tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-90256079857266469702024-03-13T14:42:33.105-07:00The ShovelFilling My Bucket, One Scoop at a TimeNicole Ankenmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238675992211410365noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025607985726646970.post-43016494334549697052013-01-04T19:14:00.001-08:002013-01-04T19:52:55.608-08:00[2] #51: Ink and ThimbleI love antique shops and second hand stores, where anything you buy comes with an unknown history - a story nobody browsing will ever know, the tale of travel from its first shelf to the one heavy laden in front of you with knick-knacks and Dad mugs and brass candle holders. Every one in a while, I go into the bedding section and look for a quilt. You can always tell which blankets are grandmother-made, and the gems are hard to find. I have one on my bed, hand-stitched by one of the older women in the patchwork of my life. There is time sewn there. Care. Intention. It is beautiful.<br />
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My quilts are made with newer technology, but just as much love. The first one I made was a little blanket, with squares cut out of an old yellow skirt, a dark purple t-shirt, two retired linens and a sundress. In that single piece, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ink-Thimble/391821897563001">Ink and Thimble</a> was born. I have since transformed baskets full of would-be-donated clothing into artistic apparel, each with a little bit of history. This square is from Florida, this one is a pair of pants I wore all the way through high school, this is from the sheets I lived in as a child -- all washed thoroughly, I promise! There is something wonderful about seeing somebody new carrying on a little part of my life. I'm currently saving up the proceeds to fund the fixing of my own sewing machine, so I can let my Mum have hers back. My Bernina, inherited from my grandmother, will soon be the beautiful beast responsible for giving new purpose to old cloth... but until then, patch by patch, I'm domestically quilting my way from the tremors of unrest to the peaceful hum of productive tranquility.Nicole Ankenmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238675992211410365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025607985726646970.post-62612788328413546722012-11-20T20:52:00.001-08:002013-01-04T16:30:34.213-08:00[2] #16: Fruit Salad<br />
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While this little anecdote definitely inspired the title of this post, the general idea came from a different era of my life. In the last days of my elementary school career, my teacher introduced me to a foreign fruit with such impact that the experience of it has been burned into my memory like a scratch-and-sniff tattoo. The durian. </div>
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When ripened it has so pungent an odour that it is forbidden in many public transit systems, hotels and apartment buildings around this world of ours. The smell has been described politely as "distinctive" and less so, according to Wikipedia, as "rotten onions, turpentine and gym socks," which is why, of course, I am so eager to eat it again. Unfortunately, Durian is a bit hard to come by in Muskoka (as in, impossible). When spring returns, I will make my way back to the Chinese market at York and Queen, and I will most certainly invest ten-ish dollars into one of these spiky sweets... but in the meantime I have broadened this goal to one that can be accommodated north of Toronto.</div>
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For many years I have stared at boxes of pomegranates with a blend of confusion and awe. This pomme-grenade infatuates and infuriates; it is both delicious and difficult to eat. I'm glad that I began my little kitchen adventure with this <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fco-95_Aa0M">video</a> - it absolutely saved me a lot of time. Ate seeds for a few hours, juiced the rest (half and half with orange is divine), and tried adding the pulp to breakfast-for-dinner pancake mix (which did not work - SO gritty). All in all, a happy new-food experience! </div>
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Nicole Ankenmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238675992211410365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025607985726646970.post-27599563411792255702012-11-08T20:07:00.000-08:002012-11-08T20:07:32.414-08:00[2] #21: The Upturned ThumbThere are few attitudes of precipitation that are compatible with a long walk alone. Last year, wrapped up in the romantic idealism so often self-inflicted in my life, I decided to take myself on a wandering sort of adventure down the road and through the woods wearing a costume princess ball gown. The first ten minutes were a joy; many a confused smile from drivers as they zoomed past, a bus load of kids headed home from school, a little lighthearted music in my ear... but then the summer rain turned into a chilly drizzle and as the weather half-lifted the bugs came out. I was <i>eaten alive</i> and had a miserable trudge for the last half hour. Eventually I gave up and called my Dad.<br />
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With this memory running through my mind as I drove through the dripping grey world last week, I decided to pick up the sopping wet person on the side of the road. His name was Ryan, and he was on his way to work in town - about ten kilometres away from where I picked him up, which was about five from where he started. He didn't say much, but he gave me a smile and kept up his end of the conversation in exchange for the lift. All in all a decent ride... and in the future, as long as you don't look dangerous or creepy, you can count on my passenger seat.<br />
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<br />Nicole Ankenmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238675992211410365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025607985726646970.post-33069299095507637332012-11-02T11:17:00.003-07:002012-11-02T11:17:54.117-07:00[2] #74: Chocolate and StampsThe recipe was one that I've adopted from camp - adopted and adapted because of my love affair with cinnamon. It is my general rule that nearly everything in the baking world can be enhanced with a sprinkling of this spice, and so nearly every recipe that passes through my fingers will be graced with an asterix, instructing a dash of the good old finely-ground.<br />
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The mixing-up of cookie dough is one of the most pleasant activities I can think of to do by one's self. Something about cracking an egg or two into a bowl and watching as it is folded into butter and sugar and flour has an almost hypnotic rhythm to it. And then, by the magic of simple chemistry, something wonderful emerges from the batter. Cookies, my dear friends, are <i>so</i> much more than the sum of their parts.<br />
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Half of the camp-sized batch made about seven dozen chewy, melty, delicious oatmeal-chocolate-chip cookies. Some of them were gobbled up by my Dad on their way out of the oven, some by the rest of my family when the work day was through - but one dozen made its way down to Toronto, and the balance were shared between the men and women at the post office in Huntsville, and a summer friend currently out in Saskatchewan. Win-win-win-win.<br />
