Paco found a babysitter (his best friend, who Max loves) so both of us went to Barnes & Noble in U-Village last night where Dr. West was appearing! At first Paco was going to go by himself and I was going to stay home with Max. So this was a nice treat! Dr. West was a moving and fascinating speaker. Both Paco and I bought copies of his memoir for signing. I wish I could have recorded his talk. There is a great interview with Dr. West from the Tavis Smiley show http://www.tavissmileyradio.com/guests09/101609/CornelWest.html “Peace is not the absence of conflict. Peace is the presence of justice.”
jenny bean's Life List
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1. happiness manifesto
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2. celebrate my accomplishments
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3. enjoy watching our son thrive and grow
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4. my husband is such a treasure
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5. have a beautiful, tranquil evening routine
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6. practice yoga nidra regularly
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7. plan, prepare and eat nourishing food
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8. take care of my garden
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9. make my home beautiful
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10. adopt a greener lifestyle
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11. walk 30 minutes or more at least twice a week
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12. Spread autism awarness
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13. Offer a Microloan to someone on the Kiva site
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14. write letters to family once a month
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15. plan ahead for birthdays and holidays
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16. get my Oracle DBA skills to the dba-2 level
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17. Get a copy of "Wreck this Journal", by Keri Smith. Then go ahead and wreck it!
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18. mosaic
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19. make more scarves
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20. Promote "Three Cups of Tea"
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21. see Greg Mortensen speak in Portland in October
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22. keep the bookkeeping current
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23. brush up on my geography
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24. de-clutter and organize our son's room so it's more inviting to him
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25. send out 25 books on bookmooch
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26. revamp my goals
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27. live in New Zealand for several months
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28. travel peru
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29. pay off the house in 15 years or less
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30. Read and do the exercises in Wishcraft
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31. if a goal isn't serving me I'm free to change it
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After several weeks of work on the red velvet scarf and several days of figuring out how the whole “shop” thing works on etsy I listed several items last night. To my astonishment, joy, elation, gratitude and exhilaration someone bought the red scarf today! And it is a special someone – Saturnsglow from 43T! I am pleased with how the finished scarf came out and even more pleased that someone who will cherish it purchased it! And I feel a little more like a “real” artist! Smooches and hugs to you Saturngirl!
Paco bought the Disney movie “UP” on Blu-Ray and we watched it last night. I’d seen it in the theater with my best friend earlier this year; I’d raved about the animation and how fun the movie was. After the little two-minute compressed history of the couple at the beginning Paco turned to me with such a look of betrayal! I had to re-assure him the movie was enjoyable and had a good ending. What a softie :)

