tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36109165673885602192011-07-28T23:03:35.022-04:00Tracking The Minutiae of My 31st Yearmommyk8noreply@blogger.comBlogger661100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-39239200651277442512010-01-17T09:30:00.001-05:002010-01-17T09:30:56.857-05:00

Hi. New Projects. New Blog. Now back over here: http://mommykate.blogspot.com/ See Ya over there.

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I'll admit it, I'm a huge fracking snob. Especially about food. Yeah, I'm one of those types. I belong to a CSA, and shop almost exclusively at the farmers' market or the local food co-op. More than half the food in this house is organic, and very little of it is packaged. I see a holistic nutritionist about various ailments. I avoid sugar and caffeine and processed food. Do you hate me yet? Well

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Quick update on the book front -The Hour I first Believed by Wally Lamb. Look, I 'll just come clean here. Wally Lamb is one of my all time favorites. I know I say that a lot, but for real you guys! Mr. Lamb also wrote She's Come Undone which is one of my top 10 favorites AND I Know This Much is True, which is probably in my top 20. And here is his third book The Hour I First Believed. What are

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I think I have used this for the title of a post before, when I knit three hats. Yes, I know it's a hockey term. But since it's one of the only sports related terms that I know, besides the usual Homerun, Or Strike, so I like to use it a lot. This particular hat trick involves the completion of 3 books since my last blog post. Booya!I liked all three ok, and will attempt to make you interested

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Oh homeschooling. I have gone back and forth on the subject almost daily for the past two years. The question of course, whether or not home school my daughter. Here are the pros - educating my kid in a way that I see fit and allowing her to explore and expand on things that she is interested in, giving her as much or as little guidance as she needs. Not having to participate in all the BS that

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-10544102558291758392009-07-10T07:50:00.003-04:002009-07-10T08:23:39.586-04:00

Yeah, I missed posting yesterday, so I will do two today. Don't cry. This morning I'm up bright and early preparing to go for a walk, but first I will give you this list of the Top 6 TV shows canceled before their time. I'm sure there are a lot of other people out there with similar lists, but trust me this is the best one. You should probably cancel all of your plans for this weekend and rent

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Here's a shot of the most extensively damaged area. It's about halfway down. It's pretty deep. I don't care to estimate. And here you can see a long shot of the driveway - that's my car at the bottom. This shows the river bed that was carved out when the storm happend. For those of you who that haven't seen my driveway before this is the "bottom half". We now have to park and walk up and down

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Wahhhh. Writing every day is hard. That's why I don't usually do it, and consequently have not written the greatest novel of the past century yet. I'm lazy. It's true. Ok, today's update. I worked on the farm in the pouring fracking driving rain for a few hours. Then the misery got the best of everyone and I came home, took a blazing hot shower, put on my pj's and went to bed - at 2 o'clock. Yeah

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Not a whole lot I care to post on today, due to the fact my mood had been generally annoyed bordering on completely enraged pretty much all day. Here's the dealio: it's raining. Again. Have you been to/read about/talked to someone who lives in Maine this summer? It has sucked. Here's some perspective. Today is July 7. On June 30th, the National weather service posted an announcement that said

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The list is fluid. The list is ever changing. Especially since I change my mind and reprioritize things constantly. About 4 months ago I started taking karate classes. I know! Right? Pretty crazy huh? Not on the list, but I have been devoting a significant amount of time and energy to it. Karate is something I have always wanted to learn, but just never have gotten around to it. Also, I didn't

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-32379263756223956032009-07-05T12:37:00.007-04:002009-07-05T13:09:14.134-04:00

After abandoning this blog for quite some time, I am going to write 30 posts in 30 days. Why? Because my friend Joe is also doing this. Also, I like the whole do something for 30 days thing. Remember when I wrote a novel in 30 days? Yeah. That was awesome.So. Here's the news, progress, etc.Knitting - has been a bit meh, though I did whip up a sweet sweater for my friend Alice's new baby.

