December 2010
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50x50--Goal 31--2 down.
Goal 31-Take 50 photos that I absolutely love.
Yeah, don’t ask—I have no earthly idea why I love this photo. I have no idea why I even took this photo through the bathroom window. I mean who wants to see a screen in their photo, right? But I loved the atmosphere outside—it was yet another gloomy overcast afternoon, but the sun was trying so hard to make it’s presence...
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50x50--Goal 50--2 down.
Goal 50-Have sex in 50 different places.
I still cannot believe I let Rich talk me into this one. It’s not the goal I mind, it’s the updating it that is mortifying.
(Complete list with progress here.)
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50x50--Goal 31--1 down.
Goal 31-Take 50 photos I absolutely love.
When I made my list, I specified that the photos didn’t have to technically perfect or anything like that. I’m far too poor a photographer to pull that off. No, this is just about photos I LOVE, for whatever reason.
So why do I love this photo so much (despite the red eyes :P )…well, I guess it’s that handsome little face with...
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50x50--Goal 13--1 down.
Goal 13-Drink 50 different mixed drinks and/or wines.
Irish Creme on the rocks. Yeah, I realize this isn’t exactly “mixed,” I’m counting it anyway. What I really meant was any alcoholic drink that wasn’t beer. Anyway, this one is really too easy, as I drink it quite often. Makes a lovely nightcap as I sit in bed and read.
(Complete list with progress here.)
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50x50--Goal 7--1 down.
Goal 7-Make 50 donations to charity.
While the way I worded this goal doesn’t preclude me from counting the same charity more than once, I’ve decided that I want to make it 50 different charities. Thus, though we’ve sent money to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital more than once in the past couple months (once through sponsoring a dear friend participating in a run...
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50x50--Goal 19--5, 6, and 7 down.
Goal 19-Feed 50 different people in our home.
I had actually forgotten all about this goal, and thus didn’t get photos of actual eating going on. But nonetheless, I did feed these three over Christmas. My mom. My dad. And my brother. It is tradition that they come spend Christmas with us each year, arriving late in the morning of Christmas Eve and leaving the afternoon following...
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50x50--Goal 16--4 down.
Goal 16-Bake 50 different kinds of cookies.
M&M Cookies. Possibly Rich’s favorite kind of cookie of all. And the kids all love them, too. I don’t particularly care for them—which makes them one of my favorite kinds to bake because they’re easy to resist. And face it, I need to resist as many cookies as possible. :P
Since they’re pretty much standard fare, I...
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50x50--Goal 40--2 down.
Goal 40-Read a book set in each of the 50 states.
Yep, Dash & Lily’s Book of Dares fills in the New York slot. And it fills it in so happily. As in, I positively adored this book!!!
For me, it was the perfect feel good book. Perfect. Not because it was just a big happyfest—it wasn’t. In fact, I thought it did an amazing job of being real. And face it, real life...
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50x50--Goal 48--4 down.
Afraid I couldn’t find a video for this one, but the most recent song I’ve downloaded by a new-to-me artist is Northern Sky by Nick Drake. This time I have Chris to thank. And it’s really funny…as Nick Drake is much closer to “my era” than Chris’s. I honestly can’t believe I never heard of Nick Drake before—I would have absolutely adored him as...
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50x50--Goal 16--3 down.
Goal 16-Bake 50 different kinds of cookies.
Crack Cookies. I originally found this recipe in a scrapbooking magazine ages ago. Someone had it on a layout, which luckily was photographed large enough to read…because I would hate to think about life without these cookies in them. :P Rich and I both count these among our favorite cookies in the world. As to why they’re called Crack...
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50x50--Goal 46--1 down.
Goal 46-Read an article from 50 different magazines.
***Okay, these update posts are obviously not going to write themselves as I’ve been hoping for the past couple months, so I guess I’m going to have to do them myself. I’d really like to get caught up before the new year begins, but I do realize this means an inundation of posts that don’t mean much to anyone but me....
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I won’t lie—life with a teenage daughter is not 100% easy 100% of the time. But then when is life with *anyone* 100% easy 100% of the time? Yeah, never. But this beautiful kiddo here—how very lucky I am that I get to be her mom.
Yep, she’s moody. Nope, she’s not big on cleaning her room. Yep, she can push her brothers’ buttons. But…
Damn. This kid...
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Finally read this today. It broke my heart in ways I don’t even know how to explain. Especially for all the women for whom this is a true story.
And in that way that one book sometimes leads to another, I now *really* want to start reading The Private War of Mrs. Packard. And perhaps I shall…
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I am so ridiculously spoiled...
Yep, here’s the post where I show off all my new books, so I can update the blame game.
(I apologize if the pictures are blurry. I got new glasses. As in “real” glasses. I had to start using reading glasses a few years back, but now I’ve moved on to bifocals. Just saying that word makes me feel old. But the fact is, I’m having a horrible time adjusting to...
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never thought I'd say it...
But I think for the first time in my life I’m actually glad that Christmas is over. Just saying that makes me sad, but I’m not going to dwell on it. I’ve no one but myself to blame for making this Christmas such a stressful experience. Nope, instead of dwelling on it, I’m just going to make it a priority to change things next year.
Of course it’s out of my control if...
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a blame game update
So once again taking time to post something here seems a rather unproductive way to spend my time when there are so many seemingly more urgent things that need done. But in actuality, this is productive. Because I really need to get our bedroom decluttered, cleaned, and decorated for Christmas. And one step in that is getting rid of this huge stack of books sitting here beside the computer. I...
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Posting on tumblr is so not what I should be doing...
So, anyone else in “the land of Christmas crazy”? Not sure what’s wrong with me, but I’m managing to suck way too much joy out of the season with ridiculously long to-do lists and unattainable visions of perfection. How does overdoing everything to the point that I don’t even have time to talk to my friends even make sense?!! Not to mention that I’m just so...
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50x50--Goal 1--1 down/Goal 39--2 down.
Goal 1—Try 50 things I’m reluctant to try.
Goal 39—Read 50 classics.
Yep, I’m using it for both. Perhaps that makes me a cheater, but hey, it’s my list, right? Anyway, I used this for goal 1, because Virginia Woolf has long scared the living daylights out of me. And truth be told, I likely wouldn’t have read this had it not been for school. But the whole...
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