wooleyduck in 2008

2008, so far, is 94% worth living.

In 2005, wooleyduck did 46 things, went 3 places, met 0 people, and consumed 84 products.

Years: 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008
Months: All Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug

January

Added to 43 Things:
  1. submit work to the college art show — completed 3 months later
  2. jump the fence
  3. refinish my sewing machine table
  4. Read 35 books in 2008
  5. correct the errors on my credit report
  6. Lose 10 pounds
  7. Pay off ONE credit card.
  8. find and post 43 poems that I like to remind myself that I don't hate poetry as a whole
  9. take my vitamins every day for a month
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. start college — Worth doing!
  2. clean my craft room — Worth doing!
  3. fill out my FAFSA — Worth doing!
  4. celebrate Candlemas on February 2 — Worth doing!
  5. Reduce Paper Clutter in My Home — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Improve my posture
  2. participate in 100 words
  3. be more active on flickr
  4. Finish dishes every night before going to bed.
Read:
  1. Men at Arms — Worth consuming!
  2. The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers — Worth consuming!
  3. What Should I Do with My Life? — Worth consuming!
  4. Faerie Wars — Worth consuming!
  5. Pay It Down! From Debt to Wealth on $10 a Day — Worth consuming!
  6. Bone Volume 3: Eyes of the Storm — Worth consuming!
  7. The Ice Queen: A Novel
  8. Been There, Should've Done That II : More Tips for Making the Most of College — Worth consuming!
  9. Bone Volume 1: Out From Boneville — Worth consuming!
  10. Vampire Hunter D Volume 7: Mysterious Journey to the North Sea, Part One — Worth consuming!
  11. Alice in Wonderland
  12. Dragonslayer (Bone) — Worth consuming!
  13. An Impossible Dream (Harlequin Presents, No 1536)
Watched:
  1. The Little Mermaid (Limited Issue)
  2. The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (Widescreen Edition)
  3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Two-Disc Special Edition) (Harry Potter 3)
  4. The NeverEnding Story
  5. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Two-Disc Special Edition) (Harry Potter 2)
  6. Ever After - A Cinderella Story
  7. Hook
  8. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Full Screen Edition) (Harry Potter 1)
  9. Sleeping Beauty (Special Edition)
  10. Ella Enchanted (Widescreen Edition)
  11. Edward Scissorhands (Full Screen Anniversary Edition)
  12. Willow (Special Edition)
  13. Cinderella (Two-Disc Special Edition)
  14. A Midsummer Night's Dream — Not worth consuming
  15. The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Widescreen Edition)

→ See more from January

February

Added to 43 Things:
  1. make an appointment with a dermatologist
  2. Vote for Barack Obama — completed 4 months later
  3. construct a family emergency kit and put it where I'll find it when I need it
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. learn to compost — Worth doing!
  2. start a compost — Worth doing!
  3. read a Jane Austen novel — Worth doing!
  4. make people understand that declawing a cat is a painful unnecessary surgery and there are better ways to deal with cat's scratching — Worth doing!
  5. take 3 full boxes of unneeded stuff to Goodwill — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. clean out my car
Read:
  1. The Secret Life of Bees — Worth consuming!
  2. The Secret Life of Bees — Worth consuming!
  3. Theodore Roosevelt: (The American Presidents Series)
  4. What Happens In Paris (Stays In Paris?) (Next Tall) — Not worth consuming

→ See more from February

March

Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Read 15 books in 2007 — Worth doing!
  2. buy the cats a water fountain — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. make $100 profit on ebay
Watched:
  1. Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (Special Edition) — Not worth consuming
  2. Raiders of the Lost Ark - Widescreen Version (1981)
  3. I Could Never Be Your Woman — Worth consuming!
  4. My Man Godfrey — Worth consuming!
  5. Flushed Away (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  6. Smiley Face — Not worth consuming
  7. Eagle vs. Shark — Worth consuming!
  8. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters — Worth consuming!
  9. The Nines
  10. Michael Clayton (Widescreen Edition)

→ See more from March

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.
  2. get straight A's for at least one semester in college
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. give away at least 10 articles of clothing — Worth doing!
  2. handspin a full skein of yarn — Worth doing!
  3. learn how to do 2 new crafts well and finish a project from each — Worth doing!
  4. Wish Kim N the happiest of birthdays on April 28th — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Burgess Falls State Park — Worth visiting!
  2. Rock Island State Park
  3. Tims Ford State Park
Watched:
  1. My Man Godfrey - Criterion Collection — Worth consuming!

