Bimonthly update

Finished this 2 weeks:
Write a list of 50 places I'd like to visit

Progress this 2 weeks:
Read To Pray As A Jew
Complete a Sudoku book
Read 12 books
Complete a 1000 piece puzzle
Participate in LJ Idol

Places I'd like to Visit

One of my tasks was to write a list of places I'd like to visit. Someday when I have money, a future list will involve researching them and visiting some of them. I hope. But for now, I give you 50 places I'd like to see before I die: Places to Visit
 1. Dead Sea, Israel
 2. Train trip from Germany to Ukraine
 3. Auschwitz, Poland
 4. Dublin, Ireland
 5. Santiago, Chile
 6. Antarctica
 7. Brisbane, Australia
 8. Hobart, Australia
 9. Oregon, USA
 10. Trans Siberian Rail Road
 11. Gorilla trek in East Africa
 12. Hike the Appalachian Trail
13. Fiji
 14. Egypt
 15. Panama
 16. Mount Rushmore
 17. Hawaii
 18. New Zealand
 19. North Dakota Dinosaur hunt
 20. Cambodia
21. Yellowstone national park
22. Boston
 23. Idaho
 24. Kyiv, Ukraine
 25. Mongolia
 26. Safari from Kenya to South Africa
 27. The Amazon River
 28. Machu Pichu, Peru
 29. The Tajj Mahal
 30. The Great Wall of China
 31. Italy
 32. London
33. Spain
34. Georgia, Europe
35. Moldova
36. Galapagos islands
37. English countryside
38. Irish countryside
39. French countryside
40. Wailing Wall
 41. North Dakota
42. South Dakota
 43. New York City after the new WTC monument gets built
44. Long term South African mission trip
45. Southernmost tip of Argentina
46. Greenland
47. Denmark
48. Holland
49. Easter Island
50. Pennsic

October update

Completed: Nothing this 2 weeks :( Progress: Complete a sudoku book Complete a DITL 10 times Complete a 1000 piece puzzle Complete a coloring book Participate in LJ Idol Finish the book about me Weigh myself no more than weekly for a year (220 this week) Complete the 5000 question survey

DITL October 30th

Good Morning, DITL! How are you today? I'm good. And dressed all nice to go out within 15 minutes of waking up!

Pretty sure I've done this every single DITL I've ever done. Not sure why it always unfolds that way.

I'm only supposed to have a 10 gallon tank, so what's with the 11 gallons of gas this morning?

I'm here before the stores open. Oops! Turning in job applications for seasonal work.

Only one thing to do when you've got nothing else to do!

Looks nice for the rest of the week! Yay!

Write a lesson plan.

Seven pages later, stop to goof around for a bit.

Kindle app for the ipad has saved me so much money it's not even funny, in textbooks as well as just books. Today it's homework time.

Spend considerable time trying to get a good picture of the dog - probably my last ever picture of this dog as it is my sister's dog, and it is moving to North Carolina soon.




Doggie never stops moving!

HAH! I WIN!

Spend a little time being quiet...

Before helping make dinner

So, we had to marinate the meat, and didn't realize it until we were cooking. So here's a short break in cooking while we chat about nothing.

Veggies

steak! Nom!

Cheat on my diet just a bit...

We're making thank you gifts for people who have helped me with a class I'm taking.


More reading on the kindle, and writing another paper...
This is followed by trying and failing to sleep, and then posting this, lol. It's after midnight, so I guess my day is done. Good night, DITL.

October 23, DITL

A DITL done on my cell phone since my camera seems to have disappeared. A day in which my doctor orders me to stay in bed, and I promptly go to class anyway (in the aquarium! Check it out!) but mostly stay in bed...

Wakey Wakey, time to check in with everybody...

Make sure OccupyAtlanta is still going strong after the concern last night. Not that I can go join them with doctor's orders being bed rest, but I can still hope...

As long as everything's going as it should, I should do some homework that I should have done over the last few days anyway....

Maybe I'll eat.

And then I'll write a paper...

So this week's training class has nothing to do with sharks, but there's still a shark jaw.

There are real lobsters involved somewhere - but I fail to get a decent pic of them.

Somebody's egg case but I forget whose.

I want a volunteer week 2011!

No traffic so I'm super early - take the time to run some flashcards.

And then class starts

The most photographed animal in the aquarium for some reason...

40% real coral. Can you tell the difference? (me either)

I found Dory!

Learn to use the computers to find out what kind of fish things are.

