ToddieM in 2008

2008, so far, is 97% worth living.

In 2005, ToddieM did 54 things, went 34 places, met 1 person, and consumed 68 products.

Years: 2006 | 2007 | 2008
Months: All Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul

January

Added to 43 Things:
  1. track all expenses each day of January — completed 18 days later
  2. log my Internet surfing hours until Jan 28th @ 7AM — completed 2 months later
  3. improve my digital photography skills
  4. get 2000 "noes"
  5. Chronicle those times that I "take action" rather than do that other thing which begins with a "p"
  6. Do the Flylady daily missions
  7. Weigh 150 pounds by Aug 1st, 2008
  8. be part of a team that donates 10 million grains of rice through freerice.com
  9. do www.100pushups.info
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. be part of a team that donates 1 million grains of rice through freerice.com — Worth doing!
  2. Go 72 hours remembering everything and keeping absolute track of all my personal effects — Worth doing!
  3. PLAY "Two Truths & a Lie" — Worth doing!
  4. celebrate the super-cool, very funny, and world travelling Russellviii's birthday on the 20th
  5. Dr. Seuss Avatar Week - Jan.20 to Jan. 26 — Worth doing!
  6. I am so happy and grateful that I Paid back my wife more this year than last — Worth doing!
  7. Help Julie Jordan Scott Have The Best Birthday Ever On Jan.29th — Worth doing!
  8. Wish Cketh a carnival-like birthday on January 30th — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. I am so happy and grateful that I achieved a 72% return in my IRA (Oct 31)
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Monterey Park — Worth visiting!
  2. Holt — Worth visiting!
  3. Rancho Cucamonga — Worth visiting!
  4. Colton — Worth visiting!
  5. Museum Of History And Art — Worth visiting!
  6. Clingman's Dome — Worth visiting!
  7. San Dimas — Worth visiting!
  8. Glendora — Worth visiting!
  9. Irwindale — Worth visiting!
  10. Mission Viejo — Worth visiting!
  11. Hesperia — Worth visiting!
  12. Antietam National Battlefield — Worth visiting!
  13. Wynn Las Vegas — Worth visiting!
  14. Cirque Du Soleil LOVE — Worth visiting!
  15. Hilton
Read:
  1. Reversible Errors: A Novel
  2. The Black Dahlia — Worth consuming!
  3. A Painted House — Worth consuming!
  4. Cause of Death — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. The Hours — Worth consuming!
  2. Targets — Worth consuming!
  3. Glory — Worth consuming!
  4. The Inn of the Sixth Happiness — Worth consuming!
  5. Rumor Has It... (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  6. The Collector — Worth consuming!
  7. Boston Legal - Season One — Worth consuming!
  8. The Benchwarmers
  9. Boston Legal - Season 2 — Worth consuming!
  10. Conversations with Other Women — Worth consuming!
  11. WALMART-HIGH COST OF LOW PRICE (DVD/FF/FR-SP-SUB) — Worth consuming!

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February

Added to 43 Things:
  1. track all expenses each day of February — completed 4 months later
  2. Why is it so easy for me to go 42 days without losing or forgetting anything? — completed 4 months later
  3. Gross More in 2008 than in 2007
  4. Offer a Microloan to someone on the Kiva site — completed 4 months later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Wish YRUSH a Happy Birthday (Feb 1) — Worth doing!
  2. track all expenses each day of January — Worth doing!
  3. Wish the vibrant and beautiful Meliflower a smile filled Birthday February 2nd — Worth doing!
  4. Wish Myself the happiest birthday ever on February 3rd! — Worth doing!
  5. I'm so happy and grateful that I have perfectly manicured finger nails — Worth doing!
  6. declare 23 December 2007 - 6 January 2008 HOODIE AVATAR FORTNIGHT — Worth doing!
  7. swear less — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Norwalk
  2. La Habra — Worth visiting!
  3. Gardena — Worth visiting!
  4. Loma Linda — Worth visiting!
  5. Norco — Worth visiting!
  6. Sherman Oaks — Worth visiting!
  7. Toluca Lake — Worth visiting!
Read:
  1. 3rd Degree (Women's Murder Club) — Worth consuming!
  2. The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, Book 1) — Worth consuming!
  3. Up Country: A Novel — Worth consuming!
  4. The First Victim (Lou Boldt/Daphne Matthews)
  5. Monster — Worth consuming!
  6. The Millionaires — Worth consuming!
  7. Dr. Death: A Novel — Worth consuming!
  8. Daddy's Little Girl — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Sin City — Worth consuming!
  2. Madagascar (Full Screen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  3. Holy Man — Worth consuming!
  4. Happy Feet (Widescreen Edition)
  5. Deja Vu — Worth consuming!

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March

Added to 43 Things:
  1. track all expenses each day of March — completed 29 days later
  2. cheerdump my subscriptions — completed 20 days later
  3. spend time culling free Internet material regarding the Law Of Attraction, etc.
  4. spend time culling the free Internet material on SEO
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. clear out all the video movies in the house — Worth doing!
  2. journal 28 straight days for 15 minutes — Worth doing!
  3. Help My 43T Friends acheive their Goals — Not worth doing
  4. Wish Adar a very happy birthday on March 10!!
  5. post random questions daily and see if anyone plays with me and answers them :) — Worth doing!
  6. I'm so happy and grateful that I have better posture Deadline: Sept 30, 2007 — Worth doing!
  7. I am so happy and grateful that I have done 33,333 pushups — Worth doing!
  8. log 250 miles of jogging before the mud run on June 16th, 2007 — Worth doing!
  9. cheerbomb Doris ( mdolls68 ) so she can get out of her cheer deficit, and besides, she deserves LOTS of cheers ! — Worth doing!
  10. Give 100 cheers straight to an active 43Ter without getting one cheer in return — Worth doing!
  11. chronicle the fledgling Union that is the TSA — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Lake Superior — Worth visiting!
  2. Highland — Worth visiting!
Added to "wants to meet" list on 43 People:
  1. Carm
Read:
  1. Self-Defense (Alex Delaware) — Worth consuming!
  2. The Confidence Course : Seven Steps to Self-Fulfillment — Worth consuming!
  3. Void Moon — Worth consuming!
  4. The Brethern (Large Print)
  5. Charm School, The — Worth consuming!
  6. Wild Justice — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Donnie Darko — Worth consuming!
  2. Playing By Heart — Worth consuming!
  3. Tristram Shandy - A Cock and Bull Story
  4. Volver
  5. Michael Clayton (Widescreen Edition) — Not worth consuming
  6. No Country for Old Men — Worth consuming!