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Nice title eh? That's what's called a hook. Anyhow, I just wanted to share an analogy I came up with this weekend after a couple of beers, and after mulling it over in a sober brain for a few days, still feel it's one of the best I've come up with in quite some time.First a little background. In case you don't know me, my life situation is this: I am a stay at home mom. Sure I do some piece work

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Have you read the Watchmen? No? It's pretty good. I recommend you do so. Yes, it's a graphic novel, yes I'm over 30. Who cares? I give it a Woot! The Watchmen, if you don't know, is about a bunch of former super heroes who reunite (sort of) to find out who is killing former masked heroes (sort of). But it is also a cautionary moralistic tale, about sacrificing your morals for a greater good. I

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-28455620475784185802009-03-10T16:25:00.004-04:002009-03-10T16:57:05.471-04:00

Hello, hello! Are you wondering where I've been for two fracking months? Well we lost our Internet. I really won't go into it too much, but basically Hughesnet is a company comprised of a bunch of lying, incompetent jerks with the worst customer service I have ever experienced. For future reference, the only way to get them to actually fix your problem is to send them an e-mail threatening to

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There are some things I have learned from doing the list last year that, as I said previously, are going to be a bit different. One of them being I'm not going to be as strict about the "limbo" projects. The limbo projects, are things I started prior to Jan. 6th but finished after. Things like the sweater I finished last night. Last year, I wouldn't have counted it on the list. This year - you

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It looks kind of gross over there on the side doesn't it? I'm working on it. I really need to figure out a new goal tracking system for 2009 - if you have any suggestions for improvement such as a slick app or some sort of widget please let me know. Currently I keep track of my stuff on an Excel spreadsheet, then I have to manually enter my numbers in two places in this rickety HTML code in the

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While I move all the crap from over here --->Over HereKnitting :: 100%30 Blog Entries :: 110%30 Books :: 100%30 House Projects :: 85%30 Hours of Volunteering :: 50%30 Mins. Less TV :: 100%30 Mins. Exercise :: 25%30 Mins. Cleaning :: 100%30 Movies :: 140%30 Recipes :: 100%30 New Things ::30%30 Words Eng. :: 20%30 Words Other :: 1%30 oz. water :: 15%30 Acts of Kindness :: 6%30 Submissions :: 120%30

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Dudes, I have been reading/knitting furiously for the past few days, and was getting a bit down last night realizing I have to finish a book and a knitting project (which I will get to in a second) before Tuesday. Which is tomorrow. Then I started reviewing my lists of books I have read and realized, I forgot to record one! Cell - by Stephen King, which I think I even wrote about in here. Anyway

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I should have some pics. to post for you later today, but honestly who am I kidding - most likely not until tomorrow or the next day. Anyhow, I am sooooo close to having 30 knitted items and 30 books done - the only two I am really pushing to get finished by next week.I finished the socks for my dad - AND a hat over the last week so I am now at 29 knitted items. I also read The Nasty Bits by

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Sorry these pictures in my last post are all fracked up. Blogger is seriously lacking in some features such as - your blog preview actually matching what your published blog looks like. I should be used to this, it's a lot like working with a Microsoft product.

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Happy Holidays people! I have been very busy reading and knitting - AND in addition to writing this blog post for you, I actually have pictures of my knitted gifts for you all to peruse. Merry Christmas! It's like two gifts in one. Getting two birds stoned at once and all that. Here goes:4 Hats:One Headband Thing:One set of Leg Warmers.Four sets of Mittens ( I know there are only 3 here, but I

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-26886698479226025452008-12-16T09:08:00.005-05:002008-12-16T09:25:36.246-05:00

Quick Update: Finished another knitting proj. last night. Woot! Most of what I am knitting, well ALL of what I am knitting right now is for XMAS presents, and so, won't be posting the descriptions etc. until later. But I am making progress, so woot for me!Minor setback on the books. I started listening to "The Last Fish Tale" by Mark Kurlansky last night while I was working. Dudes. So fracking

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Yeah, I wish I could take credit for the title, but no. It's from the Trailer Park Boys, which if you haven't seen yet, consider this my Xmas present - go watch it. Seriously, it will be the funniest thing you watch all year.In going through this list for the past year, I have noticed that many of my activities allow me to get two birds stoned at once as far as the list is concerned. For example,