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It was a good day.Nicole Ankenmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238675992211410365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025607985726646970.post-18657286118543785472012-10-18T09:18:00.000-07:002012-10-18T09:19:59.240-07:00[2] #53: Ride for Refuge<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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rolled out of bed with enough time for a bowl of cereal and a yogurt, but not
much more than that. The starting line was about a half hour from the home we
had gathered in, and many of us still needed to properly register. Bikes loaded
and helmets in hand we drove off to the race that will, in time, change lives.</span><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 11pt;">We were raising money – putting our legs and lungs to the test in
trade for sponsorship pledges that pool into a fund designed to help kids get
to camp. The 52.72 kilometer track nearly killed me a couple of times, but the
idea of more children packing into our programs, learning about the God we love
and finding a place of emotional refuge (even if only for one week) kept me pumping
along. That, and a quick-paced audiobook reading away in my ears. I started the
race in a sweater and tracks, and crossed the line in shorts and a tank – wild how
much heat a body self-generates. It took me four hours, three water bottles, two
oranges and an embarrassing number of muffins to get there, but I got there. I
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Shovel: Scoop Two</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> </span></b><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">26/09/12</span><span style="color: #535353; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Go snowboarding again</span><span style="color: #535353; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Take a ten-day Daniel Fast</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Take a pottery class (slash, make and bake something out of clay)</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Find the ruins and caves I visited as a child and explore</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Eat a meal at Renee’s Café on the way to Mikisew</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Take a professional icing class</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Publish a story</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Find and attempt a pogo-stick</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Memorize the poem “Ladies [Ladles] and Jellybeans [Jellyspoons]”</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Have a picnic and watch the clouds change shape (like in Up)</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Walk around a city dressed like a superhero. Eat super-sized french-fries.</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Learn Disney’s “Scales and Arpeggios” on the piano</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Go to the African Lion Safari in Carlisle; get attacked by monkeys</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Audition for a stage play or musical</strike> <b>17/11/12</b></span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Borrow somebody’s children and rock out at Santa’s Village</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Eat a new sort of tropical or foreign fruit</strike> <b>30/10/12</b></span></div>
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Join a book club</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Make a scavenger hunt of awesome and hand off the first clue to a complete
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Have that one conversation I've been putting off the last seven years.</strike> <b>08/12/12</b></span></div>
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Live one day completely blind</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Pick up a hitchhiker</strike> <b>27/10/12</b></span></div>
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Volunteer to read a book for Librivox</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Spend three consecutive days in an English accent</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Find out if anything besides corn will pop in the microwave</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Explore an abandoned amusement park/theatre/castle/town with Polo</strike> <b>14/11/12</b></span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Complete the story birthed from my study of Leviticus</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Play hide-and-seek in somebody's cornfield</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bury a time capsule</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Make and use tin-can-telephones</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Go to a karaoke bar and sing a sober song</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Go to a decent sports game of any kind. Learn how to care about sports.</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Read through a whole newspaper</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Volunteer at a soup kitchen</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Baby-sit for someone I don't yet know</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Buy a candy thermometer and use it successfully</strike> <b>06/12/12</b></span></div>
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One new, spontaneous experience</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Visit St. Joseph's Island and walk across the bridge with Marsena</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Roast chestnuts over an open fire</span></div>
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Play a game of chess against myself in a park - like that Pixar short :)</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Develop a convincing Irish accent</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tie a swing to a tree. Swing on it.</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Learn to juggle</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">43.
Go skating (blades or wheels) under the stars... or city lights, depending on
where I am</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">44.
Hit the bull’s-eye on an archery target. Or a dartboard. Not picky.</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">45.
Sell something I've made on Etsy</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Spend one day in total silence</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Join a yoga class</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Write an encouragement letter to the Queen of England</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">49.
Read every Sherlock Holmes story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in my collection</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">50.
Have someone draw a caricature of me</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Quilt</strike><b> 01/11/12</b></span></div>
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Eat only plain oatmeal for as long as I can (to appreciate the manna
experience)</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">53.
Do something that feels impossible</span></s><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;"> <b>29/09/12</b></span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Go to Catholic Mass at the huge Cathedral in Hamilton</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Canoe from MYW/MBC to Huntsville for ice cream</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">56.
