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How I did it
How to clean refrigerator by Saturday noon
It took me
5 months
It made me
a domestic goddess!


How to get gifts wrapped before Thursday so I can mail them.
It took me
2 months
It made me
At least it's done


How to make Halloween costumes
It took me
2 days
It made me
Happy to be done


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study japanese (read all 12 entries…)
Studying is not going as planned, but at least it's going 2 months ago

I’m not making a lot of progress on the kanji, but I am enjoying the “grammar point a day” e-mail service from jgram. Here’s the site, if anyone is interested: http://www.jgram.org/index.php

They have different levels from 4 (the easiest) to 1 (the hardest). It is a community derived study tool, so take it with a grain of salt. But it’s still a good place to start.

Will get test app today, and figure out how to get a pic for it.



study japanese (read all 12 entries…)
Back to studying 3 months ago

OK, huge motivation. I asked a friend to order an application for the Japanese Language Proficiency Test, so now, I have to take it and study for it. Going for Level 1; I think I could do really well on Level 2, but Level 1 . . . I suck. Right now, I suck, in three months I’ll rock (-:.

So, I need to make a study plan.

Yesterday, I read a page out of a children’s guide to America. Today, I took a look at a practice test, and went through the first 20 questions, finding the furigana for the kanji (sigh . . . kanji). Kanji is a weak point. So, I went back to the kanji koohii site, and reviewed a little. On the plus side, I remembered about half of the kanji I reviewed. On the minus side, I forgot about half the kanji I reviewed.

Right now, the plan is to translate a little of the practice test each day, and review some kanji each day. If I learn/review 10 kanji a day, I’ll have 1000 kanji at the end of 100 days . . . which might add up to a little more, considering I’ve got some already.

(-: Also read my child’s permission form for a ECG. I pretty much rocked on that! But the chances of having an excerpt from an ECG permission slip on the test . . . not so great.

Ups and downs. Just gotta keep going.



Do a weekly menu planning session -- every week! (read all 27 entries…)
Menus for June 15 and the week beyond 5 months ago

Monday June 15
Lunch: adobo chicken with salad
Supper: pancakes and sausages, with pineapple and oranges. Maybe broccoli, too.

Tuesday June 16

Lunch: sausages and salad, with pitas
Supper: baked chicken, oven fries, greens (probably chingensai)

Wed. June 17
Lunch: Chicken sandwich with veggies or chicken salad
Supper: Spaghetti and meatballs, broccoli

Thurs. June 18
Lunch: Meatballs and salad with broccoli
Supper: Pitas with cukes and yogurt and ham.

Fri. June 19
Lunch: Pitas and salad
Supper: ham and cheese on toasted French bread, with potato/broccoli (or other greens) soup.

Sat. June 20
Lunch: weiner bread and salad
Supper: Chicken tacos

Sun. June 21
Lunch: Bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches with veggie salad
Supper: Curry if it’s cold, hiyashi noodles if it’s hot.



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