I'm doing 10 things
so no more drying laundry outside until I move back to MO.
shoeless's Life List
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1. Complete C25K program before I leave Texas.
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2. Master German laundry technique (clothesline!)
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3. Get all my files off my old computer and store them
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4. Learn how to compost - then use it to plant things!
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5. Grow something and eat it
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6. Lose 30 lbs by Summer 2012
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7. Learn German
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8. live outside the united states
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9. live sustainably
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10. Go "off the grid" by 2034
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How I did it
It made me
Proud. 
How I did it: It no doubt conjures images of you in a skirt, hand-cranking a mill full of bushels of wheat, which you undoubtedly hand-plucked from the fields, pausing only momentarily to mop the sweat from your brow...But don't worry, it's not nearly as impressive as all that. (But your guests don't need to know that!)In this day of modern conveniences, grinding your own wheat is as easy and takes about as long as microwaving some popcorn. All you ne… Read how I did it…
It made me
have less stuff 
How I did it: Salvation Army. Craig's list. ...Goodwill is way too picky.....................................................................................there. is that 150 characters???!? Read how I did it…
It made me
devastated 
How I did it: Quit my job as a nurse in the Burn ICU.Loaded everything in a Uhaul with my husband, drove from Columbia, MO to STL, MO. Unloaded necessary Items (Bed, dresser, clothing) into my childhood bedroom of my parents' home... Drove the Uhaul to a ghetto Uhaul storage center, and dragged our beautiful things up a ramp made of cheesegrater-like metal grid to our second floor "storage unit" (a plywood cubicle with a chicken wire ceiling). Covered … Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
I hung all my towels and rags outside yesterday. I made a clothesline out of paracord, and used hair roller pins for clothespins. It was makeshift, but it worked. It didn’t take very long for them to dry, since it’s so dry and windy here in Texas. Things were a little crunchy, but I put the towels in the dryer for about 10 minutes to fluff them up a bit, and they came out fairly soft. I’m headed to Walmart today for a real clothesline (perhaps a retractable one if they have it), and some clothespins.
