I'm doing 40 things
November 24, 2009
2 days ago
- Make grocery list
- Dishes
Call Nait- Make sugar cookies
Charge cell- Read
- Go to library
guillemets's Life List
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1. Go computer free for an entire weekend
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2. Get a pedicure
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3. Make my bedroom presentable
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4. Sell a set of wedding invitations
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5. Make and eat a meal that is completely local from start to finish
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6. Do something scary
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7. Organize my apartment
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8. Learn 3 French recipes
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9. Make a new friend
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10. Get a manicure
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11. Get a facial
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12. Average 10 000 steps per day in November
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13. go one week without sugar
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14. get an EU passport
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15. Try 43 new recipes in the next 365 days
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16. go on holiday somewhere hot
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17. take a spontaneous trip
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18. Call in sick to work and instead do something productive
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19. find a new apartment
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20. Be on time (or early) for work every day for 2 weeks
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21. Watch 12 movies before the end of 2009
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22. Fully investigate what it would take to enroll in the captioning program next fall
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23. Make a wedding album
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24. lose 10 pounds
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25. Try absinthe
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26. Go on a romantic weekend away with my beloved
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27. Read 6 books in 6 months
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28. Identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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29. make a daily "to do" list that i actually follow
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30. Have a movie marathon
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31. Write and send wedding thank you cards
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32. Double the amount in my emergency savings account
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33. Bring my photo scrapbook up to date
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34. Abstain from meat for two weeks
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35. Go down a waterslide
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36. Visit New York City
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37. Take my old laptop to the Eco Station
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38. Do something awesome with my hair
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39. Eat porridge for breakfast every day for a week
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40. Make empire biscuits
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How I did it
It made me
Super happy 
How I did it: We've been together for the better part of 11 years already, so our wedding was less the start of something completely new and more the celebration of what we've already accomplished and been through together. It was, I thought, a great excuse to have all of our close family and friends together in one place for a day.We were officially engaged for one year less a day, which was the perfect amount of time for us to save (which we di… Read how I did it…
Recent entries
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3 days ago
51. Chuck Taylor shoes. I always have a black pair of them. This has been going on since about 7th grade. I realize that wearing the same shoes as I did when I was 12 isn’t necessarily great, but I can’t help it. They’re just happy shoes.
52. Jeans. Oh, denim. How I long for your embrace at the end of my workday.
53. Yoga pants. Oh, stretchy cotton blend. How I long for your embrace when I know I don’t need to leave the house again.
54. Timepieces. I must know the current time at any given moment and therefore have a love for watches and clocks. My current favourite is the watch made of typewriter keys I found on the internet. Functional can also be pretty.
55. My hair straightener. Isn’t technology marvelous? That way my too-curly-to-be-straight-yet-too-straight-to-be-curly hair can be tamed and I can present myself to the world in a somewhat acceptable manner. Also, it makes my hair so swishy!
French onion soup
3 days ago
I suppose that other than toast and fries, there might not be too many dishes more French than this. I’m not even sure I’ve ever eaten this soup before; if I have it was before I finished high school. At any rate, I’ve been dying to make if for a couple of weeks now, and Sunday was the perfect day to do it: woke up to the first snowfall and therefore didn’t want to spend too much time outside.
Though time-consuming, this is a very easy and very inexpensive recipe to make (even considering the 1/2 cup of sherry you need to make it). And it’s so delicious. I even went to my local Army & Navy shop and got the above bowls for $0.50 each just to make it more authentic. I topped our bowls with a slice of no-knead bread (fresh from my morning baking endeavour) and some grated Gruyère cheese. The best part is that the leftovers can be just as good as the initial serving: just pop more bread and cheese on top and stick it under the broiler.
