fidgiegirl in 2007
2007 was 97% worth living.
In 2005, fidgiegirl
did 50 things,
went 69 places,
met 1 person, and
consumed 18 products.
January
Added to 43 Things:
- walk 10,000 steps a day — completed 8 months later
- create an electronic portfolio
Completed on 43 Things:
- get a pedometer — Worth doing!
- Give 700 cheers — Worth doing!
- Donate to my public radio station — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
- Tettegouche State Park — visited about 1 month later
Visited on 43 Places:
- Riverview Theater — Worth visiting!
- Minnesota — Worth visiting!
- Yucatán (State) — Worth visiting!
- San Luis Potosí (State) — Worth visiting!
- Oaxtepec — Worth visiting!
- Jardín Borda — Worth visiting!
- Palacio de Cortés — Worth visiting!
- Arizona — Worth visiting!
- California — Worth visiting!
- Colorado — Worth visiting!
- Illinois — Worth visiting!
- Indiana
- Michigan — Worth visiting!
- Montana — Worth visiting!
- Nebraska
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
- lilyfairy — met about 1 month later
Watched:
- Freedom Writers — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
- pedometer — Worth consuming!
- cross-country ski boots — Worth consuming!
- ski poles — Worth consuming!
- new winter coat — Worth consuming!
- a new album for my outdoor adventures — Worth consuming!
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February
Added to 43 Things:
- clarify and promote my Girl Scout program — completed 5 months later
- Get GlobalEdo up and running! — completed 9 months later
- Start and maintain a Price Book — completed 10 months later
- put up 5 things for sale on www.teacherspayteachers.com
Completed on 43 Things:
- stay grateful — Worth doing!
- spend less time on the internet — Worth doing!
- give 800 cheers! — Worth doing!
- purge and sell/give away my books — Worth doing!
- maintain at least $1,000 emergency fund — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
- Lebanon Hills Regional Park — Worth visiting!
- Duluth — Worth visiting!
- Canal Park — Worth visiting!
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March
Added to 43 Things:
Completed on 43 Things:
- Make my own webpage — Worth doing!
- make and use cloth menstrual pads — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
Visited on 43 Places:
- Tettegouche State Park — Worth visiting!
- New Scenic Café — Worth visiting!
- The Depot — Worth visiting!
- Gooseberry Falls State Park — Worth visiting!
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
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April
Added to 43 Things:
- clean out the boxes in my basement — completed 2 months later
- clean out my course papers — completed 6 months later
- clean out all my bookmarks at home and school and tag on del.icio.us — completed 8 months later
- convert my VHS tapes to DVD
- practice discardia — completed 11 months later
Completed on 43 Things:
- get in shape — Worth doing!
- walk daily — Worth doing!
- increase the payment amount on my undergraduate student loans — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
- Kettle River
- Root River — visited 2 months later
- Sunrise River
Visited on 43 Places:
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May
Added to 43 Things:
- Learn digital scrapbooking — completed 3 months later
- Use my DivaCup more often
Completed on 43 Things:
- train my dog — Worth doing!
- learn to cook wholesome foods — Worth doing!
- try shopping at the co-op — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
Added to 43 Places:
Visited on 43 Places:
- Brit's Pub — Worth visiting!
- Querétaro (City) — Worth visiting!
- Minnehaha Creek — Worth visiting!
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June
Added to 43 Things:
Completed on 43 Things:
- clean out the boxes in my basement — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
- Nerstrand Big Woods State Park — Worth visiting!
- Fasika Restaurant — Worth visiting!
- St. Paul Farmers Market — Worth visiting!
- Father Hennepin State Park — Not worth visiting
- Mille Lacs Kathio State Park — Worth visiting!
- Sea Salt — Worth visiting!
- Turtle Bread — Worth visiting!
- Minnehaha Falls — Worth visiting!
- Chaing Mai Thai — Worth visiting!
Read:
- Cesar's Way: The Natural, Everyday Guide to Understanding and Correcting Common Dog Problems — Worth consuming!
- Root Beer Lady — Worth consuming!
Watched:
- A Fish Called Wanda — Worth consuming!
