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"When I was a little girl, I remember an old faded print on my uncle's wall, showing a string of camels around a desert with a palm spring. I've always wanted to travel and see that place. To see the Taj Mahal, the pillars of Karnak. I want to know, not just believe, that the world is round. But I can never do it on a teacher's salary."

Katherine Brooke

That quote has always resonated with ...

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FAVORITE LISTOGRAPHY MENTIONS
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kelly books (to read (2024))
EstroJen Brews (India Pale Ale - lifetime)
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  • Finish painting the laundry room
  • Have sink faucet handles fixed.
    • Bathroom
    • Kitchen
  • House decluttered
  • Vacuum all upholstered furniture
  • Decorate patio w/ fairy lights, etc.
  • Get plants/flowers for the patio
  • Make Memory Quilt (J)
    • Buy Interfacing.
  • Make Memory Quilt (M)
    • Buy Interfacing.
  • Mail out parcels
    • April S.
    • Amber N.
    • Cheryl J.
    • Rebecca F.
jun 15 2010 ∞
jan 16 2011 +
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In no particular order :

  • Hairspray
  • The Polar Express
  • Into the Woods
  • Wanted
  • Camelot
  • The Princess Bride
  • Enchanted
  • Don Juan DeMarco
  • National Treasure
  • Men of Honor
  • Indecent Proposal
  • Moulin Rouge
  • Titanic
  • The Bridges of Madison County
jun 17 2010 ∞
aug 28 2010 +
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  • F*R*I*E*N*D*S
  • Survivor
  • Hell's Kitchen
  • The Big Bang Theory
  • Two and a Half Men
  • Glee
  • The Mentalist
  • I Love Lucy
  • How I Met Your Mother
jun 21 2010 ∞
aug 28 2010 +
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  • Read (at least) 52 books in 2011
    • Any genre counts but they CANNOT be related to work
    • Maybe by letters of the alphabet (?)
  • Bookcross out the books that will not be re-read/kept
    • Organize our bookshelves
    • Purchase a NOOKcolor
  • Genealogical Research
    • Attend to DAR membership research, first
    • Attend DAR meetings
    • Go to the Family History library
    • Get a Family Tree software program
  • WRITING PROJECT FINISHED
    • I'll break down the steps of that, later
  • Do not continue to put my wishes/needs/thoughts and desires last
dec 29 2010 ∞
feb 20 2011 +
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Theater

  • The Karate Kid
  • Eclipse (Opens June 30)

DVD

  • Hachi: A Dog's Tale
  • The Shawshank Redemption
  • 1776
  • By the People: The Election of Barack Obama
jun 17 2010 ∞
jul 18 2010 +
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  • American History
  • Archaeology
  • Cooking and Baking
  • Collage
  • English History
  • Genealogy
  • Movies
  • Photography
  • Reading
  • Renaissance England
  • Renaissance Era
  • Roanoke/The Lost Colony
  • Scrapbooking
  • Travel
jun 15 2010 ∞
aug 28 2010 +
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  • Porch
    • Get plants and flowers
    • Get fairy-lights
    • Have D. make a table for iron piece
    • Paint/Seal metal unit for plants
  • Living Room
    • Steamclean Carpets
    • Purchase fold away bed/sofa
    • Paint walls
aug 28 2010 ∞
jan 16 2011 +
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  • We are men of action, lies do not become us. (_The Princess Bride_)
  • Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something. (_The Princess Bride_)
  • Have fun storming the castle! (_The Princess Bride_)
  • I'm disinclined to acquiesce to your request. Means "no". (PotC)
  • Now... bring me that horizon. (PotC)
  • Every man has a price he will willingly accept, even for what he hoped never to sell. (PotC2)
  • It's not just about living forever, Jackie. The trick is still living with yourself forever. (PotC3)
  • You add an agreeable sense of the macabre to any delirium. (PotC3)
  • Careful before you say, 'Listen to me.' Children will listen. (_Into the Woods_)
  • I was raised to be charming, not sincere....
jun 16 2010 ∞
jun 17 2010 +