letterboxer

the best things in life are not things



I'm doing 41 things
 

letterboxer's Life List

  1. 1. Set my timer
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    1 person
  2. 2. listen to my heart
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    36 people
  3. 3. Feng shui my home and life
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    2 people
  4. 4. have better posture
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    6,576 people
  5. 5. Make sure my children know how much I love them
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    11 people
  6. 6. Break my landscaping goals into little projects and complete one a week
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    1 person
  7. 7. get to know my neighbors
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    65 people
  8. 8. Become regulars at the library in our new town
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    1 person
  9. 9. Install a wood burning stove
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    1 person
  10. 10. Tomorrow get up at 5:30 and start my day with a run
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    3 people
  11. 11. Spend time each night setting up my laptop and learning all its cool features
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    1 person
  12. 12. lose 10 lbs
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    854 people
  13. 13. Be an amazing preschool teacher
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    1 person
  14. 14. stay off the Internet for the entire weekend
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    2 people
  15. 15. Do something new every month
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    639 people
  16. 16. be more generous
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    132 people
  17. 17. always be ready to have guests
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    4 people
  18. 18. Learn with my kids
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    1 person
  19. 19. Give consumable or handmade gifts
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    5 people
  20. 20. Always have something to look forward to
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    80 people
  21. 21. Elect Barack Obama president
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    161 people
  22. 22. declutter for 15 minutes a day
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    15 people
  23. 23. drink more water
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    16,023 people
  24. 24. Support our troops in Iraq through anysoldier.com
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    2 people
  25. 25. Volunteer
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    3,872 people
  26. 26. use people's names when I greet them
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    32 people
  27. 27. Learn to cook 10 excellent crockpot meals
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    2 people
  28. 28. watch all episodes of Planet Earth
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    14 people
  29. 29. renew my passport
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    283 people
  30. 30. create exquisite chocolate confections
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    2 people
  31. 31. strengthen my relationships with friends and family
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    3 people
  32. 32. Give blood regularly
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    136 people
  33. 33. organize my photos
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    1,140 people
  34. 34. volunteer at a soup kitchen
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    91 people
  35. 35. Cook 43 things with my kids
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    1 person
  36. 36. keep my car clean
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    335 people
  37. 37. learn the constellations
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    499 people
  38. 38. seriously spend less money
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    1 person
  39. 39. Use Quicken
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    2 people
  40. 40. clean my basement
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    66 people
  41. 41. Follow raz51's advice re: being prepared in case my wallet gets stolen
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    1 person
Recent entries
lose 10 lbs (read all 5 entries…)
Day 4 1 day ago

Weighed myself this morning and dropped a couple of pounds. I DO need to buy a new scale. I had to get on and off it 3 or 4 times to get a consistent reading….

Ran much more than I walked this morning. Felt really quite good.

Diet:

Coffee w/ 1/2 & 1/2 & splenda
Banana
Cheerios w/ skim
Water
3/4 veggie sandwich w/ pepperjack cheese on 12 grain. Cukes, carrots, melon and water.
strawberry yogurt and, I hate to say it, a 1/2 box of popcorn from the gas station (my kids got it for free and I couldn’t stop eating it it tasted so good…)
water
Small piece of baked chicken breast w/ coating, mac & cheese, 1/2 piece corn on the cob, pineapple, cukes, raw summer squash
water

I’m going to have to stay up until 1:30 to pick my son & his friend up from the midnight movie. Late at night my willpower is the WORST. I’m going to try to be strong…


teach my son to ride a bike (read all 2 entries…)
Well, I guess he was ready... 1 day ago

...he picked it up in about 10 minutes. I started him on the grass coasting down the hill just dangling his feet (so he could easily touch them down). Then I had to leave to take my daughter to an appt. and by the time I came back he was pedaling down the hill on the grass. He moved onto the pavement and although he has a little trouble getting started, he’s really pretty steady. He even was turning in little circles. My guess is he’ll have lots of fun in the next few days practicing his new fun skill! Which is when I’ll have to take some pictures because today happened so fast that I didn’t even take ONE!!

So I don’t think I can take credit for “teaching my son to ride a bike”, but I did get him started and he, with a little help from his big sister, taught himself.


teach my son to ride a bike (read all 2 entries…)
My goodness.... 1 day ago

...I’ve been remiss on teaching my littlest to ride a bike. He wasn’t ready two summers ago when we tried and last summer we were so busy. This summer, its time! He’s 6 (will be 7 in Sept) and I’m sure he’s ready. Time to drag out the little “clown bike” we’ve had for each of others to learn on (its so little he can easily touch both feet).


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