Life Lessons 101: Books #16 and #17

Monday, February 23, 2009

Books #16 and #17

#16. "A Single Thread" by Marie Bostwick - Cheesy, but a very quick read and it'll make you feel good.

#17. "The Man Who Planted Trees" by Jean Giono - Very short and sweet. It'll make YOU want to plant trees!

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101 in 1001 List #3

Ask someone out - COMPLETE 5/11/2012
Crochet socks - COMPLETED 7/3/2012
Complete a 1000 piece puzzle - COMPLETED 7/15/2012
Attend my 20-Year HS reunion looking stunning - COMPLETED 9/29/2012
Do brunch - COMPLETED 12/1/2012
Get asked for my phone number - COMPLETED 12/4/2012
Do something fun at 12:12 on 12/12/12 - COMPLETED 12/12/12
Go to a roller derby match - COMPLETED 12/29/2012
Win more than $10 on a lottery ticket - COMPLETED 1/18/2013
Do something fun and fabulous for my 40th birthday - COMPLETED 9/7/2013
Have $xxx,xxx in my 401k plan - COMPLETED 9/18/2013
Answer 100 questions from Proust.com (54/100)
Ask 3 people what their favorite movie is and watch it with them (0/3)
Attend a family reunion
Attend a late night movie premiere
Attend a spinning class
Attend Trivia night at a pub
Build a sand castle
Complete 3 incomplete items from List #1 (1/3)
Complete 3 incomplete items from List #2 (2/3)
Complete a coloring book
Complete the 100 Snapshots list #2 (0/100)
Create an inspiration board
Crochet something for charity
Decorate my bedroom in a way that is totally me
Do 3 minutes of stretching each day
Do the 200 sit-ups challenge (www.twohundredsitups.com)
Dress up in a homemade costume every Halloween
Eat at 10 new restaurants (7/10)
Eat no fast food for a month
Feed an animal at the zoo
Fold 1000 paper cranes (955/1000)
Get a tattoo
Get up without hitting the snooze button for one week
Give a 100% tip
Go on 10 first dates (3/10)
Go on 5 second dates (1/5)
Go on 2 third dates (1/2)
Go on a scavenger hunt
Go to Burning Man
Go to the ballet
Go to the opera
Have a maid service come in and clean 3 times (0/3)
Hike 5 miles of the Appalachian Trail
Host a game night
Join Roberts Park UMC
Kiss someone at midnight on New Years
Kiss someone in the rain
Kiss someone under the mistletoe
Lay at the edge of the water on a beach and let the tide wash over me
Learn how to decorate a cake
Learn to make one really great appetizer
Learn to make one really great dessert
Learn to make one really great entrée
Learn to make one really great salad
Learn to play 3 songs on the guitar (0/3)
Learn to play 3 songs on the piano (0/3)
Learn to roll sushi
Learn to swim under water without holding my nose
Make 3 things from www.instructables.com (0/3)
Make a 100-song play list that I never get tired of listening to (0/100)
Make a list of 10 great things about me and post it somewhere I'll see it (0/10)
Make a pie on Pi day (March 14th)
Make a video about a day in my life
Make homemade doughnuts
Make pasta
Meet someone famous
Paint a picture and hang it in my house
Participate in 4 breast cancer fundraising events (0/4)
Participate in 6 Devour Downtown menus (0/6)
Participate in a mini-triathlon
Participate in Project 333
Ride in a gondola
Ride my motorcycle across the Mackinac Bridge
Sew a dress and wear it
Sew a shirt and wear it
Sew a skirt and wear it
Sew some pants and wear them
Spend a day at the beach
Spend a day in the desert
Spend a day in the mountains
Spend no more than $8/day on food for the entire 1001 days ($293/$8,008)
Start a birthday tradition
Take a 1000+ mile road trip
Take a photo in the capital of each US state (1/50)
Take a photo of the same place every month for year and then turn it into a calendar for the next year
Take a vacation by myself for at least 2 days at least 100 miles from home
Throw a Cinco De Mayo Party
Throw a New Year's Eve party
Throw a Superbowl Party
Throw away all of my underwear and start again
Unplug for a weekend
Use the Wii once a week (0/143)
Visit 26 cities - one for each letter of the alphabet and take a photo by a sign with the city name on it (0/26)
Visit 3 National Parks/Monuments/Historic Sites/etc (0/3)
Walk Sasha an average of 20 minutes every day
Watch 26 movies I've not seen (1 for each letter of the alphabet) (4/26)
Watch the sun rise and set in the same day
Write Madi a note every week (0/143)
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Books #16 and #17

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