RUNRGRL in 2006

2006 was 98% worth living.

In 2005, RUNRGRL did 48 things, went 62 places, met 10 people, and consumed 50 products.

Years: 2006 | 2007 | 2008
Months: All Year | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec

May

Added to 43 Things:
  1. See a movie in a drive-in — completed 7 days later
  2. take my daughter to the zoo — completed 15 days later
  3. exercise regularly/ SEE Live Healthy
  4. Eat Healthier/ SEE Live Healthy
  5. Make friends with myself
  6. Create my own catch word or phrase
  7. Use the word "Brilliant" in a sentence at least once a day
  8. do more crafts — completed 2 months later
  9. be more graceful
  10. Find balance.
  11. Finally use my gift card for European Tan and Spa
  12. Buy a House
  13. Build a sand and water table — completed 4 months later
  14. Post my Goals from here onto my fridge and get SERIOUS!
  15. Plan a Date night for my husband and I
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. find out my Jungian personality — Worth doing!
  2. start smoking — Not worth doing
  3. Pierce my belly button — Worth doing!
  4. Earned Diploma in Child and Youth Care — Worth doing!
  5. stop smoking — Worth doing!
  6. make a pinhole camera — Worth doing!
  7. Watch all episodes of "Fawlty Towers" ever made — Worth doing!
  8. backpack through Europe — Worth doing!
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Tofino — visited 2 months later
  2. Bretagne — visited 2 months later
  3. Mont Saint Michel — visited 2 months later
  4. Venezia — visited 2 months later
  5. Trevi Fountain — visited 2 months later
  6. Italy — visited 2 months later
  7. Ireland
  8. Saltspring Island — visited about 1 year later
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Jasper National Park — Worth visiting!
  2. Roma — Worth visiting!
  3. Colosseo — Worth visiting!
  4. Pantheon — Worth visiting!
  5. Murano — Worth visiting!
  6. Pompeii — Worth visiting!
  7. Pisa — Worth visiting!
  8. Napoli — Worth visiting!
  9. France — Worth visiting!
  10. Musée Du Louvre — Worth visiting!
  11. Tour Eiffel — Worth visiting!
  12. Cathédrale Notre Dame De Paris — Worth visiting!
  13. Palace of Versailles — Worth visiting!
  14. Arc De Triomphe — Worth visiting!
  15. Leonardo da Vinci - Mona Lisa — Worth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. Dharma say's "Life is one long lesson, some hurt more than others." — met about 1 year later
  2. roygbv — met 8 months later
  3. Lynda — met 8 months later
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. Renee Maruniak
  2. Paula S
  3. Anne Christina Bussey
  4. Lindsay McLintock
  5. Kim Hermes
  6. Kim Doucette
  7. Alter Ego #1
Watched:
  1. The Chronicles of Narnia - The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Full Screen Edition) — Worth consuming!

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June

Added to 43 Things:
  1. collect recipes — completed 3 months later
  2. write poetry again
  3. Release myself from excessive guilt and worry
  4. forgive myself
  5. understand
  6. make no excuses
  7. follow my instincts
  8. Send a message in a bottle — completed about 1 year later
  9. be courageous
  10. Compare myself to no one, but who I was yesterday
  11. Make a photo album
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. See a movie in a drive-in — Worth doing!
  2. take my daughter to the zoo — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. exercise regularly/ SEE Live Healthy
  2. Eat Healthier/ SEE Live Healthy
  3. Make friends with myself
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Il Foro Romano — Worth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. jengordon — met 8 months later