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Morning. I'll get to the list break down tomorrow. Right now I'd like to review the two Twilight books I read and try to regain any respect you once had for me which you lost immediately upon learning that I read not one but two of these horrific teen girl lollipop novels. First off, you should know that one of the things I have learned in the past couple years or so is that popular doesn't

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It's that time of year! That's right, time for the end of the year 30list wrap up and analysis extravaganza! My birthday is in one month, so I have about 4 weeks to try and wrap up the list and achieve the goals I have set forth. I'm gonna tell you right now *and this is a spoiler* some of them just ain't gonna happen. Some of them I have completed far over the goal, but since I'm lazy I just

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On Thanksgiving my brother and sister in-law informed me that items I share with comments via the Google reader are public. To which I immediately responded "Oh Crap!" but then about a second later was more like "Eh, fuck it." Since then I have been thinking a lot about my initial reaction and the following one. And have decided to break it down for you.The reason for caring at all about comments

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See this:That means I wrote a goddamned novel in 30 days. I'm going to go freak out now.

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Mornin' Y'all. Just wanted to let you guys know that I'm crazy and signed up for the "National Novel Writing Month" contest, in which I will attempt to write a 50k word novel this month. The cool thing - the serendipitous thing if you will, is that I started working on a new novel Nov.1 of my own accord. I'm about 6500 words in. In order to finish on time I will need to write about 1800 words per

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Here I am again another two weeks with no posts, but I have had a major disaster. About a week ago I spilled an entire mug of tea on my laptop and killed it. Tea and laptops do not mix. After trying to dry it out unsuccessfully for a couple days, Mike opened it up and noticed that 1. it was still full of tea and 2. some giant chip thing was fried and melted. BOOO HIISSS. Now I am checking my

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Good Morning Y'all. I know I still haven't updated my book/movie list, but I plan on getting right on this AM, for reals! I have started a new project but for some reason blogger thinks it's a spam blog and won't let me post anything on it until a human reviews it. Not fair. In other news, I have had a few blog/articles published on www.newenglandmamma.com with more to come. Things that I

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Holla and woot! So, I haven't blogged in few months. Sorry! I've been super busy, as summers always go in Maine. I call it the Mainer summer fever, where we try to pack in as much stuff as possible before the impending 6 months of winter. I'm not going to bore y'all with the minutiae of all the movies/books I've been consuming - aka reviews - but as soon as I can remember them all will post them

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-80756880983906506582008-07-13T08:38:00.005-04:002008-07-13T09:28:58.870-04:00

I've watched quite a few movies since I wrote last, and will try to keep my reviews brief, as I haven't written in a while and have lots to update.First off with the movies: I watched Sex and the City, I am Legend, and Juno - in that order. I was/am a huge STC fan from back in the day when it was still on and I had HBO. I loved that show, and loved the movie. My sister in-law and I went and

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I had a very productive weekend, and by productive I mean I got a lot of reading and movie watching done. This no TV thing really gets me motivated to do other stuff, you know like watch movies. Actually, if you will indulge me for just a moment - and you kind of have to because this is my blog - I got to thinking yesterday about entertainment, as in holy god, how much entertainment do we need?

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Just returned from Dr. toe is indeed busted. And, not much I can do for it except tape it up. I am extremely superstitious in that I think things most often happen in 3's bad things that is, so we now have 2 visits to the Dr. for me in two days.....

