I'm doing 23 things
competition today. We’ll see.
Emelle's Life List
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1. List what I'm going to do THIS WEEK to reach my 43T goals!
3 entries . 10 cheers1 person -
2. 20 Questions You Should Ask Yourself Every Sunday
90 entries . 64 cheers65 people -
3. Monthly To-Do List
3 entries . 12 cheers1 person -
4. list three things every day that made me happy
1695 entries . 68 cheers424 people -
5. do my filing
6 entries . 47 cheers8 people -
6. Streamline my home through discarding, organizing, and creating routines
10 entries . 78 cheers5 people -
7. Read How to Cook Everything Vegetarian: Simple Meatless Recipes for Great Food cover to cover and make at least one dish from each chapter
5 entries . 48 cheers1 person -
8. survive menopause
10 entries . 49 cheers5 people -
9. get my photo albums up to date
1 entry . 27 cheers3 people -
10. There's something I wanted to say...
23 entries . 40 cheers5 people -
11. learn a new piano piece every month
5 entries . 54 cheers6 people -
12. Repair the quilt my grandmother gave me
3 entries . 76 cheers2 people -
13. Paint 20 paintings in a series
6 cheers1 person -
14. Sell a painting
8 cheers417 people -
15. Fix up the new building and transform it into a studio
6 entries . 31 cheers1 person -
16. Wax the entryway floor
1 entry . 12 cheers1 person -
17. Paint all the ugly wood in the master bathroom
21 cheers1 person -
18. Paint the entryway and stairwell
20 cheers1 person -
19. Blog at least once a week
1 entry . 20 cheers59 people -
20. TONE MY ABS
2 entries . 7 cheers186 people -
21. Submit artwork to at least 4 art competitions (2 juried) in the next 1 year
3 entries . 5 cheers2 people -
22. find a career
1 entry . 5 cheers296 people -
23. Do 26 acts of kindness to honor the lives lost in Newtown
3 entries . 9 cheers10 people
How I did it
It made me
self-satisfied 
How I did it: I put the Mint.com app on my phone and put all of our account information into it: banking, credit cards, retirement accounts, etc. It keeps track almost effortlessly of everything we spend and is pretty smart about how to categorize items. I think it's really going to help us pay off the debt we've accumulated since having skylights installed, and to save more money. Read how I did it…
It made me
healthier
How I did it: I started this goal years ago, when I was at a very unhealthy weight and I was very inactive. I started eating better and exercising more and lost thirty pounds fairly easily, and then I got complacent and hovered around the same weight for years. Last October, I decided enough was enough, and I decided to declare war, attacking from all fronts. I increased my exercise (both time and intensity), decreased my calories, and started pay… Read how I did it…
It made me
speedy
How I did it: We already had an external hard drive, and we have a wireless network connecting my laptop with the main computer, so it was actually pretty easy to move the pictures. It was just a bit time-consuming because if I moved more than about 500 at a time, iPhoto would stop responding. I moved thousands and thousands of pictures, and then deleted them from my laptop. My laptop is running decidedly faster now. I'll have to do this again periodic… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
1. Burned more calories than usual during my Jillian Michaels workout. Not a lot more, and I don’t know why/how, but it still made me happy.
2. Some of the kids said some great things during Junior Great Books in Ramona’s class.
3. Took a nap.
4. Had some Indulgence milk chocolate with sea salt.
1. Went to Kohls and found some cute tops.
2. Good workout on the treadmill.
3. Had some beers with a friend at an interesting bar (Art Bar).
