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So many problems:


Meaningless:
1) Watch “Brewsters Millions”
2) Scare someone really badly and get it on film
3) Throw a really fun party.
4) Have a margarita party on a Sunday afternoon.
5) Fashion photoshoot at clothing stores around town
6) Dress up in a DisneyLand style costume and hand out popsicles at the beach on a hot day.
7-9) TBD!

The heart smart category:
10) Interview my grandparents, blog about it, and scan photos.
11) Write one letter per month.
12) Make a family tree
13) Have a sleepover party with my brother and drink margaritas at Chili’s, then play Wii.
14) Leave a server a really big tip in proportion to the ticket
15) Volunteer somewhere
16-19) TBD!

The Healthy Category:
20) Go to Yoga twice a week.
21) Ride my bike to work 3 days a week for the entire year.
22) Join a women’s baseball team
23) Lose 10 pounds
24) Run the Cincinnati Flying Pig Half Marathon
25) Do the Danskin Chicagoland Womens Triathalon.
26) Get my wisdom teeth out
27-29) TBD!

Get Smart:
30) Learn Spanish.
31) Take a knife skills class with Amy
32)Attend the Giants of Science lecture with Robert Krulwich and Jane Goodall
33-39) TBD


Food:
40) Bike to an Ethiopian restaurant with Riki
41) Bike to Veggie Bite on the south side with Amy
42) Bike to Hot Doug’s
43) Make 1 new vegan recipe per week
44) Plant a mini-herb garden.
45) Plant a mini back-deck vegetable garden
46) Vegan pizza party and movie night.
47) Host a fancy-pants dinner party
48) Make this
49) TBD

Financial:
50) Increase what I’m putting into my savings accound by 25% per month.
51) Pay off all of my consumer debt.
52) Invest in a Roth IRA
53) Do a full on written budget
54-59) TBD!

You tell me what to do:
60, Submitted by Minx) Sing karaoke in front of a bunch of people. :(
61-68) TBD
69, Submitted by Aaron D.) Record a hip-hop record (at least 4 songs) with Riki and make a myspace music page for it.

The Culture Vulture:
71) Visit the Museum of Surgical Science
72) Go to the Brooklyn Museum
73) Yankees Game
74) Ride on one of those Double Decker Red buses EDIT: This is $50. Such a rip-off. I'm going to replace it with something better.
75) Top of the Empire State Building
76) Walk the Brooklyn Bridge
77) Ferry ride to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
78) Visit the MoMA
79) Visit the NY Public Library

Travel:
80) Go to Ecuador Louisiana
81) Go camping with Riki
82) Visit Katie in North Carolina
83) Go to Venezuela Costa Rica
84-89) TBD

Random:
90) Surprise Problem
91) Get new glasses
92) Go to a Cubs game and sit in the skybox
93) Find a place to live in New York
94-99) TBD… lots TBD…

Again with Problem #43? Is this all I do?

January 28th, 2008

Oh man you guys, you don’t even know how domestic I was this weekend. Let’s take a look:

- I made vegan cupcakes, soooooo good.

- I made a delicious salad, to which Riki declared “This is delicious, even though you didn’t do anything.” So romantic. And yes, I made a red-wine marinade from scratch, fool! That’s doing something.

- I freaking MADE SALAD DRESSING. I know this doesn’t sound like a big deal, but 6 months ago I could hardly be bothered to heat up a boca burger, and now I’m making salad dressing. Hot damn.

- I hemmed a pair of Riki’s jeans, which are still too long. dammit dammit. But a good try indeed.

- I made a delicious eggplant stew, recipe from the fat-free vegan kitchen blog, here.

- I watched Oprah on Friday (I called in to work, which ruled, but I really was sick, which didn’t rule). Well, I watched as much of it as I could stand. Can I just say something, to the whiney ADULT children of divorce that were on Friday’s show? Seriously you guys, get over it. Or get in therapy and get over it whilst not in public. My god. Not to minimize someone elses pain, but yes, lets.

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Blah blah, Anyway, you know how I was saying before that I didn’t ride my bike at all last week? Well, I also didn’t go to yoga. AH! I know, I know, I promise: next week, I’ll go three times, the week after three times to make up for being such a loser this week. And I’ll only slack off 5-10 more times this year, I swear.

Shall we go ahead and look at some photos of my domestic-ness in action? Alright, yes. (Oh, and this covers problem#43 for the week, make one new recipe. But you knew that.)

Salad and eggplant stew

The salad is a recipe from Veganomicon, (and the dressing, which I made myself, no big deal, shrug shrug). And the stew from Fat-free vegan kitchen blog, as mentioned above.

Let’s take a look at the superstars, though - S’mores cupcakes from Vegan Cupcakes take over the World… Oh man, heaven. Pure heaven. And, a day later… they’re all gone. A true success.

Peter Gabriel cupcake love

Tomorrow: I will ride my bike, I will, I will!


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  • 1. j.dot  |  January 28th, 2008 at 7:01 am

    my money is on the problems winning but the cupcakes look amazing…peace.

  • 2. smauz  |  January 29th, 2008 at 8:06 am

    good lord, those cupcakes……rawrrrr!!!!!

  • 3. mamacita  |  February 1st, 2008 at 10:31 pm

    ok i just totally cracked up the writing. good job. as for patting yourself on the back for making dressing - shit that’s some-thing! no doubt! way ta go sistah!


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