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So yesterday will not go down as one of my finest. It started off with Maggie sleeping in, and by sleeping in I mean 7:45. Usually she is awake around 6, which is why when I made an appointment to get a Tetanus shot at 8:30 in the morning, I assumed it would be no problem getting there on time. I hear you all out there, a Tetanus shot? What did you do, step on a nail or something? No. I was

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Oops, my posting that was going to be tomorrow has now been like 3 weeks. First off, you may have noticed I finally updated the bars on the side. I had a major 30 list crisis that should be fixed now. You see, all my progress is tracked via an excel spreadsheet, and me being me completely fracked up the formulas so my list was all messed up. Some of the things are still a little dicey, things

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Sorry for the long delay! This is a long overdue update (duh you can read the title right?) that I'm probably going to have to break into two parts. First off - I have some photos for y'all finally. The first two concern two goals I have achieved in the "things I have been meaning to do" cat. Coincidentally I feel that one, nay perhaps both of these may now qualify me as a redneck. Please discuss

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Thinking of titles for things is hard. It's one of the most difficult parts of writing, for me anyway. I get stuck on titles for inordinate amounts of time. Anyhow, the title of this blog isn't very good. It is not witty and does not have any puns. I apologize, thank you for reading it even though I paid little if no effort luring you in. Still progressing on the list. About 23% completion

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It's been awhile yes? I've been doing lots of things, very busy, working on the list, living life and whatnot. Very quickly, things are going quite well. I am now in week three of my life as an ace reporter, and let me tell you it's not as easy as one may think. I cover really boring meetings and then need to turn them into relatively interesting articles. But I'm not complaining, it's fun and

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Lots of great news to report so let's just dive right in shall we? First off, I got a job this morning with the Wiscasset Newspaper as a part-time reporter writing about such fascinating things as town meetings, school news, and transposing the police blotter! Although the pay is an astounding 7.50 per hour. Which I THINK is minimum wage, I will need to drag my reporter ass onto the website of

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I was just re-reading my last post and have come to the conclusion that I'm just a big liar. I did not update my bars as promised, or finish hats for my brothers in-law, or post a pic of my dress, AND here it is 5 days after I said I would be writing twice per week, and this is my first entry! I'm neglecting my adoring public. For shame. And also, why has no one informed me of my gross overuse of

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What? What is she talking about, throwing tea at paraplegics?" Intriguing isn't it? That's what we in the biz call "a hook" I will get to that in a moment. First order of business - the list - of course. I finished a kick ass sweater/coat for Mags yesterday. Sorry for the crappy pic. but you can get a hint of the awesomeness from this I'm sure. A couple other events of note which also go on

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Yeah, it's snowing again. Just thought I'd mention it. The sun was out for about 10 minutes yesterday, but the temp was in the 50's. Mother Nature is such a bitch. Oh also, I think I have strep throat. So I am in a super good mood this morning. Just thought I'd share. Ok, so two reviews this morning. I finally FINALLY finished The Adventures of Kavalier and Clay yesterday, and then last night we

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Am I destined to not enjoy any of the spoils of our 100 inches of snow this winter? As you can see from the photo below, alas it seems to be the case. In case you need be reminded, my last foray into the great white wilderness left me with a pair of skis peeled up at the ends like cartoon sardine cans and disintegrated metal spikes for poles. After relaying my tales of woe to my dad (read:

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Last night I watched Fun with Dick and Jane, which starred Jim Carrey and Tea Leoni as Dick and Jane. Jim Carrey is not one of my favorite actors I'm not a big fan of how he turns every character he portrays into Fire Marshall Bill (now that was an old reference wasn't it! Bet you thought I would say the Mask, or Ace Ventura - but no - I went for ye olde laughs)! This movie gets a meh. Mostly

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-10727968130710635772008-02-23T08:26:00.006-05:002008-02-23T09:01:17.278-05:00

Don't worry it's not end game for the list. It's end game with the plow guy. I'm totally over it but thought you might like an update. So at last posting he had come and sanded my nearly bare driveway. That was Monday. On Weds. I get an invoice from him with a little note - and I wish I had it I would just post it here - that said something like, "I received your voice mail and came to sand

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I finished two knitting projects yesterday! The super funky slippers are for my mom, and though they look kind of weird in the picture, they look great on the feet. The ipod pouch is for Mike, but I think I might make another one as this one is just a bit too big. That little pouch only took me a couple hours, I started it at about 7 and finished it at 11. Woo Hoo! So that makes me pretty

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-41298651354069386312008-02-18T08:10:00.003-05:002008-02-18T09:02:07.094-05:00

