Sammie

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Sammie's Life List

  1. 1. Build a useful Freeware App
    2 entries . 30 cheers
    5 people
  2. 2. clean my desk
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    110 people
  3. 3. complete NaNoWriMo this year
    1 entry . 12 cheers
    29 people
  4. 4. convert my backyard into an outdoor room
    2 entries . 42 cheers
    5 people
  5. 5. create a book of interesting journaling prompts and exercises
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    1 person
  6. 6. create an exercise playlist for my ipod
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    6 people
  7. 7. create new fitness goals and stick with them
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    2 people
  8. 8. cultivate hydrangeas in our garden
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    1 person
  9. 9. distance myself from negative voices
    1 entry . 19 cheers
    3 people
  10. 10. fill my sketchbook
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    8 people
  11. 11. find that amazingly perfect messenger bag that I'll use for years
    1 entry . 6 cheers
    3 people
  12. 12. get rid of my bicycle
    2 entries . 5 cheers
    1 person
  13. 13. grow sunflowers
    1 entry . 54 cheers
    39 people
  14. 14. have a picnic on the beach at sunrise
    3 team members . 1 entry . 10 cheers
    5 people
  15. 15. knit a scarf
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    441 people
  16. 16. make a mini quilt
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    1 person
  17. 17. make something useful
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    3 people
  18. 18. Organize and de-clutter my house room by room
    3 entries . 29 cheers
    90 people
  19. 19. Organize my home office
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    81 people
  20. 20. open my own bookstore
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    78 people
  21. 21. own and carry a monogrammed handkerchief
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    2 people
  22. 22. plan a Girls Lunch Date
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    2 people
  23. 23. practice Discardia
    10 team members . 9 cheers
    99 people
  24. 24. read five more books from the Angus and Robertson Top 100 List
    3 entries . 2 cheers
    1 person
  25. 25. read one book a month for 12 months
    3 entries . 7 cheers
    7 people
  26. 26. retire early
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    625 people
  27. 27. see About.Coms Top Ten Hong Kong Action Flicks
    2 entries . 2 cheers
    1 person
  28. 28. Send a postcard to Postsecret
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    2,415 people
  29. 29. Sew new cushion covers for the lounge
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    2 people
  30. 30. Simplify.
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    590 people
  31. 31. start a Journal Jar project
    2 entries . 4 cheers
    1 person
  32. 32. stop biting my nails
    1 entry . 11 cheers
    6,134 people
  33. 33. take 43 photos of 43 places within 43 minutes of where I live
    1 entry . 6 cheers
    78 people
  34. 34. unpack all my boxes
    1 entry . 7 cheers
    15 people
  35. 35. watch the sunrise
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    293 people
  36. 36. get rid of unnecessary possessions
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    699 people
  37. 37. speak my mind
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    306 people
  38. 38. leave a letter in a library book for someone to find
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    139 people
  39. 39. Make a cloth doll
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    10 people
Recent entries
Lose 10 kilos (read all 8 entries…)
This goal is kicked! 1 week ago

I’ve done it, hit the magical 10 kilo mark. It’s taken over 12 months, but the last 6 months were where it came off the easiest.

I think the big kicker in the last few months has been no alcohol. Surprising how much weight it puts on.

I have been suffering from morning sickness and could probably attribute a kilo to it, but I have still been eating well so not sure how much effect this would have – in fact I’m eating more than usual!


get a rainwater tank
Best thing we ever did! 2 weeks ago

At the moment it’s not plumbed in to the house for things like toilet flushing, but I do have it hooked up to the washing machine. Our clothes are lovely after being washed in rainwater and I’m using much less laundry detergent. The little water consumption graph on our rates notice is also looking much healthier now that the washing machine’s not sucking down all that water from the mains.

We also use it was washing the car, washing the dog, all that outdoor cleaning type of thing. The gray water from the washing machine also helps to water the garden.

We’re thinking of eventually putting a second tank in at the front of the house that can be plumbed in for the toilet. There’s still a huge amount of roof area that we’re not currently harvesting water from.


read one book a month for 12 months (read all 3 entries…)
Untitled 2 weeks ago

My books for May were the first two in the Aldabreshin Compass by Juliet E.Mckenna – Southern Fire and Northern Storm.

My book for June was the second One Book One Brisbane anthology, plus a few others.

I’m finding that my reading has really increased in recent months as I’m putting in 3 hours a day on public transport and using my library membership a lot more.


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