I'm doing 43 things
Loved the book
4 years ago
Love the bits of the soundtrack I’ve heard on Launchcast.
Happy to finally settle the raging debate on how to pronounce Elphaba (I was right! ;-)).
Hint hint, hubby!
poorandnotfamous's Life List
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1. learn to drive
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2. be a better parent
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3. get out of debt
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4. Visit Australia
2,461 people -
5. be a better cook
496 people -
6. Plan my troop's Girl Scout meetings more than 2 days in advance.
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7. See "Wicked" on Broadway
1 entry148 people -
8. buy a new mattress
1 cheer32 people -
9. Visit Ireland
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10. Celebrate our 10th anniversary with the honeymoon we didn't have.
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11. Have Duodenal Switch weight loss surgery
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12. eat at the dinner table at least once weekly
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13. learn sign language
1 cheer7,700 people -
14. take better pictures
492 people -
15. clean up my house and keep it clean
1 cheer486 people -
16. Act in a play again
43 people -
17. go to bed earlier
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18. visit all 50 states
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19. Take an RV trip from Texas up the west coast to Washington state
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20. construct a family emergency kit and put it where I'll find it when I need it
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21. get a great haircut
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22. manage my time better
1,433 people -
23. write more letters
1,525 people -
24. buy a car
2,812 people -
25. go on a cruise
4,119 people -
26. finish my scrapbooks!
168 people -
27. save for retirement
238 people -
28. finish college
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29. Stick my tongue out at my old high school each time I pass by it
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30. get over my irrational fear of the telephone
11 people -
31. become a certified lifeguard
1 cheer53 people -
32. Take a family vacation to Smuggler's Notch resort.
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33. go to a showing of rocky horror picture show
1 cheer59 people -
34. talk to strangers
565 people -
35. become a foster parent
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36. Find a balance between the things I want to do and the things I need to do
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37. become less enraged at instances of stupidity
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38. learn to ride a bicycle
117 people -
39. watch less television
1 entry352 people -
40. learn to dance and not be embarrased to dance
1 cheer622 people -
41. go out on "date nights" with my spouse on a regular basis
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42. learn to sew
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43. stop buying things i dont need.
294 people
Recent entries
But what do we talk about?
4 years ago
I worry about this, because the times we have gone out places without our daughter, it becomes apparent too painfully and too quickly that we don’t have much other than her in common. We love each other lots, but we’re so different. I feel like it’s a catch-22: I want to spend more time with him so we can have more common experiences to talk about, but I feel more distant the more time we spend together.
Miss the good old days
4 years ago
When hubby and I first married in 1996, we didn’t have a television. A co-worker a year later felt it was so very, very unheard of to not posess a television gave us an old black and white one her family didn’t need. Then my mother gave us a normal sized color one for xmas. And then we ended up with basic cable. Then we ended up with the expanded cable (no pay channels, but stuff like Lifetime, MTV, and other mind melters). We’re back to basic cable (networks and a few extra channels, mostly just for reception).
I doubt we’ll get back to the days of no television, but I’d like to get over the idea of having the TV on in the background when I’m up at night after everyone else is asleep.
Progress: we haven’t watched TV during dinner for ages. I turn off the TV when daughter is awake and I’m not actively watching something.
