochet a shawl
    1 entry
    3 people
  19. 19. sell my handmade items
    3 entries
    2 people
  20. 20. catalog my photos
    1 entry
    1 person
  21. 21. learn to bead crochet
    4 people
  22. 22. learn to crochet lace
    3 people
  23. 23. learn coptic binding
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    3 people
  24. 24. beat Katamari Damacy
    1 entry
    5 people
  25. 25. Learn DreamWeaver
    145 people
  26. 26. crochet the Violet Beauregard skirt
    4 entries . 1 cheer
    1 person
  27. 27. learn to drive
    1 cheer
    6,131 people
  28. 28. ride in a hot air balloon
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    1,983 people
  29. 29. spend more time outdoors
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    939 people
  30. 30. Make at least one art/craft project every week
    2 entries
    2 people
  31. 31. Visit all 50 states in the USA
    16 people
  32. 32. find fifty geocaches
    1 person
  33. 33. plant a vegetable garden
    278 people
  34. 34. learn to spin with a drop spindle
    3 entries
    8 people
  35. 35. knit a mitered square blanket
    1 entry
    1 person
  36. 36. Use fewer plastic bags
    1 entry
    3 people
  37. 37. promote Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab.
    2 entries
    2 people
  38. 38. fill my art journal
    2 entries
    2 people
  39. 39. spend at least 10 minutes every day cleaning, organizing or decluttering
    2 entries
    168 people
  40. 40. buy and sell through etsy
    1 cheer
    9 people
  41. 41. try every Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab fragrance on my wishlist
    1 cheer
    2 people
  42. 42. Own a pygmy goat
    1 entry
    4 people
  43. 43. learn home canning
    1 entry
    4 people

How I did it
How to use fewer paper towels
It took me
3 months
It made me
feel responsible


How to find the love of my life, and for me to be the love of his life, too
It took me
18 years
It made me
ecstatic


Recent entries
learn home canning
Baby steps… 2 days ago

I made apple butter! I feel like I deserve a merit badge for that alone, but I’ll settle for the self-satisfaction I feel every time I look at the jars.

I’ll admit that the apple butter doesn’t taste like what I buy in the store: it’s better. I taste apple-real apple-not just spices. I used granny smith apples, with one rogue braeburn thrown in.

Water bath canning in my stock pot, with a folded kitchen towel for a rack and good tongs and a waterproof oven mitt standing in for a jar lifter.

I’ve asked for a canning kit for Christmas, but I may buy myself one before then!



increase my vocabulary
I love learning new words! 3 months ago

It may sound incredibly nerdy, but I really love learning new words. I even made an icon for a Facebook app that reads, “I have an extensive vocabulary, and I’m not afraid to use it!”

I use a Mac, so I have the “Word of the Day” widget on my computer. I love it. I can almost always find a word on one of the six or so word-a-day sites it uses, so it’s fun.

Yahoo! Education is the worst, though. It’s supposedly aimed at college and grad school students, but I think the average high school student should be at least a little familiar with nearly every word they choose.

Today’s word of choice is from Wordsmith.org: cacography.

That’s “bad handwriting” or “incorrect spelling,” which I am subjected to every day. At least now I have an impressive-sounding word for it.



Buy a House
Almost have a house! 4 months ago

Well, hopefully tomorrow! We’ve been through so many hoops at this point–I feel like a trained monkey…

If everything goes right, we’ll still be moving on Saturday!

We planned to buy a house this summer over a year ago. Really, with the tax credits and all, we couldn’t have done better if we had time-traveled to the future to check it out.



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