Read the book of Philippians 100 times</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Temporarily transform the giant tomato of North Bay into Bob</span></div>
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Go to TIFF with Missa next year</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Write a "short, true" story to Stuart McLean (of the Vinyl Cafe)</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;"><strike>60. Get a job doing something new or unexpected</strike> <b>01/12/12</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">61.
Hunt for fossils with Justin, way down south in Windsor</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">62.
Create some art with oil pastels</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Buy a second-hand puzzle and find out if it has all the pieces</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Give someone working Drive Thru a CD - like that random guy did for me</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">65.
Handwrite all of my collected recipes onto recipe cards (find/make a cool box)</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">66.
Mail the explosive part of a Christmas cracker to somebody as a surprise</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Decorate a random (un-cut) tree (in a park, or in the woods) for the Holidays</span></div>
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Record a cover song and post it on YouTube, potentially with collaboration</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">69.
Get strong enough to do "several" chin ups and not die</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">70.
Call in to a radio show and request or dedicate a song</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">71.
Learn more about (appraise?) my Egyptian heart scarabs</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">72.
Build a snow quinzhee</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">73.
Finish editing Will Author's book. Don't charge him for it.</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;"><strike>74.
Mail a double batch of cookie to Ryan out west</strike> <b>25/10/12</b></span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">75.
Help make Lor's "washing machine" dream come true</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">76.
Push a slinky down an escalator</span><span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #1d1d1d; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">77.
Find somebody whose favourite movie I've never seen, and watch it with him/her</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Nicole Ankenmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238675992211410365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025607985726646970.post-30553089589700154542012-10-08T14:06:00.004-07:002012-10-08T21:59:42.721-07:00[1] #70: "It's snails, Miss."<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">The
inspiration for this challenge was birthed by a ten-second </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FftacDj_L58"><span style="color: #178951; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">clip</span></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;"> from the silver
screen.</span><br />
<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font: normal normal bold 24px/normal Gruppo; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; position: relative;">
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"<i>Escargot</i>,
Miss Callaway?"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"Why
thank you, waiter-person! I'm starvin. I mean... I'd adore one."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">[Awkward
pause while she takes a bite.]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"This
tastes like a balloon."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"It's
snails, Miss."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"Good.
Nice. Chewy."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">[Thumbs up
and a wink from the waiter... as soon as he leaves, she spits it into her
hand.]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"All
this money and these people eat <i>slugs</i>?!"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">After an
introduction like that, it just had to be done.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I bought the
can from the NoFrills out by Stoney Creek. It was the most direct bus route
while I was in the city, and it was on a trip for other groceries that the
little tin caught my eye. It was under two dollars, and sat on my shelf for a
long, long time. If inanimate objects can smirk or mock, this one did. I think
it thought I would eventually forget about it and it would never face the
shark-toothed jaws of an opener. But I didn't forget.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I received
some pretty encouraging advise about this little culinary adventure in the
weeks before its execution, especially from Kylie. Butter, garlic, parmesan. I
add these instructions: dice quickly before you think about it too much. Diced,
snails look surprisingly similar to mushrooms. Garliced and buttered, snails
also taste quite like a fungus... which, I suppose, is not necessarily an
improvement. We ate it with Tostitoes, but we didn't munch much. It is snails,
after all.</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nicole Ankenmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238675992211410365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025607985726646970.post-58208473233214317172012-10-08T14:06:00.001-07:002012-10-18T09:20:32.782-07:00[1] #39: The Wild Streak<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">Some posts
need more introduction than others. This one needs almost nothing.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I have blue
hair.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Not lots,
just a little chunk guy chilling out behind my left ear, making every day a
little brighter.</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nicole Ankenmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238675992211410365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025607985726646970.post-57823458501346323632012-10-08T14:05:00.004-07:002012-10-08T21:59:27.266-07:00[1] #36: A Leaping Faith<br />
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This year had
been a long list of firsts in my life thanks to the adventurous challenge of
The Shovel, but last week I claimed a "first" not only for myself,
but for the entire province of Ontario. </span><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 24.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I didn't
