aquamarie in 2008

2008, so far, is 98% worth living.

In 2005, aquamarie did 111 things, went 0 places, met 0 people, and consumed 0 products.

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

January

Added to 43 Things:
  1. get me a pair of skates
  2. log my ideas into a 'new creations' book/journal — completed 5 months later
  3. make a headboard
  4. watch my drink intake and stay away from sugary drinks, even juices, which tend to be packed with sugar and calories — completed 5 months later
  5. work on the girls' chair
  6. work on the Elvis chair — completed 2 months later
  7. things that make me happy — completed 5 months later
  8. finish and like my wall painting — completed 5 months later
  9. Help Julie Jordan Scott Have The Best Birthday Ever On Jan.29th — completed 4 months later
  10. Send to Hauki all the best birthday wishes on February 5, along with the Cheerbomb she deserves!!! — completed 19 days later
  11. find and cooperatively cheer-bomb 43T newbies — completed about 1 month later
  12. Shamelessly ask my 43 friends to help support and sponsor Segsy in the 2008 Take Steps for Crohn's and Colitis Walk. — completed 6 months later
  13. Send my friend something for his birthday because I missed it on Jan. 20th...I suck! — completed 22 days later
  14. Keep Caiti in your thoughts and prayers — completed 7 days later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. donate to coats for kids — Worth doing!
  2. upholster the seat cushion on the blue chair — Worth doing!
  3. pick out a paint color for my next chair — Worth doing!
  4. cook a new meal once a month — Worth doing!
  5. buy a dictionary word calendar, like the one 'howyadoin' mentioned — Worth doing!
  6. let Simon know how much he has been missed when he gets back...oh how i miss him :( — Worth doing!
  7. Watch all of the Die Hard movies — Worth doing!
  8. kill the fly that's been bugging me all day! — Worth doing!
  9. Wish a certain 43ter from New Jersey a Happy Birthday on Jan 18th! — Worth doing!
  10. Wish John Lee A Fantastic Birthday On Jan.20th — Worth doing!
  11. wish the one and only MollieK a Memorable, Positive and Gracious Birthday on January 21 — Worth doing!
  12. Wish Oogyboogawa...God's T-Shirt Man, a T-rific birthday on January 22 — Worth doing!
  13. Cheerbomb the deserving intothebreach — Worth doing!
  14. Wish Mahajoma a New Job, New City, New Beginnings Birthday on January 25! — Worth doing!
  15. wish jaosehl a blooming wonderful, eco-friendly birthday on January 27 — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Get some of those skating tennis shoes like that little boy at the video store had

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February

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Help find Viana Carelli. — completed about 1 month later
  2. light a candle for peace and happiness — completed 14 days later
  3. Run away for the day — completed 3 months later
  4. songs for today
  5. Create a company logo — completed 8 days later
  6. Sit on the beach in S.F. and read "eat, pray, love"
  7. Wish ~*Insanitypending*~ the bestest ever Birthday on Sunday March the 9th!! — completed 12 days later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. be able to click a song that sweeps me away. — Worth doing!
  2. Send to Hauki all the best birthday wishes on February 5, along with the Cheerbomb she deserves!!! — Worth doing!
  3. find and cooperatively cheer-bomb 43T newbies — Worth doing!
  4. Send my friend something for his birthday because I missed it on Jan. 20th...I suck! — Worth doing!
  5. Keep Caiti in your thoughts and prayers — Worth doing!
  6. Wish Fateaccompli a stress free birthday on February 20th! — Worth doing!
  7. Wish Stu a healthy, peaceful, tasteful (but not too-tasteful) birthday on February 18! (With some crazy fun and a few pygmy goats thrown in...) — Worth doing!
  8. Declare 12 Feb-19 Feb Roman de Tirtoff avatar week — Worth doing!
  9. wish Catty259 a purrfectly wonderful belated birthday! — Worth doing!

