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1. work for peace
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2. Make positive effort for the good
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3. finish my second novel
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4. update my business plan
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5. drink more water
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6. Edit my NaNoWriMo novels
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7. lose 7 more pounds
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8. enjoy my husband
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9. take risks
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10. send at least one of my novels out-
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11. Complete an adventure race
3 entries . 59 cheers 20 people
12. swim twenty times before the last day of summer
8 entries . 27 cheers 1 person
13. Mountain bike more
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14. ride a bike with clipless pedals
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15. Find a work schedule-that works.
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16. Dream my own dreams.
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17. organize the garage
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18.

Section hike the sections of the Appalachian Trail in Maryland and West Virginia
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2 people

19. read 20 books in 2008
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20. when in doubt, go higher
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21. give mark, geogal, sparkleman and doctor teeth something to cheer
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22. Play Halo and learn how to frag like a pro and snipe like that bro.
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23. Sneak up on a Nautilus pompilius and goose it but fore go utilizing
1 entry . 2 cheers 1 person
24. Speak Out!
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25. Catch up on work. Then resign.
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26. Do at least a bit of yoga for 7 days
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swim twenty times before the last day of summer (read all 8 entries…)

I was thinking about giving up...yes, giving up 4 days ago

but decided to go for a swim in the public pool (it’s only a dollar after 5) in anticipation of the triathlon I’ve signed up for in August (which by the way is out of town and is the day after I take one of the kids off to school for their first year away from home.) Where was I…so I went down and it wasn’t so bad. If I keep tally, I’ll get this one if I swim at least daily while on vacation. 19 to go.

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Write an alternate history of the Carolinas (read all 2 entries…)

It didn't start with Roanoke Island 1 week ago

But in the early 1960s. We visited with my mom and dad and my grandmother. We camped in a big canvas tent. Grandma chased a sand crab around with a broom.

Then again, in about 1990.
Camping again. Too broke for anything else and it was
windy and I was
pregnant.

So in September, when the baby came, we went back, again.
In a house.
No crabs to chase with brooms.

Every spring after that-for a week-near Easter.
Long runs up and down the beach.
Conch shells after the storms.
Seeing the ghost of Theodosia Burr after a few glasses of wine and a hot tub.
Watching the boys avoid the “pointy things.”
Wind. Lots of wind.
Kayaking in the sound, that came later.

Y2K…we went and stayed right on the beach
just in case something really bad happened
we’d eat fish forever

Another trip, at Thanksgiving. The best. No company, it was 72 degrees. Sunny.

And then the Outer Banks Marathon-and hang gliding.

Later, we went to the other beaches-Emerald Isle, Sunset, and so on, but Grandma never swatted at sand crabs there.

Home:	Virginia, United States
Member since:	Aug 06, 2005
Birthday:	Jan 01

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