I'm doing 28 things
I’m currently in my early 50’s, just to give you a time framework to work with. When I was in 1st grade, my dad and I took a 4-engine plane trip to visit his dad. It was very exciting for me—a plane there and a train back home (and at my young age, this was crazy/never happened before)! There, I got to experience the rich culture of the Amish Mennonite way of life (especially at a church service), enjoy my grandfather’s wonderful sense of humor and kindness, and see a lifestyle completely different than mine (e.g., my uncle’s turkey farm). Now at my “certain age,” I would love to travel to his town, see the farm, his Mennonite-only nursing home, and his gravesite. I lost Dad in 2004, and would love to acknowledge my grandfather as a terrific grandpa as well as a good father to my dear father.
soobeach's Life List
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1. exercise three times a week
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2. not give a shit about EVERYTHING (but I do)
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3. Take up piano playing again
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4. Read "Remembrance of Things Past"
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5. listen to more classical music
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6. quit using
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7. ignore news coverage of the presidential race
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8. Be not afraid of my new Cuisineart.
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9. get my hair back to it's natural color
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10. Be More Tolerant of More People
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11. Be more playful
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12. Stop biting the inside of my cheeks
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13. Visit the Grand Tetons
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14. Win The Lottery and Move To Wales
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15. Take more pictures
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16. Stop caring what other people think of me
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17. Be a nicer person
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18. travel somewhere I've never been.
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19. Not worry so much
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20. impeach the president
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21. move to somehere where it's always warm.
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22. Eat more fruits and vegetables
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23. drink more water
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24. make homemade bread without a machine
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25. Elect Barack Obama president
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26. Clean out my closet.
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27. Give Up All Animal/Fish Meat
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28. Travel to my dad's home in rural Iowa and put flowers on my Grandfather's grave.
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Recent entries
Trip to SE Iowa in the very early 60's
13 months ago
Almost got there
14 months ago
We were going to drive to Wyoming (from a mid-atlantic state), and spend two weeks at a retro-looking motel at the foot of the mountains in late September of 2003. However my elderly father was beginning a clearly noticeable decline at that time, and we decided to stay put. He died 6 months later, and I’ve never regretted our decision. And besides, the motel is still on our bookmark list!
Biting the inside of my cheeks
14 months ago
I’ve been doing this since I was a teenager (and I’m pretty old now), but I’ve noticed as the older I’ve become, I’ve been able to be aware that I’m about to take up this behavior and nip it in the bud. And I credit my success to Sarah Jessica Parker’s admission several years ago that this too was a problematic habit for her.