→ See more from April

May

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Raise my GPA
  2. start a blog — completed about 1 month later
  3. Take better care of my hands
  4. Update My Blog At Least Once a Week
  5. do the "New South Progress" photo project that I had the idea for years ago
  6. Have 23 items to list in my etsy shop — completed 2 months later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. submit work to the college art show — Worth doing!
  2. Finish my FAFSA
  3. go to college — Worth doing!
  4. stop pulling my hair — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. make an appointment with a dermatologist
  2. color a whole coloring book
  3. Make my own Christmas gifts

→ See more from May

June

Added to 43 Things:
  1. design a new logo
  2. reduce the number of weird chemicals in my life
  3. have 5 pieces of writing published on Associated Content
  4. attract more bees to my yard
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. practice discardia — Worth doing!
  2. rediscover myself — Worth doing!
  3. reduce my environmental footprint — Worth doing!
  4. identify 100 words that make me happy — Worth doing!
  5. compile a "Things I want to Do This Spring/Summer" list for 2007 — Worth doing!
  6. get lots of people to pray for my dog, Numen — Worth doing!
  7. keep a list of interesting things to read/explore/learn about — Worth doing!
  8. start a blog
  9. apply for a dozen jobs — Worth doing!
  10. lose 5 pounds — Worth doing!
  11. pass my algebra class this semester — Worth doing!
  12. overcome depression and anxiety — Worth doing!
  13. Vote for Barack Obama — Worth doing!
  14. post randomly — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. apply for scholarships
  2. Raise my GPA
  3. Sell the stuff I want to get rid of on Ebay or Craigslist
  4. Create a personal recipe book
  5. Take vitamins daily
  6. Get a job I like
  7. learn to belly dance
  8. keep a gratitude journal
  9. get straight A's for at least one semester in college
  10. organize my email
Watched:
  1. Seven (New Line Platinum Series) — Not worth consuming
  2. Shaun of the Dead — Worth consuming!
  3. Toy Story 2 — Worth consuming!
  4. His Girl Friday — Worth consuming!
  5. My Neighbor Totoro — Worth consuming!
  6. Ratatouille — Worth consuming!
  7. Little Miss Sunshine — Worth consuming!

→ See more from June

July

Added to 43 Things:
  1. institute a weekly schedule
  2. start a scanner daybook
  3. be prepared for fall semester 2008
  4. make a wall calendar to track goals, projects, and the like
  5. write every day for 15 minutes or more
  6. Spend at least 15 minutes a day doing something on this list
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Write an article for Helium.
  2. Wish Asterisk a Positive Birthday July 4th — Worth doing!
  3. make Aaron a care package for his birthday — Worth doing!
  4. figure out what i want to do with my life — Worth doing!
  5. Make my mom something for her birthday — Worth doing!
  6. craft more — Worth doing!
  7. get rid of unnecessary possessions — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Read 52+ Books in 2007
  2. construct a family emergency kit and put it where I'll find it when I need it
  3. hang up the big mirror in my bedroom
  4. take my vitamins every day for a month
Read:
  1. The BFG — Worth consuming!
  2. The Bromeliad Trilogy: Diggers (The Bromeliad Trilogy)
Watched:
  1. Batman — Worth consuming!
  2. Spider-Man (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
  3. Spider-Man 2 (Widescreen Two-Disc Special Edition)
  4. X2 - X-Men United (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
  5. Bruce Almighty (Widescreen Edition)
  6. Batman Forever
  7. Signs (Vista Series)
  8. My Big Fat Greek Wedding
  9. Rush Hour 2 (Infinifilm Edition)
  10. Madagascar (Widescreen Edition)
  11. Terminator 2 - Judgment Day (Two-Disc Special Edition)
  12. Home Alone
  13. Twister
  14. Back to the Future
  15. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Widescreen Edition) (Harry Potter 4) — Worth consuming!

→ See more from July

August

Added to 43 Things:
  1. read my sister's book draft
  2. see an elephant in the wild
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Have 23 items to list in my etsy shop
  2. list 43 things that i like about myself — Worth doing!
  3. own an Ursula Vernon original — Worth doing!
  4. get my registered books at bookcrossing.com up to 300 — Worth doing!
  5. grieve the loss of my cat with grace — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. set deadlines for all the various projects I want to complete and haven't yet
  2. send more snail mail

→ See more from August


The world wants to meet…

Stephanie322 Aung San Suu Kyi Liv Tyler xostylie Hillary Rodham Clinton Rumcream George Takei beckerkorn / BlueHeron wants to meet marialeigh maxmignon Vampire_Hearts No Doubt WetHotChiliPepper Dennis Trillo Joanna Newsom ItWasWorthIt Matt Paige Damon Wentworth Miller Lemony Snicket Mike Goldman jan wants to meet redstar Tom Hopkins Violet Blue Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen Rihanna Ian Watkins The Panic Channel Nelson Mandela