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March

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Go to the outdoor SXSW concerts Fri or Sat
  2. Thumbs Up! Thumbs Down!
  3. get my wig busted
  4. get a treadmill
  5. start walking until I get my treadmill
  6. Jump for joy on January 20th, 2009, when Bush leaves office.
  7. Go to bat for the "Helpless" people in the "Neighborhood Watch" — completed 2 months later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. let go of the negative — Worth doing!
  2. cut back on what I eat — Worth doing!
  3. thank Simon for the super cheer ..... cuz He is loved so much :) — Worth doing!
  4. work on the Elvis chair — Worth doing!
  5. light a candle for peace and happiness — Worth doing!
  6. Create a company logo — Worth doing!
  7. Wish ~*Insanitypending*~ the bestest ever Birthday on Sunday March the 9th!! — Worth doing!
  8. March 9th to 15th is 80's Avatar Week! — Worth doing!
  9. make March 24 through March 30 "Endangered Animal Avatar Week" — Worth doing!
  10. Cheerbomb the lovely Anne on March 25st to show her how much she's appreciated and to give her support while she's having hard times — Worth doing!
  11. watch "The Secret"
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Go to the outdoor SXSW concerts Fri or Sat

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April

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Start a Buddy Check 12 team here on 43things, in support of Breast Cancer awareness. Do your self-exam the 12th of every month. — completed 2 months later
  2. Elect Barack Obama president
  3. Wish 'howyadoin' a carefree, fun-lovin' and best birthday yet on May 13th, with a spa-treatment and Stoli Doli on the side as she turns "20-10" :) — completed 28 days later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Help find Viana Carelli. — Worth doing!
  2. make my own cherry limeades — Worth doing!
  3. Pay my XM Radio bill so I can start listening again — Worth doing!
  4. watch dexter — Worth doing!
  5. celebrate Simon's one-year 43T anniversary on April 8th — Worth doing!
  6. Shower Nicolasc with lots of good cheers & wish her a fabulous Birthday April 23rd!!! — Worth doing!
  7. wish Girl in the Curl a rockin' birthday on April 22! — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. buy leather or suede material for the seat on my next chair
  2. work on the girls' chair
  3. Thumbs Up! Thumbs Down!
  4. get a treadmill
  5. start walking until I get my treadmill

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May

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Get my ass up on Sundays and go to the U.U. Church
  2. find my happy place — completed 3 months later
  3. These are a few of my favorite things... — completed about 1 month later
  4. ride in a hot air balloon
  5. Take the kids to the drive-in movies — completed about 1 month later
  6. Organize my emails at the end of each day — completed 6 days later
  7. Dictionary.com word of the day
  8. Give Oasis Of Calm big cyber HUGS because we love her — completed 3 days later
  9. Give Gemmword lots of love and hugs — completed about 1 month later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. remember to take my canvas bags when I go shopping — Worth doing!
  2. Wish 'howyadoin' a carefree, fun-lovin' and best birthday yet on May 13th, with a spa-treatment and Stoli Doli on the side as she turns "20-10" :) — Worth doing!
  3. Wish A Whole New Jack a "swimmingly good" birthday on May 5th — Worth doing!
  4. Go to San Francisco...SOON! — Worth doing!
  5. Wish ToddieM a "Foot"-Stompin, "Sole"-fully Delightful Birthday on May 18th — Worth doing!
  6. teach my nephew to ride his bike — Worth doing!
  7. Teach my nephew how to do division — Worth doing!
  8. Help "bluepark" celebrate her Birthday (This Memorial Day Weekend) with Lots of Love (similar to what She bestows on ALL her 43T Friends) — Worth doing!
  9. Declutter my email account — Worth doing!

