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Annette Renee




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Annette Renee's Life List

  2. 1. Go on a Mediterranean cruise
    16 cheers     		54 people
  3. 2. Try 50 New Foods
    1 entry . 13 cheers     		1 person
  4. 3. Go to Seattle
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  5. 4. Become a good listener
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  6. 5. Learn how to make paper
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  7. 6. Write a letter to myself that I'll open in 5 years
    27 cheers     		81 people
  8. 7. Read all the books in Oprah's Book Club
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		5 people
  9. 8. Have my 15 minutes of fame
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		52 people
  10. 9. Think positively
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  11. 10. Be a food critic for a day
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  12. 11. Drink a bottle of trendy Champagne
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  13. 12. Stand under a waterfall
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  14. 13. Throw a themed party
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  15. 14. Volunteer
    12 cheers     		4,890 people
  16. 15. Cook every dish in one cookbook
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  17. 16. Go on a spontaneous road trip
    13 cheers     		40 people
  18. 17. Ride a gondola in Venice
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  19. 18. Be a member of the audience of a TV show
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  20. 19. Be debt free
    32 cheers     		2,035 people
  21. 20. Go on any cruise
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  22. 21. write a book
    17 cheers     		26,119 people
  23. 22. Be a mentor
    11 cheers     		209 people
  24. 23. Be in the Guinness Book of World Records
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  25. 24. Travel to Africa
    11 cheers     		441 people
  26. 25. Try spelunking
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  27. 26. Eat at 500 great restaurants
    2 entries . 8 cheers     		2 people
  28. 27. Be a game show contestant
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  29. 28. Ride an elephant
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  30. 29. Hike every trail at Point Reyes
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  31. 30. Paint something at a pottery place
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  32. 31. Have a closet filled with on clothes I love
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  33. 32. Run at least a 5K race
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  34. 33. Hold a monkey
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  35. 34. Learn to speak Italian
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  36. 35. Be 110lbs again
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  37. 36. Live in Italy
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  38. 37. Hold a koala bear
    10 cheers     		89 people
  39. 38. Be published in anything
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  40. 39. Build a custom home
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  41. 40. Create a family tree
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  42. 41. Go to the smithsonian institute
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How I did it
How to finish a crossword puzzle
It took me
10 years
It made me
Woohoo, finally

How I did it: More than 50 million people in the United States play crosswords regularly, count me in as one of them! I have tried them all; online, newspapers, magazines, daily crossword books...oh my! My skill has increased over time, but I had done thousands before I finally completed one (with no dictionary, assistance or cheating). Ok...so, maybe the one I completed wasn't at the NY Times, which is regarded as one of the hardest, but all the space… Read how I did it…

Sep 24, 04:20PM PDT | 1 comment | 3 cheers


How to swim with dolphins
It took me
2 years
It made me
smile from inside

How I did it: I recently went on a trip to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Besides sitting on the beach drinking Pina Coladas, swimming with dolphins was the only other activity on the agenda. Lucky enough, my girlfriend & her boyfriend sat through the torture of a 3-hour time-share seminar (God bless them!). They were able to score 4 tickets to the Dolphin Experience for $130! The usual cost is about $120 per person.The dolphins were … Read how I did it…

Apr 28, 08:20PM PDT | 1 comment | 7 cheers


How to list 10 Grateful Things everyday for a Month
It took me
30 days
It made me
grateful

How I did it: I was very lucky to have the IPhone because I used the notepad to record my grateful list. It is much easier to write your list as it happens instead of trying to do it at the end of the day. For the most part, finding 10 positives in my life every day was fairly easy. Though, there were a couple of those crappy days that were a struggle. I believe it taught me how to look at life as if the glass is half full. Read how I did it…

Mar 09, 07:21PM PDT | 1 comment | 3 cheers


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Recent entries
Have my 15 minutes of fame
Untitled 1 month ago

http://beforethepartysover.blogspot.com/
I am not giving up, but until I have my real “15 Minutes” of fame (all at one time), I am going to record my “mini minutes (or seconds)” of fame.

Seconds 5 & 10
Our restaurant participated in the “Taste of Petaluma”, an event where people buy tickets and take them to select restaurants for samplers from their menu. Sugo Trattoria, our restaurant, made Eggplant Two Ways; Eggplant Caponata on crostini and Eggplant, Walnut, Goat Cheese ravioli. Yum! The photo was taken by a local photographer and featured on our hometown website www.petaluma360.com. Woohoo!! That should be good for at least 5 seconds.

The next 5 seconds was a video shot by Mix It Up magazine. Sugo Trattoria is going to be featured in their next magazine, unfortunately they don’t have the funds to print it yet! Though, they did come by and shoot this low budget video on YouTube.

Wow…10 seconds closer to fame! HAHA
The Countdown
Minutes of Fame: 15
Time Completed: 10 seconds (14 minutes, 50 seconds to go)

http://beforethepartysover.blogspot.com/

Oct 07, 10:05AM PDT | 4 cheers | 0 comments


Eat at 500 great restaurants (read all 2 entries…)
Untitled 7 months ago

106. Mosaic Restaurant , Sebastopol
107. Stellina, Point Reyes
108. Vin Antico, San Rafael
109. GG’s Earth & Surf, Santa Rosa
110. Starlight Wine Bar, Sausalito

Mar 29, 07:28AM PDT | 2 cheers | 0 comments


try 50 new foods
New Foods I've Tried 8 months ago

1. Salted Dates
2. Manouri Cheese
3. Steak Tartare
4. Tamarind Caramel Candy
5. Sea Bass
6. Boar
7. Parsnips
8. Foie Gras
9. Cocada (5/09)
10. Cajeta (5/09)
11. Pied De Cochon (6/09)

Mar 09, 07:30PM PDT | 5 cheers | 0 comments


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I want to:

The world wants to...

Create my Dream Team get on birth control kochhas wants to Read one book per month decorate my apartment Get out more study at MIT Learn Ruby Swim in a bioluminescent bay start a non-profit read the Bible daily go on a mission Spring Clean and get rid of the stuff I don't need get a four pack learn to screenprint learn french Own a nightclub meet hilary duff in person and hang out, because i know i am her biggest fan no matter what anybody else says Live a more Healthy Life Greg wants to save $500 patent an invention upload a song buy a camera get a husky meet Jack Sparrow meet Hugh Laurie learn piano make friends all over the world
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