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PattyTrish

Is living in a new state and enjoying it a lot!



I'm doing 42 things
  

PattyTrish's Life List

  2. 1. Find Madeleine McCann
    4 entries . 3 cheers     		3 people
  3. 2. pray every day
    3 entries . 43 cheers     		381 people
  4. 3. Remember to send birthday, anniversary, get well cards to friends and family
    11 entries . 20 cheers     		2 people
  5. 4. Collect John 3:16 in many languages
    5 entries . 20 cheers     		1 person
  6. 5. be a better sister
    2 entries . 30 cheers     		616 people
  7. 6. be a good neighbor.
    7 entries . 17 cheers     		16 people
  8. 7. Write more thank you notes
    4 entries . 23 cheers     		446 people
  9. 8. Vote in a US Election where the Democrat and Republican Candidates for President are Both Women
    5 entries . 11 cheers     		1 person
  10. 9. learn a new word each week
    16 entries . 15 cheers     		92 people
  11. 10. get my doctorate
    24 entries . 42 cheers     		275 people
  12. 11. become a clinical psychologist
    2 entries . 29 cheers     		51 people
  13. 12. Participate in PostCrossing
    20 entries . 15 cheers     		77 people
  14. 13. Commit random acts of kindness
    10 entries . 25 cheers     		231 people
  15. 14. Visit Every county in Pennsylvania
    17 entries . 10 cheers     		4 people
  16. 15. walk a labyrinth
    4 entries . 20 cheers     		72 people
  17. 16. Help stop violence against children - Abolish FGM
    4 entries . 17 cheers     		1 person
  18. 17. stop domestic violence
    11 entries . 19 cheers     		14 people
  19. 18. Read all of Madeleine L'Engle's books
    1 entry . 14 cheers     		1 person
  20. 19. Join a "Dead Theologians Society" group
    1 entry . 8 cheers     		1 person
  21. 20. Learn to watercolor paint
    1 entry . 11 cheers     		38 people
  22. 21. Underpromise and Overdeliver
    2 entries . 17 cheers     		99 people
  23. 22. Lose 40 lbs
    9 entries . 7 cheers     		498 people
  24. 23. Write a will
    8 cheers     		762 people
  25. 24. List my favorite British(style) Murder Mystery authors and books (outside of Christie...)
    16 entries . 7 cheers     		2 people
  26. 25. go on a silent retreat
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		87 people
  27. 26. Visit Locations of Huguenot Settlements
    17 entries . 6 cheers     		1 person
  28. 27. Visit ten landmarks of women authors
    1 entry . 9 cheers     		1 person
  29. 28. spend an entire day watching the extended version of all three Lord of the Rings movies back-to-back-to-back
    1 entry . 8 cheers     		1,103 people
  30. 29. Post ten poems that I like
    8 entries . 8 cheers     		3 people
  31. 30. go for a walk
    2 entries . 11 cheers     		37 people
  32. 31. make a smaller ecological footprint
    1 entry . 15 cheers     		1,044 people
  33. 32. Get people to post photos of their bookshelves/cases/stacks, because I'm a book junkie
    1 entry . 8 cheers     		3 people
  34. 33. See The English Countryside
    2 entries . 13 cheers     		5 people
  35. 34. Pay off ONE MORE credit card again
    4 entries . 13 cheers     		1 person
  36. 35. share quotes
    6 entries . 2 cheers     		120 people
  37. 36. Drink water when I have a craving to eat unnecessarily
    1 entry . 9 cheers     		8 people
  38. 37. Do more cross stitch
    8 team members . 2 entries . 3 cheers     		21 people
  39. 38. Keep in Better Contact With the Friends I Have and Make New Friends
    2 entries . 5 cheers     		735 people
  40. 39. walk 10,000 steps a day
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		153 people
  41. 40. finish my dissertation
    2 cheers     		291 people
  42. 41. Live a more Healthy Life
    2 cheers     		23 people
  43. 42. travel with a gnome
    12 entries     		2 people

How I did it
How to get rid of all my clutter
It took me
45 days
It made me
happy

How I did it: How I did it is that I took a one year job in another state and rented my condo out for the year to a young couple. I went to one flea market and that didn't help much, but I took almost everything unsold to the Salvation Army for donation. I also gave away a lot of things to family and friends. And threw out some real clutter of no use to me or others. I packed up what I wanted to keep but wasn't taking with me and rimmed my small bedroo… Read how I did it…

Sep 10, 2008, 06:35PM PDT | 1 comment | 12 cheers


Recent entries
be a good neighbor. (read all 7 entries…)
new neighbor to new neighbors 6 months ago

When I first moved here there were empty apts around me. Now they are filling. I need to think of a holiday greeting to leave on doorsteps, doorknobs, or (gasp) in person to say hello!

Dec 14, 12:40PM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


travel with a gnome (read all 12 entries…)
Wake up KrisNik and look - 9 months ago

Las Cruces is up ahead, beyond the mountains!

Oct 05, 02:16PM PDT | 0 comments


travel with a gnome (read all 12 entries…)
KrisNik shows how he feels about Texas... 9 months ago

Hiding his eyes : )

(go Eagles, Beat Dallas!)

Oct 05, 02:13PM PDT | 0 comments


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visit all 50 states watch dragonball z see the Statue of Liberty Practice Yoga Sleep and wake up earlier Tabetha Smelser wants to recycle more take responsibility get people to read my blog learn Swedish stop daydreaming, stop being indecisive, and find out what i want by doing things, not by sitting around thinking all the time Be a better friend pray every day Believe in something... make the world a better place write a poetry book change someone's life speak fluent Japanese see Nightwish live a12nne wants to Pursue my dreams design my own car skinny dip trust someone completely meet new people raise one eyebrow at a time learn calligraphy Have a food fight eat healthier
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