We move into the farmhouse in 2 weeks- complete with a generous garden space, fruit trees, 16 chickens and 2 ducks. We’re excited and nervously awaiting the short period of transition grumpiness inevitable while loading boxes and knicking doorframes with moving furniture. farm: here i come.
baddins's Life List
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1. see the northern lights
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2. get married
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3. sleepy under a mossy log
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4. make wine at home
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5. learn to run and run run run
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6. re-vamp my etsy store
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7. Take A Spanish Class
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8. go to spain this winter
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9. be a part of the local studio tour next year
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10. Duplicate and Sew all of my favorite garments
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11. reach out to friends I haven't seen in a long time
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12. have fun and stay calm while getting ready for shows
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13. purge my personal belongings and re-organize everything
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14. find gallery representation
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15. be happy now
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16. Make a coloring book about being in love
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17. learn how to make hard apple cider
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18. raise goats and make goat cheese
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19. buy an apple cider press
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20. Send something to post secret
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21. take the master gardener course
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22. re-take art pics for etsy
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23. develop a relentlessly positive attitude
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24. build a professional looking artist website
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25. hike the appalachian trail
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26. find a kayak
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27. develop a system for posting to etsy and my blog regularly
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28. build a dog proof enclosure for the compost at Andy's
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29. get the 2 year old oxy clean spill out of my car's carpet for good
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30. Put in the next round of succession plantings
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31. have work good enough to make it into the american craft council show
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32. spend a whole day canning different kinds of vegetable soup for the winter
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33. Create a passive stream of income from assets acquired equal to my monthly living expenses
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34. get a grant to fund my art
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35. jog on my lunch breaks instead of doing chores
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36. write the book
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38. finish my tattoo belt
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39. find balance between work, creativity, health, and love so if I graphed it it would look even
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40. leave more notes and little gifts for my sweetie
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41. Have more than enough money for everything I need and want
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42. lose 30 pounds
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How I did it: My 1974 Saab wagonback was the last gift my father gave me before he passed away. It was an ill fated and cursedly timed college graduation gift. I really loved that car but it needed the time and attention of someone who knows how to tinker and has a little extra money to spend on their car hobby. I am neither of those things so due to my upcoming move, it was time for me to let it go. I sure loved driving it when it was running well. An… Read how I did it…
How I did it: turns out my business name sucked but not as bad as my business plan for my second business. buh-dump-bump-chink! www.happybetsy.etsy.com vs. old name www.baddinsdesign.etsy.com Read how I did it…
How I did it: by stitching and stitching and stitching and stitching and stitching while watching season 3 of dynasty from netflix and movies on hulu about marathon runnning. I'm not kidding. Read how I did it…
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i think i should save for a mac so i can just build it on iweb. is that lame? or would that be an easy content management system to use?
I just watched the spirit of the marathon on hulu- pretty inspiring. then my sweetie showed me a clip of a hunting tribe in africa who out-runs their prey because of their uniquely human ability to endurance run. AMAZING.




