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Sofa
Anja 
Göttingen 

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First 80€ that were put away were stolen

09.11.2012: Put something away in advance (want to save it for vacation next year)
Done - 16.05.2013, After Eight Cake for a colleague
Note added to goal Try 10 new cake recipes
1) Nutella-Sockerkaka (a variation of a classic Swedish cake)

2) Gefüllter Osterhefekuchen

3) After Eight Cake
Note added to goal Read 52 books in a year
1) Das kleine Reiseandenken

2) Nina, so gefällst du mir

3) Ondvinter

4) Das Pergament des Himmels

5) Heimwärts

6) Wir Tillermanns sind so

7) M wie Melody

8) Seventeen against the Dealer

9) The Runner

10) When she hollers

11) Stein für Stein

12) Izzy, willy-nilly

13) Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero

14) The Lightning Thief

15) The Sea of Monsters

16) The Titan's Curse

17) Battle of the Labyrinth

18) The last Olympian

19) Sons from Afar

20) Pforte der Verdammnis

21) Das verlorene Labyrinth

22) Come a Stranger

23) Chronicles of Narnia

24) The Son of Neptune

25) The Mark of Athena

26) The Red Pyramid

27) The Throne of Fire

28) The Serpent's Shadow

29) Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige I+II

30) The Name of the Wind. Kingkiller Chronicle Day 1

31) The Wise man's Fear. Kingkiller Chronicle Day 2

32) Das fliegende Klassenzimmer

33) Stenhuggaren

34) Olycksfågeln

35) The Planet Savers/The World Wreckers

36) Tyskungen

37) Sjöjungfrun

38) Fyrvaktaren

39) Änglamakerskan

40) The Drovers Road Collection

41) A Dangerous Fortune

42) Der, die, was? Ein Amerikaner im Sprachlabyrinth

43) Schweden für jeden

44) Die Kinderkarawane

45) Sturmjahre

46) So lügt man mit Statistik

47) Perfect Harmony

48) Bitteres Geheimnis
Note added to goal Read 5 non-fiction books
1) Der, die, was? Ein Amerikaner im Sprachlabyrinth

2) Schweden für Jeden

3) So lügt man mit Statistik
1) 14.04.2012: Bayer04 Leverkusen - Hertha BSC Berlin 3:3

We didn't win but it was a great match!

2) 18.08.2012 DFB-Pokal Carl Zeiss Jena - Bayer 04 Leverkusen 0:4

Was a great match in hot&sunny weather

3) 12.10.2012: U21 Play-offs Germany-Switzerland in Leverkusen 1:1

4) 01.12.2012 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - FC Nürnberg 1:0

5) 11.05.2013 Bayer 04 Leverkusen - Hannover 96 3:1 - perfect last home match of the season!
30.04.2013: rank 58

didn't send that many cards this months but funnily made my way up by 4 ranks
3weeks course in Uppsala is booked! :D
Marked goal Do a Swedish course in Sweden as in progress.
Note added to goal Private Goal
Private Note
Jan 12 - ilove2smile

Feb 12 - sent

Mar 12 - Jetske

Apr 12 - Betze

May 12 - geminiscp

Jun 12 - selphie

Jul 12 - dogma7911

Aug 12 - turtles

Sep 12 - eidrache

Oct 12 - Weltenbummler

Nov 12 - Jamie1972

Dec 12 - Andrea

Jan 13 - mondkind

Feb 13 - Hexentrio

Mar 13 - Dollart

Apr 13 - duplevista

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Marked goal Watch a sunset as Done!
Marked goal Read 5 non-fiction books as in progress.
19.04.2013: 1707 cards sent
Note added to goal Write 5 letters in Swedish
1) to Linda 05.02.2013

