fidgiegirl in 2008

2008, so far, is 98% worth living.

In 2005, fidgiegirl did 41 things, went 25 places, met 0 people, and consumed 21 products.

Years: 2006 | 2007 | 2008
Months: All Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug

January

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Wash my dishes immediately after using them — completed about 1 month later
  2. make another dog bed cover — completed 3 months later
  3. walk the dog for at least an hour a day
  4. graze less at work — completed 4 months later
  5. finish my Mexico scrapbook
  6. drink more water
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Buy more organic food — Worth doing!
  2. Get through the Caribbean Restaurant celebration — Worth doing!
  3. Make a bed for my dog — Worth doing!
  4. do my taxes — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. El Burrito Mercado — Worth visiting!

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February

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Organize a Minnesota group trip to FLESFest in WI — completed 2 days later
  2. Join the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library — completed 27 days later
  3. start an online business
  4. Have an organized and efficient move — completed about 1 month later
  5. Do my spring class justice — completed 2 months later
  6. pay for my ESL practica in cash
  7. Start my own business
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. vote on 5 February 2008 - Super Tuesday !
  2. make a blog about free and cheap stuff in the Twin Cities — Worth doing!
  3. get new tires — Worth doing!
  4. Thursday night: catch up with my reading in my hard book — Worth doing!
  5. Wash my dishes immediately after using them — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. convert my VHS tapes to DVD
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Isle Royale National Park — visited 5 months later
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Spirit River Nature Area — Worth visiting!

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March

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Fix up my bike — completed about 1 month later
  2. Always have a book on hand that I really want to be reading — completed 3 months later
  3. Post to my blog at least every week
  4. Join a Co-op
  5. walk 10,000 steps every day
  6. learn Swedish
  7. Pay cash for Hawaii
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Organize a Minnesota group trip to FLESFest in WI — Worth doing!
  2. relax a little about my 43 Things — Worth doing!
  3. pay off my credit card — Worth doing!
  4. Take a moment each day to notice that I love my life — Worth doing!
  5. save enough for my Mexico vacation — Worth doing!
  6. give more cheers than i receive — Worth doing!
  7. start a travel fund — Worth doing!
  8. pay for the remainder of my masters degree in cash or scholarships — Worth doing!
  9. Join the Friends of the St. Paul Public Library
  10. patronize local businesses as much as possible — Worth doing!
  11. practice discardia — Worth doing!
  12. XC ski as much as possible this winter — Worth doing!
  13. DO SOMETHING FUN TOMORROW!
  14. own fewer, better things — Worth doing!
  15. Have an organized and efficient move — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. finish my photo contributions to the REALIA project
  2. put up 5 things for sale on www.teacherspayteachers.com
  3. start an online business
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Hawai'i
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Black Bear Casino — Not worth visiting
  2. Betty's Pies — Worth visiting!
Read:
  1. The Great Gatsby — Worth consuming!
  2. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time — Worth consuming!
  3. Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
  4. Discussion Course on Voluntary Simplicity
Watched:
  1. Babel — Worth consuming!
  2. Maxed Out — Worth consuming!
  3. Atonement (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!

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April

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Plan my ESL practica
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. always Assume Positive Intentions — Worth doing!
  2. Eat more fruits and vegetables — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. bike or walk to anywhere within two miles of my home

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May

Added to 43 Things:
  1. try geocaching
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Do my spring class justice — Worth doing!
  2. make another dog bed cover — Worth doing!
  3. Fix up my bike — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. learn to crochet
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Frontenac State Park — Worth visiting!
  2. Bear Head Lake State Park
  3. Soudan Underground Mine State Park — Worth visiting!
Read:
  1. Understanding by Design (2nd Edition) (ASCD) — Worth consuming!
  2. Task-based Language Learning and Teaching (Oxford Applied Linguistics) — Worth consuming!
  3. Under the Banner of Heaven — Worth consuming!
  4. The Five-Minute Linguist — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Juno (Single-Disc Edition) — Worth consuming!
  2. Dan in Real Life — Worth consuming!
  3. Walk Hard: the Dewey Cox Story

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June

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Go to Svenskarnas Dag at Minnehaha Park on June 22
  2. Make my goal list more of a list of goals, things that make me reach and stretch and improve, and less of a to-do list
  3. Read the Bible
  4. Play mini golf at the Walker Art Center
  5. live in the moment
  6. Enjoy both my Grandmothers and see them as much as I can
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Always have a book on hand that I really want to be reading — Worth doing!
  2. buy as much as possible secondhand — Worth doing!
  3. graze less at work
  4. learn to cook our family favorites — Worth doing!
  5. make more cloth pads — Worth doing!
  6. Finish my independent project! — Worth doing!
  7. floss daily — Worth doing!
  8. earn my masters degree — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. walk the dog for at least an hour a day
  2. Scrapbook once a month
  3. create an electronic portfolio
  4. make a pie from scratch
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. New York City — Worth visiting!
  2. Central Park — Worth visiting!
  3. Times Square — Worth visiting!
  4. Statue Of Liberty National Monument — Worth visiting!
  5. Empire State Building — Worth visiting!
  6. Manhattan — Worth visiting!
  7. Metropolitan Museum Of Art — Worth visiting!
  8. American Museum Of Natural History — Worth visiting!
  9. Guggenheim Museum — Worth visiting!
  10. Queens — Worth visiting!
  11. Queens Botanical Garden — Worth visiting!
  12. Flushing — Worth visiting!
  13. Ellis Island — Worth visiting!
Read:
  1. Bold Spirit: Helga Estby's Forgotten Walk Across Victorian America — Worth consuming!
  2. One Hundred Years of Solitude (P.S.) — Worth consuming!
  3. Canoeing with the Cree — Worth consuming!
  4. Ask a Mexican — Worth consuming!

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July

Added to 43 Things:
  1. do yoga again
  2. go to sweden
  3. Find the most awesome slow-cooker recipe book ever and obtain it
  4. create
  5. Plan a marching band reunion!
  6. do
  7. Dream about all the things I will be able to do when I am debt free
  8. Figure out how to do the online postage/carrier pickup thing for my online sales
  9. work on my snowball with "gazelle intensity"
  10. eat more vegetables
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. spend less than I earn — Worth doing!
  2. save for big ticket items — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Go to Svenskarnas Dag at Minnehaha Park on June 22
  2. Use my DivaCup more often
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Washington, D.C. — Worth visiting!
  2. Rock Island State Park — Worth visiting!
  3. Washington Island
  4. Cecil's — Worth visiting!
Read:
  1. Craft, Inc.: Turn Your Creative Hobby into a Business — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Death at a Funeral (2pc) (Full Ws Dub Sub Ac3) — Worth consuming!

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August

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Drive the Lake Superior Circle Tour
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Renew my commitment to frugality — Worth doing!
  2. plan meals in advance — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Isle Royale National Park — Worth visiting!
Read:
  1. Distant Fires — Worth consuming!

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