- Hitch (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
- West Side Story
- Team America: World Police — Worth consuming!
- Killing Me Softly (R-Rated Edition)
- Children of a Lesser God — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
- digital camera — Worth consuming!
- ski rack for car — Worth consuming!
- circle cutters — Worth consuming!
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July
Visited on 43 Places:
- Cannon River — Worth visiting!
- Cannon Falls Canoe And Bike — Worth visiting!
- Root River — Worth visiting!
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August
Added to 43 Things:
- send lilyfairy one job lead a day until she finds something that makes her happier
- make some plastic bag holders — completed 2 months later
- Make a bed for my dog — completed 5 months later
- finish my photo contributions to the REALIA project
- make more cloth pads — completed 10 months later
- make a pie from scratch
Completed on 43 Things:
- Learn digital scrapbooking — Worth doing!
- Write a CV — Worth doing!
- clarify and promote my Girl Scout program — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
- State Street — Worth visiting!
- Madison — Worth visiting!
- Ely — Worth visiting!
- The Chocolate Moose
- Forestville / Mystery Cave State Park — Worth visiting!
- Lanesboro — Worth visiting!
- Door County — Worth visiting!
Marked as failed on 43 Places:
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September
Added to 43 Things:
- read Your Money or Your Life (YMOYL) again — completed 2 months later
- Buy more organic food — completed 3 months later
- pay for the remainder of my masters degree in cash or scholarships — completed 6 months later
- patronize local businesses as much as possible — completed 6 months later
- buy as much as possible secondhand — completed 8 months later
- find some outstanding resources about socially responsible investing
- drive less — completed 11 months later
- shop, spend and invest ethically
Completed on 43 Things:
- license my dog — Worth doing!
- go camping — Worth doing!
- clean up my 43things — Worth doing!
- Give 1000 cheers — Worth doing!
- buy a digital camera — Worth doing!
- walk 10,000 steps a day — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
Visited on 43 Places:
- Minnesota River Valley National Wildlife Refuge — Worth visiting!
Consumed:
- tennis shoes — Worth consuming!
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October
Added to 43 Things:
- draft my lit review this weekend — completed 13 days later
- relax a little about my 43 Things — completed 4 months later
- Scrapbook once a month
Completed on 43 Things:
- clean out my course papers — Worth doing!
- release a bookcrossing book — Worth doing!
- track my spending — Worth doing!
- do *all* the laundry — Worth doing!
- Finish mending my clothes — Worth doing!
- graduate from college — Worth doing!
- get a passport — Worth doing!
- see the northern lights — Worth doing!
- Get renter's insurance — Worth doing!
- go to my 10 year high school reunion — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
- Wild River State Park — Worth visiting!
- Glensheen Mansion — Worth visiting!
- Jay Cooke State Park — Worth visiting!
- Valu Thrift — Worth visiting!
- Neighborhood Café
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November
Added to 43 Things:
Completed on 43 Things:
- draft my lit review this weekend
- see the grand canyon — Worth doing!
- read Your Money or Your Life (YMOYL) again
- make some plastic bag holders — Worth doing!
- appreciate my family — Worth doing!
- contest my parking ticket — Not worth doing
- Get GlobalEdo up and running! — Worth doing!
- Attend a performance of "A Prairie Home Companion" — Worth doing!
- Take a day this week to go sit at my favorite coffee shop, buy a large whole-milk caramel steamer, and dream up some summer travel adventures — Worth doing!
- make a list of what I get done on vacation so I don't feel like I wasted it away or something — Worth doing!
- Use up some of the food in my pantry — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
Added to 43 Places:
- Al's Breakfast — visited 28 days later
Visited on 43 Places:
- The Hope Chest — Worth visiting!
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December
Added to 43 Things:
- Get through the Caribbean Restaurant celebration — completed 11 days later
- XC ski as much as possible this winter — completed 2 months later
- plan meals in advance — completed 7 months later
Completed on 43 Things:
- Start and maintain a Price Book — Not worth doing
- Remember birthdays and send cards — Worth doing!
- clean out all my bookmarks at home and school and tag on del.icio.us — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
- Al's Breakfast — Worth visiting!
- Banning State Park — Worth visiting!
