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nonnacookbooker




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  2. 1. Become NEARLY self sufficient
    79 entries . 202 cheers     		7 people
  3. 2. Always have something to look forward to
    9 entries . 78 cheers     		104 people
  4. 3. Keep track of all my quilting and sewing projects for 2009
    16 entries . 36 cheers     		1 person
  5. 4. Keep track of all the books I read in 2009
    13 entries . 39 cheers     		39 people
  6. 5. learn to raise bees and make honey
    1 entry . 254 cheers     		25 people
  7. 6. Practice Qigong Daily
    22 cheers     		9 people
  8. 7. practice 'Happiness Manifesto' periodically
    125 entries . 72 cheers     		47 people
  9. 8. Practice random acts of kindness
    6 entries . 96 cheers     		754 people
  10. 9. Knit more Sweaters this Winter
    5 entries . 83 cheers     		1 person
  11. 10. Teach patchwork quilting
    21 entries . 57 cheers     		1 person
  12. 11. Create a Family Recipe Book
    3 team members . 1 entry . 150 cheers     		69 people
  13. 12. Make a Mystery Quilt
    10 entries . 66 cheers     		1 person
  14. 13. Make a BOM quilt
    5 entries . 24 cheers     		1 person
  15. 14. Make an aboriginal design quilt
    1 entry . 71 cheers     		1 person
  16. 15. learn to speak Italian fluently
    127 cheers     		86 people
  17. 16. See Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band live
    1 entry . 81 cheers     		4 people
  18. 17. Have 43people help Flirt's 43things Teddy Bear travel around the world!!!
    48 team members . 10 entries . 36 cheers     		33 people
  19. 18. Make a 43things Cookbook
    57 cheers     		6 people
  20. 19. knit for charity
    2 entries . 86 cheers     		39 people
  21. 20. Update our wills
    46 cheers     		2 people
  22. 21. Help Tidds raise money for the Cancer Council by running in the Sydney City 2 Surf in August
    1 entry . 9 cheers     		3 people
  23. 22. Keep thinking good thoughts for Sadie
    1 entry . 15 cheers     		31 people
  24. 23. Wish Angniks a Birthday full of zombies, kraut and other such nonsense July 3rd
    2 cheers     		12 people
  25. 24. Wish HippieChick a totally pugtastic, baconriffic, domestically organized birthday on July 5th!
    6 cheers     		16 people
  26. 25. Wish RuthG a Convivial Frugal Birthday on July 4th with Fresh Poetry
    		31 people

How I did it
How to make a Chenille quilt
It took me
1 month
It made me

How I did it: When N told me that she was going back to University to do a double degree in Paramedics/Nursing, the first thing I thought of was to make her a quilt to keep her warm while she was living away on campus..I called this quilt "A Coat of Many Colours" -something that she could wrap around herself....When I started to make Teddy Bears a few years back, I was having difficulty finding Chenille fabric.  They have only started to replicate… Read how I did it…

Mar 02, 08:29PM PST | 2 comments | 37 cheers


How to make a wedding quilt for Yve and Bren
It took me
365 days
It made me
extremely happy

How I did it: I called this quilt Windows of Your Life depicting the last 10 years of Yve and Bren's journey....Even though I have had this goal on my 43 list since the day I joined, I only worked on this particular quilt for the past 12 months.Over several trips to Japan this quilt began to form in my mind.  We collected many fabrics, embellishments and components through these trips and other overseas trips.I sourced a lot of ideas from differen… Read how I did it…

Dec 30, 04:58PM PST | 18 comments | 50 cheers


How to plant all my iris bulbs
It took me
1 day
It made me
extremely happy

How I did it: My kindly neighbour arrived this morning with a car load of bulbs, which I transferred into my wheelbarrow. I grabbed a hoe, gardening gloves and a hose, and proceeded to dig up some garden beds and place the bulbs amongst our Japanese Garden, herb garden and one other bed.  They were then mulched and watered in well..... Read how I did it…

Oct 11, 09:02PM PDT | 8 comments | 47 cheers


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Recent entries
Always have something to look forward to (read all 9 entries…)
Jetting off again soon... 6 hours ago

.... to see our darling Tidds. She has graduated from her course and we just couldn’t be prouder…!

We will be up in the Blue Mountains staying with another daughter and son-in-law, helping them set out a new garden. What fun…!

Family time ~ I love it so very much :)

Jul 03, 03:58PM PDT | 3 cheers | 2 comments


Become NEARLY self sufficient (read all 79 entries…)
The first sourdough loaf.... 1 day ago

... with my new starter was a huge success.

Jul 02, 02:00AM PDT | 16 cheers | 8 comments


practice 'Happiness Manifesto' periodically (read all 125 entries…)
Today I am grateful for : 2 days ago
  • having new neighbours very, very soon. I am so excited…!
  • a wonderful Block of the Month class last night ~ so much fabulous girl time
  • trying a new bread recipe today
  • making time for Tai Chi every day
  • knitting coming along nicely

Jul 01, 08:32PM PDT | 14 cheers | 0 comments


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The world wants to...

legally change my name get a stamp in my passport Learn Ruby and Rails own my own house run through a field buy DDR mmackenzie wants to Take one picture a day as a way to document my life rearrange my room create a website play capoeira learn chinese train my dog clueless27 wants to Fall in love be a cat lady get married play volleyball fulfill my mission as indigo adult cook new foods loose Buy a House Stop caring what other people think of me Get more piercings Kay Smith wants to lose weight Go Back to Alaska change the world Stop stuttering have a day where nothing goes wrong learn the thriller dance routine
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