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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Best book in a long time
I just finished Atonement by Ian McEwan last night. So good! So very very very good! I shall be raving about this one for a long long while.
And its being made into a movie. Can't wait!
A watched Mrs. Brown last night. Love Billy Connolly - who can resist a fellow with a Scottish brogue? Especially one who reminds me of one of my fave literature teachers in college (must be the beard and the sparkly eyes). Mostly it was a slow Englich sort of story. Just the sort of thing I love.
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19. Contemplate big life questions
20. Get tattoo #2
21. Learn to do my hair in a few different ways
22. Learn some cool makeup techniques
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24. Get my other wisdom tooth out
25. Stop saying “yeah” instead of “yes”
26. Visit a dermatologist and get checked for skin cancer
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28. Get a hot stone massage
29. Stop drinking soda altogether
30. Buy a pair of false eyelashes and try them out
31. Dye my hair something completely different from what I’ve done before
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32. Take at least 2 dance classes (2/2)
33. Train to run a 5k
34. Go skiing
35. Learn to play tennis
36. Buff up my arms
37. Kayak in 2 new rivers (0/2)
38. Start a fitness journal (keep it for at least 3 months)
39. Join a gym with a pool and use it
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40. See all of Shakespeare’s plays (5/37)
41. See 2 more Broadway shows (0/2)
42. Improve upon my Spanish skills
43. Go see an opera
44. Go to the ballet
45. See ten concerts that do not include Flogging Molly (3/10)
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46. Read Lord of the Rings trilogy (0/3)
47. Read all of LM Montgomery’s books (9/32)
48. Read The People’s History of the United States
49. Read 1001 Nights
50. Join a book club
51. Read the rest of John Irving’s (5/13)
52. Read 50 nonfiction books (43/50)
53. Read all shelf-sitters and pass them along
Creativity
54. Sew a dress for myself
55. Make a hat
56. Write a short story and submit it for publication somewhere
57. Draw in my sketchbook every day for two months
58. Make secret project for 3 families (3/3)
59. Do the 365 days project
60. Become proficient in Photoshop
61. Enter something fabulously strange in the fair
62. Do something creative every day for a month
63. Sew a quilt
64. Knit myself a scarf
65. Paint 50 paintings (2/50)
66. Learn calligraphy
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67. Volunteer for pro-choice charity
68. Volunteer for an environmental group
Cooking
69. Try 10 new ice cream recipes (2/10)
70. Make bread from scratch 5 times (3/5)
71. Try 20 new fruits & veggies (3/20)
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Have a dinner party
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Decided against the clutter.
92. Have a respectable amount of wine in my wine rack
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106. Read all the Newberry award winner books. (10/86)
107. Read 30 Booker Prize nominated books. (2/30)
108. Stop whining.
109. Hold a fundraiser for a charity besides the one I work for.
110. Do a handstand.
111. Ride a city bus.
112. Submit 12 entries to The Sun Literary Magazine's "Readers Write" section.
113. Build a terrarium.
114.
Find an awesome red lipstick. (stolen from spacebeaver.)
115. Take two fitness classes. (1/2)
116. Fix dining room table.
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117. Paint bedroom.
118. Fix porch.
119. Paint dining room.
120. Paint living room.
121. Plant pretty things in front of the porch.
122. Pretty up the fireplace.
123. Have light installed in bedroom closet.
124. Get shower fixture put in.
125. Take out concrete in backyard.
126. Plant outside of back fence.
127. Paint upstairs hallway.
128. Put new siding on house.
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