Thing 90

90. Clear out & cancel storage unit

Aw, I'm really going to miss my storage unit! I had it for 10 years. I bought a house and it really was time to get rid of the storage unit. But it was still a sad day in June when I took the last of the items out and walked away with my lock, never to return to the place where my stuff lived for so long.


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Thing 50

50. Snarf everything in Fairfax County

I DID IT!!!!!!!! All 502 landmarks are MINE!

There are actually 504 in the Markeroni system, if you look. But the Fairfax County/Loudoun County VA Z-168 doesn't actually exist, according to all marker sites online, including the Virginia state marker site. And Innovative Barn at Mount Vernon has been removed and replaced by a marker with a different name. I actually contacted Mount Vernon and, after a month or so, they replied with this information. So this snarf doesn't exist any longer and I'm not able to snarf it. Therefore, there are really just 502. And I have them all!

This was my final one, snarfed on 8/27/12 after work: Cavalry Engagement Near Hunter's Hill


My very first landmark was a Virginia state marker. And now my last one in all of Fairfax County (until more appear) is a Virginia state marker. Quite appropriate.

Thing 68

68. Watch the Academy Award Best Picture nominees each year (2010, 2011, 2012)

I watched Winter's Bone, the only one of the bunch still available on Netflix streaming. It was very good but dark and sad. The acting was fantastic and it felt so very real the entire time, it's hard to believe it was actually a movie.

I put almost all my other unwatched ones (minus 127 Hours; I'm giving myself a pass on that one because I'm not sure I could handle it) on my Blockbuster Queue. Two are on their way to me as I type these words! I think I have a chance at actually completing this one.

Thing 45

45. Clear 25 books off my BookCrossing TBR Shelves

17. In The Blood by Scott Miller
18. J.K. Rowling by Marc Shapiro
19. Time Was Soft There by Jeremy Mercer

Progress: 19/25

Not sure I'm going to make it... but I've got 2 in-progress right now, so I stand a chance. And Time Was Soft There is one I really should have read sooner and felt bad about having on my shelf so long, so I feel like that was an extremely important #19 :-)