101 things in 1001 days

[ljgeoff]

I've joined mission101_2009 -- a commitment to 101 things over the next 1001 days,


1. walk 30 min every day
2. take that philosophy class
3. write 10 non-fiction articles
4. save $1001
5. practice on my flute at least once a week
6. take a vitamin every day
7. take four weekend trips with Mike
8. go to the gym at least once a week
9. plant a vegetable garden
10. start a compost pile
11. get water barrels rigged
12. spend five hours/week in the gardens during the season
13. paint and build those shelves in my room
14. visit Joe at least twice
15. keep a food log
16. take a yoga class
17. get all of the junk moved out of the yard
18. walk/run a mile in 9 min
19. go to the doctor for a check up once a year
20. go to the dentist twice a year
21. make jam
22. pay off credit cards
23. finish the downstairs bathroom
24. attend four powwows
25. eat raw once a week
26. get those purple highlights
27. take that physics class
28. read 10 non-fiction books, write reflections on each
29. be able to find/identify ten new constellations
30. write a paper letter to someone every month
31. go to Wiscon
32. go to ComicCon
33. go to WorldCon
34. go to Boskone
35. go to 4th Street
36. go see Brent play
37. open an IRA
38. ask someone to the movies
39. make a fanvid and finish ever_was
40. go sailing with my dad
41. take some piano lessons
42. take Luke to the Children’s Museum once a month
43. submit fafsa on time
44. fly with Mike
45. make ginger beer
46. finish writing Lewis Door
47. have the new breaker box put in
48. spend 4 hours/month getting rid of things I don’t want or need
49. take the bus to school at least 2 times/week
50. fix my waterbed
51. Graduate with my BS
52. Graduate with my LPN
53. Graduate with my RN or PA
54. maintain at least a 3.0
55. take some guitar lessons
56. write a post in Gaia Watch at least once a week
57. meditate 10 minutes every day
58. keep a financial diary
59. make a new will
60. join a local club/organization
61. make the deans list again
62. put in new windows in my room
63. make mead
64. make a weekly to do list, and check it off
65. make the counter for the kitchen island
66. rewire the lights in the kitchen
67. rewire the outlets in the kitchen
68. pay off SBC bill and get internet
69. make sure all the windows have good screens by summer
70. make a cat-flap
71. get locks for the boys for their rooms, or lock-boxes
72. get Fred on SSI
73. volunteer at Sam’s school at least one hour/week
74. go on a family vacation to somewhere we’ve never been, with whoever wants to come
75. patch the walls and paint the kitchen
76. make those bookshelves in the library
77. keep my drivers license current
78. have my eyes checked and get glasses
79. have my sciatica assessed
80. volunteer at the hospital for at least 10 hours
81. make those Christmas stockings
82. have a family portrait taken
83. send out 25 Christmas cards in both ’09 and ‘10
84. read to Luke/ be read to at least 5 times/week
85. make a realistic monthly financial budget every month
86. go on at least 4 hikes with the hiking group
87. take Luke fishing at least five times/year
88. take the boys to Wariors and Warlords (Northshield) and Baronial Border War XXVI (Midrealm)
89. spend a weekend with Audrey and Toby
90. sell the camper
91. sell the Jimmy
92. go through all of my books, shag-marry-cliff
93. Take Luke to the Library once a month
94. have Audrey look at my house and help me pick out paint & paper for living room/dining room/ library/ kitchen
95. tile entrance-way floor
96. refinish downstairs hardwood floors
97. redo living room ceiling
98. re-carpet front stairs
99. get rails up on porch
100. research maternal ancestral line
101. Visit the Florida Keys

I'll report weekly on my progress, behind a cut.

Comments

[serenejournal.livejournal.com]

Wow! That's exhausting just to read. :-) Go, go, go!

[poodlemama.livejournal.com]

your list made me breathless! I like it though - can I friend you?

[ljgeoff.livejournal.com]

sure

[heleninwales.livejournal.com]

Good luck! I'll be cheering you on.

[mme-meanderthal.livejournal.com]

What a fabulous list! Your "Save $1001" made me laugh. So did the purple highlights; after I donate my hair, I'm cutting it boy-short and trying different colors of hair gel to play around with.

What exactly is ginger beer? I've only ever heard about it on QI.

[ljgeoff.livejournal.com]

Ginger beer is the drink of the gods. It's like ginger ale (the soft drink), but more ginger-y, and alcoholic.



INGREDIENTS (Nutrition)
1 (0.6 ounce) cake compressed fresh yeast
2 teaspoons castor sugar (powdered sugar) or superfine sugar
2 teaspoons ground ginger
2 cups cold water

7 teaspoons castor sugar or superfine sugar, divided
7 teaspoons ground ginger, divided

3 3/4 cups white sugar
5 cups boiling water
12 1/2 cups cold water
1/2 cup strained fresh lemon juice

DIRECTIONS

In a sterile 2 quart jar, blend together the yeast, 2 teaspoons of castor sugar, and 2 teaspoons of ground ginger. Stir in the cold water until well blended. Cover with a clean cheesecloth, and let sit in a convenient corner at room temperature where it will be out of the way for the next seven days.

Every morning for the next seven days, feed the yeast mixture by stirring in 1 teaspoon of castor sugar, and 1 teaspoon of ground ginger.

On the eighth day, give the mixture a good stir, then strain it through a clean tea towel into a large new plastic bucket, bin, or glass carbuoy. Wring all of the liquid out of the cloth, and set aside. You will be dealing with this later.

Dissolve the white sugar in 5 cups of boiling water by stirring vigorously. Pour the 12 1/2 cups cold water into the bucket with the ginger juice, then stir in the sugar syrup and lemon juice.

Siphon the mixture into sterile screw top bottles, filling to within 2 inches of the top. Old cleaned out soda bottles will do. Screw on the tops tightly. Store the bottles of ginger beer in a cool dark place where they can remain undisturbed for 7 days. Be very careful upon opening as the beer is very fizzy.

Go back to the cloth now. The residue looks disgusting! However, lay the towel out flat with the disgusting side up. Use a knife to scrape the stuff to the center, then divide in half, and place each half into a separate sterile jar. Top each jar with 2 cups of cold water, and you are ready to go again. Twice! Begin with step 2 for subsequent batches. Unless you are very thirsty, I suggest you give one of them away.

(this is a recipe titled "Old Tudor Ginger Beer"