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I've sworn that I was going to edit my 40x40 list and remove knitting. I have no time. I am not at all crafty. And, it sounded really boring. But, thanks to a friend and one long dance competition weekend, I had the time and nothing else to do. So, I began.

I decided that I would need supplies, so the night before the big day I went to my local craft store to get yarn and needles. I found an incredibly intimidating aisle of things that I had no idea how to use. I took advice fr

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I love to read. I can spend an entire day lost in a book. That does not include instruction manuals, however. Especially excluded are technical instruction manuals. That being said, in an attempt at being an independent woman of the world, I am determined to learn how to get the videos and pictures out of the camera all by myself. I should disclose here that I still have not read the technical manual, because it was boring. I tried. I couldn't get past all of the words that sounded technical. I… Continue

I have totally neglected the rest of my list as I am working on learning to speak Spanish. If I had thought about this harder, I would have made the tasks simplier. But, I suppose that wouldn't be as fulfiling. I still cannot formulate complete sentences (except for the 1), but an learning many new words all of the time. This week my task is to find a Spanish Language children's book. I am hoping to practice reading that. And, I am going to DVR my new favorite show (that I don't understand), "Cu… Continue

Feeling like with 3 lessons in Spanish under my belt, I could understand conversations in Spanish. So, I decided to watch a Spanish Language Soap Opera. I wanted to see if I could understand the basic concepts and story line. Turns out, I can't. Fun to try though.

On another note... #3 is 365 days away from completion. I sent Emily a Birthday gift on time!!!! It has to be 2 years in a row to count for the list, but I am well on the way.

Next: financing my list. I think I need to budget for all… Continue

I started working on the list. It turns out that many of my items will take a great deal of time. But, progress is progress. I started the computerized Spanish class and learned 1 new word. (The lesson was longer, but I knew all of the other words from High School Spanish.)

Here's to learning something new.