So, I took some pics. of the descent down my driveway. Yes, I was driving with one hand and held the camera out the window with the other, that's why the pics are so tilty. Yes, I know that was really stupid and dangerous of me. Please don't e-mail me and tell me how stupid and dangerous it was, Mike and I have discussed it length. I have learned my lesson and repented. But since the deed was

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-37959911912743229802008-02-14T20:44:00.006-05:002008-02-15T08:08:19.373-05:00

Yes, it was one of those days. A day when I understand why all the moms in the 50's ate Valium like jellybeans. A day when I considered becoming a "drinks during the day" mom. A day when I actually said to my best friend on the phone, "I kind of wish I would fall on the ice, so that I could go to the hospital and have a little vacation." Yes folks, it was that good. It all started with Mags

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-83192887419376669762008-02-11T20:29:00.000-05:002008-02-11T21:04:29.221-05:00

I actually just did some math. Ok, Excel did the actual math part, but I had to remember how to get averages. Shut up. Seriously, is that something I use often? No I do not. In fact I try to use math as little as humanly possible. This is a typical math problem for me: How much does that cost? How much is in my wallet? Do I have greater than/less than what that costs. Yes? Yay! No?Walk Away.

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-69705837106071744072008-02-10T09:18:00.001-05:002008-02-10T09:55:08.590-05:00

OK granted, the 50% mark has been reached for...Blogging...but still 50% in like a month. I predict that my blogging goal is going to be like 500% by the end of the year. I finished ANOTHER knitting project last night - a super cool bulky hat with the same yarn as my socks. You can find the pattern here. I was also a treat to read some of the designers blog, she calls herself the Yarn Harlot,

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-28108260052351921802008-02-08T10:34:00.000-05:002008-02-08T11:18:03.116-05:00

Got some pictures for you finally! Without further adieu:Knitting Project #2 Cable Brim Hat Knitting Project. #3 Slipper Socks, and Turkeys!As you can see, it's all very exciting. The knitting projects are 2 and 3 because I forgot to take a picture of 1 and gave it away. Hopefully in the next few days I will have a better picture of the turkeys so that you can see

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-5732576796889592682008-02-06T09:15:00.000-05:002008-02-06T09:47:42.731-05:00

The other night I was scrutinizing myself in the mirror while Mags took a bath, and noticed my old friend rouge gray hair. Rouge gray has been around for awhile, and even though I always yank it out, it always comes back (duh) - yes of course it's always the same one! Well or so I thought. I noticed my hair was especially shiny and looked like it had a ton of highlights in it with the light

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-37381628610972245922008-02-04T08:43:00.000-05:002008-02-04T09:30:38.321-05:00

As predicted I finished The Yiddish Policeman's Union a couple of days ago, and it was a great book. The premise is kind of weird as it's a detective story set in Sitka Alaska which happens to be a city of 3 million Jewish refugees who moved there after WW 2 instead of going to Israel. So, it's kind of an alternate reality, as in the city and premise for it are all fake, but it doesn't have that

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-46737188748686085272008-01-31T08:28:00.000-05:002008-01-31T08:48:56.877-05:00

I finished a hat, visited with friends AND tried a new recipe last night. I feel this qualifies as a hat trick, which coincidentally is the only hockey term I know. A hat trick occurs when the same player scores 3 goals in one game. Please correct me if I'm wrong, you sports fans out there.I love my hat, it has a cabled rolled brim and at first I was a bit concerned that it was going to look

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-89039837610446170432008-01-30T09:08:00.001-05:002008-01-30T09:13:08.184-05:00

Watched Wedding Crashers last night. It rates a big old Meh. Had some great sort of ad libbed dialog, but the whole story line was very predictable. It was kind of weird though because in one scene Owen Wilson is all depressed and turns into a drunk and is reading a book about not killing yourself, and then you know like 6 months ago he did just that very thing. Why are you watching all these

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-61564464811017314122008-01-28T21:25:00.000-05:002008-01-28T21:51:49.326-05:00

