On Friday night my friend Emily called me and invited me to a bluegrass concert. She leads a Wyldlife group and one of the girls' families was raising funds for their child's hospital costs. He has leukemia, and he has to spend 120 or 150 days at Duke University, I think they said. Anyhow, the concert was in a tiny church off Main Street and there were about 20 people who attended, so it was by no means a blowout. But I loved every minute of it. I don't know how I grew up in Connecticut for 16 years and became such a lover of all things southern, but here I am. We missed most of the first group who played, but the second ground, Heartstrings, was two men who were very good, and very humble. I'd see them again.
42. Try 15 new restaurants (7/15) - in progress
I ate at the Earth & Tea Cafe downtown on Friday with a group of friends, and not only was I in love with the decor inside, the food was excellent. And I substituted an apple for chips on a healthy whim. Look at me go. I didn't get to try their tea, but half their menu listed the options, so I'll have to go back and try that. Mrs. Hardesty's may have a run for her money.
44. Bookmark heyitsfree.net and check it regularly - in progress
Haven't seen much of interest recently, but I did receive my two free issues of Redbook in the past two months, and I have to say, even if I find nothing else of interest on the site, that offer alone was worth it. I am a magazine fiend, so any free magazine is like Christmas for me.
56. Exercise 2-3 times a week (4/143) - in progress
This week was distribution for The Bluestone. Each book weighs about five pounds; each box holds 14 books. Each pallet holds 35 boxes. We unloaded 12 pallets. Essentially, I lifted about four tons worth of yearbooks over five days. I think it counts. My sore muscles will tell you it counts.
64. Learn to make a decent cup of coffee - in progress
I am SO CLOSE. I've been having great coffee recently. I think if I keep this up, by the end of the week I will consider the task accomplished. Also, I'd like to just say, for the record, that this is a legitimately difficult task for me, because I am the type of cook who half-measures. If there's a little less flour than a whole cup, eh. If it calls for a quarter-teaspoon of salt, I can guestimate. I don't need to really measure it. This mentality gets me in trouble with coffee making though, because on the days that it tastes good, I don't know what I did. I half-measure the scoops every day... I guess sometimes it just works out. So maybe this is really more of a game of luck.
69. Shop at the farmers' market during season for fruits & vegetables I buy - in progress
I stopped by on Saturday to see what was being sold, but I wasn't attracted fully to any particular vegetable. It was mostly radishes and lettuce, and then plants & baked goods & meat & eggs. So I just didn't buy any fruits or vegetables this past week... oops.
-Till next time.
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