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oemal

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I'm doing 40 things
  

oemal's Life List

  2. 1. finish my master's degree
    14 entries . 31 cheers     		534 people
  3. 2. finish all the tea on my tea shelf
    14 entries . 22 cheers     		1 person
  4. 3. see the Grand Canyon
    2 entries . 15 cheers     		871 people
  5. 4. use up my greeting cards before buying more
    10 entries . 7 cheers     		1 person
  6. 5. Take the two hundred situps challenge (twohundredsitups.com)
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		16 people
  7. 6. use my pinhole cameras
    2 entries . 5 cheers     		1 person
  8. 7. rid my house of cat fur
    5 entries . 1 cheer     		1 person
  9. 8. use up my toiletries (before buying more)
    22 entries . 12 cheers     		3 people
  10. 9. visit one hundred museums
    18 entries . 20 cheers     		2 people
  11. 10. get back into photography
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		114 people
  12. 11. improve my uphill cardio strength
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1 person
  13. 12. volunteer regularly
    1 entry     		170 people
  14. 13. do one hundred consecutive push-ups
    6 entries . 3 cheers     		296 people
  15. 14. weigh less than my drivers license weight
    2 entries . 4 cheers     		2 people
  16. 15. go indoor skydiving
    8 cheers     		41 people
  17. 16. run a 10K
    1 entry     		950 people
  18. 17. ride a zipline
    3 cheers     		31 people
  19. 18. read every book I own
    4 entries . 10 cheers     		2,116 people
  20. 19. learn how to play chess
    1 entry . 6 cheers     		342 people
  21. 20. make a tintype
    4 cheers     		1 person
  22. 21. take a printmaking class
    1 entry . 11 cheers     		3 people
  23. 22. learn to knit
    1 entry . 7 cheers     		3,493 people
  24. 23. go camping
    13 cheers     		2,507 people
  25. 24. read the Bible
    7 cheers     		3,217 people
  26. 25. learn to read German
    6 cheers     		22 people
  27. 26. visit the Spiral Jetty
    2 cheers     		6 people
  28. 27. do yoga, since I apparently have a yoga mat
    3 entries . 1 cheer     		1 person
  29. 28. participate in a Crystal Cave cleanup weekend
    2 cheers     		1 person
  30. 29. do a scrapbook on my cats
    3 entries . 5 cheers     		5 people
  31. 30. buy a sewing machine
    5 cheers     		110 people
  32. 31. make a quilt out of my favorite t-shirts
    7 cheers     		30 people
  33. 32. try mineral makeup
    1 entry . 5 cheers     		3 people
  34. 33. see a horse race
    3 cheers     		8 people
  35. 34. help my husband find a job he loves
    3 entries . 9 cheers     		2 people
  36. 35. go up the down escalator and down the up
    4 cheers     		14 people
  37. 36. move the rest of my stuff out of my parents' house -- and get rid of anything I don't need
    3 entries . 8 cheers     		1 person
  38. 37. see a bald eagle in the wild
    4 cheers     		5 people
  39. 38. see the Rolling Stones
    1 cheer     		28 people
  40. 39. have a nice yard
    1 entry     		9 people
  41. 40. stop having all my best adventures alone, but not at the expense of adventures
    1 entry     		1 person

How I did it
How to run a 5k
It took me
3 months
It made me
proud

How I did it: When I added this goal to my list it was a huge reach for me.  I was never a runner, never liked running, but wanted to do something more to get myself fit and running was free.  I used the Couch to 5K plan and Robert Ullrey's podcast and got really into it within a couple of weeks.  I kept with my goals and changed up where I ran to keep myself from getting bored.  Before I knew it, I was running 3.5 miles - so the 5K… Read how I did it…

Oct 04, 12:29PM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer


How to learn how to do a blanket stitch to finish my fleece blankets
It took me
2 weeks
It made me

How I did it: My mom sent me directions on how to do a blanket stitch, which she xeroxed from a book.  It looked simple enough, so I started by practicing the stitch on some extra fabric.  After I felt like I had it down, I moved on to the real thing.  As I wrote previously, I'd been meaning to do this project since before I even moved into my very first apartment - and I've been living in a house I own for over two years now.  It w… Read how I did it…

Aug 30, 05:40PM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer


Recent entries
do a scrapbook on my cats (read all 3 entries…)
As predicted 22 hours ago

I did not touch this goal for the last nine or so months. But this weekend I thought that this would make a nice Xmas present to my husband (since he was the one who originally wanted to do this), and it would also be a budget-friendly gift since we had most of the fixings for it already.
So, with that goal in mind, I started and have done four pages so far. However, they represent some slow years for photographs, and it’s going to be a lot more intensive to cull through and sort after we get into our picture heavy years! Gosh, if only that baby cat we adopted a couple years back weren’t so darned adorable!

Nov 08, 03:38PM PST | 0 comments


use up my toiletries (before buying more) (read all 22 entries…)
Moisturizer 1 day ago

I’m sure if you read through these entries you’d see the cleansers and moisturizers were my biggest problem… So with that in mind, I am happy to report that I finished off yet another moisturizer! Hurrah!
I think that the one I’m working on next is my last untinted moisturizer, which means that if I don’t match the tint on the remaining bunch, or if it doesn’t feel right, those will be out, too… But first thing’s first, right?!

Nov 08, 12:46PM PST | 0 comments


move the rest of my stuff out of my parents' house -- and get rid of anything I don't need (read all 3 entries…)
Progress 1 day ago

After being so overwhelmed that I had to ignore them for months, I spent last night unpacking the last four boxes my mom had sent. It is such a relief to not have those boxes on the floor of my office anymore!

Nov 08, 10:45AM PST | 0 comments


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