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I no longer go to a cafeteria for lunch, since the prices are sky-high and the quality of food might have been better. Instead, I bring a couple of fruits and a rye-bread sanwich from home, which is so much cheaper and healthier. I tried bying frozen ready lunches, but they smell when I heat them in the microwave, they are on the costly side and have more calories then I really need. Now that I got used to fruit-and-sandwich menu, I don’t have to think where to buy food on the way to work, don’t spend time in crowded cafeteria and (what’s even more important) don’t eat sugar, butter, mayo and sweets. And it’s less then a dollar per day!
Anna's Life List
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1. Become a better programmer
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2. learn XSLT/XPATH/WSDL/etc
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3. eat less sweets
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4. improve dotnet skills
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5. heal my skin
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6. improve my german
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7. stop wasting time
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8. walk more
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9. Save money
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10. be more social
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11. visit european ecovillages
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12. go backpacking
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13. Buy Mom a 2-week tour to Spain
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14. join hospitalityclub.org and meet new people
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15. Visit lavender fields in France
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16. speak fluent french
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17. Learn Spanish
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18. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
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19. be free
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20. Make new friends
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21. Get a good haircut
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22. Contribute to an open source software project
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23. practice yoga
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24. learn ruby on rails
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Recent entries
Today I walked 7 km in the morning, all the way through the center of St.Petersburg. What a pity I didn’t have my camera with me this time.
It’s one of the things I enjoy most of all, long walks, discovering new sights in my city, feeling myself a stranger, a careless tourist with a camera. A frothy capuccino in a sunlit cafe, the chill and breathtaking fresness of the wind. It makes me feel so free and open to changes, as if the dust is blown away.
I wish I could share that magic with my husband, but he’s a heavy sleeper and an early morning walk is a quite torture for him.
Anyway, I can share a glimpse of this feeling through photography.
http://picasaweb.google.com/230313/27032007
http://picasaweb.google.com/230313/16052006
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http://picasaweb.google.com/230313/14092006
Frugal, frugal, frugal.
I have to stop spending money on things like eating out and clothes I don’t wear and cosmetics I don’t use. I have to save for a maternity leave, and get my home furnished, and get a car, and pay mortgage. OMG there’s so much ahead.