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July

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Go up the down ELEVATOR and down the up
  2. Buy a BIG COMFY couch
  3. STOP, Look and Listen
  4. Reduce re-use and recycle — completed 2 months later
  5. See tougher penalties for drunk drivers
  6. Give blood — completed about 1 year later
  7. take more pictures of my kids — completed about 1 year later
  8. list one thing every day that was positive — completed about 1 year later
  9. Support my family and friends and give them my time
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. bake a cake
  2. Ride a bike through a muddy puddle
  3. Roll on your side down a grassy bank — Worth doing!
  4. Make a mud pie — Worth doing!
  5. climb a tree — Worth doing!
  6. make snow angels — Worth doing!
  7. Bury a friend in the sand — Worth doing!
  8. Make some bread — Worth doing!
  9. Have your face painted — Worth doing!
  10. Feed a farm animal — Worth doing!
  11. pick strawberries — Worth doing!
  12. Find some worms — Worth doing!
  13. Find 10 different leaves in the park
  14. go up the down escalator and down the up — Worth doing!
  15. have a mud fight — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Go up the down ELEVATOR and down the up
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Somewhere Undiscovered
  2. Scotland
  3. Amsterdam
  4. New Zealand
  5. Saint-Malo — visited 7 months later
  6. Bikanel Island
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Salisbury Cathedral
  2. West Edmonton Mall — Worth visiting!
  3. Piazza del Duomo — Worth visiting!
  4. British Airways London Eye — Worth visiting!
  5. Big Ben — Worth visiting!
  6. Champs Elysées — Worth visiting!
  7. The Acropolis — Worth visiting!
  8. British Museum
  9. Athens — Worth visiting!
  10. Brighton and Hove — Worth visiting!
  11. Capri — Worth visiting!
  12. Ikea — Worth visiting!
  13. Tofino — Worth visiting!
  14. Bretagne — Worth visiting!
  15. Mont Saint Michel — Worth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. justincase60 — met 4 months later
  2. future95 — met 4 months later
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. PaulaS

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August

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Start using checklists
  2. Frequent thrift stores looking for bargains and dropping off donations — completed 3 months later
  3. improve myself
  4. Collect quotes, poems and lyrics that speak to me — completed 7 months later
  5. Subscribe and be Subscribed to — completed 7 months later
  6. Get to the post office when I have things waiting to be mailed
  7. List 100 things I want in life
  8. Post entries about the day to day life with my children
  9. Post Random Thoughts , and Question's, in the Hope That Someone Will Be Able To Answer Them For ME — completed about 1 year later
  10. Create my own happiness!
  11. Champion 1 Cause that I am most passionate about, Encourage others to do the same and find out what cause they feel the most passionate about
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. do more crafts — Worth doing!
  2. Have a water fight in a train station — Worth doing!
  3. pay off my student loan — Worth doing!
  4. Fix my teeth so I am not afraid to smile — Worth doing!
  5. Tie a cherry stem in a knot with my tongue — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Create my own catch word or phrase
  2. Use the word "Brilliant" in a sentence at least once a day
  3. be more graceful
  4. Buy a BIG COMFY couch
  5. Find balance.
  6. Finally use my gift card for European Tan and Spa
Added to 43 Places:
  1. NeverNeverLand
  2. New Brunswick
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Stanley Park — Worth visiting!
  2. Siwash Rock — Worth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. Carrie Marshall
Watched:
  1. Blow (Infinifilm Edition)
  2. Edward Scissorhands (Widescreen Anniversary Edition)
  3. Finding Neverland (Widescreen Edition)
  4. Donnie Brasco
  5. Secret Window
  6. Once Upon a Time in Mexico
  7. What's Eating Gilbert Grape
  8. Don Juan DeMarco
  9. Sleepy Hollow
  10. Cry Baby (Director's Cut)
  11. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Widescreen Edition)
  12. The Ninth Gate
  13. A Nightmare on Elm Street
  14. Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
  15. Chocolat

