I'm doing 37 things
Next summer I will submit a cheesecake to the summer fair. Wish me luck!!
ssilva11's Life List
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1. learn to draw
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2. make amazing cheesecakes
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3. improve my handwriting
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4. get a tatoo
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5. Go to college
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6. climb Mt. Hood
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7. Learn to play the guitar
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8. learn to play keyboard
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9. stop procrastinating
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10. Go to church at least once a month
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11. volunteer
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12. get my scrapbooking caught up!
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13. take yoga
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14. have a great smile
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15. get out of debt
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16. Learn to quilt
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17. Learn to rock climb
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18. Get up at 6:30am on weekdays for one month
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19. read the bible
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20. Learn a foreign language
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21. learn to decorate cakes
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22. Teach my children to swim
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23. Take a painting class
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24. Learn to golf
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25. Go to europe
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26. Learn to snowboard
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27. See Dave Matthews at Red Rocks
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28. run a race with Anthony
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29. start hiking
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30. Be more patient with my kids
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31. Learn to knit
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32. be a better wife
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33. learn to swim
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34. help a complete stranger
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35. make someone smile every day
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36. Learn how to use my sewing machine
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37. learn sign language
8,501 people
How I did it
It made me
Thrilled and tired! 
How I did it: I am a painfully slow runner. When I work on speed my knee hurts. Sometimes my knee hurts even when I am slow! I decided several months ago that I was not going to let myself get fixated on a time for the run, I just wanted to finish it. I'm so glad I did that! At mile 16 my knee started to twinge, by 18 I wanted to cut my leg off. An angel at mile 19 gave me some ibuprofen and I kept going all the way to 26.2! I am was so worried that I … Read how I did it…
It made me
relieved
How I did it: I bought a pilates class on one of those daily deals emails. It was so much harder than I thought it would be! I think this is something I will do again, but not until after I am done with my marathon because I can't take a week off of running to recover from my pilates injuries!!!! Seriously though, this was amazing and I felt great when I was done. It works every muscle you can imagine and is a great workout. Read how I did it…
It made me
very happy!
How I did it: I read to my boys from the time they were babies on. I wasn't always great at doing it every night but I did my best. Once my oldest learned to read he started reading to my youngest as his reading homework each night. It was the sweetest thing to have the boys share their love of reading and spend that time together. I also think this helped make my oldest son so much better at reading out loud. Now both boys are old enough to read their… Read how I did it…
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