I'm doing 18 things
Two of the movies were hard to get ahold of, but I’m done! :)
Neohippy10's Life List
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1. do 5,000 pushups in one year
8 entries . 20 cheers1 person -
2. Donate Blood as Many Times as Possible in One Year
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3. memorize the Presidents in order
2 entries . 28 cheers6 people -
4. Learn the states and capitals and the countries of the world from the Animaniacs
1 entry . 15 cheers8 people -
5. drop, push or launch gummy bears from 43 high places
1 entry . 43 cheers12 people -
6. read all the Newbery Award winners
4 entries . 10 cheers18 people -
7. learn more about Islam
1 entry . 27 cheers73 people -
8. Read all pulitzer prize winning novels
1 entry . 5 cheers91 people -
9. learn to ride a unicycle
3 entries . 18 cheers300 people -
10. learn more about photography
1 entry . 41 cheers320 people -
11. plant a vegetable garden
4 entries . 74 cheers311 people -
12. do a handstand
3 entries . 16 cheers525 people -
13. visit Machu Picchu
35 cheers809 people -
14. create a list of 100 must-read books and read them.
17 entries . 42 cheers1,075 people -
15. do the splits
3 entries . 21 cheers2,287 people -
16. have a flat stomach
2 entries . 6 cheers2,378 people -
17. learn to play guitar
3 entries . 16 cheers5,029 people -
18. have better posture
1 entry . 29 cheers8,067 people
How I did it
It made me
wudgy. 
How I did it: I went to the library and put everything on hold. (Chunk at a time.) As they came in, I sat down and really looked through the books and tried to see their value. Man, times have changed since this award started! Some are so freaking long. But, really, I think the library is the best way to do this. They have everything! (Though you may have to wait on some of them.) Read how I did it…
It made me
impressive! 
How I did it: About 2 years ago, I decided to run a marathon before I turned 30. So, I started walking and running. A year ago I completed the full marathon. I thought, now what? The desire to complete a triathlon was born! I read a few books on tris. I read John Mora's Triathlon 101. SO DRY! I also read Triathlon Made Easy by McDonald. That book was aimed at (British) women and was recently (2008) … Read how I did it…
It made me
smaller
How I did it: I went to a conference and walked a lot and ate a little. When I came back I just tried to eat less than usual. I have been able to maintain! Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
I just put 10 more on order. It turns out I already read this year’s winner!
Here’s what I have left to read:
2008: Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village by Laura Amy Schlitz
1996: The Midwife’s Apprentice by Karen Cushman
1993: Missing May by Cynthia Rylant
1988: Lincoln: A Photobiography by Russell Freedman
1987: The Whipping Boy by Sid Fleischman
1986: Sarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
1985: The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
1984: Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
1983: Dicey’s Song by Cynthia Voigt
1982: A Visit to William Blake’s Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers by Nancy Willard
1979: The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
1976: The Grey King by Susan Cooper
1975: M. C. Higgins, the Great by Virginia Hamilton
1974: The Slave Dancer by Paula Fox
1973: Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
1971: Summer of the Swans by Betsy Byars
1970: Sounder by William H. Armstrong
1969: The High King by Lloyd Alexander
1967: Up a Road Slowly by Irene Hunt
1966: I, Juan de Pareja by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino
1965: Shadow of a Bull by Maia Wojciechowska
1964: It’s Like This, Cat by Emily Neville
1961: Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell
1960: Onion John by Joseph Krumgold
1959: The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
1958: Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith
1957: Miracles on Maple Hill by Virginia Sorensen
1955: The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong
1954: ...And Now Miguel by Joseph Krumgold
1953: Secret of the Andes by Ann Nolan Clark
1952: Ginger Pye by Eleanor Estes
1950: The Door in the Wall by Marguerite de Angeli
1949: King of the Wind by Marguerite Henry
1948: The Twenty-One Balloons by William Pène du Bois
1947: Miss Hickory by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
1946: Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski
1945: Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
1944: Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
1943: Adam of the Road by Elizabeth Janet Gray
1942: The Matchlock Gun by Walter Edmonds
1941: Call It Courage by Armstrong Sperry
1940: Daniel Boone by James Daugherty
1939: Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright
1938: The White Stag by Kate Seredy
1937: Roller Skates by Ruth Sawyer
1936: Caddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
1935: Dobry by Monica Shannon
1934: Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Author of Little Women by Cornelia Meigs
1933: Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Lewis
1932: Waterless Mountain by Laura Adams Armer
1931: The Cat Who Went to Heaven by Elizabeth Coatsworth
1930: Hitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel Field
1929: The Trumpeter of Krakow by Eric P. Kelly
1928: Gay Neck, the Story of a Pigeon by Dhan Gopal Mukerji
1927: Smoky, the Cowhorse by Will James
1926: Shen of the Sea by Arthur Bowie Chrisman
1925: Tales from Silver Lands by Charles Finger
1924: The Dark Frigate by Charles Hawes
1922: The Story of Mankind by Hendrik Willem van Loon
