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Melissa B.

Will be away for a little while.



I'm doing 42 things
  

Melissa B.'s Life List

  2. 1. Make 2010 my best year yet
    1 entry . 91 cheers     		71 people
  3. 2. Read 50 books in 2010
    11 entries . 60 cheers     		155 people
  4. 3. consciously create my day
    4 entries . 173 cheers     		52 people
  5. 4. Write every day
    5 entries . 221 cheers     		933 people
  6. 5. master the law of attraction
    1 entry . 43 cheers     		304 people
  7. 6. live my life by answering this question every day: "what would you do if you knew you could not fail?"
    85 cheers     		124 people
  8. 7. learn how to thread my sewing machine
    2 entries . 92 cheers     		3 people
  9. 8. run a marathon
    17 entries . 142 cheers     		11,649 people
  10. 9. Spend less time fooling around on the net and more time actually working
    4 entries . 53 cheers     		5,654 people
  11. 10. write a short story.
    1 entry . 90 cheers     		1,115 people
  12. 11. volunteer at an animal shelter
    1 entry . 118 cheers     		636 people
  13. 12. Watch all of Alfred Hitchcock's movies
    3 entries . 61 cheers     		243 people
  14. 13. read all of Jane Austen's novels
    1 entry . 95 cheers     		185 people
  15. 14. learn french
    2 entries . 58 cheers     		11,602 people
  16. 15. write a sonnet
    1 entry . 62 cheers     		26 people
  17. 16. Grow my hair as long as possible
    5 entries . 62 cheers     		147 people
  18. 17. learn sign language
    1 entry . 78 cheers     		8,230 people
  19. 18. learn to sew
    2 entries . 57 cheers     		3,902 people
  20. 19. Learn Spanish
    1 entry . 51 cheers     		16,697 people
  21. 20. go on a cruise
    2 entries . 43 cheers     		4,500 people
  22. 21. sell a screenplay
    1 entry . 49 cheers     		152 people
  23. 22. win an oscar
    1 entry . 37 cheers     		324 people
  24. 23. Write a poem that's also a palindrome
    1 entry . 59 cheers     		3 people
  25. 24. Read the Bible
    2 entries . 41 cheers     		3,476 people
  26. 25. Read Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
    1 entry . 20 cheers     		586 people
  27. 26. Write a book (nonfiction)
    1 entry . 37 cheers     		95 people
  28. 27. meet new people
    1 entry . 75 cheers     		4,361 people
  29. 28. Write a Sestina
    1 entry . 34 cheers     		19 people
  30. 29. go camping
    1 entry . 49 cheers     		2,759 people
  31. 30. read A Clockwork Orange
    1 entry . 18 cheers     		67 people
  32. 31. read Catch-22
    1 entry . 25 cheers     		50 people
  33. 32. publish a short story
    1 entry . 20 cheers     		356 people
  34. 33. revamp my wardrobe
    3 entries . 19 cheers     		264 people
  35. 34. find a good used bookstore
    2 entries . 42 cheers     		2 people
  36. 35. Read more non-fiction
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		94 people
  37. 36. get a passport
    25 cheers     		1,851 people
  38. 37. be happy
    26 cheers     		23,563 people
  39. 38. stop using shampoo
    2 entries . 13 cheers     		50 people
  40. 39. Give 10,000 cheers
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		14 people
  41. 40. Visit the Grand Canyon
    4 cheers     		565 people
  42. 41. invent something
    8 cheers     		1,382 people
  43. 42. go to the library more often
    1 entry . 8 cheers     		49 people

How I did it
How to skype
It took me
3 weeks
It made me
Connected

How I did it: I can't say enough about how great this program has been for me.  I sound like a commercial advertisement, but I swear I am not getting paid haha!My husband had Skype for a while and talked about how neat it was, but I didn't really know what it was all about until he deployed.  He insisted I get it; I thought it might be an annoying process or require money but lo and behold it is downloadable for free.  Skype to… Read how I did it…

Feb 14, 01:50AM PST | 1 comment | 5 cheers


How to quit world of warcraft
It took me
2 months
It made me
Giddy

How I did it: When my husband deployed, the appeal of the game went way down.  Playing with him was a lot of the fun.  I got increasingly bored with it.  The other players were annoying and offensive.  Anyone who has read "Trade Channel" knows what I mean.I kept thinking "I just played for an hour.  What else could I have done with that hour that would have been better?"  Answer:  Pretty much anything!I played less, d… Read how I did it…

Feb 03, 01:27AM PST | 2 comments | 10 cheers


How to clean and straighten my house enough that if someone pops over I don't feel required to apologize for the state of my living space
It took me
1 month
It made me
Content

How I did it: I deep cleaned and straightened up in stages, focusing on different areas at a time.  If someone came over today, I'd feel good about the look of my house.  Now the challenge is making it not fall to pieces. Read how I did it…

Feb 03, 2009, 09:55PM PST | 1 comment | 12 cheers


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Recent entries
find a good used bookstore (read all 2 entries…)
I Spy . . . 4 months ago

I took a different route home the other day and saw a Used Book Store along a side street that I hadn’t been down before.

I’ll have to check it out, although the knowledge that I’ll likely move in the next year has me thinking I’ll just need to start over in the new place anyway and now is a bad time to collect new things; now is a time to purge.

Apr 18, 01:56PM PDT | 4 cheers | 0 comments


facebook
Facebook 4 months ago

As usual, I am a few years behind everyone else. Eh . . . it happens. Mostly I think my negative experience on MySpace a while back (crazy person contacted me) has made me wary of Facebook.

I got a few Facebook invites here and there and this time decided to finally bite and see what it was all about. At least at first glance, it seems less annoying than MySpace.

Apr 18, 01:48PM PDT | 3 cheers | 1 comment


learn french (read all 2 entries…)
No Smoking 4 months ago

I have been listening to my French CDs a bit lately. I have seemingly committed some words and phrases to memory; for example, “No smoking.” I actually had a situation a few years ago where I wish I had known how to say that . . . and now I do!

Apr 10, 01:48PM PDT | 6 cheers | 4 comments


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I want to:

The world wants to...

learn to crochet be a better family member learn to bartend Meredith wants to stick to a schedule Guitar practice Keep losing weight learn how to dance in a club bill gates make my own prom dress draw lots of pictures Meet Avril Lavigne see the aurora borealis start my own company play the piano control my diabetes I have no idea. take control of my life mholik wants to design a beautiful website take an official IQ test Have a better relationship with my sister become scene Organize my papers learn how to type fast without looking at the keyboard redecorate my home Joey wants to improve my handwriting play oregon trail make a purse out of old pants floss daily
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