really understand what I was getting into when Ben popped his head into the
kitchen after dinner. "Do you guys want to go on the zipline?" he
asked with a misleading nonchalance. I took one look at Jo, fellow cook and
great friend, and knew our answer would be the same. "Um, Yes!?" we
replied, blissfully naive of the commitment we had just made. And that was
that: verbal waver signed. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">About an hour
later I met Jo and her towel outside of the Staff House, my adopted springtime
abode. Our one minute walk to the tower was a giddy one, but excited giggles
turned into nervous laughter when I stepped into the shadow of this foreboding
edifice. Oh, biceps... we have a little training to do. After a few tries and a
little slipping of the fingers I managed to pass the fifteen-second test that
determined whether or not I would be able to save my own life. The second
fifteen-second test, whether or not I would be able to force my trembling body
up the thin metal ladder to the high platform from which I would soon have to
jump, took a more determined swallowing of fear. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The guys were
encouraging but a little vague. "Wrist in here," said Stu after
practically bolting himself into place. "When I open the gate, just
run." Wires, wrists and fists... a system that did not scream total
security, but the engineers that thought it up and put it together are a
trustworthy set, so with an eventual deep breath and a squeak of escaping
internal protest, my feet leapt.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Then my heart
leapt. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I'm the type
to fear the climb and love the drop. It's the classic roller coaster dilemma,
but as with many that share the adrenaline addiction brought on by the physical
thrill of being rushed towards the earth at a rhinocerosly rapid speed, I work
through the terror of that first ride and cue by cue, build up my bravery. By
the end of the day, all you feel is <i>awesome</i> and fearless. This
is like that... but maybe a little cooler.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The zip at
Mini-Yo-We is the only licensed line that lands in the water - and this year, I
was the first to ride down. Bottom line: I make history. No big deal.</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nicole Ankenmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238675992211410365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025607985726646970.post-37745316957991952492012-10-08T14:04:00.002-07:002012-10-08T21:59:16.165-07:00[1] #2: Training for Barnum and Bailey<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">There is a
bewildering percentage of the North American population that suffers from a
fear of circus clowns. Irrational though it may seem to those of us whose
personal interaction with the cheerfully clad actors of buffoonery and jest
have been pleasant and calm, I understand that in the world of dark film there
has been a twist in the expressions of these characters -- a perversion of
their charm into something cruel and cold. This need not be the legacy of the
professional jokester. Can we please bring it back to pie-in-the-faceing and
the squirting floral boutonnieres of ages past? Here's you're balloon of
ridiculous length.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Thanks to
YouTube, my good friend Messa and I spent an afternoon learning how to inflate
these balloon-animal-baloons with nothing but the hot air of out own lungs (and
a little "Karate!" which, in this context, means a body-shuddering <i>umph</i>).
Unfortunately, we listened to <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDqa-0-DovY"><span style="color: #178951; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">this guy</span></a> and never
saw<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6tN8Tu6XFg"><span style="color: #178951; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"> this guy's video</span></a> at
all. (Gotta love contradicting advice?) Ahh well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">By the end of
the time, both of us had twisted two colourful quadrupeds and caused a few
fatalities. Lessons learned: there are ways to half-cheat at this if you need
to, both of us are very easily amused, and a hole in one leg of a balloon
animal plays out more like amputation than explosion if you've twisted it
right. I will also add that Willow (the thirteen-year-old girl I was
working with at the time) was very impressed with my new skills, and
commissioned a latex Barbie house and a hoop-target for them to jump through.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Now, that
wasn't so scary, was it? But then, the make up I was wearing was fairly
conservative. Perhaps for our week of celebrations at Camp this summer, I will
don a more dramatic look and play the birthday-clown for a day. I will need a
little more practice for that role though... and let's be honest, an air pump.</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nicole Ankenmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238675992211410365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025607985726646970.post-56693993102599983942012-10-08T14:03:00.003-07:002012-10-08T21:59:06.025-07:00[1] #31: From the Rooftops<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">The view from
my window this morning doesn't feel like the city I have become so accustomed
to. There is a low-hanging fog blanket snuggling up to the lake and doing its
best to white out the sky and erase the horizon. I can see only shadows of a
tree line across the bay, grey on softer grey layers of a storybook silhouette.
It is raining gently, misting everything with a melancholic wash, just heavy
enough that certain spots on my bannister have collected enough water to drip.
Drip. Not often, not when I'm looking, but from the corner of my eye as I
write. I slept with my windows open last night so I could listen to the city
and the smell of the rain has rolled inside to my bed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I can hear
the birds, now. It doesn't last long here, this peace; in an hour the pigeons
will wake up and bully the songbirds to hush, but for this moment they have the
stage. I want to join them. I soon will.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Because in
one more day I will be leaving this place. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">And there are
certain things I must do before I go.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">So I went to
my room and riffled through a package of papers I have kept since High School.
