Fancyness

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I'm doing 35 things
 

Fancyness's Life List

  1. 1. think like an entrepreneur
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    1 person
  2. 2. post 43 pictures of where I live
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    23 people
  3. 3. Take a family trip to Utah so DH's grandma can meet SB
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    1 person
  4. 4. list my frivolous spending here
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    1 person
  5. 5. chronicle baby stories
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    1 person
  6. 6. cut down the bushes in front and rake the leaves
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    1 person
  7. 7. pay off my credit card
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    1,469 people
  8. 8. Take a family trip to Mexico so my grandma can meet SB
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    1 person
  9. 9. Explore the inner feminist hippie inside me
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    1 person
  10. 10. Learn to navigate and take charge of my family's healthcare
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    1 person
  11. 11. disclose 43 random THINGS about myself
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    72 people
  12. 12. accept my natural self and find more me time
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    1 person
  13. 13. put up that darn bathroom shelf
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  14. 14. declutter under the sink
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  15. 15. take back the VA plates once and for all, or mail 'em
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  16. 16. sort and file
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  17. 17. declutter the cabinets under the book shelf
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  18. 18. buy shakespeare on audio
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    1 person
  19. 19. Learn to sew
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  20. 20. Refrain from giving advice for at least a month
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  21. 21. STOP using my credit cards. Period.
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    1 person
  22. 22. post random questions daily and see if anyone plays with me and answers them :)
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    326 people
  23. 23. Make my gift to people or at least buy them cheap
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    1 person
  24. 24. clear up my skin
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    209 people
  25. 25. understand my role as a stay at home mom
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    1 person
  26. 26. capture my toddler at his best
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    1 person
  27. 27. create something once a month
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    5 people
  28. 28. Celebrate 20 years of friendship with my BF this year
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    1 person
  29. 29. train my dog
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    472 people
  30. 30. run five days a week in June
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    1 person
  31. 31. Have a once a week massage night with DH
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  32. 32. walk my dog every nice day in the next 35 days
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    1 person
  33. 33. make kefir
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    5 people
  34. 34. figure out if I have dyslexia
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    1 person
  35. 35. list three things every day that made me happy
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    359 people

How I did it
How to provide SB with an environment that promotes art creativity and downright silliness
It took me
90 days
It made me


How to keep using my Hippie shampoo for the WHOLE detox process
It took me
21 days
It made me
disappointed


How to cook 43 things
It took me
300 days
It made me
excited about food


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Recent entries
list three things every day that made me happy (read all 164 entries…)
Thurs 3 days ago

1. Playing bejeweled. That game is so addicting

2. Spontaneous lunch date with grandma after going to the wrong library for sidewalk chalk day. Lucky for us her office was right next door. And she treated;)

3. The dog park. Sometimes I really hate the dog because she can be so much work. But at the dog park she is so much fun to watch run and play.



figure out if I have dyslexia
this goal has been on hold 4 days ago

because the best way to find out seems to be through testing. And testing is best doen when your insurance will cover it all. We have and HSA with little put towards our deductible so it’s not urgent. And really wouldn’t be necessary considering I’m done with school and have managed fine without help for 26 (almost 27) years.

Here’s the thing though. Having learned a bit about it, led me to take a mini quiz, in which I matched a ton of the qsymptoms. Knowing for sure really could answer A LOT of questions.

For instance I don’t read letters backwards but I do often have trouble with mixing up appointment days. I love to read but read very slowly. I am constantly dialing the wrong number even if the number is written in front of me. I’ve always dreaded filling out forms, like the ones at the DMV and have trouble with mulitple step directions. My husband has always joked with me about it but now I feel like I’m not just a fumbling bumbling person but really may just have a different way to learn and absorb things. That I had a good reason why I could turn in a great essays and tests but felt really dumb trying to understand lectures. There is a lot of comfort in that. And the fact that there are lots of resources for accomodating this way of processing.



make kefir (read all 2 entries…)
kefir 4 days ago

This is going really well. After about a month my grains first quadrupled in size than multiplied. Yay. I’m not really sure why but it was so exciting to see my new grain form. Taking care of these little grains actually has been a daily commitment, like a garden I guess, so I feel really successful now that they are thriving.

That traditional feeling I had when I first got the grains continues on too. Turns out my grandmother used to make my mom drink kefir as a little girl. She had forgotten all about it until I brought them home. In Mexico they called them Bulgaros.

Then again my friend recognized them as the way to make leban. A smooth cheese made from kefir in middle Eastern countries.

I really had no idea this would turn into something kind of sentimental. So far I’ve connected with Russian, Mexican and Jordanian culture through these grains.

As for the kefir itself, I’ve finally found the basics to create the consistency I like, which again took almost a month. Temperature, type of jar and amount of time had lots to do with it. Though since they are continuously growing I constantly have to tweak the conditions.

I’d close the goal since it’s mostly done but I’m hoping to make cheese from it.



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