I'm doing 38 things
They’re fun. Enough.
What’s fun is knowing they turn someone on, and knowing you can turn someone on is worth it.
failjolesfail's Life List
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1. Finish AM's wedding scrapbook.
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2. Sew Roman Shades for all the upstairs windows.
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3. Letterpress something
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4. Make a blocks set for a baby. And play with them.
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5. Rediscover volunteerism.
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6. Thow, fire, glaze, fire and use a piece of pottery.
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7. Build a bat house.
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8. Up and down the Grand Canyon on a burro!
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9. Renovate the bathroom into a peaceful oasis.
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10. The Tomatina!
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11. Finish the Tulip Quilt.
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12. See the Great Pyramid at Giza
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13. Return to Mexico; visit Paricutin - the world's youngest volcano
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14. Visit Rio!
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15. Get my master's degree.
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16. Sell things on etsy.
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17. Buy a new car.
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18. Get laser eye surgery.
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19. Cruise Alaska and see the Northern Lights
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20. Pay off my credit card debt.
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21. Scuba Dive the Great Barrier Reef
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22. Go fishing.
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23. Visit Victoria Falls.
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24. Braid a rag rug.
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25. Sell my (useless) junk on CL.
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26. Find a scavenger hunt/treasure hunt group.
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27. See a total solar eclipse
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28. Read the NYPL Books of the Century
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29. Send out holiday cards...again.
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30. Learn to patch sheetrock.
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31. "Meet" all 161 AKC recognized breeds.
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32. Weigh 230lbs again.
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33. keep bees
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34. Make 1,000 lovely things
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35. Clean and organize my office/den
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36. Eat 3 superfoods a day.
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37. Install a picket fence.
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38. Collect the Elements
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How I did it
It made me
Serene. 
How I did it: I made a list...cards that have to go out, cards I want to go out, cards I'll write if I have the time. All the ones that *had* to go out did, and about half the ones I wanted. I'm calling it done.The success was the response I got. People who hadn't sent me cards before the holidays did. One person had a treacherous trip back from her family's home that involved losing her phone and two car accidents, and she said finding it in the mail … Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: Just had to make an appointment, get there, pick out glasses and get back in there to pick them up. Which is harder than it looks, sometimes. Read how I did it…
It made me
a good friend!
How I did it: This would have been a one week project, except I insisted on practicing. I actually made the Pink Lady Cake and Key Lime and Coconut cupcakes before K came to visit earlier in the summer, and she decided she'd rather have Carrot Cake than the Key Lime and Coconut. I froze a batch of PL make sure they'd survive the trip. It was so good to know that at least those would be ok. I made the Swiss Buttercream twice, and… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
Made this set (among others) for C. Still haven’t met C, or seen him wear these…but I was proud of the cuteness…
Best friend is having the first baby in our clique any day now.
It’s been a tough pregnancy…not painful or even all that dangerous, just troublesome in that she ends up in the hospital once or twice a week with seemingly minor issues.
I went out to spend a week with her, and ended up playing nursemaid to a frustrated, bedridden, anxious woman.
But I had a lot of time to knit, and before I went home, I finished the Purpureum.
I love this sweater. I love it a whole lot. I love the story of the wool, the bright glass buttons, the fact that it was the first challenging project I tackled after my elbow surgeries.
