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Ok. I made a list for the 101 things to do in 1001 days. I like lists, but this was a hard list to make. I saw that hiswifetheirmom was doing it and I wanted to do it too. The date of this entry is the day that my 1001 days is up. I'll be sure to update all 2 of the people who read this. Let's see how this goes.

( 101 things in 1001 Days List )


Start date: October 27, 2011
End date: July 24, 2014

Italicized= in progress
Bold=completed

My New Year's Resolution for 2012 was to learn something new Every Day! I'll keep a running tab here on LJ:

January 1
Muscles live on rocks and are dark in color to camouflage themselves. Clams are light colored because the live in the sand.

January 2
Johnny Depp plays the steel guitar and played with Oasis in their song "Fade In-Out".

January 3
12 hours in a day is said to originate from the Egyptians as it is theorized that they learned to count measurements by using the joints in their hands. 3 per finger (Thumb doesn't count)

January 4
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt was so convinced the White House was haunted that she kept a vial of holy water on her nightstand.

January 5
Chemist and novelist Carl Djerassi, is considered the Father of Birth Control. (He'll be speaking at OSU on Feb. 2nd. I am SO going!)

January 6
If you Pee in the shower you can save 1157 gallons of water a year.

January 7
This playoff season marked the first time two rookie quarterbacks started in the same playoff game: Andy Dalton and T.J.Yates

January 8
Hawkfish are reef dwellers that start life as females but can transform into males after maturing

January 9
Puja is an offering to Hindu deities.

January 10
Currently in the US, Portland, OR is the 29th most Populous State. NYC, LA and Chicago are the top 3. In Ohio: Columbus 15, Cleveland 45, Cincinnati 62 and Dayton 174

January 11
Nicolas Steno is considered the Father of Geology

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January 18
Killer whale calves nurse for about 5 to 10 seconds at a time, several times an hour, 24 hours a day.

January 19
The nutria, Myocastor coypus, is a large semi-aquatic rodent. The generic name is derived from two Greek words (mys, for mouse, and kastor, for beaver) that translate as mouse beaver. ---- I saw a dead one on the side of the road. It was gross.

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January 24th
I learned how to look up student information at work finally. Also, learned a bunch of stuff about Women's Suffrage.

January 25th
The plural of uterus is uteri.

First of all, I instigated the whole situation. I brought them together. Steve is awesome and Whitney is awesome. I schemed with our mutual friend Rachel to get them together. I told Steve to stop bitching about women and hang out with Whitney. She is pretty. She is smart. She is funny. She's awesome.

I succeeded. They hang out together.

Second of all, they say they aren't boyfriend and girlfriend. Whatever. They spend a lot of freaking time together and when they AREN'T together they are on the phone with one another. They're together. They are a couple. So whatever. Blah blah blah they are both looking for jobs elsewhere. Nothing could really happen. blah blah blah.

I love them dearly. They are GREAT people. I just don't want to sacrifice my alone time for them. When Whitney was still living with her parents, she spent a lot of time (read nights) here...which is understandable. Now she has moved out of her parents' house.....on our street. It's not stalkerish. I don't think. She found out about the room for rent and asked where it was. The dude said close to Albertson's. That doesn't necessarily mean OUR street, but I guess it does.

I thought she'd be spending a lot of time in her new place. Getting to know her roommates. NO. She didn't know them before she moved in. I am glad that we live on the same street because if they turn out to be crazy, she can just run over here. Regardless, she's still over at my place...a lot. She's my friend, so she wants to hang out. I want to just stay in my room and be antisocial.

I'm just not used to it. I lived by myself for 5 years or so. Therefore when people would visit, was because I invited them. Then I lived with roommates that rarely had visitors because, well, no one really likes Lindsay. People still don't go over there.

I may or may not have pretended to be sick yesterday so I wouldn't have to sacrifice my day off to go hang out.

Antisocial. It's needed sometimes.

I am 2/12 on this one. The first was the vegetarian "chicken" and dumplings that did NOT turn out well. The second was much better.

I got a tub of squash puree from the farmers' market and then wandered around to look for additional ingredients. I grabbed onion, garlic, celery, carrots and a parsnip to help create a soup. Later I would get veggie broth to add.

I didn't follow a recipe. I just threw all the veggies in a pot with some butter to saute them seasoned with salt, pepper, coriander and something else I don't remember. (Can't you tell I am so awesome at this cooking thing?) Once I thought they were cooked good enough, I added the puree and then a can of veggie broth. (I have a recipe somewhere where I can make my own veggie broth and would like to do that to have on reserve.) I simmered the pot and then busted out a hand blender to mix everything together. It smelled so good.

I thought I wanted to toast some bread to use as croutons...I burnt them and set off the smoke alarm....twice.

At least the soup was a tasty success!!!

30-2-15-3/5 What so these numbers mean?

30lbs. My goal weight is 30lbs away from my current weight

2 lbs: Losing 2 lbs a week will be hard, but not totally. Any more a week isn't exactly healthy and 2 lbs is pushing it.

15 weeks: Following the 2 lbs/week plan, it should take me roughly 15 weeks

3/5: March 5th. That's 15 weeks from now.

I weigh less now than I did a year ago and wear a pants (and bra, band and cup) size smaller than I did a year ago....but then again my body went through A LOT this year. The numbers on the scale aren't as important to me as my overall perception of myself. I've never really had low self esteem, but I'm starting to actually not like what looks back at me when I am in front of a mirror. I don't like this feeling.

I'm just using weight as a metric for now, but will measure various parts of my body.

So yeah...I'll see how this works. Will Power is the determining factor no doubt.

67 Learn to Cook 12 new dishes

I learned how to make a Vegetarian "Chicken" and Dumplings. It was good, except I don't think I should have used whole wheat flour for the dumplings. The next time I will use just plain ole All Purpose Flour.

I have accomplished two items on my list.

#2 Go to a lecture on campus

Alumnus, Dr. Duane Nellis, was awarded the Alumni Fellow award for the College of Science. He presented a lecture on land-grant universities that I attended on 11/4/2011.

#33 Seahawks game Attended

I already had the tickets when I made this list, so I sort of cheated. Oh well. Jeff came out for a visit and we went to the Cincinnati Bengals v Seattle Seahawks game on 10/30/2011.

2 down, 99 to go.

1. I can Only Imagine, by Mercy Me. Tyler Evick sang it my mom’s funeral. She had requested this even before she was sick.

2. When Daddy Let me Drive, by Alan Jackson. It makes me think of my Daddy of course. Jeff and I played this on the Jukebox at The Speakeasy one night and a sibling moment.

1. Wizard of Oz: How could you not like that movie? Steve and I are planning on doing the Pink Floyd thing where you sync the movie up with The Wall.

2. A Christmas Story: It’s my favorite Christmas movie and I’d always watch it with my dad. We’d watch it MULTIPLE times when they TBS had it on for 24 hours. It was funny every time. I don’t think we had the tv on a different channel the 24 hours it was on. I wanted to get a leg lamp for my new house, but my roommate says it's too tacky for the Man Cave. I say he's a jerk and has no taste.

3. Goonies: Quintessential 80’s movie. I just recently visited the house in Astoria, OR where it was filmed.