I spotted a penny at the Veteran’s Day parade.
Total = $1.95
| 1. |
Swim 50 Miles in 2009
54 entries . 44 cheers |
1 person |
| 2. |
Ride my bike more
4 entries . 73 cheers |
982 people |
| 3. |
Promote "Three Cups of Tea"
8 entries . 46 cheers |
2 people |
| 4. |
See more theater
11 entries . 49 cheers |
21 people |
| 5. |
Buy local
10 entries . 81 cheers |
44 people |
| 6. |
Write to my nephew at least once per month
6 entries . 32 cheers |
1 person |
| 7. |
Release a BookCrossing book at every Kentucky State Park
15 entries . 30 cheers |
1 person |
| 8. |
Order water instead of Coke in restaurants
18 entries . 35 cheers |
2 people |
| 9. |
Buy organic food
3 entries . 54 cheers |
2 people |
| 10. |
Lose 10 pounds
13 cheers |
5,926 people |
| 11. |
Speak a logical, coherent sentence to Jeff Bagwell
1 entry . 10 cheers |
1 person |
| 12. |
Complete one scrapbook page each month
3 entries . 33 cheers |
2 people |
| 13. |
Find $100 in change
43 entries . 13 cheers |
121 people |
| 14. |
buy ice cream from the ice cream man
5 entries . 27 cheers |
3 people |
| 15. |
Live near the ocean
1 entry . 32 cheers |
259 people |
| 16. |
Have sand in all my shoes
1 entry . 26 cheers |
1 person |
| 17. |
Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity
1 entry . 46 cheers |
50 people |
| 18. |
declutter my house
1 entry . 37 cheers |
931 people |
| 19. |
recycle more
5 entries . 27 cheers |
463 people |
| 20. |
Be a patron of the arts
2 entries . 21 cheers |
2 people |
| 21. |
Attend Tradewater Pirates games
2 entries . 5 cheers |
1 person |
| 22. |
Learn to make fried green tomatoes
1 entry . 15 cheers |
4 people |
| 23. |
find out what my blood type is
1 entry . 10 cheers |
1,317 people |
| 24. |
List ways I can be more green.
2 entries . 19 cheers |
4 people |
| 25. |
Live in a beach house
19 cheers |
30 people |
| 26. |
visit every state in the U.S.
7 entries . 16 cheers |
556 people |
| 27. |
Have an outdoor shower
1 entry . 19 cheers |
9 people |
| 28. |
stop at a Lemonade stand run by kids
1 entry . 16 cheers |
3 people |
| 29. |
Name our house
1 entry . 8 cheers |
1 person |
| 30. |
see a ghost
1 entry . 9 cheers |
570 people |
| 31. |
Participate in the 2010 Arthritis Walk
1 entry . 10 cheers |
1 person |
| 32. |
illuminate awareness of climate change by spending Earth Hour 2010 in the dark on 27 March 2010
8 team members . 4 cheers |
15 people |
| 33. |
play more disc golf
1 entry . 9 cheers |
22 people |
How I did it: My husband was actually the mastermind behind this, but it's worked out beautifully. We put a gutter on the back of our garage then he put one barrel under the downspout. He connected that barrel with tubing to three other barrels for a total of 220 gallons of water. If we get about an inch and a half of rain, it fills all of them. We use them to water the vegetable garden, new fruit trees and all the pot… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I was the youngest child and the only one still at home when I was 12 years old. My parents were self-employed and both worked very long hours so we ate out most nights. On the nights that they were going to someplace I didn't want, they would drop me off at an Italian restaurant which was within walking distance of our house. I'd eat alone or take a friend, then walk home. Of course the waitstaff all took ve… Read how I did it…
How I did it: I signed up for the 2009 Arthritis Walk on the AF website and started sending out emails. My family and friends are so generous every year. My husband and I also donated $150 of our own money to jumpstart things, plus I swam a mile for every donation made during the month of April. Because I have RA, walking the mile is the hardest part of the whole thing; but the energy level of everyone there makes me want to finish. Read how I did it…
This was such a quick trip that it hardly feels as if it counts, but I did drop a bookcrossing book there…so…I’m listing it.
And I hated every single lap.
I spent the last two days helping my husband put siding on our house, and this morning my RA was letting me know about it. The pool felt good, but I sure didn’t enjoy the laps.
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