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  2. 1. Finish the research and planning for my second novel
    6 cheers     		1 person
  3. 2. work out the next steps with my first novel...
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  4. 3. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.
    50 entries . 19 cheers     		743 people
  5. 4. buy an old farmhouse and keep goats, chickens and ducks
    3 entries . 130 cheers     		6 people
  6. 5. Keep track of all the books I read in 2009
    2 team members . 4 entries . 7 cheers     		40 people
  7. 6. draw and paint
    4 entries . 8 cheers     		16 people
  8. 7. Do the 2009 TBR challenge
    5 entries . 2 cheers     		15 people
  9. 8. Create the life I want to live
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  10. 9. Practice the Four Agreements: Be impeccable with my word/ Don't take anything personally/ Don't make assumptions/ Always do my best
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  11. 10. Lose 3kg
    4 entries . 11 cheers     		12 people
  12. 11. join a book club
    1 entry . 10 cheers     		427 people
  13. 12. incorporate meditation (in some way, shape or form) into my week
    15 entries . 102 cheers     		3 people
  14. 13. improve my overall health and well-being
    19 entries . 85 cheers     		4 people
  15. 14. stop worrying about things that don't matter
    1 entry . 141 cheers     		60 people
  16. 15. keep working to improve my photography
    11 entries . 85 cheers     		7 people
  17. 16. Create a Family Recipe Book
    3 team members . 1 entry . 71 cheers     		70 people
  18. 17. dream goal: visit the monasteries of Bukovina in Romania, especially Voronet
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  19. 18. dream goal: go back to South Africa and also visit the Kruger National Park again
    2 entries . 46 cheers     		3 people
  20. 19. Book an appointment with an optomoterist
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  21. 20. Visit the dentist
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  22. 21. Join the Tasmanian Writer's Center
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  23. 22. try one new recipe every week
    2 entries . 3 cheers     		12 people
  24. 23. Do a 2009 holiday card exchange with my 43Things friends
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  25. 24. Zonino! Celebrate with LL and Fishboy as they live together finally!
    		13 people
  26. 25. Celebrate Flirt's birthday with chocolate, flirtinis and anything purple on Nov 11th
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  27. 26. Wish Dreamer a Birthday Filled with Love and Creativity November 17th
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Recent entries
Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful. (read all 50 entries…)
10/11/2009 1 week ago

Today I’m grateful for:

1. A safe day on the road for B
2. A safe trip into town and back, conditions on the road weren’t very good
3. A remedial massage
4. Beautiful roses from nonna to fill my jug in the kitchen, the pink and cream colours lifted my spirits whenever I caught sight of them
5. Nonna also potted up some more pretty heartsease for me to plant in the garden

Nov 10, 01:00AM PST | 4 cheers | 0 comments


try one new recipe every week (read all 2 entries…)
2 new recipes this week 2 weeks ago

1. A quinoa pilaf (off the back of a packet)
2. Curry Pilaf with chick-peas and couscous (which I substituted for quinoa because I’m gluten intolerant)

The second recipe was from A Taste of Heaven and Earth by Bettina Vitell, a very underused cookbook in my collection. I think it’s because there are no photos that I don’t pick this up enough. But, it’s full of very healthy and easy recipes so I hope to revisit it further while I’m doing this goal.

Nov 05, 06:36PM PST | 4 cheers | 0 comments


Do the 2009 TBR challenge (read all 5 entries…)
Another update 2 weeks ago

1. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
2. The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
3. Madame Bovary by Flaubert
4. The Boat by Nam Le
5. The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
6. The Ancestor Game by Alex Miller
7. Geography by Sophie Cunningham
8. The Household Guide to Dying by Debra Adelaide
9. The Story of Tibet by Thomas Laird
10. The Assassin by Margaret Atwood
11. Nine Lives: True Spy Stories From Mata Hari to Kim Philby by Fitzroy Maclean
12. Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
13. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
14. The Suspicions of Mr Whicher or the Murder at Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale
15. The Subtle Knife by Phillip Pullman
16. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
17. Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott
18. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
19. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin

The latest book I finished on my TBR list was The Book Thief. Review to come soon but loved it – one of the best books I’ve read this year.

Nov 02, 10:33PM PST | 5 cheers | 0 comments


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Create my Dream Team get on birth control kochhas wants to Read one book per month decorate my apartment Get out more study at MIT Learn Ruby Swim in a bioluminescent bay start a non-profit read the Bible daily go on a mission Spring Clean and get rid of the stuff I don't need get a four pack learn to screenprint learn french Own a nightclub meet hilary duff in person and hang out, because i know i am her biggest fan no matter what anybody else says Live a more Healthy Life Greg wants to save $500 patent an invention upload a song buy a camera get a husky meet Jack Sparrow meet Hugh Laurie learn piano make friends all over the world
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