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April

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Wish 'howyadoin' a carefree, fun-lovin' and best birthday yet on May 13th, with a spa-treatment and Stoli Doli on the side as she turns "20-10" :) — completed 27 days later
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. track all expenses each day of March — Worth doing!
  2. log my Internet surfing hours until Jan 28th @ 7AM — Worth doing!
  3. declare 01 - 07 September The Beatles Avatar Week — Worth doing!
  4. cheerdump my subscriptions — Worth doing!
  5. Work on my business, instead of in it, for 99 hours in 70 days — Worth doing!
  6. I'm so happy and grateful that I'm able to pay all my bills on time for 90 days, Deadline: Oct 27th, 2007 — Worth doing!
  7. Start keeping track of my website statistics and monitor how my updates improve the numbers — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Milford — Worth visiting!
  2. Santa Fe Springs — Worth visiting!
  3. Adelanto — Not worth visiting
Read:
  1. 2nd Chance — Worth consuming!
  2. Hornet's Nest — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Dark City (New Line Platinum Series) — Worth consuming!
  2. Miller's Crossing — Worth consuming!
  3. The Final Cut — Worth consuming!
  4. The Fog of War - Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara — Worth consuming!
  5. Nashville — Worth consuming!
  6. Hard Core Logo
  7. The Mothman Prophecies — Worth consuming!
  8. What Have I Done to Deserve This?
  9. Lone Star — Worth consuming!
  10. Wah-Wah — Worth consuming!
  11. The Science of Sleep
  12. Ninth Gate
  13. Shrek the Third (Widescreen Edition) — Worth consuming!
  14. Across the Universe (Two-Disc Special Edition) — Worth consuming!

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May

Added to 43 Things:
  1. get thirty people to list this goal — completed 24 days later
  2. make my first online sale
  3. Watch every episode of MST3K ever made, at least once.
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. Wish 'howyadoin' a carefree, fun-lovin' and best birthday yet on May 13th, with a spa-treatment and Stoli Doli on the side as she turns "20-10" :) — Worth doing!
  2. Wish Johan an AWESOME Birthday on May 16th — Worth doing!
  3. Wish Roadwarriorx a Peaceful Birthday May 18 — Worth doing!
  4. Wish Chuq a full-of-fun birthday on May 15th! — Worth doing!
  5. Help "bluepark" celebrate her Birthday (This Memorial Day Weekend) with Lots of Love (similar to what She bestows on ALL her 43T Friends) — Worth doing!
  6. Burn 30000 calories in 100 days — Worth doing!
  7. save 5.18% of all my business deposits
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Petersen Auto Museum — Worth visiting!
Read:
  1. Desperation — Worth consuming!
  2. The Summons — Worth consuming!
Watched:
  1. Zero Effect — Worth consuming!

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June

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Become Mr 3000
  2. figure out RSS
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. get thirty people to list this goal — Not worth doing
  2. give out 55 qualified referrals in my breakfast group — Worth doing!
  3. Celebrate Serenity's "Magical 43" birthday on June 7th with Peace, Light & Love! — Worth doing!
  4. I'm so happy that I got the bonus room permitted — Worth doing!
  5. Plan every day for the following day — Worth doing!
  6. Engage in a tidying zone for 15 minutes daily — Worth doing!
  7. track all expenses each day of February
  8. Wish Jewell614 a birthday full of love & happiness, QT with her daughter, and a boost in her business on June 14th — Worth doing!
  9. Wish ophelia a blissfully happy and relaxing birthday on the 21st June — Worth doing!
  10. See 150 movies — Worth doing!
Marked as failed on 43 Things:
  1. I'm so happy and grateful that I went to one Rock Concert
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Cape Coral — Worth visiting!
  2. Dorothy Chandler Pavillion — Worth visiting!
  3. Apple Valley — Worth visiting!
Marked as "met" on 43 People:
  1. russellviii
Watched:
  1. A Night at the Opera — Worth consuming!
  2. The Bucket List — Worth consuming!
  3. What Happens in Vegas [Theatrical Release] — Worth consuming!
  4. Sex and the City — Worth consuming!

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July

Added to 43 Things:
  1. Get on the #1 page of Google for my money phrase
  2. Have a 43Things Meet in Los Angeles July 27, 2008
  3. Get 100 friends on FB
Completed on 43 Things:
  1. read 75 books — Worth doing!
  2. Why is it so easy for me to go 42 days without losing or forgetting anything? — Worth doing!
  3. Offer a Microloan to someone on the Kiva site
  4. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful. — Worth doing!
Visited on 43 Places:
  1. Claremont — Worth visiting!
  2. Yucaipa — Worth visiting!
Read:
  1. Riptide
  2. Pleading Guilty
Watched:
  1. Waking Ned Devine — Worth consuming!
  2. Pretty Persuasion
  3. Stay — Worth consuming!

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