Bucket list and other nonesense

I have my list of things to do on 43things.com. So far I have 27 things on my list.

Journal more--I got my journaling things in order. My pencil has a sharp tip on it and my paper is crisp. Ready and raring to go!
Wake up earlier--Duty calls! Well, I got up early. 6:30…after hitting the snooze several times. Hey, at least it wasn’t 10:00 people! After all, I did have to go to work…lol.
Start a blog-- — Bogged down with blogging. I now have my blog off and running! Hooray for me!
Read more books--RIF (reading is FUNdamental)I picked up a book last night. I am working on the 50 book challenge. I have my list started and if I do say so myself, it is a pretty good list of books. Yay for me!
Lose 18 pounds--That cake sure was good today. Yesterday, I had 1300 calories and did pretty good. I didn’t do so swell today. One of the doctors had a birthday cake and it suuuureee was goooood!!!! Slow and steady wins the race, aint that the saying?!

Some other things on my list are learn to sew, hike the AT, finish remodeling the house, ride a motorcycle on Route 66, help build a Habitat for Humanity Home, get a law changed, write a book, take a pottery class, take grandson to Disney World, go rv'ing, rock climb, make new friends, learn to clog, join a bowling league, go white water rafting, fly a kite, build a bird bath, own a cabin in the woods, scrapbook more, buy new clothes, go to bed earlier, organize my paperwork,

50 Book challenge

Starting August /1/2008-July/30/2009 I will read 50 books. Hopefully more, but no less. I used to love to read but with so many other hobbies and life, reading has taken a backseat.

Here is my list. I still need to add 25 more titles, so if you have any good recommendations, please feel free to list.

1. The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
2. Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe?
3. A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
4. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
5. Daughter of Fortune by Isabel Allende
6. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
7. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
8. The Diary of Anne Frank by Anne Frank
9. The Alcehmist by Paul Coelho
10. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
11. The Chronciles of Narnia by C.S Lewis
12. Water for Elephants by Gruen Sara
13. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
14. A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
15. Wicked by Gregory Maguire
16. The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingslover
17. Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison (read)
18. The Memory Keepers Daughter by Kim Edwards
19. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
20. The Shack by William Young
21. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski?
22. My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
23. Running With Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
24. Confessions of an Ugle Stepsister by Gregory Maguire
25. Why Your Life Sucks by Alan H. Cohen
26. Free Inside & Out by Marilyn Meberg and Luci Swindoll.
27. Dancing Bones by Patsy Clairmont
28. Southern Sisters Mystery by Ann George
29. The Penny by Joyce Meyer
30. Slow Moon by Elizabeth Cox
31. When the Heart Cries by Cindy Woodsmoll
32. Late Bloomer by Fern Michaels
33. One Tuesday Morning by Karen Kingsbury
34. On Every Side by Karen Kingsbury
35. Welcome to the World Baby Girl by Fannie Flagg
36. Pieces of My Sister's Life by Elizabeth Joy Arnold
37. Nightshade/Night Smoke by Nora Roberts
38. Little House on a Small Planet by
39. Ice Trap by Kitty Sewell
40. The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters by Robert Lewis Taylor
41. Moving Target by Cheyenne McCray
42. Below the Surface by Karen Harper
43. Secrets of the Highlander by Janet Chapman
44. Happeness Now by Robert Holden
45. House of Secrets by Lowell Cauffiel
46. Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
47. When Crickets Fly by Charles Martin (read)
48. Rhett Butlers People by Donald McCaig (Boring! Did not finish)
49. Looking for Salvation at the Dairy Queen by Susan Gregg Gilmore (read)
50. Where the River Ends by Charles Martin
51. Chasing Fireflies by Charles Martin
52. Maggie by Charles Martin
53. Wrapped in Rain by Charles Martin
54. The Dead Don't Dance by Charles Martin
55. Strange Fruit by Lillian Smith
56. Forever Odd by Dean Koontz
57. A Brothers Journey by Richard B Pelzer
58. House of Secrets by Lowell Cauffield
59. A Wedding in December by Anita Shreve
60. My Heart may be Broken but my Hair Still Looks Great by Dixie Cash
61. First Impressions by Jude Deveraux
62. Jimmy by Robert Whitlow
63. The Unwelcome Child by Teresa Pampellonni
64. The Unredeemed Capitave by John Demos
65. Goodnight Cowboy by Jennifer Weiner
66. The Maverick by Lori Copeland
67. Troublesome Creek by Jan Watson
68. Redeeming Love by Francis Rivers
69. Anyone but You by Jennifer Cruise
70. Sweet Water by Anna Jeffrey
71. Summer Breeze by Catherine Anderson
72. Marley and Me by John Grogan
73. The Kid who Climbed Mt. Everest by Bear Gryllis
74. Blaze by
75. A Sudden Country by Karen Fisher
76. Sweetwater Creek by Anne Rivers Sheldon
77. Montana Blue by Genell Dellin
78. The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
79. Sick Puppy by Carl Hiaasen
80. Four Stupid Cupids by Gregory Maguire
81. Seven Spiders Spinning by Gregory Maguire
82. Rekindled
83. Gods in Alabama