I'm doing 36 things
daily laughter
6 days ago
I have to admit it. I’m addicted lolcats. I get the daily feed on my bloglines, and there’s always something there to make me laugh.
mmefaucon's Life List
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1. balance my life
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2. follow through with my plans
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3. Get rid of my extra stuff through the Freecycle & Cheapcycle networks
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4. Never stop learning
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5. eat more locally grown food
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6. clean and organize my house
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7. find my calling
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8. pray more
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9. be more healthy
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10. ride my bike
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11. create and maintain a lasagna garden
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12. be better with money
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13. have a garden
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14. grow my own herbs
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15. archive my photographs
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16. Take more pictures
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17. live passionately
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18. Sing
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19. Travel, travel and travel some more
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20. ride in a hot air balloon
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21. Go to Paris
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22. hike the Grand Canyon
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23. ride a motorcycle
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24. Learn to fly
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25. post randomly
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26. spend more quality time with my husband
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27. never lose my sense of wonder
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28. Help our daughter stay dry at night
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29. Get a digital SLR camera
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30. disclose 43 random THINGS about myself
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31. Do the Ten Words Meme again
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32. Encourage 43T Scorpios to add their name to the 43T Scorpio list.
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33. buy a new PDA
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34. I am thankful for...
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35. clean out the clutter
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36. Keep thinking good thoughts for Sadie
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How I did it
It made me
Woozy! 
How I did it: Our church was having a blood drive, and since I'd never done it before, I thought I'd do it. I read the paperwork (which had little info about side effects!), signed in, and had blood drawn. Since I was evidently dehydrated, after I donated I had what they called a "bad reaction"... Read how I did it…
Recent entries
unexpected friends
1 week ago
First, a neighbor. She and her husband tend to be quiet, keep to themselves, and that’s okay. We’ve said hi once or twice, nothing major. In the past week two neat things have happened. First, when I was out working in my flower bed last weekend she came to the fence and asked what I was growing, and listened attentively as I rattled off the list, commenting appreciatively. Then last night she carried out one of her big housecats for us to meet, which I thought was cool. In a neighborhood that can be a bit clique-ish, it was refreshing and hopeful …
Second, a stranger. I had been trying to Freecycle some items, and one person had committed, and then had been unable to pick up multiple times, but had always communicated this with me. One of the downsides to these giveaway/sale situations is a lack of considerate communication between parties. So finally I offered to bring the items to her at home. Her car was broken down, she had multiple kids, one disabled, etc.
I’m not writing this because I was feeling terribly altruistic. I just wanted to get rid of the stuff. But when I drove up to her house this morning and saw 2 or 3 kids’ faces grinning at the door, and then finally met the woman and found her to very pleasant, it really made my day. I felt thankful that I had stuff to give away that someone could use.
Laying off on this for a bit
1 week ago
or at least tapering back.
For the first part, I found that I’ve actually gained 5 pounds, something I didn’t anticipate (or need). And second, I did get up to 60 mintues on the bike, but it got really hard getting up that early, and took time away from other things I needed to do in the morning.
Sooo … I’m hoping to get back to 45 minutes a day, and maybe keeping a tighter eye on what I’m eating …
