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ume's Life List

  2. 1. Finish the research and planning for my second novel
    5 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.
    49 entries . 19 cheers     		735 people
  5. 4. buy an old farmhouse and keep goats, chickens and ducks
    3 entries . 129 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
    6 cheers     		54 people
  11. 10. Lose 3kg
    4 entries . 11 cheers     		12 people
  12. 11. join a book club
    1 entry . 10 cheers     		424 people
  13. 12. incorporate meditation (in some way, shape or form) into my week
    15 entries . 101 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     		59 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
    2 cheers     		1 person
  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
    5 cheers     		1 person
  21. 20. Visit the dentist
    5 cheers     		46 people
  22. 21. Join the Tasmanian Writer's Center
    6 cheers     		1 person
  23. 22. try one new recipe every week
    2 entries . 3 cheers     		10 people
  24. 23. Do a 2009 holiday card exchange with my 43Things friends
    4 cheers     		49 people
  25. 24. wish bookishindiangirl a thinking, reading, writing, creating birthday Oct. 31!
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		5 people
  26. 25. Zonino! Celebrate with LL and Fishboy as they live together finally!
    		26 people
  27. 26. Celebrate Flirt's birthday with chocolate, flirtinis and anything purple on Nov 11th
    		53 people
Recent entries
try one new recipe every week (read all 2 entries…)
2 new recipes this week 2 days 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 | 1 cheer | 0 comments


Do the 2009 TBR challenge (read all 5 entries…)
Another update 5 days 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 | 4 cheers | 0 comments


wish bookishindiangirl a thinking, reading, writing, creating birthday Oct. 31!
Belated Birthday Wishes Bookish!!! 5 days ago

Hope you had a wonderful day! All the best for a fantastic year ahead. Hope that it brings you much joy and happiness, along with some productive book-decluttering :) ume x

Nov 02, 10:21PM PST | 2 cheers | 2 comments


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exhibit my paintings spend less money move to San Francisco drink absinthe watch all episodes of south of nowhere smile more meet Taylor Swift do the splits stop being so paranoid salsafreak wants to go to church oil paint update my resume write a play create my own tattoo not feel so tired all the time reconnect with my old best friend travel the world roseygirly wants to clear up my acne start my own makeup line be a better person ocean kayak Keep a journal Work in Fashion learn to fight with a sword Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working stand on my head look at the stars more often
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