I'm doing 41 things
I’ve never bought a real Christmas tree, I always have a fake one. This year I’ve just moved into a new apartment and already own a small pre-lit tree, so I don’t need a real one. But my friends were going Christmas tree shopping so I decided to tag along. It’s really fun! I’d like to get a real tree next year. They smell so great, and it’s cool when you chop it down cause the stump is still sappy and if you touch it, it makes your fingers smell Christmassy. Plus I got to see them shake the Christmas tree to get rid of the dead needles (I didn’t know they did that, but it’s really funny to watch!) and I got to watch them bundle it with string, which involves another really cool machine. Super fun!
yo_steedgirl's Life List
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1. experience 100 new things by the end of December 2009
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2. Fall Ridiculously and Wrecklessly, head-over-heels in Love
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3. have a go at cheese rolling
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4. Live life like a fairy tale
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5. Learn to surf
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6. ride in a hot air balloon
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7. identify 100 things that make me happy (besides money)
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8. Get up by 9am for a whole week
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9. eat breakfast daily
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10. take a photography class
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11. run a 10K
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12. Run the Princess Half Marathon in 2010
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13. Run a Marathon for the Cure
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14. go to a World Series game
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15. Read Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
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16. live my life by answering this question every day: "what would you do if you knew you could not fail?"
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17. Start Irish dance again
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18. run up the "rocky steps" in philly
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19. Do NaNoWriMo
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20. Get into Open Championships in Irish dance
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21. Start my own portrait photography business
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22. hike the Appalachian Trail from start to finish
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23. learn how to drive stick-shift
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24. Read the entire Bible
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25. Learn to pick locks
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26. Have an eleventy-first birthday
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27. Become fluent in more than one language
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28. go fishing
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29. Have a book dedicated to me
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30. meet Eddie Izzard
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31. be a superhero
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32. hug a stranger
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33. See all 4 Billies in Billy Elliot: The Musical
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34. visit all 50 states
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35. Create a Blog
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36. Read the complete works of Shakespeare
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37. Spend New Year's Eve in Times Square
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38. travel the world
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39. write a book
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40. Practice yoga regularly
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41. run a marathon in the 90 and over age group
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How I did it
It made me
Faaaabulous. 
How I did it: Okay, so it was only two movies, but it was themed, so that's all that matters. Only they didn't have the movies we were looking for at Blockbuster. We even asked them at the counter to look them up for us. It went sort of like this: "Do you have The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert?" "Ummm... Let me look. Um... Priscilla, how do you spell that? No, we don't have that." "Darn. How about Kinky Boots?" "Ummm, heh... … Read how I did it…
It made me
always a treat
How I did it: I'm a Navy Brat, so I've moved around a lot and been to several zoos. The San Diego Zoo and San Diego Wild Animal Park were the BEST ever. We had annual passes--this place was like Disney! If you ever get the chance to go, do it, they really put other zoos to shame! I'd also recommend the zoo in Regents Park, London. Those are very happy animals. (: Read how I did it…
It made me
serene, apparently
How I did it: I ran a 5K that was part of a Half Marathon event, so naturally they had a lot of activities there as well. They had a massage therapy school, so I got a massage after my run and it felt so good!!! Read how I did it…
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Let’s talk about the button pushers first. Parents: DO NOT bribe your kids with chocolate, because from then on they will never do anything unless you give them chocolate, and even once they get it, they won’t behave because, hey, they already have their chocolate! Sheesh.
That’s one kind of button pusher. The other kind is just that extra special age where kids like to test their parents by being smart asses. That takes an extra special kind of stealth photographer. Check.
But I did photograph and absolutely beautiful and wonderful family today and thank goodness, too; it was just what I needed to recover the night. They were angels!
25/100: Put a(n IKEA) sofa together.
5 days ago
That’s supposed to sound impressive, but aside from heavy lifting all you do is screw the legs on and pull the slipcovers on. It’s a great sofa though!
