MamaKitty in 2008

2008, so far, is 97% worth living.

In 2005, MamaKitty did 123 things, went 8 places, met 0 people, and consumed 11 products.

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

January

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Sing Happy Birthday to Romantic Rosie on February 2nd as she turns 40! — completed 5 days later
  2. Click to donate at Hunger Site every day — completed about 1 month later
  3. Get my goals all cleaned up and ready to go for 2008! — completed about 1 month later
  4. observe National Gandhi Remembrance Day on January 30th — completed 2 months later
  5. Shamelessly ask my 43 friends to help support and sponsor Segsy in the 2008 Take Steps for Crohn's and Colitis Walk. — completed 3 months later
  6. follow through — completed 5 months later
  7. Wish a certain 43ter from New Jersey a Happy Birthday on Jan 18th! — completed 5 months later
  8. Study and complete CEU on Understanding the CMP — completed 6 months later
  9. laugh more — completed 5 months later
  10. be able to click a song that sweeps me away. — completed 6 months later
  11. be part of a team that donates 10 million grains of rice through freerice.com — completed 7 months later
  12. Review Goals Bi-Weekly
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Knit a scarf for my sister and send it to her by December 15th — Worth doing!
  2. have more confidence in myself and my abilities — Worth doing!
  3. Help My 43T Friends acheive their Goals — Worth doing!
  4. be cheered "in the future ago"
  5. List Five Books That I've Read That I Think Everyone With A "Read More" Goal Should Read — Worth doing!
  6. Wish Nycinephile on his Birthday on January 14th — Worth doing!
  7. Wish Taz a happy (though slightly belated) January 10th birthday!
  8. Wish SallyKitt a picture-perfect birthday on January 16th — Worth doing!
  9. Wish John Lee A Fantastic Birthday On Jan.20th — Worth doing!
  10. celebrate the super-cool, very funny, and world travelling Russellviii's birthday on the 20th — Worth doing!
  11. Wish BananaPancakes a fantastic birthday on January 23rd
  12. Dr. Seuss Avatar Week - Jan.20 to Jan. 26 — Worth doing!
  13. wish jaosehl a blooming wonderful, eco-friendly birthday on January 27 — Worth doing!
  14. Help Julie Jordan Scott Have The Best Birthday Ever On Jan.29th — Worth doing!
  15. Wish Cketh a carnival-like birthday on January 30th — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. be hospitable and generous
  2. set up FLYlady routines
  3. Learn to play the cello
  4. Learn to sew well
  5. go ice skating
  6. track all expenses each day of January
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Ascension Island — Worth visiting!
  2. Hagerstown — Not worth visiting
  3. Westport
  4. Country Club Plaza — Worth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. SG
Read:
  1. White noise

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February

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Faithfully Observe The 2008 Season Of Lent — completed about 1 month later
  2. sleep better — completed 5 months later
  3. Complete the Dare to Stair Challenge — completed 5 months later
  4. be authentic - believe in myself
  5. Find Creative Solutions - new solutions to old problems
  6. find my ideal career
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Sing Happy Birthday to Romantic Rosie on February 2nd as she turns 40! — Worth doing!
  2. help catattack get to 3000 cheers! — Worth doing!
  3. vote on 5 February 2008 - Super Tuesday ! — Worth doing!
  4. Make a vision board! — Worth doing!
  5. Party with Malc on his February 11th birthday! — Worth doing!
  6. Click to donate at Hunger Site every day — Worth doing!
  7. Wish Stu a healthy, peaceful, tasteful (but not too-tasteful) birthday on February 18! (With some crazy fun and a few pygmy goats thrown in...) — Worth doing!
  8. Wish Lob a belated but beloved birthday (Feb. 16) — Worth doing!
  9. go eagle watching — Worth doing!
  10. Use all my cheers — Worth doing!
  11. help catattack get to 4000 cheers soon! — Worth doing!
  12. Enthusiastically celebrate the birthday of AmyBB25 on 2/25 - she may be far from home but she's close to our hearts — Worth doing!
  13. Celebrate Adar's Accomplishment on 43Things with Cheers and Toasts — Worth doing!
  14. click a song that to me expresses happiness — Worth doing!
  15. Get my goals all cleaned up and ready to go for 2008! — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. Share in the 2007 43Things holiday card exchange
  2. learn to weave
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. Carm

