I'm doing 43 things
Just signed up. Not sure I’m comfortable posting a link but if anyone I’ve interacted with on here is interested in making a small donation message me & I’ll send you the link to my fundraising page.
knitthis's Life List
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1. live in shorts all month (& not give a damn how my thighs look)
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2. participate in a charity bike ride
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3. leave 5 of my favorite books in public for people to find
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4. reach my savings goal for 2012
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5. Finish my Invisalign Treatment
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6. watch horror movies in a cabin in the woods
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7. Learn to Stand Up Paddle Board
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8. hike Mt Bonnell with someone I love
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9. watch 100 movies in Spanish
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10. Learn Spanish
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11. read 5 books about happiness
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12. Yarnbomb
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13. Take a quilting class
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14. drink a pina colada whilst getting caught in the rain
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15. visit a ghost town
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16. drink a coffee in Seattle
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17. visit Ground Zero
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18. Be debt free
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19. visit alcatraz
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20. have a sourdough bread bowl with clam chowder in San Francisco
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21. take another knitting class to further my skills
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22. get a hammock
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23. go horseback riding
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24. take a helicopter ride
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25. Visit mexico
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26. Visit the bus on Stampede Trail, Alaska where Chris McCandless spent his last days.
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27. read all of the books on the ALA 100 Most Frequently Banned Books list
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28. drink too much rum in Jamaica
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29. get a drastic haircut
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30. declutter my house
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31. learn to knit socks
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32. get a passport
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33. learn to change a bike tube
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34. eat a deep dish pizza in Chicago
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35. eat a philly in Philly
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36. howl at the full moon at barton springs pool
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37. go "all in" during a game of Texas Hold 'Em
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38. visit new york city
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39. visit Jamaica
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40. Visit Cape Town, South Africa
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41. arm wrestle Dot Jones
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42. Buy a kayak
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43. see the northern lights
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How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: I love cheesy tourist traps and roadside attractions. Both ironically and unabashedly. A tiny stonehendge with easter island heads mixed in for no reason...count me in! Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: I signed up for a class but was able to teach myself with the book Stitch N Bitch and youtube videos in the week leading up to the class. When looking up youtube videos in the beginning you only need 3: one for learning how to cast on (get your beginning stitches on the needle), one for doing the knit stitch (the bulk of the work), and one for learning how to bind off (getting your stitches off of the needle). I knit about 4 swa… Read how I did it…
Recent entries
Never even thought of this as something I might do one day. I pointed out a groupon to a friend who’d gone before & she said “I will, if you will.” Fear set in the moment I bought the groupon but I also knew all along I’d follow through. Today was awesome. I feel so alive.
There haven’t been any bicycle tours listed on their web site in awhile. If they bring them back I’ll re-add this one, but for now I’m changing it to “take a bicycle tour” so I don’t have to wait for them.