I have this little Google tracker thing in the HTML of this blog, so that I can see how many hits I get, where traffic is coming from etc. One of the cool features is that I can see if people are reaching my site via search engine and what they typed in to get here. Generally it's pretty mundane, things like "knitting mittens" or "bulk food" but yesterday, oh glory, someone got here by searching

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-22841073490558900612008-01-26T09:20:00.000-05:002008-01-26T10:27:59.590-05:00

Another movie down. Last night I watched The Devil's Playground which sounds like one of those Rob Zombie post apocalyptic gross outs, but actually it was about Amish people. The premise is this: We (the Amish call us non-Amish the English) live in what is commonly called The Devil's Playground, and they - The Amish - obviously don't really agree or participate with our lifestyle except when a

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-20207723870829426412008-01-25T08:21:00.001-05:002008-01-25T08:57:37.699-05:00

One of the things I am learning about myself from the list, is my inability to complete tasks I am not that thrilled to do. Case in point - knitting projects. I will often start two or three projects and rip them out before I find one I really like and complete it. The mittens I had been working on, and by working on I mean started and then stuck in my knitting bag because I hated them, have

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-85189367304480407642008-01-21T09:25:00.000-05:002008-01-21T10:18:51.480-05:00

Another movie down. I watched Superbad last night, and it was super boring. In fact while I was watching it I schemed up a new Kate rating system for movies. A movie can receive one of four ratings - A Double Woot! (like V for Vendetta) - A single Woot! (Knocked Up) - 1/2 a poop sandwich (Superbad) - or a whole poop sandwich (luckily have yet to see one yet for the list, but an example would be

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-54470919183307257882008-01-16T22:56:00.000-05:002008-01-16T23:15:27.749-05:00

Ahh...the bars are moving. The list continues! I recently completed a book - AND a knitting project (pics soon - of the knitted thing, not the book) which are big fun things. On to the next book - which is the next in the Otherland series, and my next knitting project which is a pair of mittens.You may have noticed that I changed the list entry "random acts of kindness" to just "acts of kindness"

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-66041342452990682812008-01-14T08:39:00.000-05:002008-01-14T08:52:42.875-05:00

This has been a pretty interesting week, the first of the list, and I'm both surprised and a bit discouraged by my results thus far. About half of my items show any activity at all - see cleaning and movie watching, while other ones - the big ones shall we say - losing weight, volunteering are big old zeros. However, in an effort to remain positive, I'm quite pleased with not only my progress,

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-153969467252914182008-01-11T08:40:00.000-05:002008-01-11T09:12:17.149-05:00

I am really enjoying the neurosis of the list. I highly recommend starting one of your own, it's very interesting to chart my days, and satisfying to see the little bars move even if it's only a tiny bit at a time. Yesterday I was able to achieve two goals at the same time, that being reducing weekly spending, and reducing waste. The reducing waste number is going to tracked very

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-2113319419024574562008-01-10T07:43:00.000-05:002008-01-10T08:06:59.997-05:00

Initially when I set up the 30 list I thought that 30 minutes dedicated to cleaning every day seemed like a lot. It's not. I far exceed it daily, but I'm going to leave the goal at 30 anyway :) It is nice to have a dedicated time for cleaning each day though, and Mags is getting into the act too. We set the kitchen timer each morning and then clean like crazy until it goes off, you'd be surprised

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-41662649175884662702008-01-08T21:56:00.000-05:002008-01-08T22:12:17.409-05:00

After discussing the LIST with some of you, I am starting to realize I better set up some rules, and also do some quick explaining about my SWEET new progress bars you see over here --->First off the progress bars may look like they are moving very slowly and it might appear as though I'm slacking or taking my sweet time doing things, which I very well may be, however for a lot of the bars, the

mommyk8noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3610916567388560219.post-34604109972357858212008-01-07T08:07:00.001-05:002008-01-07T08:13:58.432-05:00

As most of you know I turned 30 yesterday. Though intellectually I understand that it's just a number, blah blah blah, it's meaningless, blah blah blah etc. I really don't like it. So I decided to turn my crankiness towards the situation, and set myself up with a set of really crazy goals to complete, reflect, and blog on this year. Thus I have created The 30 List. It's pretty self explanatory.

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