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March

Added to 43 Things:
  1. track all expenses each day of March
  2. Pay Attention - 6 straight days of skin care, bright smiles, careful eating, yoga, and walks with a family memeber, March 18 - March 23. — completed 20 days later
  3. Have 43 people visit www.bhookh.com and help them in the fight to end hunger in India — completed 24 days later
  4. Thank ToddieM for the Cheerbombing! — completed about 1 month later
  5. have a mini five day renewal - whiten teeth, skin routine, and eat healthy foods — completed 4 months later
  6. Conquer my mail and keep it subdued
  7. Grow a flower cutting garden and share the wealth!
  8. create a vision board
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. make love outdoors — Worth doing!
  2. Wish Mahinui a fabulous, worry-free birthday on March 3rd! — Worth doing!
  3. Wish GrammaG a fun-filled 31st birthday on March 5th! — Worth doing!
  4. pray for Oogyboogawa and his family tomorrow (Wednesday) while his Dad is having surgery to remove a "mass" in his abdomen that might be cancer — Worth doing!
  5. be a great mother — Worth doing!
  6. Bless MovieJunkie With An Academically Prosperous Birthday on Oct 19th — Worth doing!
  7. Display a Monopoly Avatar March 2nd - 8th for it's 75th Anniversary on March 7th — Worth doing!
  8. Wish MamaKitty a (belated) "believe in myself" birthday on March 1st! — Worth doing!
  9. go streaking
  10. Wish Adar a very happy birthday on March 10!! — Worth doing!
  11. Wish Doris a Blessed, Peaceful, Energetic and Fun-filled Birthday on March 13th — Worth doing!
  12. March 9th to 15th is 80's Avatar Week! — Worth doing!
  13. Faithfully Observe The 2008 Season Of Lent — Worth doing!
  14. Wish RevengeNudeFreedom a Birthday that is 100% in His Happy Place amidst oodles of Body Acceptance, Cool Photos on Flickr and Enough Ecstatic Memories to Fill... well, if not a lifetime... then close to it on March 24 — Worth doing!
  15. Thank Crazyinagoodway for the lovely Cheerbomb! — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. go snorkeling
  2. speak spanish fluently
  3. track all expenses each day of March
  4. have people over for dinner more often
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Ghana
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. Dreamer~
Read:
  1. I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away — Worth consuming!
  2. Life of the Beloved: Spiritual Living in a Secular World — Worth consuming!
  3. Can You Drink the Cup? — Worth consuming!
  4. A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail — Worth consuming!

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April

Added to 43 Things:
  1. buy a copy of Dreamer~ 's book "Somewhere In The Middle Of Love" — completed 3 months later
  2. Wish Kim N the happiest of birthdays on April 28th — completed 2 months later
  3. The Dance of Life — completed 2 months later
  4. Work to create a more healing environment for my patients, their families, and my coworkers.
  5. Celebrate the International Day of Peace
  6. 43 things I like about the place I live
  7. Prepare My Home and Family for an Earthquake, or any other disaster that comes along
  8. lose 30 lbs
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. eat healthy for thirty days and lose 5 pounds — Worth doing!
  2. Celebrate Family Day on September 24th — Worth doing!
  3. Watch more comedy — Worth doing!
  4. Embrace challanges — Worth doing!
  5. Thank Flirt for Organizing the Holiday Card Exchange — Worth doing!
  6. stay in a cabin in the winter — Worth doing!
  7. Have a joyous Christmas — Worth doing!
  8. observe National Gandhi Remembrance Day on January 30th — Worth doing!
  9. Pay Attention - 6 straight days of skin care, bright smiles, careful eating, yoga, and walks with a family memeber, March 18 - March 23. — Worth doing!
  10. Mourn the loss of SoCalLifer and find out why she's gone. — Worth doing!
  11. encourage others to reach their potential — Worth doing!
  12. wish Ru a wonderfully special birthday which will envelope all her senses with magic (on April 8th) — Worth doing!
  13. go 24 hours without sleep — Not worth doing
  14. Have 43 people visit www.bhookh.com and help them in the fight to end hunger in India — Worth doing!
  15. Thank Flirt for the lovely postcard:) — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. learn more about wine
  2. Follow the _Four Day Win_ plan, noting my thoughts and experiences as I go
  3. Go white water rafting
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. ivyrose13
Watched:
  1. The Truman Show — Worth consuming!
Consumed:
  1. Thai iced tea — Worth consuming!
  2. Shortbread Cookies — Worth consuming!
  3. M&M's — Worth consuming!

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May

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Support Revenge of Nude Freedom's Memory Walk For Alzheimer's — completed about 1 month later
  2. Thank Chai for the bountiful Cheerbomb!! — completed 2 months later
  3. Wish ToddieM a "Foot"-Stompin, "Sole"-fully Delightful Birthday on May 18th — completed 2 months later
  4. pray more
  5. Find a place where I can donate old books and magazines
  6. Do something new every day
  7. Read Humorous Books
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Thank ToddieM for the Cheerbombing! — Worth doing!
  2. Shamelessly ask my 43 friends to help support and sponsor Segsy in the 2008 Take Steps for Crohn's and Colitis Walk. — Worth doing!
  3. Celebrate with Adar as she is ordained as a rabbi on May 18th! — Worth doing!
  4. receive a postcard from someone on 43T
  5. Help "bluepark" celebrate her Birthday (This Memorial Day Weekend) with Lots of Love (similar to what She bestows on ALL her 43T Friends) — Worth doing!
  6. Give Gemmword lots of love and hugs — Worth doing!
  7. Throw WyvernDust a birthday party, because she's turning 39 on May ???! — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Torpedo Factory — Worth visiting!
  2. Alexandria — Worth visiting!
  3. George Washington Parkway
  4. Gates BBQ — Worth visiting!