I shouldn't still have them, but I do. I find the one I am looking for, return
to my balcony and open the door to this costal scene before me. It is exactly
what I imagine the east coast to feel like in the mornings. Reminiscent of
Ireland, with its muted greys and crisp greens. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">"Cai dil
gu la laddie, la laddie, sleep the stars away."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">And sleep the
moon, and sleep the dark. I usually reserve this piece for tall stairwells when
the echos fill the space and magnify my melody like a choir, but this morning
it was an obvious choice. Maybe my sixth-floor apartment wasn't the rooftop I
once envisioned, but as I sang out, full and loud, I watched over my little
North End neighbourhood as it stretched itself awake with a yawn. So many
rooftops, so many homes, so many families, so many lives.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I hope I have
touched a few.</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nicole Ankenmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238675992211410365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025607985726646970.post-55982926254491817362012-10-08T14:01:00.001-07:002012-10-08T21:58:53.608-07:00[1] #22: Conquering Candy Land<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: Baskerville;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 19px;">
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to start a load of laundry after midnight does come with a morning-after tax on
both body and brain, but having a few key tricks up your proverbial sleeve can
make the experience surprisingly enjoyable. Bare necessities: clothing to
launder, detergent with which to clean said clothing, a Best friend, half tub
of the highest quality President's Choice ice cream that $3.50 can buy, two
large sofa cushions and Candy Land... Juniour.</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;"> The rules of this
game are classic: pull a card, move your pieces. The "bad guy" in the
game is identified as Lord Liquorice, who can force you to miss a turn by
gluing your little gingerbread-feet to the square (Muaaahahaha!), but it
quickly became obvious that the real power in the game is wielded by the oh-so-innocent
appearing pink cards, each printed with a different confectionary treat. Oh how
you learn to long for the chocolate truffle! Oh how we feared the dreaded
cupcake card! Even with these potential stalls lurking in the deck, there was
little challenge to this "Ages three and up" game (both of us lapping
Hasbro's invited players by a double-decade). In fact, Wiki puts it this way:</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">"Due
to the design of the game, there is no strategy involved - players are never
required to make choices, just follow directions. A "winner" is
predetermined only by the shuffle of the cards."</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">A game
without strategy?! Perish the thought! We invented some.</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">Advanced
Rules for the (Much) Older Child</span></b><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Ending the game must be played out like the game <i>Sorry</i>: (your piece
must land exactly on the green square before proceeding to the Candy Castle,
otherwise you must play in reverse from the ending and go backwards back down
the Jolly Rancher trail); once a character is securely across the rainbow
drawbridge, it remains there safely - impervious to Lord Licorice's sticky
threats or the dreaded cupcake card.</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Baskerville Semibold"; mso-bidi-font-size: 15.0pt;">2.
You must always play with two characters, and must always draw two cards; if
required you can substitute in Monopoly pieces, dice, pennies or actual gingerbread
men for more characters (as long as they are small). Cards can use together on
one piece or split between two, like backgammon.</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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You must win as a character TEAM: successful crossings over into the Castle
have to be back to back, without the other player getting one of their guys in.
If it's a "draw" (I get one in then Jaleesa, then I do again), you
have to start the whole thing over… but, if someone does achieve a double
victory (I get two in right away, or I get one then Jae, then Jae again), happy
dancing is wholeheartedly encouraged.</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Helvetica; mso-bidi-font-size: 13.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was everything I had hoped it to be</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nicole Ankenmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238675992211410365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025607985726646970.post-77961102483595829972012-10-08T13:59:00.004-07:002012-10-08T21:58:42.431-07:00[1] #4: Silencio, Por Favor!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">If you treat
the visual consumption of motion picture film as an opportunity to multiply
your productivity (*cough*Mom*cough*), this game would probably kill you.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">As with most
of the goals set out on my list, I decided on this one with little forethought and
a strangely dogged determination to complete it. Half way through "Tomates
Verdes Fritos," my brain almost gave up trying to watch, read and
translate without the audio aide. Though I took three years of Spanish in high
school, I haven't been keeping up with it properly and I think my functional
vocabulary could probably fit into one of the 1930's frying pans so prevalent
in this flick.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I have yet to
re-watch it with the sound up, so I'm still looking forward to finding out if I
missed any big plot points. As I understand it though, here's a little
synopsis:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">A
sugar-loving middle-aged lady (Evelyn) sets off to visit some grouch in the
hospital and ends up meeting a very cheerful elderly woman (Ninny) and they
fall into conversation. The older woman recounts the beginning of a story that
anchors on the relationship between two girls (one just a child at the first,
and one maybe 10 years older and set to get married to the younger's brother?).
Both girls (Idgie and Ruth) are witness to the death of this would-be-groom.
The story is developed through a series of similar hospital visits, and we
watch the two older women grow in friendship as an echo of the two younger ones
in the recounted tale. Ruth ends up marrying an abusive man, and it seems like
there is some kind of "Earl's Gotta Die" theme for a bit that is
somehow resolved in an apparently funny way (but I don't yet understand why it
is). By the end of the movie, there are more direct hints that the woven tale
is more autobiographical than Ninny originally let on - but it's a pretty
classic twist I think you can see coming for a while.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">Even
