I'm doing 40 things
now I love folding laundry!
4 years ago
OK, that’s a bit of hyperbole, but check out this video:
http://homepage.usask.ca/~kvl014/tshirt.mpg
Just one of many cool things I’ve picked up from people on 43T!
lilalahood's Life List
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1. write a book
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2. feel good about the work I'm doing
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3. learn Arabic
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4. be a better correspondent
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5. exercise 4x a week
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6. Learn to play the guitar
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7. practice discardia
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8. Fall in love
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9. get rid of my clutter
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10. explore the Bay Area
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11. Learn Spanish
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12. bake bread
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13. Read more
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14. Get really good at Argentine Tango
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15. Write more thank you notes
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16. live with a real piano again
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17. arrive on time
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18. make a chalkboard
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19. advocate for keeping "subscribe" anonymous
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20. cook dinner for my friends more often
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21. re-caulk the bathtub
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22. drive less
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23. learn how to drive stick-shift
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24. build shelves
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25. encourage other people
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26. spend less time on the computer
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27. figure out whether the order of goals in this list really matters (I don't think it does)
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28. figure out how to make my knees ache less without decreasing my total level of activity
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29. learn final cut pro
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30. finish the documentary
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31. Help test Tootietails: the next new thing from The Robot Co-op
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32. visit my friends in Barcelona
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33. let go
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34. teach more people how to play French Tarot (it's a card game)
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35. season my new wok
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36. go with the flow
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37. go three months without getting a parking ticket
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38. travel to Lebanon
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39. keep my apartment neat enough on a continuous basis so that I'm not embarrassed when friends drop by unexpectedly
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40. finish reading Infinite Jest
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Recent entries
French Bread
4 years ago
After a couple of successful runs with basic wheat bread, I decided to get fancy and try for baguettes. Ta-da! This was a fun project, though it required a lot of planning. You have to make the starter TWO DAYS before the bread actually goes into the oven. Day 2 requires the most work in terms of additions, kneading and rising. Day 3 entails pulling the tray out of the fridge to sit for 30 min. and then just putting it in the oven, so this is an easy bread to bake same-day in conjunction with a more elaborate meal.
I wish that they had turned out a little more golden, but I was afraid of over-baking them. They’re also a bit wide for baguettes, but I figure that I’ll improve on the shape next time around. I was quite pleased with the taste and texture, which proved a perfect blend of crunchy crust with soft bread inside.
I am quite upset.
4 years ago
I have been SO good about remembering to move my car for street cleaning. I am convinced that puting this down as a goal really made me pay more attention to it! And then what happens? This week, I walk out to my car just as the DPT guy is starting to punch my license plate into his handheld box of doom. Fortunately, he stopped when I told him that I was just about to move my car. Then I started thinking…what was he doing? There is no street cleaning on this side of the street until Friday. And then I see the ticket on my windshield! What’s this? He said it was from the day before. What??? I started questioning him. He said it wasn’t about street cleaning, it was about not having a permit. But I have a permit!!! He said, “Uh, ma’am, look at the back of your car.” And there it was, my blue, area K neighborhood parking permit…expired May 31, 2005. Aghhhhh!
So, I’ve been tempting fate all month and didn’t even know it.
The crazy thing is, I have a very strong feeling that I DID put the new permit on my bumper, right on top of the old one, the way I do it EVERY year. Could it have fallen off, or am I losing it???
Starting from zero.
