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1. Buy a House
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2. learn to sew
1 entry 2,924 people
3. try a new recipe once a month
10 entries . 10 cheers 154 people
4. DAILY: Devise a ruse to get myself outdoors for a bit, during the daytime.
1 cheer 1 person
5. Have a baby
5 entries . 18 cheers 4,579 people
6. Meditate daily
28 team members . 3 entries . 10 cheers 3,418 people
7. learn Tai Chi
2 entries . 12 cheers 1,017 people
8. have a full wardrobe
2 entries . 3 cheers 3 people
9. get out of debt
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10. Save money
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11. give away 30 things i don't need
3 entries . 2 cheers 53 people
12. Learn Japanese
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13. grow an herb garden
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14. buy a bike
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15. build furniture
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16. Become a librarian
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17. Learn to play the piano
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18. Get a digital SLR camera
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19. Open an independent bookstore
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20. paint mandalas
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21. design costumes
1 cheer 11 people
22. write poetry
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23. sing more
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24. read Pulitzer Prize-winning novels
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25. recycle everything
1 cheer 34 people
26. live a CO2 neutral life
1 cheer 6 people
27. Do more in my home town
3 people
28. decide what the hell I would like to do with the rest of my life
2 cheers 6,242 people
29. travel the entire length of US1
1 cheer 2 people

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try a new recipe once a month (read all 10 entries…)

On holdish. 3 weeks ago

I found out recently that I have a gluten intolerance, so no more wheat, rye, or barley (or anything that might be cross contaminated) for me. I do want to jump in to learning this new way of baking/cooking, but the supplies are crazy expensive, and I’m having to slowly acquire all new spices, so it may be a bit until I get in a cooking groove again.

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learn to sew

Now that I have my machine... 2 months ago

I need to learn to use it!

The day after I bought it I sat down with the manual and learned to wind a bobbin and thread it. I took that opportunity to zigzag some clothing fabric to pretreat, but then it took me a week to find a steam/dry iron and counter board (amazing how hard that was) so I could actually sew.

Today I made my first bag—to hold sock knitting projects. I had to pick out and resew every seam twice and it’s still a bit… off, in a lot of places, but it isn’t embarrassingly bag for a first FO in 20+ years.

I plan on making that pattern again, but in different patterned fabric (the whole project only takes 2 fat quarters, some interfacing, a zipper and thread). Hopefully to come out better this time. I may wait until I can get some thicker interfacing for it. This one wasn’t quite as stiff as I want. Plus classes start Monday which will put a dent in my crafting time.

Home:	Dunedin, Florida
Member since:	Apr 04, 2005
Birthday:	Oct 27
Website:	http://ambertides.org

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