with the "language barrier," there were a few moments that moved me
to tears. It took much more effort to keep going than I expected and I had to
take a break part way through, but it's an experiment I think I will repeat in
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Nicole Ankenmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238675992211410365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025607985726646970.post-75957347518545866202012-10-08T13:58:00.005-07:002012-10-08T21:58:32.416-07:00[1] #46: Baking Soda Smile<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">"There
is no minty freshness!"</span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I
was reminded by a friend this weekend, that having begun my 77 Things in
October and having accomplished "about four of them," I had better
get cracking. Today, I cross another off my list and write a long-overdue
update... but first, a little history lesson.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">According
to my research (in the culturally immortalized words of that 1990's fictional
bookworm Dorothy Ann,) anthropological evidence for an attempt at dental
hygiene can be found in many cultures as far back as Babylon. Everything from
frayed sticks to pig hair bristles to strapped-together feathers have been used
throughout the ages to scratch off that nasty plaque, assisted by a staggering
variety of pastes and powders including but not limited to: pumice stones, egg-and-sea-shells,
charcoal, chalk, salt and tree bark. Many of these pre-tubed options are less
than desirably described and would tempt the applicant of them to just deal
with the morning breath (ox hoof ash jumped out as one of these), but by the
time we flip the global calendar form 1899 to 1900, the standard practice for
pearling your whites was a healthy dose of baking soda - no oven required.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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got the idea for this one after watching a BBC show called "1900
House," conveniently hosted on YouTube (the practice is mentioned in
"Part 06" and seen in "Part 08," for those of you Curious
Georges), and after having tried it... well, let's say that I'm very happy with
my 2012 Colgate and Scope! Baking Soda is a salty sort of bitter powder, for
those of you who don't do much from-raw cookery. It is not an independently
tasty ingredient. I spent a few sputtering minutes over the sink trying to
"clean" my mouth, and eventually gave in to the more formally
recognized mouthwash on my counter as a rinse of sorts. Even as I write I can
still taste the soda on my lips, but I'm sure the flavour will fade sooner than
the memory. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">More
updates to come as I wade backwards through my list.</span><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Nicole Ankenmannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14238675992211410365noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9025607985726646970.post-9030739185645209852012-10-08T13:57:00.001-07:002012-10-08T21:58:22.320-07:00[1] #69: Blood Giving<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16px;">As
my final heroic act of 2011, I decided to give blood this past week.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Dad
and I drove to town for our 4:20pm appointment to find a relatively quiet
parking lot, a quick registration and lots of cookies awaiting our successful
donation. For those of you curious about the process, here's a brief summary:
you sign in, grab your number, pick up an informational booklet that you are
supposed to read every visit, and grab a seat atwaiting space number one. If
there's a line, actually read the book... if it's relatively quiet, just grab a
seat with one of the pretty blood-specialist and hand over the requested
appendage. One quick prick and an iron test later, you are sent to a table with
voting-style booths set up to answer a series of health questions. If you pass
this first test, you are sent to a second bank of waiting seating, and are
interviewed briefly. Most of the questions posed are about where you have been
and if you have recently had sex with someone in jail / in another country /
that handles monkeys / might have HIV / etc. If you say your "yeses"
and "nos" appropriately, then it's off to waiting bank three,
and then, the chair.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I
was greeted by Pina, a lovely woman from Honduras who told me all about her
daughter's too-short visit home, the insanity of finding and/or keeping a job
in Ontario, and how I wasnot a good bleeder. Later that evening I would
have more than enough crimson-coloured bandages to prove her wrong, but at the
time I listened patiently and did what I could to keep opening and clenching my
fist. Fifteen minutes after we began it was all over, and I was given a (rather
painfully applied) patch, wrap and usher over to the goodies. Happily I didn't
pass out or cry, and I am on the schedule for a repeat visit come February's
end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I
saved a potential three lives with my one pint of blood, you know. They can do
this spinning thing (I've seen it on CSI or House or something) and separate
the blood into its essential parts, and can deal each element out as needed.
It's a pretty cool, and relatively painless process that I highly suggest you
think about, and then act upon. After all, "It's in you to give."<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">...and
if I was writing this at any other time of year, I might have left this piece
here... but the thing is, I've been wrapped up in Leviticus and learning about
sacrificial law, and with Christmas and New Years propaganda floating around, I
feel compelled to think out loud a little longer.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I'll
try to connect the dots and cut to the quick, without the lace of language I'm
used to: when God wrapped himself in flesh and filled his body with human
blood, He did so for a profound, humbling reason. His blood was in
Him to give - but not to give pint by pint every few months - to give in its
entirety, sacrificially, without reserve.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">And
the beauty of His blood is that it has the ability to save more than three
lives... and more than burn victims and people with severe cuts can benefit
from his donation. His blood rescues from heart attack, cancer and murder, and
He, too, gave freely.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Honestly,
the inside of my arm still hurts a bit around the now-scarring needle mark, but
I will return in February for another round of bruised muscles and bandaged
joints if only to be reminded of the debt to death I will not pay because of
Christ who, quite literally, gave his blood for me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">And
for you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Look
at your life. If you feel yourself bleeding out and need to talk, or want to
know a little more about this offer and the post-resuscitation commitment in
