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1. become fluent in french
1,360 people
2. Visit Hawaii
617 people
3. Make a quilt
1 cheer 1,104 people
4. do 100 consecutive push-ups
69 people
5. Build a pair of Adirondack chairs
4 people
6. Live to be 100
308 people
7. Read Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
559 people
8. learn to raise just one eyebrow
231 people
9. read a book about every one of the American Presidents
1 entry 1 person
10. furnish my house
1 entry 18 people
11. learn how to turn cartwheels
2 people
12. Start playing guitar again
92 people
13. see the Grand Caynon
3 people
14. become cultured and interesting and useful
3 people
15. become fluent in italian
1 entry 176 people
16. save a million dollars
1 entry . 1 cheer 51 people
17. write a novel
9,719 people
18. write a song
4,256 people
19. learn german
4,539 people
20. Learn to speak Spanish
2,418 people
21. pay my student loans
52 people
22. lose 5 pounds
1 entry 1,157 people
23. Live in France
1 cheer 466 people
24. be a good wife
601 people
25. Visit Rome
433 people
26. Quit my job and go freelance
1 person

Recent entries

We have a house. But we have no furniture. 4 years ago

And we don’t have any money! Because we just bought a house.

We have all the furniture we need in the Family Room—a couch and a tv and a floor lamp. (There are built-in bookshelves.) So Family Room…Done! Bedroom has a bed and a dresser in it. Done! Kitchen has a kitchen table and chairs. Done! But the rest of the house is just empty rooms. It’s a big house. There are a lot of rooms. This is going to take a long, long time.

May 12, 2005, 09:26AM PDT | 1 cheer | 0 comments

read a book about every one of the American Presidents

So Far: 4 years ago

I’ve read a book about:
Ulysses S. Grant
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Andrew Jackson

I’m about to start “An Hour Before Daylight.” As soon as I finish the dumb romance novel I’ve been reading. (“The Thorn Birds.” It’s ridiculous! Ha!)

May 12, 2005, 09:23AM PDT | 0 comments

save a million dollars

Aim high 4 years ago

I have a savings account. It doesn’t have anywhere near a million dollars in it. And I don’t earn that much. But I figure if I set the goal high, I’ll be more likely to keep saving.

Also, I did a worksheet that showed how much I would have to save per month to end up with a million in 18 years. It wasn’t THAT much more than what I’m saving now. It may take me 30 years to do this. But that’s no reason not to try.

May 12, 2005, 09:12AM PDT | 1 cheer | 1 comment

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