I went as candy corn to the wedding reception in Milwaukee this weekend. Here are a couple of pictures:
Reaching out from the void
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Tuesday, November 06, 2007
Candy Corn!
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Things to Do Before July 14, 2009
- 1. Volunteer to do a clean up activity with an environmental group (at a park, nature trail, beach, etc. (2/23/08) Clean-up with Arlingtonians for a Clean Environment
- 2. Go scuba diving (11/25/08) Discover Scuba dives with Summer Salt in Playas del Coco, Costa Rica
- 3. Go camping and build a campfire (07/21/2007) Mathews Arm Campground, Skyline Drive, Shenandoah National Park
- 4. Write a song
- 5. Go canoeing Went river tubing (08/16/08)
- 6. Visit either Mexico or the Caribbean
- 7. Go to the eye doctor (4/22/08) and see if I can get Lasik surgery on my left eye
- 8. Bake a pie (11/19/2007) Baked one pumpkin pie and one sweet potato pie
- 9. Organize the files on my computer better and make sure important files are backed-up on Jake’s external hard drive (2/22/08) Jake finishes backing up files for me and clears off my hard drive.
- 10. Donate my hair to Locks of Love (9/24/07)- Donated to Pantene's Beautiful Lengths instead
- 11. Get another job (11/26/07) Started new job at Pal-tech.
- 12. Beat Jake playing pool (7/11/07)This took 10 games...I finally beat him because he accidentally knocked the 8-ball in the pocket.
- 13. Take a skiing class (1/19/08)
- 14. Learn to tell five more good jokes ( Leper Hockey)
- 15. Go on my honeymoon (November 2008- trip to Costa Rica)
- 16. Sing karaoke in a bar in the DC Metro area (February 2009- Flying Fish restaurant, Christine's Bachelorette party)
- 17. Gain the upper body strength to do a pull-up
- 18. Stop being overweight and stay that way
- 19. Hike the trail to the biggest waterfall in Shenandoah (07/21/2007) It was dry out and didn't really get to see much of anything, but I got out to the point where it is...and heard it dribbling...
- 20. Make a homemade pizza (9/24/07)
- 21. Get a pet dog (3/28/09) Adopted Lainey through HART.
- 22. Buy a house, townhouse, or condo (10/17/08)- Settlement date on our house near Bailey's Crossroads
- 23. Read at least an average of a book a month (only entire books count). 1. Ishmael by Daniel Quinn (6/26/07) 2. The Food Revolution by John Robbins (7/26/07)3. God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything by Christopher Hitchens (8/11/07) 4. The Gospel of Food: Everything You Think You Know About Food is Wrong by Barry Glassner (8/19/07) 5. The Assault on Reason by Al Gore (8/23/2007) 6. Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War by Joe Bageant (9/02/07) 7. A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut (9/18/07) 8 . The Wishbones by Tom Perrotta (11/07/07)9. The Paradox of Choice: Why Less is More by Barry Schwartz (12/16/2007) 10. What to Eat by Marion Nestle (12/31/07) 11. Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris (1/6/08) 12. The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting the Life you Want by Sonja Lyubomirsky 13. In Defense of Food by Michael Pollan (1/28/08) 14. Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely (3/30/08) 15. Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer(6/2/08) 16. The Lost Continent by Bill Bryson (6/17/08) 17. Wikinomics: How mass collaboration changes everything by Don Tapscott and Anthony D. Williams (7/7/08) 18. Change or Die by Alan Deutschman (7/16/08) 19. The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner (07/27/08)20. When you are engulfed in flames by David Sedaris (08/16/08) 21. Sway by Rom and Ori Brafman (9/18/08) 22. Nudge by Richard Thaler & Cass Sunstein (9/29/08) 23. The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation by Drew Westen (11/3/08) 24. The Third Chimpanzee by Jarod Diamond (11/29/08)25. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (1/30/09)26. The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives by Leonard Mlodinow (2/23/09) 27. One Nation Under Dog by Michael Schaffer (4/17/09) 28. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (4/28/09) 29. The Life You Can Save by Peter Singer (6/6/09) 30. Little Earthquakes by Jennifer Weiner (06/27/09)
- 24. See at least 5 new states I haven’t visited before 1. Vermont (November 2007) 2. Nevada (June 2008) 3. North Carolina (August 2008) 4. Tennessee (July 2009)
- 25. Throw a dinner party
- 26. See another concert at the Birchmere (08/31/07)- Jonathan Colton and Paul & Storm
- 27. Go hiking in Great Falls (10/08/07)
- 28. Get a professional massage (11/28/08) Swedish massage at Tabacon Hot Springs Spa in Costa Rica
- 29. See a show at the Kennedy Center (1/5/08) Jenny Owen Youngs- free concert on the Millennium Stage
- 30. Blog at least once a month
- 31. Take a photography class Class at Torpedo Factory 9/18/07- 11/14/07
- 32. Visit Monticello (1/20/08)
- 33. Write either my Congressman or Senator at least 3 times about issues I care about (using my own words, not form emails)
- 34. Write a letter to the editor of a newspaper or magazine
- 35. Go to another continent besides North America
- 36. Only buy fair trade coffee for the coffeemaker at home
- 37. Do not eat at McDonalds, Burger King, KFC, or Taco Bell
- 38. Buy a comfortable couch (10/19/08)
- 39. Make Jake go to see a musical with me
- 40. Trace Jake’s and my ancestry at least back to Europe on each side to have a family tree for our children
- 41. Eat vegan for a week (8/5/07- 8/12/07)
- 42. Continue to watch my blood pressure (5/3/08- bought a home blood pressure montior) and keep it down.
- 43. Go through my cupboards and closets and donate everything I don’t use to charity (7/27/07)
- 44. Check out the National Arboretum (9/23/07)
- 45. Write a friendly letter to someone I’ve never met in person and mail it (6/27/07)
- 46. Enter a contest
- 47. Go to a book signing and get a signed copy of a book
- 48. Have at least one good conversation that goes until the wee hours of the morning (4/11/2008)
- 49. Write at least 3 recipes of my own creation 1. Smoked Tomato Pasta (6/8/08) 2. Breakfast potatoes Featured Here (Dec .08)
- 50. Print off and post this list somewhere so I see it nearly everyday and can check off items by hand. (06/22/07)
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