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September

Added to 43 Things:
  1. celebrate "Talk like a pirate" day
  2. Celebrate 37 Seasons of Sesame Street With Avatars Sept 25-30 — completed 5 days later
  3. Break down as many of my goals as I can into tasks that are measurable
  4. Respond to at least 5 "letters to Santa" from my local post office
  5. When I was kneehigh to a Grasshopper I thought.... — completed 5 months later
  6. Write a list of 43T from my childhood that are truly Canadian and make sure my children get to do the same — completed 6 months later
  7. Appreciate and nurture the relationships than enrich my life beyond words and spend less time contemplating those that are unlikely to ever change
  8. Find a way to survive the bitter cold of impending winter and still enjoy life! — completed about 1 year later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. live alone — Worth doing!
  2. EVERYBODY JOIN IN...INTERNATIONAL KHAKI DAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FRIDAY 08 SEPTEMBER...FOR STEVE IRWIN, THE CROCODILE HUNTER...
  3. Build a sand and water table
  4. collect recipes — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Buy a House
  2. Post my Goals from here onto my fridge and get SERIOUS!
  3. celebrate "Talk like a pirate" day
  4. write poetry again
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Bath — Worth visiting!
  2. United Kingdom — Worth visiting!
Watched:
  1. Little Man

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October

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Plan my daughters 2nd Birthday and Halloween — completed 8 months later
  2. Perform Random Acts of Kindness in loving memory of Emily Keyes
  3. Write about my journey as a Youth Care Worker and the moments that touched my life
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Celebrate 37 Seasons of Sesame Street With Avatars Sept 25-30 — Worth doing!
  2. Reduce re-use and recycle
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. STOP, Look and Listen
  2. Release myself from excessive guilt and worry
  3. forgive myself
  4. Plan a Date night for my husband and I
Watched:
  1. Devil's Playground — Worth consuming!
  2. A Rape in a Small Town Holway — Worth consuming!

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November

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Take 43 Internet quizzes
  2. Inform as many parents as possible about the Britax Regent 5 Point Harness Car Seat — completed about 1 month later
  3. stumble upon more interesting websites in my pursuit for knowledge
  4. Hear Globetrotter sing
  5. Challenge all 43ers to light a candle to help STOP child pornography at www.lightamillioncandles.com — completed 7 months later
  6. Make the world a safer place for my children
  7. Have more days like today
  8. Look for beauty, inspiration and joy everywhere and pass it on
  9. Drift off to sleep with a sense of peace, a quiet mind, and wake up on the right side of the bed
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Take the Colorgenics profile test
  2. Frequent thrift stores looking for bargains and dropping off donations
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Start using checklists
  2. improve myself
  3. Take 43 Internet quizzes
  4. Break down as many of my goals as I can into tasks that are measurable
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. justincase60
  2. future95
Read:
  1. Where the Wild Things Are — Worth consuming!
  2. The Grouchy Ladybug — Worth consuming!
  3. The Monster at the End of This Book (Big Bird's Favorites Brd Bks) — Worth consuming!
  4. Little Women (Signet Classics) — Worth consuming!
  5. Alice in Wonderland — Worth consuming!
  6. A Bear Called Paddington — Worth consuming!
  7. The Black Stallion (Black Stallion) — Worth consuming!
  8. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day — Worth consuming!
  9. The Chronicles of Narnia Set — Worth consuming!
  10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar — Worth consuming!
  11. Arbor Alma/the Giving Tree — Worth consuming!
  12. The Subway Mouse — Worth consuming!
  13. Charlotte's Web — Worth consuming!
  14. Julius, the Baby of the World — Worth consuming!
  15. Guess How Much I Love You — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Say Anything — Worth consuming!
  2. Almost Famous - The Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  3. Vanilla Sky — Worth consuming!
  4. Jerry Maguire (Special Edition) — Worth consuming!
  5. Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Widescreen Special Edition) — Worth consuming!

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December

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Let go of past regrets and have fewer regrets in 2007
  2. Be as good as my good intentions if not better
  3. Write the story of the incredible journey I took bringing my children into the world
  4. Be a hero for my children to look up to
  5. Embrace new beginnings
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. cheerbomb Dharmagirl for saying the right things at the right time, and putting a smile upon my face. — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Respond to at least 5 "letters to Santa" from my local post office

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