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How to try geocaching
It took me
1 day
It made me

How I did it: I asked for a GPS unit for my birthday one year. Obviously that's essential. Then I got my boyfriend excited about trying it out as well because it's way more fun (and safe) to go on these adventures with other people. We went hiking, we found caches, and we got hooked. Read how I did it…

Dec 19, 2008, 10:22AM PST | 0 comments | 1 cheer


How to start a worm compost
It took me
18 months
It made me
exhuberant

How I did it: This has been a wonderful experience. I now have three bins in rotation. The worms have not been difficult or bothersome and I'm starting to reap the benefits of all the great worm castings. I'm going to have more difficulty using up all the castings than I had in producing them. I have a patio but no yard. I keep my plastic storage bins in a storage area that's under the stairs to the apartment above us. Once a month I drag the bins out … Read how I did it…

Dec 19, 2008, 10:12AM PST | 0 comments | 2 cheers


How to build a garden
It took me
3 months
It made me
regretful

How I did it: I planted vegetables in lots of pots and used my worm castings to fertilize them. Watering was difficult because I had to carry it out from the kitchen sink, and the area gets a lot of sun so I was always trying to save dehydrated plants. Read how I did it…

Sep 26, 2008, 11:59AM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer


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experiment more with cooking
Fresh raspberries in Bran Muffins 2 months ago

I tried something new this morning, I added fresh raspberries into my normal bran muffin recipe. I think they turned out excellent, and I’m quite happy with the results. I’m using the muffin recipe from How to Cook Everything Vegetarian by Mark Bittman with the Bran Muffin modification, except I’m still using white sugar instead of one of the liquid sweeteners. I thought in this case, with the fresh berries, that I wouldn’t want any extra moistness. But next time, I’m totally using maple syrup. I’ve found Bittman’s book to be incredibly helpful in our recent conversion to Vegetarianism at the home-front. It’s easy to use and it includes many variations of each recipe so you can modify based on what you have on hand.

Yum!

Sep 10, 01:47PM PDT | 0 comments


go hiking more often (read all 6 entries…)
Waddell Creek and Rancho del Oso 2 months ago

We went on a short hike at Waddell Creek / Rancho del Oso last weekend. It was a beautiful day and it’s a gorgeous valley. We walked up the south side and did the nature trail—without the key to all the numberings. We also headed up the Skyline-to-the-Sea trail for a ways, until time limitations made us turn around. Someday we’ll do the whole trail, although I prefer to do it in the downhill direction.

Sep 10, 12:28PM PDT | 0 comments


do what I am afraid to do (read all 3 entries…)
I'm not sure what this means anymore. 11 months ago

In general, it’s probably a good goal. But it’s so vague that I’m “giving up” on it. I’ve done things I’m afraid to, but I’m not done doing them. I won’t be done doing them any time soon and I think I’d like focus on a different task.

Dec 19, 2008, 10:15AM PST | 0 comments


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learn arabic Drive Route 66 enjoy Fill up my sketchbook Lolidalene wants to Be decisive buy a car write a book and have it published STOP TURNING RED lower my blood pressure get my teeth fixed Lose 150 pounds Tarklandoura wants to schedule daily goals I can accomplish not be shy go to China Donate blood learn to cook healthy vegetarian dishes Run the Boston Marathon Become Financially Independent Learn to fly get a bachelor's degree Be more green hang out with jonas brothers ride dressage to music Go to Nashville Tennessee! learn to play blues guitar read one book per week. never get married
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