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June

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Give ToddieM a Fantastic Welcome Back to 43T on July 2nd — completed 3 days later
  2. Help Catattack raise funds for the Faith Fancher Breast Cancer Challenge 5K — completed 28 days later
  3. share in an 43 thing "dinner club" and spend crazy days and zany nights taking turn making dinner and sharing recipe — completed about 1 month later
  4. Share online videos — completed about 1 month later
  5. make a family calendar
  6. Check Flirt's birthday list daily, and not miss anymore birthdays!
  7. promote literacy
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Asking friends to pray for Flutter and her family. And show her your support by having kind words about her under your photo/picture for a day or two. — Worth doing!
  2. knit for charity — Worth doing!
  3. Celebrate Serenity's "Magical 43" birthday on June 7th with Peace, Light & Love!
  4. Cook more meals from scratch — Worth doing!
  5. Wish Flutterbyflyby3 an uplifting birthday on June 10th! — Worth doing!
  6. follow through — Worth doing!
  7. Wish Trauma_Junkie a Balanced and Less Serious Birthday June 13th — Worth doing!
  8. get lots of people to pray for my dog, Numen — Worth doing!
  9. Stop Procrastinating and Wish Jess_OKC a Belated June 14 Birthday — Worth doing!
  10. Enjoy some Après ski with Nonnacookbooker to celebrate her birthday on June 18th! — Worth doing!
  11. Have people send prayers,hugs and all around good mojo to Bluepark. for a speedy recovery. — Worth doing!
  12. Wish the artful Aimee abundance of peace, joy, and love on her birthday June 21st — Worth doing!
  13. Help celebrate Mama Kitty's one year anniversary on 43T — Worth doing!
  14. Wish Hawkmeister a Birthday filled with Love and Mischief June 25 — Worth doing!
  15. garden — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. make a scrapbook to illustrate my '100 things that make me happy' list

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July

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Watch the Perseids Meteor shower August 12, 2008 — completed 13 days later
  2. practice visualization
  3. Write about what energizes + inspires me?
  4. watch season 2 of Mad Men starting 27 July 2008 on AMC
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Give ToddieM a Fantastic Welcome Back to 43T on July 2nd — Worth doing!
  2. Support Revenge of Nude Freedom's Memory Walk For Alzheimer's — Worth doing!
  3. Help Catattack raise funds for the Faith Fancher Breast Cancer Challenge 5K — Worth doing!
  4. Wish Asterisk a Positive Birthday July 4th — Worth doing!
  5. Wish RuthG an Inspirational Birthday July 4th — Worth doing!
  6. make a daily "to do" list that i actually follow — Worth doing!
  7. go on a silent retreat — Worth doing!
  8. make awesome chili — Worth doing!
  9. Wish a certain 43ter from New Jersey a Happy Birthday on Jan 18th! — Worth doing!
  10. Study and complete CEU on Understanding the CMP — Worth doing!
  11. laugh more — Worth doing!
  12. be able to click a song that sweeps me away. — Worth doing!
  13. Grow in Christ — Worth doing!
  14. Dress colorfully — Worth doing!
  15. sleep better
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. get my masters degree in school psychology
Added to 43 Places:
  1. Ottawa

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August

Added to 43 Things:
  1. catch a west coast train with other 43Ters and be part of a railway party meetup
  2. Buy a bottle of Jones Soda with Ru's picture on it
  3. be proactive
  4. wish wren a lustrous virgo birthday August 24 complete with birdsong and lots of cheers
  5. Plan my trip to KC
  6. Wish New Isabella a mindful, miracle-filled, little bit zany birthday on August 24th!
  7. Convince Romantic Rosie to come back to 43Things!
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. share in an 43 thing "dinner club" and spend crazy days and zany nights taking turn making dinner and sharing recipe — Worth doing!
  2. Share online videos — Worth doing!
  3. be part of a team that donates 10 million grains of rice through freerice.com — Worth doing!
  4. Thank my lovely friend Carm, for her generous bestowal of cheers! — Worth doing!
  5. Watch the Perseids Meteor shower August 12, 2008 — Worth doing!
  6. Find and hire a plumber who can fix plumbing in a house built in the '20's — Worth doing!
  7. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful. — Worth doing!
Read:
  1. The Dance of Life: Weaving Sorrows And Blessings into One Joyful Step — Worth consuming!
  2. I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This!: and Other Things That Strike Me as Funny

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