I finished the scrapbook about my trip to Japan. Now I am working on 2 books for my favorite nieces (as a surprise!) and a book about my trip to Mexico and a book about my trip to Europe in 2007. I will also be making an abbreviated version of the Europe book for my brother.
Joani's Life List
-
1. ride in a hot air balloon
1 cheer1,892 people -
2. drink more water
18,401 people -
3. Take more photos
3,372 people -
4. save for my retirement
9 people -
5. Start working in the darkroom again
2 people -
6. Buy a House
12,154 people -
7. get a dog
3,731 people -
8. Lose 30 pounds
5,064 people -
9. get out of debt
10,547 people -
10. learn german
1 cheer4,341 people -
11. go skinny dipping
3,010 people -
12. be a better gardener
28 people -
13. spend an entire day watching the extended version of all three Lord of the Rings movies back-to-back-to-back
1 cheer1,102 people -
14. send more mail art
2 cheers15 people -
15. do karaoke
63 people -
16. go on a cruise
3,902 people -
17. visit the West Coast
56 people -
18. Visit Canada
516 people -
19. jet ski
65 people -
20. go to South America
235 people -
21. go to Africa
1,525 people -
22. Go skydiving
6,277 people -
23. go tubing
35 people -
24. drive a convertible
34 people -
25. make jewelry
200 people -
26. Finish my Dollhouse
9 people -
27. do a charity walk
55 people -
28. Visit Chicago
211 people -
29. See a movie in a drive-in
250 people -
30. throw a theme party
16 people -
31. sew a skirt
78 people -
32. Visit the Holocaust Museum
29 people -
33. Go on a road trip
3,329 people -
34. Learn to knit
3,396 people -
35. get a job
9,920 people -
36. spend a day at a spa
122 people -
37. Participate in Habitat for Humanity
62 people -
38. stick to a budget
1,207 people -
39. enter an art competition
1 cheer6 people -
40. read 50 books in 2008
1 entry194 people -
41. cook more
1,900 people -
42. visit West Virginia
1 cheer4 people
This was actually a goal that I had for last year, which I did manage to accomplish. So, I decided to try again this year. I’m hoping to finish at least 55, but if I only finish 50 books, I’ll still be happy. As of today, February 27, 2008, I have finished 9 books.
I had fugu (blowfish) while in Japan last year. I refused to eat sushi, but I was willing to eat something that had a chance of killing me. I went to a place in Osaka called Jihey.
Sadly, I didn’t like it. It was rubbery and bland. Maybe it was the method in which it was cooked. It was served raw with a certain type of mushroom and I was given this little wooden bowl that had some sort of coals in it, so that I could cook the fugu myself. I liked the experience, I just wish the fugu was better.
If I ever visit Japan again, I will fugu another chance so that I can try it prepared in a different way. Then I can decide whether or not I truly dislike it.
This is the fugu before it was cooked.