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June

Added to 43 Things:
  1. post random questions daily and see if anyone plays with me and answers them :) — completed 2 months later
  2. Take the girls and their friends for a weekend getaway — completed about 1 month later
  3. Enter my hot sauce in the 2008 Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival
  4. watch every episode of "Twin Peaks"
  5. make a sundress
  6. Have my mom teach me how to make enchilada sauce
  7. find my niche
  8. Decorate the kitchen with lots of candy-filled jars
  9. go to Key West
  10. live on a tropical island
  11. paint my bedroom wall
  12. grow indoor gardenias
  13. fix my back — completed about 1 month later
  14. be my own best friend — completed about 1 month later
  15. Make a vision board!
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. teach my kids a new word everyday — Worth doing!
  2. Celebrate "Luscious Lip" Avatar Week From 12/6-12/12 — Worth doing!
  3. log my ideas into a 'new creations' book/journal — Worth doing!
  4. watch my drink intake and stay away from sugary drinks, even juices, which tend to be packed with sugar and calories — Worth doing!
  5. things that make me happy — Worth doing!
  6. finish and like my wall painting — Not worth doing
  7. Help Julie Jordan Scott Have The Best Birthday Ever On Jan.29th — Worth doing!
  8. Run away for the day — Worth doing!
  9. Go to bat for the "Helpless" people in the "Neighborhood Watch" — Worth doing!
  10. Start a Buddy Check 12 team here on 43things, in support of Breast Cancer awareness. Do your self-exam the 12th of every month. — Worth doing!
  11. These are a few of my favorite things... — Not worth doing
  12. Take the kids to the drive-in movies — Worth doing!
  13. Organize my emails at the end of each day — Worth doing!
  14. Give Oasis Of Calm big cyber HUGS because we love her — Worth doing!
  15. Celebrate Serenity's "Magical 43" birthday on June 7th with Peace, Light & Love! — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Figure out 10 new and innovative ways to help the homeless/poor/sick/mentally ill/ who the hell ever else ...just help any one that needs help...that does not include simply donating money
  2. Sit on the beach in S.F. and read "eat, pray, love"
  3. get my wig busted
  4. Get my ass up on Sundays and go to the U.U. Church

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July

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.
  2. move — completed 24 days later
  3. + — completed about 1 month later
  4. cheer on CancerFree2003 and encourage EVERYONE to become a registered bone marrow donor — completed about 1 month later
  5. “Have a kick ass body that stops traffic without jumping in front of it”
  6. Get a tattoo
  7. Send a postcard to Trinipriness20
  8. ~* Wish Uncle the most Beautiful, Loving, Tender big birthday bash ever on August 2 *~ — completed 6 days later
  9. Wish Kel a top of the mountain birthday on August 10th, and a year filled with picturesque views. — completed 9 days later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. follow my heart — Worth doing!
  2. learn to haggle like a pro for business purposes — Worth doing!
  3. Give Gemmword lots of love and hugs — Worth doing!
  4. CHEERBOMB intothebreach on july 5, 2008 and send him our best birthday wishes ! — Worth doing!
  5. Take the girls and their friends for a weekend getaway — Worth doing!
  6. be my own best friend — Worth doing!
  7. Did you know Venus wrote her first book?! We've got to share it! — Worth doing!
  8. show Angniks lots of LOL for her birthday on Thursday, July 3rd! — Worth doing!
  9. Wish LuluBell a wonderful birthday on July 17 — Worth doing!
  10. Get the fuck out of limbo — Worth doing!
  11. "Grow my wings back"
  12. Go watch James play on the 29th — Worth doing!
  13. Never settle for less than what I really want — Worth doing!
  14. talk to a homeless person
  15. Celebrate Jenn's birthday on July 15th — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. go to Key West
  2. live on a tropical island
  3. paint my bedroom wall

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August

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Be there...Burning Man 2009...for a 43Things Convergence!
  2. Find a work-at-home job
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. get into action — Worth doing!
  2. get in shape — Worth doing!
  3. Shamelessly ask my 43 friends to help support and sponsor Segsy in the 2008 Take Steps for Crohn's and Colitis Walk. — Worth doing!
  4. find my happy place — Worth doing!
  5. post random questions daily and see if anyone plays with me and answers them :) — Worth doing!
  6. fix my back — Worth doing!
  7. move — Worth doing!
  8. + — Worth doing!
  9. cheer on CancerFree2003 and encourage EVERYONE to become a registered bone marrow donor — Worth doing!
  10. ~* Wish Uncle the most Beautiful, Loving, Tender big birthday bash ever on August 2 *~ — Worth doing!
  11. Wish Kel a top of the mountain birthday on August 10th, and a year filled with picturesque views. — Worth doing!
  12. Wish Tink a Jubilant birthday filled with Laughter, Dancing, Love and Frienship, and maybe even an adventure or two — Worth doing!
  13. wish emma (chocolate_thunda_ a "superfantabulous" sweet 16 on august 16 (: — Worth doing!
  14. Cheerbomb Jess_ and wish her a very happy birthday on August 14 — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. design and make purses
  2. get me a pair of skates

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