FL_Cutie in 2008

2008, so far, is 97% worth living.

In 2005, FL_Cutie did 86 things, went 191 places, met 4 people, and consumed 181 products.

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

January

Completed on 43 Things:
  1. I want to fix my front lawn — Worth doing!
  2. Clean my home office — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. learn to play guitar
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Mexico — Worth visiting!
Watched:
  1. Enchanted (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!

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March

Added to 43 Things:
  1. create a will — completed 14 days later
  2. exercise daily — completed 2 months later
  3. take class instruction
  4. Ride a Camel
  5. backup my photos
  6. ride an elephant
  7. learn to play a song on the banjo
  8. Read the Bible in its entirety
  9. Make 2008 my best year yet
  10. complete my certification for teaching
  11. Read one book a month
  12. hit a homerun
  13. become a teacher
  14. visit all 50 states
  15. Complete a half marathon
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. believe in myself more — Worth doing!
  2. never settle for anything less than I deserve — Worth doing!
  3. take a yoga class — Worth doing!
  4. Touch A Penguin — Worth doing!
  5. Become Financially Independent — Worth doing!
  6. throw a party — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Alaska
  2. Colorado
  3. North Dakota
  4. Montana
  5. Sweden — visited 2 months later
  6. Göteborg — visited 2 months later
  7. Volvo Factory — visited about 1 month later
  8. Stockholm — visited 2 months later
  9. Washington State
  10. Oregon
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Puerto Rico — Worth visiting!
  2. Florida — Worth visiting!
  3. Texas — Worth visiting!
  4. New York State — Worth visiting!
  5. Georgia — Worth visiting!
  6. Idaho — Worth visiting!
  7. Virginia — Worth visiting!
  8. South Carolina — Worth visiting!
  9. North Carolina — Worth visiting!
  10. West Virginia — Worth visiting!
  11. Utah — Worth visiting!
  12. Oklahoma — Worth visiting!
  13. Michigan — Worth visiting!
  14. Maine — Worth visiting!
  15. Pennsylvania — Worth visiting!

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April

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Open a CD
  2. play golf — completed 17 days later
  3. "Compliments Journal" — completed about 1 month later
  4. age gracefully
  5. tap dance again
  6. tell a taxi driver to "follow that car!"
  7. fearlessly live the life I want to live, be who I truly want to be, welcome change, unleash my inner, creative, adventurous, warrior self, and have no apologies for it, whatsoever, to anyone
  8. attend church regularly — completed 4 months later
  9. HAVE A HOUSE ON THE BEACH
  10. save $15,000
  11. ride in a hot air balloon
  12. Get up at 6am every day
  13. take care of my parents — completed 4 months later
  14. watch every Cary Grant movie
  15. clean out my inbox
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. visit yellowstone national park — Worth doing!
  2. play a team sport — Worth doing!
  3. put at least $50 per paycheck into savings — Worth doing!
  4. Get (or renew) a passport — Worth doing!
  5. create a will — Worth doing!
  6. visit Moscow — Worth doing!
  7. rescue a dog from an animal shelter — Worth doing!
  8. meet someone on the internet who could be a friend in real life — Worth doing!
  9. receive flowers — Worth doing!
  10. eat an entire carton of ice cream — Worth doing!
  11. walk in the forest — Worth doing!
  12. see the Statue of Liberty — Worth doing!
  13. Visit Niagara Falls — Worth doing!
  14. buy my own house — Worth doing!
  15. see the grand canyon — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Become a Photoshop expert
  2. Open a CD
  3. buy a Mac
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Everglades National Park — visited about 1 month later
  2. Delaware — visited 2 months later
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Arkansas
  2. Alabama
  3. Illinois
  4. Indiana
  5. Iowa
  6. Kentucky
  7. Louisiana
  8. Maryland
  9. Mississippi
  10. Missouri
  11. New Hampshire
  12. New Jersey
  13. Ohio
  14. Rhode Island
  15. Vermont
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. Newt Gingrich — met 26 days later
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. Alexander James Mclean
  2. Michael Bolton
Watched:
  1. Beetlejuice
  2. A Fish Called Wanda — Worth consuming!
  3. Raising Arizona
  4. Casablanca
  5. The Wizard of Oz
  6. The Lion King (Disney Special Platinum Edition)
  7. The Philadelphia Story — Worth consuming!
  8. 2001 - A Space Odyssey
  9. Bull Durham
  10. Singin' in the Rain (Two-Disc Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  11. Something's Gotta Give
  12. Rain Man
  13. Forrest Gump (Two-Disc Special Collector's Edition)
  14. Good Morning, Vietnam
  15. Airplane! — Worth consuming!

