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frontiermidwife

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I'm doing 36 things
  

frontiermidwife's Life List

  2. 1. be personally responsible for stopping global climate change
    22 entries . 42 cheers     		2 people
  3. 2. live simply
    16 entries . 69 cheers     		3,259 people
  4. 3. lead a spiritual life
    15 entries . 32 cheers     		1 person
  5. 4. Practice healthy eating
    11 entries . 7 cheers     		2 people
  6. 5. walk every day
    35 entries . 48 cheers     		269 people
  7. 6. Keep downsizing
    14 entries . 3 cheers     		1 person
  8. 7. be a tourist in my home community
    16 entries . 9 cheers     		2 people
  9. 8. write short reviews of my favorite local businesses
    20 entries . 3 cheers     		1 person
  10. 9. write some short essays about stuff that interests me
    31 entries . 22 cheers     		3 people
  11. 10. make some plans for my future lifestyle
    27 entries . 19 cheers     		1 person
  12. 11. Write to legislative representatives about my opinions.
    9 entries . 19 cheers     		1 person
  13. 12. return to writing regular letters on behalf of Amnesty International
    9 entries . 22 cheers     		1 person
  14. 13. Write one handwritten letter to a friend per month
    28 entries . 26 cheers     		2 people
  15. 14. Knit some pretty things
    24 entries . 4 cheers     		1 person
  16. 15. weave a tiny tapestry
    5 entries . 13 cheers     		1 person
  17. 16. knit the Bohus sweater
    6 entries . 1 cheer     		2 people
  18. 17. Find the best pair of red shoes
    9 entries . 12 cheers     		1 person
  19. 18. give one new Kiva loan per month for a year
    15 entries . 11 cheers     		13 people
  20. 19. Read the unread books that I already own
    23 entries . 7 cheers     		1 person
  21. 20. "detail" my apartment
    16 entries . 4 cheers     		1 person
  22. 21. take short trips to see natural areas outside of Salt Lake City
    15 entries . 19 cheers     		1 person
  23. 22. visit all the national parks in the west
    10 entries . 3 cheers     		1 person
  24. 23. visit other Zen or Buddhist centers
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		1 person
  25. 24. travel to California
    3 entries     		62 people
  26. 25. visit Portland OR
    1 entry     		15 people
  27. 26. visit Vancouver, BC
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		8 people
  28. 27. visit Sedona
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		11 people
  29. 28. visit Las Vegas
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		258 people
  30. 29. continue to do weight training
    11 entries . 12 cheers     		1 person
  31. 30. study weaving with Sharon Alderman
    2 entries . 2 cheers     		1 person
  32. 31. Take a class in watercolor painting
    9 entries . 23 cheers     		2 people
  33. 32. Learn how to make a podcast
    1 entry     		2 people
  34. 33. learn to do Tai Chi
    3 entries . 13 cheers     		4 people
  35. 34. teach another person to knit
    4 entries . 23 cheers     		1 person
  36. 35. become a certified celebrant
    1 entry     		1 person
  37. 36. make things this summer
    8 entries     		1 person

How I did it
How to finish the Fair Isle mittens
It took me
10 years
It made me
relieved

How I did it: I finally just took them up again and finished them off. It was easy once I re-started working on them. They look really nice and have even gotten a good review from somebody on Ravelry. I will try not to let this kind of thing happen again with another project. I still have the Bohus sweater to do which is another long, long unfinished object. I hope I will be disciplined enough to take that up this fall..  Read how I did it…

Jul 05, 03:34PM PDT | 0 comments | 3 cheers


How to get my Ravelry site together
It took me
9 months
It made me
satisfied

How I did it: Now that I'm back in my summer home I was able to finish up putting in my books. I couldn't get them all in because I have several old ones that Ravelry don't list. I just left them out rather than bother with the whole search on Amazon.....not worth the time. I also went through my closet looking for older projects to add and only decided on a few. Another thing I just left out were all the socks, mittens, hats, etc that I made before I … Read how I did it…

Jun 11, 02:51PM PDT | 0 comments


How to cook without having to use the big stove
It took me
5 months
It made me
pleased

How I did it: I have found that my electric frying pan with a cover is one of the best appliances I own. I use it constantly now and can cook a huge variety of things in it. I even did rice with this appliance. Second most important is the microwave. I figured out amounts of rice + water and pasta + water in order to be able to make both of those things not on the stovetop. Add in the toaster oven for baking rolls and small casseroles, and I'm good to … Read how I did it…

Apr 23, 02:34PM PDT | 0 comments


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Recent entries
Write to legislative representatives about my opinions. (read all 9 entries…)
Health Care Reform 22 hours ago

I have written several times now. I have no hope at all for one senator and am sure the other senator was always on board. My representative is one of those “blue dogs’. I have to look to see how the vote went. but at least I know it DID pass the house. Some of the things that people who oppose this idea say make me so mad and some make me sad. When I heard Michael Steele call it a bill “that nobody wants” I actually cried. I want health care reform, so I guess that makes me nobody. I guess I just don’t exist in his book.

Nov 08, 06:49PM PST | 1 cheer | 0 comments


visit all the national parks in the west (read all 10 entries…)
Olympic National Park 22 hours ago

In early October I took another business trip to Seattle. Afterwards I moved to my friends home for a couple of days. I had thought we could do a day trip to Mt Rainier, but for a variety of reasons, we ended up on the Olympic Peninsula and in the park there. Of course it was gorgeous. I was amazed at the size of the trees and how GREEN everything is there.

Nov 08, 06:45PM PST | 0 comments


make some plans for my future lifestyle (read all 27 entries…)
Student Celebrant 23 hours ago

I’ve started the formal celebrant education program. It’s very enjoyable and I’m sure I’ll do fine. My classmates are very interesting. We’re learning now about ceremony and ritual in general.

Nov 08, 06:40PM PST | 0 comments


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improve my gpa go sailing take the SAT'S Become a vegetarian lose 15 pounds I want to be remembered i don't know yet sell a photograph ajje wants to Learn to Salsa get my driver`s license back speak proper english spend less money learn to speak hungarian love my body quit eating sugar brush my teeth twice a day adopt a siamese cat Learn Portuguese Watch the entire Serial Experiments Lain series salaleigh wants to experience 100 new things by the end of December 2009 loose 15 pounds Learn to play the piano smartstuff wants to Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful. travel extensively take a class learn to use chopsticks learn how to boot people on yahoo pray every day
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