I'm doing 40 things
1. Roasting marshmallows
2. Homemade bread
3. Homemade jam
4. Gingerbread waffles
5. A fire in the fireplace
6. A good cup of tea
7. Going for walks
8. A warm fuzzy blanket
9. Ice cream cones
10. Water fights
11. Snow storms
12. Homemade lemonade
13. Harvesting produce from the garden
14. Shopping at the Farmer’s market
15. The smell of a clean house
16. Board games with family or friends
17. Walking on the beach
cia007's Life List
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1. make my home so darn comforting that everyone who enters falls into a zen coma
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2. get rid of all my clutter
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3. Practice our Catholic Faith, on our journey to Heaven
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4. Manage my household to be clean organized and happy
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5. spend more time with my grandma
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6. Go for nature walks on the weekends
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7. Get out of debt and stay out of debt forever
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8. Create a budget and stick to it
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9. read 100 books
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10. говорить хорошо по-русски
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11. bake something every week
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12. Create an emergency notebook with archive of important documents
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13. Prepare My Home and Family for an Earthquake, or any other disaster that comes along
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14. believe I have great energy
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15. Have an Organic Square Foot Garden.
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16. list 43 artworks I love
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17. try 43 new recipes
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18. write more music
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19. purchase consciously: organic, local, fair trade...
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20. Write more
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21. create an uplifting morning routine
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22. reduce my cost of living
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23. Have a spa day
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24. cultivate self-discipline
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25. Write a will
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26. learn home canning
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27. List 100 things that bring me joy
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28. Teach my son to cook 43 things
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29. have multiple streams of passive income
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30. Create 43 watercolor paintings
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31. Share 43 of my favorite websites
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32. memorize
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33. Create some artwork to hang on my walls
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34. Complete "The Artist's Way"
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35. play my clarinet again
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36. try to always look "put together"
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37. eat breakfast
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38. Throw my husband an awesome 40th birthday party
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39. Feed my family
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40. Play piano for 100 hours
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41. Keep an illustrated journal
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How I did it
It made me
Amazed! 
How I did it: In Taekwondo tonight I broke my first board!!I watched the young kids break boards…I thought, “piece of cake…”. Then they brought out the adult board…..almost 2 inches thick, and a REAL board….like the type you make stuff out of!Harder than I thought it would be, but I did it and my hand is still in one piece…a little bruised, but worth it! Amazed I could do it! 1 minute ago Read how I did it…
It made me
challenged 
How I did it: I researched grantwriting online, wrote up my federal grant then took it line by line for editing. I put in a few sleepless nights to get the grant out the door....basically my grant was "my baby" for a few days....I took it everywhere. I did not take any grant training prior to writing this. My efforts and landing the grant opened new doors, and now I am on a federal grant review committee at the national level! Read how I did it…
It made me
Free
How I did it: Surrendered my fears. I accepted an opportunity to travel (which I hate the flying part) and went on the trip. My going resulted in an incredible job offer and chance to relocate to a dream destination, and numerous all-expense paid invitations to speak around the country. I would have missed it all had I refused to go due to fear of travel. Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
My son feels confident making:
Fried eggs
Omlettes
Chili from can
Hardboiled eggs
Frozen pizza
Baked apples
Scrambled eggs
So…7 things down…36 things to go!
Finally, a system that works!!
I got a 4-drawer rolling cart from an office supply store and labeled the top drawer- “bills”, second drawer “to file/important”, third drawer “to shred” and bottom drawer “to recycle.”.
New unopened mail gets put on top of the cart, bills go in the top drawer. When one gets paid, it goes to the second drawer with “paid” written on it to file. Envelopes and ads automatically go in the bottom recycle, while anything sensitive (credit card offers) go in the to shred. When they get full, I empty/shred. Otherwise it is low maintenance!