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May

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Pull my bike down from the rack in the garage, clean it up and ride it again — completed about 1 month later
  2. learn to trust God completely, knowing He is in control and all things work together for His glory
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. play golf — Worth doing!
  2. learn the secret of life — Worth doing!
  3. take a fun vacation in 2008 — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Sweden — Worth visiting!
  2. Göteborg — Worth visiting!
  3. Volvo Factory — Worth visiting!
  4. Stockholm — Worth visiting!
  5. Shenandoah National Park
  6. Castillo De San Marcos
  7. Castle Clinton National Monument
  8. Craters Of The Moon
  9. Devil's Tower National Monument
  10. Governors Island — Worth visiting!
  11. Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument
  12. Statue Of Liberty National Monument — Worth visiting!
  13. Texarkana
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. Newt Gingrich
  2. Caroll Spinney
Read:
  1. It's Not about Me: Rescue from the Life We Thought Would Make Us Happy (Lucado, Max) — Worth consuming!
  2. In The Eye Of The Storm — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. The Bucket List — Worth consuming!
  2. Dan in Real Life — Worth consuming!
  3. The Final Season — Worth consuming!
  4. Charlie Wilson's War (Widescreen) — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. lingonberries — Worth consuming!
  2. Swedish Meatballs — Worth consuming!

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June

Added to 43 Things:
  1. save at least 20% of what i earn monthly — completed 29 days later
  2. Be completely happy for my friends as they get married and have babies (not difficult, but here's the kicker:) WITHOUT wondering when it will be my turn. — completed about 1 month later
  3. learn how to clip my dog's nails
  4. pay off my mortgage
  5. make my 30 things to accomplish in my 30s list — completed about 1 month later
  6. Install Solar Energy panels on my house
  7. Learn to surf
  8. Accomplish my secret career goal
  9. Revel in at least one new experience each month in 2008
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. list 100 things that make me happy — Worth doing!
  2. Stand on the equator — Worth doing!
  3. "Compliments Journal" — Worth doing!
  4. Eat 5 servings of fruits and vegetables each day — Worth doing!
  5. Create a master annual "to-do" list (broken down into months) for my house so regular maintenance doesn't fall off my radar — Worth doing!
  6. exercise daily — Worth doing!
  7. take pictures in a photobooth — Worth doing!
  8. play a full song on any instrument — Worth doing!
  9. create a bucket list — Worth doing!
  10. celebrate a made-up holiday — Worth doing!
  11. list 43 songs that never fail to brighten my day — Worth doing!
  12. Get kissed under the mistletoe — Worth doing!
  13. Dance in the rain — Worth doing!
  14. Render someone speechless — Worth doing!
  15. jump into water fully clothed — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Marry the love of my life.
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Tallahassee
  2. Florida State Capitol
  3. Mission San Luis
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Austin
  2. Miami
  3. Philadelphia
  4. Washington, D.C.
  5. Mount Rushmore National Memorial
  6. Florida Keys
  7. Clearwater Beach
  8. Miami Beach
  9. Sea World
  10. Universal Studios
  11. Universal CityWalk
  12. Orlando
  13. Downtown Orlando
  14. Spook Hill
  15. The Grassy Knoll
Read:
  1. Of Mice and Men (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century)
  2. The Catcher in the Rye
  3. The Automatic Millionaire : A Powerful One-Step Plan to Live and Finish Rich — Worth consuming!
  4. Cure for the Common Life: Living in Your Sweet Spot — Worth consuming!
  5. Every Day Deserves a Chance: Wake Up to the Gift of 24 Hours
Watched:
  1. The Royal Tenenbaums (The Criterion Collection) — Not worth consuming
  2. Blade Runner (The Director's Cut)
  3. L.A. Confidential — Worth consuming!
  4. The Manchurian Candidate — Worth consuming!
  5. Punch-Drunk Love (Two Disc Special Edition) (Superbit Collection) — Not worth consuming
  6. Bridget Jones - The Edge of Reason (Widescreen Edition)
  7. The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition) — Worth consuming!
  8. Pulp Fiction (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
  9. Aliens (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
  10. The Godfather (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  11. Bambi (Two-Disc Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  12. The Godfather, Part II (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  13. Star Wars, Episode V- The Empire Strikes Back (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  14. Star Wars, Episode IV- A New Hope (Widescreen Edition)
  15. Deliverance — Worth consuming!

