I finally got started on my last tattoo in May! Will take some time to finish it all and so far it hurts pretty bad. But I’m sure it’ll be worth it!
Tammiejx's Life List
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1. Read at least 50 books this year
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2. get my license
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3. Get rid of clothes I don't wear
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4. read the 501 must-read books
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5. Read all the books on the BBC Big Read Top 100
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6. Read the BBC's Big Read 200
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7. Learn to cook
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8. become a morning person.
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9. Read 1,000 books
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10. make a list of 100 things that make me happy.
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11. get a dog
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12. finish my tattoo
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13. start a photo journal - take at least a photo a day to represent my life
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14. find a religion that suits me
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15. get kissed in the rain
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16. have my own place
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17. Clean out my closet
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18. Read the "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die"
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19. Visit Liverpool again
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20. get another tattoo
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21. stop throwing clothes everywhere
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22. Watch season 1 of Veronica Mars
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23. Watch season 1 of Jericho
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24. Watch season 1 of Gossip Girl
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25. Take more pictures
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26. Read at least 5 books in April
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27. get rid of depression
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28. Read The Stand by Stephen King this year
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29. Save money
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How I did it: For someone who loves reading, getting to 15.000 pages in one year isn't a hard challenge I think. I made sure that I didn't read too many very short books, because it seems ages before you get to 15.000 pages. Read how I did it…
How I did it: I wasn't quite sure I would get to 10 books, but I've read a few short ebooks which made it possible to finish it on time. Also took a book with me everywhere I went, so when I had some spare time I could read. Didn't read a lot of pages every day, some days I barely read 10 pages. For me it was important that I still did other fun things too, otherwise I get a bit tired of reading. I can't read 10 hours every day, would drive me crazy. Read how I did it…
How I did it: Made myself do it, even though I really didn't want to. Just kept pushing myself, put some music on while studying. Always helps me for some reason. Taking breaks is also something I really have to do, otherwise I give up too easily. Read how I did it…
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Book 69: The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne. 4*
Berlin 1942
When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people he can see in the distance.
But Bruno longs to be an explorer and decides that there must be more to this desolate new place than meets the eye. While exploring his new environment, he meets another boy whose life and circumstances are very different to his own, and their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.
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My mom asked me download this movie for her some time ago and that was the first time I ever heard about it. She like the movie and she read the book a few weeks later. Other people also told me story was interesting so I finally had time to read this one and I wasn’t disappointed! I really like how nice and innocent Bruno is. Especially compared to the rest of his family. Really feel sad about how it ended for him, but I think his father deserves the pain he’s feeling because he lost his son. Don’t have any sympathy for such a horrible person.
Book 68: Ten Big Ones by Janet Evanovich. 4*
She’s living with a vice cop, she’s partnered with a retired hooker, her mother’s hitting the sauce, her grandmother’s a swinging senior, and she’s tracking a woman who hijacked a Frito-Lay truck and ate the evidence. But the fun shifts to fear when Plum is the lone witness to a gang executed robbery and cop shooting. There’s a contract issued for her head and a California-based killer looking to fill that contract. The tenth Stephanie Plum novel is filled with Evanovich’s trademark high stakes, high adventure, high wit, and sly comedy.
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It’s been quite a while since I read this (sometime last month), so I don’t really remember what I liked the most in this one. Grandma Mazur was great though if I remember correctly! ;)
