I'm doing 43 things
I blogged about it at http://www.paringdown.com
lauraparingdown's Life List
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1. Eat vegetarian
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2. Move every day in some way
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3. Follow a personal spending allowance of $43 per week
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4. Get spicy with DH 3 times a week
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5. See Josh graduate from high school
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6. See Josh graduate from Marine boot camp
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7. Complete 3 history graduate classes
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8. Write curriculum for history course
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9. Blog every week all year
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10. Take a photo of myself each week
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11. Read 44 classic novels
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12. Read 44 historical fiction novels
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13. Complete 1 graduate humanities class
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14. Write curriculum for humanities course
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15. Pare down and reorganize the contents of my bedroom furniture
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16. Pare down and reorganize the garage
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17. Pare down and reorganize my laundry room
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18. Crochet a scarf
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19. Sew an apron
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20. Paint master bath cabinetry
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21. Install hardware to master bath cabinetry
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22. Paint pantry
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23. Replace master bath soffit with two light fixtures
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24. Install crown moulding in master bath
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25. Replace master bath mirror with two individual mirrors
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26. Pare down, organize, and preserve my memory box
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27. Scan in non-digital photos
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28. Create memory cards for digital photo frames
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29. Scan non-digital Christmas photos
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30. Create a Christmas memory card for digital photo frame
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31. Start a vegetable container garden
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32. Touch up paint in living room and den
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33. Readjust and repaint the kitchen cabinets
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34. Install crown moulding in stairwell and upstairs hallway
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35. Repaint the stairwell and upstairs hallway
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36. Finish the taxes for my mom's estate
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37. Attend a game for each sport at school
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38. Replace master bath sink fixtures
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39. Replace master bath counter tops
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40. Tile master bath floor
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41. Replace master bath tub faucet
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42. Repaint master bedroom
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43. Visit the Dallas Museum of Art
2 people
How I did it
It made me
Happy! 
How I did it: The hall closet was full to the brim with our family games. I had several appliances stuffed inside, our card table and chairs, and several discarded coats and jackets.I pared down and reorganized the games, got rid of the stuff we didn't use anymore, and made better use of the space on the shelf above the closet rod. Read how I did it…
It made me
Content!
How I did it: I used my biggest offenders - my kids. I gave my son a bowl of sudsy water and a scrub pad. He emptied each shelf from top to bottom, scrubbed the shelf, and replaced it with my edited contents. We were finished in about an hour and a half. Read how I did it…
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