Rachael




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  1. 1. Use my time more effectively
    18 entries . 51 cheers
    23 people
  2. 2. Carry out 43 romantic surprises for my husband
    19 entries . 37 cheers
    1 person
  3. 3. Get back into regular exercise
    7 entries . 40 cheers
    1 person
  4. 4. write
    1 entry . 8 cheers
    1,560 people
  5. 5. Get a full-time job in Sweden
    4 entries . 14 cheers
    1 person
  6. 6. Walk at least 5,000 steps each day
    6 entries . 27 cheers
    2 people
  7. 7. Lose weight
    19 entries . 43 cheers
    40,805 people
  8. 8. Lose 20 pounds
    2 entries . 13 cheers
    7,304 people
  9. 9. Eat five fruit/vegetables a day
    4 entries . 52 cheers
    50 people
  10. 10. Always have something to look forward to
    9 entries . 20 cheers
    155 people
  11. 11. Complete Levels 1 - 3 of Swedish with Rosetta Stone
    2 entries . 3 cheers
    1 person
  12. 12. Read all the books I own
    8 entries . 13 cheers
    1,279 people
  13. 13. Find my creative niche
    10 entries . 72 cheers
    5 people
  14. 14. Donate blood
    4 entries . 62 cheers
    2,909 people
  15. 15. Find out my blood type
    1 entry . 34 cheers
    561 people
  16. 16. Write 43 Haikus
    14 entries . 9 cheers
    7 people
  17. 17. Rasterbate
    6 entries . 39 cheers
    31 people
  18. 18. Sew a Christmas Quilt
    2 entries . 41 cheers
    1 person
  19. 19. Finish this monster!
    5 entries . 12 cheers
    1 person
  20. 20. Be fluent in another language
    16 entries . 74 cheers
    237 people
  21. 21. Learn Swedish
    4 entries . 28 cheers
    744 people
  22. 22. Travel
    10 entries . 65 cheers
    8,746 people
  23. 23. Have children (someday)
    6 entries . 37 cheers
    137 people
  24. 24. Foster or adopt a child
    3 entries . 47 cheers
    13 people
  25. 25. Make the most of my 20's
    7 entries . 95 cheers
    692 people
  26. 26. Own my own home
    3 entries . 81 cheers
    1,458 people

How I did it
How to give 10,000 cheers
It took me
5 years
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How to cut my own hair
It took me
1 day
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happy


How to get married
It took me
4 years
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Recent entries
Complete Levels 1 - 3 of Swedish with Rosetta Stone (read all 2 entries…)
Finished Level 1, Unit 2

I got marked down on pronounciation, however I think the system doesn’t hear words all that well, there were some words it was forever telling me I got wrong, no matter how many ways I changed them, even if I put the exact intonation in that the speaker had. For example: “Nice to meet you” (Trevligt att träffas), one of the first phrases I learnt and I know I say it right. Also the word thirsty (törstig) just kept telling me I was wrong, and the word for tie (slips). Oh well, I guess I’ll just have to accept that this is a glitch and I can’t get perfect scores all the time. Still, it makes me a bit mad.



Complete Levels 1 - 3 of Swedish with Rosetta Stone (read all 2 entries…)
Completing only the core lessons

I’ve found the rest far too repetitive, as I’m on Level 1, which is very easy for me. Maybe by the time I’m up to a more difficult unit/level, I’ll need the repetition, but for now I’ll skip it. I’m currently on Level 1, Unit 2.



read all the books I own (read all 8 entries…)
Amazon free books...

A lot of the free Kindle books Amazon has available are classics, which means quite often I can find Kindle version of the books I have left on the DS. Or if not there, through one of the other many free e-book websites (along with other great classics). Why would I want to do that when I already have them on my DS game? Well, the DS screen is much smaller than the Kindle’s, it is also backlit which means it hurts your eyes in the dark, and you can’t read in the bright sunshine. Plus, you only have to press a button to change pages, not drag along the screen with a stylus.

At the moment I’m taking a mini break from the DS classics list, though, and reading a few other books instead. I just finished the two last Austen books I had to read, and now I’m reading Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett. I love the Discworld, but I still have a lot to read.



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