the fine print of Jesus, write me. I will write back.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">It's
a New Year: the hope of another 365 days on this planet, but not the promise of
them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Just
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noun: a thick, flat, savory cake with a soft, porous texture, made from a yeast
mixture cooked on a griddle and eaten toasted and buttered.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I
didn't know what to expect, but that didn't keep me from having my
expectations. I guess my grandparents could have put just about anything in
front of me and said it was a crumpet and I would have believed them... but I
was expecting a scone, I think; something like a tea buscuit, or maybe a tough
cookie. A crumpet is none of those things though. It is more like an English
muffin, except that only the bottom is smooth, like a pancake that never gets
flipped over to the other side. Like a pancake, sunny-side-up.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My
Grandpa bought a pack of crumpets from the grocery store late last week, to
help with my list. Grandma is absolutely certain I won't get them all done
(though I've been reminded a few times this weekend that the leaves in the yard
are aaalllll mine), and I think Grandpa is set on proving her wrong. It's been
a fun first week in their home. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Lucida Grande"; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">We
had crumpets and tea for breakfast, two mornings in a row (and apparently I sip
every hot beverage by the tenth-on-an-inch, as I haven't been poured a full mug
for a few days now). They are floppy and sponge-like in their pre-toast state,
but once toasted, buttered and jammed (or marmaladed, in honour of Paddington
Bear) they are really quite good. I don't know that I would build a crumpet
into my regular grocery routine, but I think it was a successful experience on
the whole. Grandma says it shouldn't count because it was too easy... just
can't seem to satisfy her with this little project of mine! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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give her some time though... maybe she'll come around. </span><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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event in the spring hosted by the Christian radio station Life 100.3fm, echoed in
my area as the frequented frequency 98.9fm. The night was primarily a musical one
and featured Sean and Aimee Dayton (North Bay locals and acknowledged as
honoured community leaders in my small-h-home), among others; but what caught
my heart that night wasn't drummed, strummed or sung... it was seen.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">During one of
the intermissions between sets they played a video advertizing Compassion
International; it featured a series of interview clips with people who are
involved in the organization -- but the catch at the end was that each person
they featured was a sponsored child, all grown up. The story changed from<i> this
is what you can do for them, </i>to<i> this is what somebody like you
did for me</i>. It was a brilliant move as far as marketing goes, but I believe
the grip around my heart was more Spirit than suggestion. I picked up a package
that day and introduced a few close friends to a little Togan girl called
Jaqueline Mokpokpo Adjovi Atchiki who liked singing and playing hide and seek.
She was a cutie, but I waited too long to act on her behalf and my chance
expired in August. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Last
Wednesday I sat down with the phone and called Compassion like I should have in
July. Another kind soul picked up Jaqueline and has been taking care of her for
a while. Thanks to Raquel, my refreshingly friendly receptionist, I am now the
beaming-proud sponsor of Manish Kushwaha. He's just turned six years old, and
until I get the rest of his information in the mail that's about all I know of
him! Raquel picked him out for me; all I asked was that she give me someone
from India. Something about that country holds a heavy place in my heart. One
day I hope to go and meet this little one. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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more about my little Manish I'll keep you in the loop. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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thing: If you think of it, say a little prayer tonight for the kids who don't
get picked up off the tables or assigned over the phone. Prayer is just as
powerful as money, and can move a lot faster. I truly believe that, you know. </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">2:39pm</span></b><b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 24.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">This may well
be the most difficult, straining task of all seventy-seven set out. As I write
this first part, I have not yet accomplished this goal... but I will soon. I am
determined.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">3:17pm</span></b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">I felt
particularly adult as I ordered my drink from the little Tim Horton's kiosk in
the Burlington Mall. The feeling died down a bit when I requested my 80 cents
change to come back in the form of dimes, and vanished completely under the
crimson veil of my full-faced flush when I realized she was a couple dimes
short and would have to interrupt the other cashier to fill my order. I mumbled
my apology and my thank-you and shuffled off quick as I could, coffee in hand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">To my
surprise, the first sixteenth-of-an-inch was almost... pleasant. It started as
a spreading warmth. A second before any kind of flavour hits the only thing my
body registers is the heat that relaxes the muscles in my shoulders and sets
off a chain reaction through my nervous system: a melting of the stiffness in
the back of my neck, a sigh down my spine, my jaw eased. The pleasure of
this inspired a few emboldened mouthfuls. It was between two such gulps that
the rebellion began.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">My bitter
receptors that were temporarily stunned by the dramatic temperature shift
suddenly bolted into action and declared my mouth and my brain at war. My
tongue became a field of battle between what I wanted (accomplishment of a
daring culinary feat and the bragging rights that came with it), and what I
absolutely, fiercely and with an astounding finality of decision DID NOT WANT:
black coffee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">The conflict
expressed itself on my face a few times, to strangers' vague concern and
Loreen's amusement. A few potential solutions came to me as I wandered the mall
on the hunt for a new pair of footwear (to replace the single pair of flats
I've been wearing since June). The first thought was to alternate sips of
coffee and sips of Bom Dia (a Brazilian fruit smoothie with no banana puree!).
