I'm doing 33 things
I was inspired by Karrieon. I love flowers, I am happy when I have fresh flowers at home. Sure, I have got lots of green plants at home. But the flowers, they make me smiling. I like buying flowers and do that quite often. still it is not a habit, sometimes I forget for weeks. But have it as a kind of goal, well it is like making myself remember that decorating my house makes me happy, that pleasing myself is important. Why not once a week. This is a great thing to do. Thanks Karrieon!
elzi's Life List
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1. buy a great house
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2. clean my house more efficiently
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3. visit all 50 states
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4. Donate old clothes to charity
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5. get a library card
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6. Write down memorable quotes from the books I read
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7. plant a garden
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8. be more eco
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9. take more pictures
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10. stick to the plan, but without loosing spontanity
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11. go fishing
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12. Start writing and using to-do lists
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13. persuade one of my friends to move in here
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14. make a lot of preserves this year
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15. volunteer for something
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16. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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17. answer on my friends' emails without a delay
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18. become better at small-talk
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19. get a job that I am passionate about and gives me good prospects for the future
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20. loose some weight
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21. speak fluent Spanish
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22. excercise more
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23. stop procrastinating
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24. be financially independent
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25. expand my vocabulary
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26. swim with dolphins
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27. learn reflexology
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28. go to Australia
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29. visit New Zealand
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30. walk to Santiago de Compostela
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31. Improve my cooking
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32. become better at remembering people's names
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33. buy fresh flowers once a week
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How I did it
It made me
awake 
How I did it: Let's be frank I like sleeping. Usually I wait and wait at night before deciding to go to sleep finally. And morning dreams are the best. But sometimes, especially in warmer months I wish I could wake up early to have the most of the day, to see this beautiful morning light and to enjoy quiet streets. Somehow though I still couldn't force myself to wake up earlier. And now miracle. I have got a dog since a couple of weeks and whether I li… Read how I did it…
It made me
so hapy 
How I did it: My husband and I were talking about having a dog for some time. But there was always something on our way that made us postpone the decision. Then a few months ago we started to think about our possible four paws companion in more detail. We decided to adopt a dog from a shelter or rescue group. We talked what we wanted our dog to be like and then started looking on petfinder.com. We found the one that we both liked the most, although the… Read how I did it…
It made me
cheerful
How I did it: I've always wanted to go to the hot air balloon festival. Problem was, that where I used to live there were no such events nearby. Later, I still had this dream, but somehow put it away for some time in the future. And this year, i thought why not to do it: I have got time, I have got possibilities, it is summer, so let's do it. I looked up in internet, and I ended up with a very long list of places and dates where they show balloons. And… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
It looks like I didn’t make a good use of fall veggie and fruit abundance yet. I completely missed tomatoes in Sept, on the other hand there are so many canned tomato available in stores. But I blame myself for plums. I made like 5 jars of plum jams (one of them already have given as a gift), but somehow I think I should have made thrice more than that. Maybe this is not lost yet, I will go to the food market to check whether they still have those plums or not.
Anyway, next on my list are: pumpkins, peppers and pears.
So I was trying very hard to keep my white bed sheets and towels pristine white and clean using various natural bleach solutions. Something that would work like bleach but would not be bleach or at least not so harsh for the environment. I tried some kind of milder version of bleach detergents, and I tried baking soda. And none of them worked at all. I tried different ratio of water and baking soda, but each time I didn’t see any result. So should I get back to the real bleach? It is a shame, but I do like white bed sheets and do not want to change them for color ones, and it seems that nothing works so well like bleach.
