I'm doing 43 things
Getting There!
2 months ago
I’ve done 9 squares in 9 days. Only 20 squares left! Then I’m crocheting it together, and getting it out the door.
mankybam's Life List
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1. Learn a new word every day
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2. Find a job
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3. Pass the bar
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4. Work out 5 days a week
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5. Novel parody project with Kit
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6. Knit a blanket for a shelter dog
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7. Cook everything in James Beard's "American Cookery" cookbook (except the salt pork cake)
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8. Clean out my Bookshelf
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9. Knit a pair of socks
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10. Write down my stories
67 people -
11. Learn German
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12. Crochet a red lap blanket for Aunt Lee
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13. Sew patchwork pillows
1 person -
14. Read all my books
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15. Visit a Renaissance fair
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16. Sew a patchwork quilt
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17. Learn Korean
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18. Get muscles
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19. Learn science
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20. Skydive
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21. Practice Yoga
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22. Design my dream house
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23. Learn sign language
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24. Learn to juggle.
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25. Explore and annotate map of my city
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26. Learn to drive standard
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27. Knit a blue bathroom rug
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28. Visit the Grand Canyon
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29. Detail my car
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30. Scrapbook
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31. Go on a whale watch
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32. Knit a sweater
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33. See baby sea turtles hatching
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34. Get Health Insurance
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35. Get braces
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36. Get an IUD
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37. Visit a dermatologist
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38. Target Shooting school
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39. Participate in a beach clean-up
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40. Learn about opera
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41. Read the 1001 Books
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42. Live Green
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43. mindfulness and metta (clarity and kindness)
1 person
How I did it
It made me 
How I did it: I didn't want to buy a new one. (I watched 'The Story of Stuff' online and it made a big impression.) Besides, I want a set of eclectic wineglasses, where all of them are blue, but none of them are the same, and if you buy new you end up with four of a kind. I couldn't find any blue wineglasses at the two thrift stores I visited, but my Grandmother and her friend saved the day! They went out looking for blue wineglasses on their morning c… Read how I did it…
Recent entries
Step One: Get the Internet
2 months ago
Added ‘word of the day’ widget to my homepage, which I see 8 times a day. Repetition is learning, right? So far I’ve learned that “plumply” has nothing to do with being chubby, it means you come to a thing directly, without beating around the bush etc. Interesting.
I got tricky
2 months ago
I slid the sleeping bags under the bed, put two quilts under the sheets on my bed, and put blankets in the living room. Now the closet is cleaned out!
