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Stephmo

is glad to officially mark weekends again. :)



I'm doing 35 things
  

Stephmo's Life List

  2. 1. Watch the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die
    25 entries . 155 cheers     		70 people
  3. 2. Eat BBC's 50 Things To Eat
    33 entries . 154 cheers     		4 people
  4. 3. Get my Entire Library Loaded onto LibraryThing
    9 entries . 92 cheers     		2 people
  5. 4. Load Observer Music Monthly's "Top 100 British Albums" onto the iPod (and give them a listen!)
    12 entries . 34 cheers     		1 person
  6. 5. Try all of Katzinger's Sandwiches
    12 entries . 63 cheers     		1 person
  7. 6. Eat Wine Spectator's 100 Great Cheeses
    8 entries . 94 cheers     		4 people
  8. 7. All those spices and special foods I bought? Figure out how to use them, or purge them or something...
    30 entries . 85 cheers     		2 people
  9. 8. Make my own bread
    19 entries . 126 cheers     		55 people
  10. 9. Read Stephen Weiner's 101 Best Graphic Novels
    26 entries . 31 cheers     		2 people
  11. 10. clean out the garage
    5 entries . 100 cheers     		191 people
  12. 11. Make my own Kielbasa
    2 entries . 46 cheers     		1 person
  13. 12. get a pedicure
    2 entries . 107 cheers     		353 people
  14. 13. Build and install a bat house for next spring
    9 entries . 103 cheers     		1 person
  15. 14. create a TasteBook
    4 entries . 50 cheers     		2 people
  16. 15. Make the backyard more of another "room"
    7 entries . 100 cheers     		1 person
  17. 16. Score 1000 GP on Lego Batman
    7 entries . 15 cheers     		1 person
  18. 17. Visit the Sausage Shoppe in Cleveland
    2 entries . 28 cheers     		1 person
  19. 18. ReCatalog the DVDs
    6 entries . 9 cheers     		1 person
  20. 19. Develop New Bath Making Skills
    10 entries . 21 cheers     		1 person
  21. 20. Collect the fifty American state quarters
    23 entries . 29 cheers     		28 people
  22. 21. Read the 6 books shorlisted for the 40th anniversary of the Booker Prize
    5 entries . 49 cheers     		1 person
  23. 22. Garden Time!
    10 entries . 43 cheers     		1 person
  24. 23. Get Through the Crazy Boxes
    3 entries . 24 cheers     		1 person
  25. 24. learn to make dolmas
    1 entry . 22 cheers     		2 people
  26. 25. learn something new everyday
    15 entries . 7 cheers     		308 people
  27. 26. organize my iPod
    3 entries . 40 cheers     		51 people
  28. 27. get a picture published by Jones Soda
    2 entries . 42 cheers     		85 people
  29. 28. complete the 999 challenge on librarything.com
    22 entries . 24 cheers     		3 people
  30. 29. Plan a real vacation for 2010
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		1 person
  31. 30. Make my own pizza
    4 entries . 73 cheers     		7 people
  32. 31. 43Things Film Club
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		12 people
  33. 32. redecorate my bedroom
    3 entries . 40 cheers     		330 people
  34. 33. Get something out of my monthly magazine subscriptions - and not just free bookmarks in the form of subscription cards!
    17 entries . 21 cheers     		1 person
  35. 34. watch more documentaries
    12 entries . 28 cheers     		18 people
  36. 35. read a chapter a day
    305 entries . 52 cheers     		9 people

How I did it
How to buy a new car
It took me
3 days
It made me
Happy & Mobile

How I did it: I'd actually narrowed my search down to four models and realizing that time was ultimately short to purchase a car, narrowed my search down to either a Chevy Malibu or a Ford Fusion with a combination of price, value and ratings.From there, I decided to apply on-line with two major dealerships in the area to make the process faster.  The Chevy dealership made everything incredibly easy - and they were eager to have my business. … Read how I did it…

Oct 29, 05:54AM PDT | 0 comments | 5 cheers


How to figure out what I want to do next
It took me
200 days
It made me
Focused and ready.

How I did it: My position with my old company was officially eliminated April 1st (not so funny) through a layoff of about 15% of the company.  I did receive a fairly generous severance package, but I still had to get my act together and figure out what I was going to do next.  I knew I was going to be looking for a new job, but the hows and wheres and what to dos with my days were up in the air...The first thing I did was give myself a day t… Read how I did it…

Oct 28, 09:35AM PDT | 6 comments | 3 cheers


How to host a Tamale Party
It took me
3 days
It made me
Full and happy

How I did it: This was actually one of my first goals I ever listed on 43Things - so I'm quite excited to be able to go through the how-to's on doing this.First things first, I love Tamales, and I was pretty convinced that I could make them.  After some interneting and checking out a few books at the library, I began to understand why the tamale party was such a huge part of the process.  For the work you're going to do, getting the ingredien… Read how I did it…

Oct 12, 05:56AM PDT | 0 comments | 8 cheers


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Recent entries
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The Radioactive Boy Scout 1 day ago

Trying to catch up on library dues – started reading The Radioactive Boy Scout. True story of a boy that tried to build a breeder reactor in his back yard in an effort to get his atomic energy merit badge. Yeah, he had issues.

It’s actually somewhat sad so far. He’s obviously smart, but his parents are really wrapped up in their own lives (divorced) and they pay little attention to him except for when he needs to go to the emergency room due to various failed chemistry experiments. And even then, it seems like a PIA since it interrupts their day.

Prologue – Chapter 3

Nov 07, 05:19AM PST | 0 comments


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Sheltering Sky 2 days ago

Hangovers, stranger and stranger traveling companions, an unwelcoming city and odd facts coming to light…

4 chapters today.

Nov 05, 08:21PM PST | 3 cheers | 0 comments


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Sheltering Sky 3 days ago

Between Yesterday and Today, I’ve knocked out seven chapters. Our travelers have stayed at a hotel that isn’t terribly nice where they’ve met an odd man who travels with his mother. They don’t like one another and yet they hitch a ride with them…this seems to be a theme of traveling and not liking things.

Need I mention what happens on a train between Kit and not her husband? On a train? That goes through a tunnel?

Nov 04, 08:14PM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


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I want to:

The world wants to...

create a website figure out what i want to do with my life Stop caring what other people think of me plant a garden Save money, not waste money! Live life happily Visit Scotland myrawska wants to read a new book every week be friends with him again get health insurance Partake in Oktoberfest in Germany NMitchell4882 wants to stop worrying find my great love be a better employee be slim get good grades in college avoid disfluencies (um, uh, you know) Learn Spanish nothing Create a cartoon go to the University of Washington figure out what was happening before the Big Bang be more creative Gain 30 pounds carpe diem be happy on my own karatekidIV wants to pass the JLPT 2 test grow my own herbs
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