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onewithnature




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  2. 1. Surround Myself Only With Things I Love
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  3. 2. straighten out my financial karma
    2 entries . 24 cheers     		9 people
  4. 3. Make Time and Space to Be Still
    7 entries . 38 cheers     		2 people
  5. 4. quit smoking Gold & Milds
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  6. 5. learn baby sign language
    2 entries . 9 cheers     		14 people
  7. 6. Buy a Home
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  8. 7. Reach My Ideal Level of Fitness
    2 entries . 6 cheers     		1 person
  9. 8. Learn To Use My Sewing Machine
    2 entries . 9 cheers     		56 people
  10. 9. establish a spiritual retreat
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  11. 10. become an interfaith minister
    5 entries . 6 cheers     		9 people
  12. 11. Become a Mentor
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  13. 12. Stop the Cycle of Gossip
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  14. 13. Stop Making Assumptions
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  15. 14. Always Do My BEST
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  16. 15. Go Swimming
    2 entries . 7 cheers     		210 people
  17. 16. write and illustrate a children's book
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  18. 17. really forgive, which means really forgetting
    2 entries . 12 cheers     		3 people
  19. 18. Release the Need for External Validation
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  20. 19. Be a camp counselor
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  21. 20. Trust My Internal Guidance System
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  22. 21. Create an alternative healing center
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  23. 22. Heal my emotional scars
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  24. 23. Find Balance
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  25. 24. become more environmentally conscious
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  26. 25. hike or bike the appalachian trail
    1 entry . 10 cheers     		5 people
  27. 26. Learn to S.C.U.B.A. dive
    2 cheers     		2,502 people
  28. 27. turn my poetry into songs that I can share with the world
    1 entry     		2 people
  29. 28. Stop Saying Sorry When I Have Nothing For Which To Apologize
    2 entries . 18 cheers     		14 people
  30. 29. be present in the moment
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  31. 30. sell my crafts
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  32. 31. Learn to play guitar
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  33. 32. promote and establish eco friendly communities
    19 team members . 8 cheers     		24 people
  34. 33. Become a Reiki Master
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  35. 34. Take an Art Class
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  36. 35. Organize all stray phone numbers and addresses
    2 entries . 6 cheers     		1 person
  37. 36. Take a Stained-Glass Class With My Husband
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  38. 37. perform random acts of kindness
    24 cheers     		64 people
  39. 38. Please stop me from snapping back in that same sarcastic judgmental bitchy tone that the women in my family are so prone to...
    7 cheers     		2 people
  40. 39. believe in myself, never doubt myself, love myself no matter what
    4 cheers     		9 people
  41. 40. promote Allen Carr's Easyway to other 43ers who want to stop smoking
    1 cheer     		10 people

How I did it
How to have a child
It took me
9 months
It made me
awed and grateful

How I did it: We trained for natural childbirth, but at 32 weeks the baby went into frank breech presentation.  We exhausted ourselves trying different techniques to get him to turn into proper head down position, but it wasn't meant to be.  We ended up with an emergency c-section at 00:05 on Easter Sunday (4/12/09).  Gabriel Orion was 4 lbs 14.6 oz and 18" long.  He had some complications and stayed in the NICU for 8 days.  Read how I did it…

Jun 24, 05:57PM PDT | 0 comments | 1 cheer


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turn my poetry into songs that I can share with the world
Someone suggested... 16 months ago

that I revisit my poetry.

In my many years of angst, writing was one of few ways for me to get any relief. Even if writing about an issue didn’t create a solution, it was a means to get it out of my head. I always wondered if I might someday add music to the poems to turn them into songs.

Recently a friend had come across some of my old poetry. Twice now she’s mentioned that I might want to revisit some of them. I feel like this is an urging for me to follow through and see if any of them would lend themselves to music.

So that’s my intention…to revisit my poetry, see if any would lend themselves to music and end up with some kind of finished product and get my truth out there into the world.

Mar 03, 2008, 12:10PM PST | 0 comments


have a child
Well... 17 months ago

On July 1st last year we discovered we were pregnant. We hadn’t been actively trying so the news came as a bit of a shock. Before we’d even adjusted to the news, I started having complications. Within 6 days I was in the hospital for emergency surgery due to a ruptured fallopian tube. What a scary, crazy time. My husband was beside himself with the idea of losing us both. I’m grateful I am ok, and while I wanted to bring that little tyke into the world, I believe things unfolded as they did for some cosmic reason.

This tiny life gave us many gifts. It brought my husband and his father back into a relationship and has motivated me to take better care of my body in preparation to try again.

So while we’re not trying yet, I’ve lost 25 pounds and am almost ready to tackle removing nicotine from my life (again). I know now I have to do these things for myself first, which is another lesson I’ve learned from all that has transpired.

Feb 07, 2008, 12:02PM PST | 1 cheer | 2 comments


Get a Digital Camera and/or web cam
Another Check Mark... 17 months ago

I love it when I achieve a goal on this site. During the Winter holidays my husband got me a digital camera. It’s pretty cool and can even do videos. Now to get a memory card…and then begin using it for my desired purposes. Just glad I can check this one off the list:)

Feb 07, 2008, 11:56AM PST | 0 comments


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start writing my book graduate college Learn Salsa Dancing exercise regularly Be myself live in Australia Yvonnetodo43things wants to clean my house go to Africa learn to snowboard health go to a drive-in movie stay organized buy a car To live instead of exist visit Tibet Dye my hair black nevernamed wants to learn to play the ukulele blow glass get my driver's license I want to lose weight start my own company Have my first kiss want to find my dad now be more positive love my body dance like pasta sauce wants to Learn to play go make my own friendster skin hear Tibetan monks chanting, in person.
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