What You Been Doing?

I can cross things off my list. It's been awhile.

7. Buy an original piece of art.
Done like dinner! I am the proud owner of an Elaine Amyot original, which I've proudly hung on my living room wall. I love, love, love, this painting! I have coveted it for a long time, many years, so I'm psyched to finally own it.

9. Become involved in drama, either theatre or film production, on a regular basis. (i.e. like join the film co-op or get into a theatre club, etc.)
I'm crossing this off. Why? Because I'm in rehearsals for a play right now. And I'm currently working on a script . . . and yes, I believe I've caught the bug.

13. Hang things in your apartment, from the ceiling and on the walls.
I've had things hanging for quite awhile now actually. You'd swear I had a home. But I didn't want to cross it off until I hung the lamp . . . but I don't know if I'm ever going to hang the lamp, so off it goes! I have all kinds of pics and things, art, calendars, etc. I'm good.

19. Fall in love.
And they said it couldn't be done . . . okay, so I actually fell in freaking love! How crazy is that?! It was intense and neurotic and completely different from anything else I've ever done. The relationship didn't work out, but I think it served its purpose, which was to prove to myself that I've truly evolved and matured and I'm ready for the big emotional stuff. So, yay me! I am an enlightened human being.

33. Obtain a good camera and take more photos.
Have camera. Occasionally take pics. Certainly more than when I had no camera at all :-)

74. Put up a Christmas tree and decorate your place for the holiday.
I totally did this last Christmas! Purchased a tree, decorations, the works! Did it up right. It was really nice.

89. Do a fasting cleanse.
Okay, it wasn't a "fasting" cleanse, but when I wrote the thing I didn't really have an understanding of what I wanted to do, just knew I wanted to cleanse and that sometimes that involved fasting. But after research I found the Brown Rice Detox, which is so much better than fasting. So I did it once already and I'm planning to do it again. Either before or after I go to Toronto next month.

Catch Up

I've been doing stuff and not getting here to cross it off and update. So here's what's been going on.

13. Hang things in your apartment, from the ceiling and on the walls.

So I hung two calendars and two pictures. The calendars are art calendars, Van Gogh and Klimt, which I plan to turn around and frame my favourites at the end of the year. I really liked the picture frames I bought and now of course I can't find any more like them anywhere, though the other day I saw some different ones that I might pick up. The bottom line though is that while I am making progress I cannot cross this off yet because the main thing I want to accomplish is to get the lamp out of the box behind my couch and hang it downstairs in the foyer/library. So, there you go.

20. Watch all the Oscar winning Best Pictures.

Moving right along on this one thanks to Zip.ca. Last week I watched Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca. This weekend I look forward to On the Waterfront. I've been doing pretty good at crossing them off the list here.

32. Go to the Farmer's Market every weekend for a month.

I really want to cross this one off . . . I went three weeks in a row and then . . . well, you know how it is. So I'm keeping it on the list because Autumn is practically here and I'll want to cocoon and I need to keep as many incentives on my list as possible to get me up and out of here.

43. See more live bands and concerts.

Trish and I went to George's Roadhouse for blues band, but that's not enough to consider this a successful venture. The journey continues.

65. Buy a lottery ticket.

Success! I bought one! Nope, didn't win a penny, but I took the venture.

69. Go to an event or concert alone.

So I went to an art opening on my own. But I was distraught over the kids and only stayed a few minutes and met nobody new, so I don't think it counts. I'll try again.

98. Give Nick a bath.

Cha-ching! Been there, done that! He was not all that happy with me, but finally I was able to completely trim his fuzzyness and put him in the tub. I guess he knows who the leader of the pack is now, eh?

And that's all she wrote. I've got some other stuff on the go, like reading certain books and drinking lots of water and eating breakfast, but nothing else complete or near complete. Nothing else to report for the time being.