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July

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Visit Cumberland Island National Seashore
  2. Pass the FTCE Professional Education Test
  3. Pass the General Knowledge Test (Education)
  4. Get Close to a Wild Animal That Could Kill Me — completed 25 days later
  5. Have a lean, powerful, energetic body that matches the woman inside it
  6. Pass the Subject Area Exam (Elementary Education)
  7. make my hodge podge address book back into the neat organized book it use to be
  8. Daily: Reflect on at least 5 things for which I'm grateful (Happiness Manifesto #2)
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. save at least 20% of what i earn monthly — Worth doing!
  2. participate in a pow-wow with American Indians — Worth doing!
  3. Visit the Hershey Chocolate Factory in Pennsylvania — Worth doing!
  4. go to New York at Christmas time — Worth doing!
  5. Visit the Vietnam Memorial in DC — Worth doing!
  6. Tour a Vineyard and Sample a Good Bottle of Wine — Worth doing!
  7. VOLUNTEER TO HELP OTHERS — Worth doing!
  8. sit on the dock of the bay (wasting time) — Worth doing!
  9. Be completely happy for my friends as they get married and have babies (not difficult, but here's the kicker:) WITHOUT wondering when it will be my turn. — Worth doing!
  10. rival Lorelai Gilmore in referencing — Worth doing!
  11. Pull my bike down from the rack in the garage, clean it up and ride it again — Worth doing!
  12. buy a new car — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. publish my writing
  2. tap dance again
  3. tell a taxi driver to "follow that car!"
Watched:
  1. Edward Scissorhands (Widescreen Anniversary Edition) — Worth consuming!
  2. This Is Spinal Tap (Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  3. The Pianist — Worth consuming!
  4. Dead Poets Society — Worth consuming!
  5. Roman Holiday (Special Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
  6. Die Hard (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  7. The Sound of Music (Two-Disc 40th Anniversary Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  8. The Pride of the Yankees — Worth consuming!
  9. Meet Me In St. Louis (Two-Disc Special Edition)
  10. Witness (Special Collector's Edition) — Worth consuming!
  11. Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (Widescreen Edition)
  12. The Outlaw Josey Wales — Worth consuming!
  13. 2001: A Space Odyssey
  14. Neighbors [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Netherlands ]
  15. Vantage Point (Single-Disc Edition) — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Back to the Future — Worth consuming!

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August

Completed on 43 Things:
  1. go to bed by 10:00 everyday — Worth doing!
  2. Get Close to a Wild Animal That Could Kill Me — Worth doing!
  3. make my 30 things to accomplish in my 30s list — Worth doing!
  4. Travel to Kenya. — Worth doing!
  5. Travel to Zimbabwe — Worth doing!
  6. visit Victoria Falls — Worth doing!
  7. visit ukraine — Worth doing!
  8. visit russia — Worth doing!
  9. Travel to Sweden — Worth doing!
  10. get engaged before I'm 25
  11. attend church regularly — Worth doing!
  12. Go on a safari — Worth doing!
  13. take care of my parents — Worth doing!
  14. Stomp grapes — Worth doing!
Read:
  1. Smart Women Finish Rich: 9 Steps to Achieving Financial Security and Funding Your Dreams (Revised Edition)

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