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13

Sep

Goal update

Posted by melissa  Published in 101/1001, books

Almost 2 and a half months into my 101/1001 challenge! I’ve completed 7 challenges. The most recent one was not logging into Facebook for a week while we were on vacation in San Diego. I’ve read 10 books out of the 100 I’m shooting for goal #2. I’ve read: The Surgeon by Tess Gerritsen (the [...]

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4

Aug

A day blog post!

Posted by melissa  Published in 101/1001, books, photography, technology

Don’t worry, I am working tonight, like I do every Wednesday night. I just happen to have some time during the day shift today to pop out a blog post, and I have some 101/1001 progress to report! 2. Read 100 books I finished #4 last night – The Last Lecture. Short, cute, enjoyable. More [...]

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29

Jul

101/1001 almost a month in!

Posted by melissa  Published in 101/1001, books, photography, randomness

Update on 101/1001 project Days: 29/1001 Tasks Completed: 2/101 Tasks in progress: 8/101 In progress: 2. Read 100 books Finished book #3, American Wife, which is based on Laura Bush, former First Lady. It’s fiction, but depending how much is based on truth, I can’t believe she married W. I’m currently on book #4, The [...]

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23

Jul

100 best experiences of my life

Posted by melissa  Published in 101/1001, books, family, GGG, philadelphia, randomness, school, technology

Number 92 of 101/1001! 1. Getting married 2. Meeting Kevin 3. Graduating with my master’s degree 4. Getting Gracie (my friendly,fat, calico kitty) 5. Moving back to Philadelphia from New Jersey 6. Meeting my best friend’s newborn son 7. Attending Society for Neuroscience meeting 8. Graduating with my dual bachelor’s degrees 9. Being accepted to [...]

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15

Jul

101 things I have already achieved

Posted by melissa  Published in 101/1001, BYDLS, chronic illness, family, philadelphia, podcasting, school, technology

Day Zero list #66! 1. I graduated from a magnet, gifted, college-prep high school with above a 4.0 GPA. 2. I was a founding member of said high school’s robotics team. 3. I was the student leader of the robotics team for 2 years. 4. I was a mentor for the robotics team for a [...]

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12

Jul

Movies and books and video games, oh my!

Posted by melissa  Published in 101/1001, books, randomness

This weekend was a very homebody weekend for us. Lots of movies, video games, and reading (on my part). We watched Taken on Saturday night, and (500) Days of Summer last night. Taken was a very well done action movie (Kevin loves this movie and had been trying to get me to watch it for [...]

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8

Jul

Progress!

Posted by melissa  Published in 101/1001, books, randomness

I haven’t completed any of my 101/1001 goals, but I’m working on several of them! For the read 100 books goal, I finished one book, and started on another. I finished reading The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British over the weekend. It was hilarious, very well-written, and enjoyable to read. I’m now [...]

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2

Jul

Working on a game plan

Posted by melissa  Published in 101/1001, randomness

My 1001 days for my 101/1001 list started yesterday. I had worked overnight the night before, so it was a mostly lazy day of catching up on TV and sleeping. I’m the only tech in the lab today, and my PI and lab manager are in Europe for a conference, so I’ve been a little [...]

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30

Jun

One Month & Day Zero

Posted by melissa  Published in 101/1001, family

First of all, Kevin and I have been married one month today! We surprised each other (we didn’t discuss our month-a-versary at all) with red roses. I picked up a dozen at Reading Terminal on the way home today to leave on Kevin’s dresser because I thought he was going to be at work tonight [...]

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