This is my new favorite fish. I forget exactly what it's called but it starts with an A (ETA - it's an anthium as the photo above shows)

how cool to stand below a wave.

I'd never noticed these little guys before in favor of looking at the reef around them.

behind the scenes

The exhibit is bigger than it looks

back home and back to "bed rest" I watch Big Bang Theory

Take a quick shower

Confuse the dog

And sign myself up for the volunteer job I just trained for :)

October 15 Update

Completed this 2 weeks
Complete Listography
Go to a Protest
Do something special for my 30th birthday

Progress this 2 weeks 
Complete "A Taste of Judaism" class - called and emailed to try to get info. Supposedly it starts the 20th but I still can't sign up.
Complete a day in the life 10 times
complete a 1000 piece puzzle
Complete a coloring book
Complete the book about me
Weigh myself no more than weekly for a year
Go snorkeling - called about trying to do so at the aquarium heavily discounted cuz I volunteer there!
Complete the 5000 question survey

Occupy Savannah

Today was the first day of Occupy Savannah. Kiki and I went down to join the protests. It was good. I made a sign that said "Pro Life After Birth"  and joined a circle of people talking about their lives and how they've been affected by republicunt stupidity. Then we went to the streets, and yelled. A lot of cars honked at us, especially trucks, and trolleys. There was a lot of standing, and a lot of yelling. Kiki and I shared some pizza for lunch, then back for more of the same. People kept bringing us things at the protest like sammiches, and coffee, and jolly ranchers. It rained on and off all day. I ran into Dr. Skidmore-Hess while there, which was nice. :) We got two "full moons" from passerby. I'd guess 1 in 10 drivers honked at us or waved or cheered us. I couldn't help but thinking that if one in ten of those came and joined us, we'd be a huge movement. We finally left around 6:20 or so.


Quote of the day?

Pirates ARRRR the 99%!


Picture of the day:

30!

Tonight we're going to see Weird Al in concert. I'm pretty excited, really. This morning I went to the aquarium and got certified to work one of the galleries.

2 years 2 go

I have exactly 2 years to go as of today. So far I have completed 45 tasks. which you can see on my blog. I've changed from weekly updates to biweekly updates. So here's this week's update
  Completed
Listen to 26 songs, one for each letter
Go to a Synagogue
Beat my mother at scrabble
Identify 100 things that make me happy

  Progress 
Complete Listography
Complete a DITL 10 times
 Have a 3.8 GPA at the end of this list
Complete a 1000 piece puzzle
Complete a coloring book
Finish the book about me
Weigh myself no more than weekly for a year
Read a children's book in Russian
Get a 3.5 GPA one semester
Complete the 5000 question survey
Do something special for my 30th birthday

  Things I want to get started on immediately 
Complete A Taste of Judaism Class
Complete puzzle book
Watch Firefly in order
 Complete Sudoku book
Complete Crossword puzzle book
Do another DITL
 Authorize for heavy fighting
Read 12 books
Watch a movie for each letter
Walk more
Have my hair cut
Swim 100 yards backstroke
Scan in old pictures
Ride a horse
Make a list of 50 places to visit

DITL

No warnings that I can think of. It's midnight. Time to start a DITL for me. This one will go 12 - 12 instead of wake to sleep. Just for the hell of it. It's an exciting day coming up. 9am I have to be downtown, an hour and a half away. I should really be sleeping. Bonus points for noticing that I managed to forget Rosh Hashanah and schedule myself for Thursday before clearing my day like an idiot. Homework that must be (but doesn't get) accomplished today... Editing a friend's thesis.... ouch! Study a bit myself.... Work on something for my 101 list Egypt is much prettier pink. Even the dog thinks I shuld be asleep now My husband goes to take a shower, and his dog comes in and replaces my dog in the best spot in the room Google "Rosh Hashanah" Find torah on ipad. Nifty. And free! Laugh when rabbi comments on it during Rosh Hashanah services the next day. It's a fill in book that I'm enjoying. Also for 101 list. Bed time. Good morning! That's how I feel about being up at 7am today! So much fog I can barely drive. Still not convinced driving was safe. Feel like I do this every DITL. I didn't go grocery shopping, so now this is breakfast. Training class at the aquarium Turtle Turtle Turtle! Lunch of champions! Leaving Atlanta Sister's dog gotta go out Relax after long day Dinner of champions! Start homework. Though I actually fell asleep on the couch instead of finishing this. It's not as dark as it looks. L'Shanah Tovah! Dog likes to take baths with me. lol. What a cutie! It's midnight again. I've slept 3 hours today.... Good night, DITL!