ZenMomma




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  1. 1. finish grad school
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  2. 2. Create a Family Recipe Book
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  3. 3. visit all 50 states
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  4. 4. get in shape
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  5. 5. drink more water
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  6. 6. pay off my credit cards
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  7. 7. be myself
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  8. 8. learn to make sushi
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  9. 9. go to the beach
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  10. 10. Be in a band
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  11. 11. be creative
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  12. 12. lose weight
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  13. 13. learn to play the guitar
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  14. 14. teach high school
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  15. 15. go white water rafting down the Grand Canyon
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  16. 16. Go to Iceland
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  17. 17. Donate to charity
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  18. 18. practice yoga daily
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  19. 19. meet new people
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  20. 20. go on a cruise
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  21. 21. have a nice garden
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  22. 22. become more spiritual
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  23. 23. start eating more organic foods
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  24. 24. pay off my debt
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  25. 25. have another baby with my husband
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  26. 26. pay off my student loans
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  27. 27. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
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  28. 28. fix the state of public education in america
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  29. 29. visit Jamaica
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  30. 30. go to Burning Man
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  31. 31. move to NYC
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  32. 32. own an electric car
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  33. 33. write my will
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  34. 34. Buy a Nintendo Wii
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teach high school
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I’m student teaching now (summer school….3 more weeks!) and then start teaching high school bio at the end of August! Woot!!



Be myself
Exploring my resistance

Today in my yoga class we were doing poses where we held them for a long time, and the last pose was a forward bend. I thought the teacher said we could do a standing or seated forward bend, or plow. I did a standing forward bend and she came and asked why I was standing. (someone else had imitated me, actually, and was also doing a standing bend).

I switched to seated, but I felt a little embarrassed and a flash of anger. Why? I also thought that this is why I should do my own practice, because then we don’t all have to do the same thing (this was still out of anger).

Why did I feel anger and embarrassment for doing something different? For doing what felt best for my body?

I still have a ways to go before I fully accept myself, I guess.



make homemade stock
Veggie stock is cheap

Veggie stock is versatile and SO cheap. You literally use trash.

Save the waste you create from chopping veggies (like onions, celery, carrots, apples, pears, green beans, etc but NOT cruciferous veggies like broccoli and NOT peppers) in a plastic bag in the freezer. When the bag is about 1/2 to 3/4 full, put the contents into a big stock pot with water. Bring to a boil, reduce to a simmer and simmer till it smells good and has turned a deep brown color. Voila! Veggie stock for FREE! Plus, you just kept waste out of the landfill. Look at you! Saving the earth. Your mother would be proud.



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