This was disgusting. Acai berry and pomegranate? Let me put it this way: if Tim
Horton's ever decides to try this tropical-fruit duo as a flavour shot, I
advise you pass. My second idea was chocolate... which led to the purchase
of a coupled mini M&Ms tubes (one for Loreen, of course!) and I have to say
this breakthrough took care of another 1/2 inch or so; unfortunately, I felt
like a dirty cheat and put them away. My coffee is about room temperature at
this point.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">5:50pm</span></b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Between the
mall and my grandparents' house I carry my coffee and nurse it slowly like a
glass of wine (except rhinocerosly less enjoyable). By the time we show up for
dinner just before six my cup is very cold and still very much black coffee. I
leave it outside and opt for tea indoors.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Coffee: one
inch and stinky.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Cup:
weakening at the seams, much like my sanity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Thoughts as
they come:<br />
~ I wish it was Roll up the Rim season so there was still some kind of hope a
the end of this dark, bitter tunnel.<br />
~ Loreen snores. I guess I should turn off the light soon. I am lying down. I
did not plan this well.<br />
~ This coffee tastes a bit like when we used to eat dandelion leaves that were
still covered in grass flecks and dirt.<br />
~ I was once told that Tim's puts a little cocoa in their coffee to make is
sweeter and more addictive. I think they should up their dose.<br />
~ The ceiling is very squeaky. I guess I should say floor, though. Both are
true, but it is used much more as a floor in this particular home, if we're
talking time as a percentage. I suppose if I was confined to bed-rest and I had
to stay on my side and I went a little crazy, I might also start calling it a
wall.<br />
~ I do not want to finish this cup of coffee tonight. Or ever, actually, but
tonight for sure. Coffee with my breakfast in the morning?<br />
<br />
<b>11:36pm</b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Breakfast it
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">Woke up to
the Grandfather Clock chiming nine times in the hallway. Stalled the coffee by
reading a "Which Way Book" with Loreen; we were brainwashed into
scientific submission and turned into a squirrel. Moral of the story, if you go
into the lab there are no good options anymore. Run away with the boy in the
net while you have the chance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">At breakfast
my Grandma mercifully drained out my one inch of day-old coffee and replaced it
with an inch of her own. It is certainly hotter than the alternative and I have
to say, it did taste better - but there were coffee grinds settling in my cup,
and that was a new thing. At 10:48am the last, victorious drop was consumed!
And I have to tell you, I am a little proud of myself. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">So there you
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">29. Sponsor a child</span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> <b>05/10/11</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">30. Audit/crash a course at
McMaster/Mohawk while I'm in town</span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"> <b style="font-weight: bold;">13/02/12</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">31. Climb up onto a rooftop and
sing my little heart out</span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"> <b style="font-weight: bold;">08/05/12</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">32. Rock a Bingo game with Missa</span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"> <b style="font-weight: bold;">20/11/11</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">33. Crochet a scarf (or other
clothing item) onto a statue *yarn bombing*</span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"> <b style="font-weight: bold;">20/04/12</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">34. Finish “digitally manuscripting”
the whole Bible; prepare to give to Shiloh</span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"> <b style="font-weight: bold;">26/09/12</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">35. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">36. One new, spontaneous experience</span></s><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span>05/06/12</span></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">37. Begin taking a course in Hebrew</span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"> <b style="font-weight: bold;">04/09/12</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">38. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">39. Dye a brightly-coloured streak
into my hair</span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"> <b style="font-weight: bold;">10/05/12</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">40. Pay for the meal of a stranger
behind me in line</span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> 26/06/12</span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">41. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">42.</span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"> <s>Buy a full chicken or turkey and learn to use every
part of it</s> <b style="font-weight: bold;">13/01/12</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">43. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">44. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">45. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">46. Brush my teeth with baking soda</span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"> <b style="font-weight: bold;">09/04/12</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">47. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">48. Go birdwatching: binoculars, a
nature guide book, the whole bit</span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> <b>04/02/12</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">49. Witness the emergence of a
butterfly/moth from its chrysalis</span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"> <b style="font-weight: bold;">26/04/12</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">50. Participate in the
quasi-internationally recognized festival <i>Ice
Cream for Breakfast Day</i></span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"> <b style="font-weight: bold;">04/02/12</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">51. Walk from Canada to the United
States... even if it's just over the border.</span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"> <b style="font-weight: bold;">25/04/12</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"><strike>52. Learn the longest word in the
English Language: how to spell it, what it means</strike></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> <b>22/04/12</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">53. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">54. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">55. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">56. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">57. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">58. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">59. Go to a driving range and/or
play a game of golf</span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> <b>25/04/12</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">60. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">61. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">62. Solve a Rubix Cube</span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> <b>03/01/12</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">63. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">64. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">65. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">66. Catch a firefly</span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"> <b style="font-weight: bold;">27/05/12</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">67. Eat a whole watermelon by
myself... or at least try really, really hard</span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"> <b>09/09/12</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">68. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">69. Donate my blood</span></s><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;"> </span>26/12/11</span></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">70. Try caviar/escargot for the
first time - even if it's also the last time</span></s><b style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"> 22/04/12</span></b><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">71. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">72. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">73. Jump into a huge pile of
raked-up leaves</span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"> <b style="font-weight: bold;">26/10/11</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">74. Drink a cup of black coffee</span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"> <b style="font-weight: bold;">06/10/11</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">75. </span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">76.</span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"> <s>Have tea and crumpets. Find out what a crumpet is.</s> <b style="font-weight: bold;">21/10/11</b></span><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;">77. Ride my
super cool bicycle to church (or Bible Study)</span></s><span style="color: #262626; font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt;"> <b style="font-weight: bold;">25/09/12</b></span><span style="font-family: Baskerville; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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