I'm doing 19 things
2 books
3 months ago
Coraline by Neil Gaiman – 162 pages
The Android’s Dream by John Scalzi – 394 pages
Total so far: 556 pages
TheGoldenGirl's Life List
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1. find my father
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2. get my driver's license
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3. Improve my self-esteem
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4. Be able to do 20 push-ups in a row
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5. learn how to drive stick-shift
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6. Register as an organ donor
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7. Read all the books on my shelf.
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8. Do 100 situps
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9. knit all the yarn I've bought
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10. knit something from every pattern book I have
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11. knit for a charity in every state
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12. make an amigurumi
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13. knit every pattern in Socks Two
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14. get over my panic and anxiety disorders
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15. learn to knit intarsia
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16. read 1000 pages in 2009
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17. be a vegetarian for a week
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18. read more classics
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19. read a book on Project Gutenberg
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How I did it
It made me
More adult 
How I did it: I had no choice - I got a teaching job, and that meant no more rolling out of bed at 2 pm. But since this past Summer, I'd been slowly getting up earlier and earlier. 2 became 1, 1 became 12, 12 became 11... I realised that I didn't have much time during the day to do things. Having something to do at 3 pm shouldn't mean my whole day is shot. Now, on weekends, I usually wake up between 9 and 10, depending how I late I stay up the night before. Read how I did it…
It made me
Proud
How I did it: I used the pattern "Lady Eleanor Stole" from the book Scarf Style to teach myself the basic techniques. Then, I used that knowledge to make a scarf that was much, much skinnier, and with a different number of stitches in each rectangle. Read how I did it…
Recent entries
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12 months ago
1. Bottle of baby oil bought for dry legs 7 years ago. Trying to do one thing a day for 30 days.
1 down.
13 months ago
Maine, nursing home right across the street from me last Summer. A blanket made of scrap yarn. Easy start.