2) to Elina 11.02.2013

3) to Elina 15.04.2013
1. Got my Fachabitur as second best in class

2. Got my Diplom

3. Got the best mark possible for the oral exam about my thesis

4. Was admitted to the doctoral course of studies

5. Reached the level of being fluent in both speaking and writing English

6. Moved out of my parents’ home

7. Moved to a new city – twice

8. Organized all my moves myself

9. Live completely on my own

10. Lived away from home for a year before I turned 18

11. Found a job I love

12. Survived two weeks of vacation with my sister…

13. Travelled abroad completely on my own without knowing anyone at the travel destination

14. Learned to swim

15. Learned to ride a bike

16. Learned to ice-skate

17. Learned to roller-skate

18. Learned Spanish

19. Learned Swedish

20. Published my first scientific paper

21. Attended national congresses on nutrition and obesity

22. Did PowerPoint presentations at different congresses

23. Attended the ICO 2010 in Stockholm

24. Did a poster presentation at an international congress

25. Did fluent presentations in Swedish with very little preparation (for Swedish course)

26. Donated blood

27. Donated thrombocytes

28. Got registered as bone marrow donor

29. Made postcards of a photo I took myself

30. Saw a soccer match at the stadium

31. Saw an American football match at a stadium

32. Worked as a volunteer at a youth sports event

33. Was a team member at a holiday camp for children from 6 to 12

34. Organized a big international Postcrossing meeting

35. Saw Starlight Express

36. Saw The Lion King (musical, German version)

37. Swam in the Mediterranean

38. Organized a scavenger hunt

39. Organized a day-trip for a group of 25

40. Collected money for charity

41. Learned to play volleyball properly

42. Grew my own tomatoes

43. Learned to cook

44. Learned to bake

45. Learned to sew (but hated it all the time)

46. Learned to play the flute

47. Never started smoking (after 20 years of growing up in a smoker family)

48. Never got drunk

49. Flew on a plane

50. Won a prize on a drawing competition as a child

51. Worked at a canteen kitchen for a year

52. Attended a Chinese class

53. Attended an Italian class

54. Grew my hair halfway down my back

55. Had my hair cut short from being quite long

56. Got my ears pierced (twice)

57. Attended Postcrossing meetings in 6 European capitals

58. Went to the international Postcrossing meeting in Helsinki in 2009 despite not knowing anyone and my fear of big groups of people I don’t know

59. Been co-author on a paper published internationally

60. Was listed as weight loss expert in a women’s magazine

61. Learned to work with SPSS all by myself

62. Seen the Sistine Chapel in Rome (wasn’t that impressed, though, too dark & too crowded)

63. Walked through the Brandenburger Tor in Berlin

64. Been to two different German capitals (Berlin and Bonn when it still was a capital)

65. Stayed up all night (and slept about 16 hours straight afterwards)

66. Been to 33 UNESCO World Heritage Sites

67. Stayed at a 5* hotel

68. Travelled first class on a train

69. Travelled on a train that travelled on a ferry part of the way

70. Went out of the country by train

71. Did my tax declaration completely on my own

72. Visited 12 European capitals

73. Been to the 13 biggest German cities

74. Read 40 books in just 3 weeks (as a child during vacation)

75. Stopped biting my nails when I was 10 (only reason my mother allowed me to use nail polish at that age)

76. Found a best friend that has the same way of crazy thinking as I do

77. Managed to keep a friendship with someone living I another country for almost 15 years

78. Tried rowing

79. Tried artistic gymnastics (yes, really!)

80. Took part in a soccer school competition – and failed miserably

81. Helped a classmate to pass the final exams by tutoring

82. Managed to break my elbow at an office job…

83. Found 100 things that make me happy

84. Organized and cooked dinner on my sister’s confirmation all on my own

85. Assembled my IKEA furniture on my own

86. Sent over 1600 official Postcrossing postcards

87. Designed my own rubber stamp to use on postcards

88. Been unofficial travel agent for many Postcrossers

89. Attended a live taping of a TV show

90. Sang in choir at primary school

91. Finished a 2000 piece jigsaw puzzle

92. Learned to eat with chopsticks

93. Learned to say Thank you in 10 languages

94. Decided what I want to be when I grow up

95. Learned to work with Word, Excel and PowerPoint on a quite good level

96. Learned how to use Photoshop (and still hate it)

97. Organized a class activity at open day at school

98. Organized hotel rooms, travelling plans etc. for business trips with colleagues

99. Took a self-defense class

100. Spoke in front of a crowd of more than 100

101. Found 100 things I achieved for this list
  One month agoOne person likes this
1. Stockholm (again)

2. Barcelona

3. Oslo

4. Dresden

5. Salamanca

6. Istanbul

7. Hong Kong

8. Seville

9. Cordoba

10. Kyoto

11. Florence

12. Straßbourg

13. New York

14. Prague

15. Shanghai

16. Washington DC

17. Tallin

18. Sydney

19. Sienna

20. Florence

21. Budapest

22. Uppsala



to be continued...
In rather random order...



1. an unexpected good mark in a language course

2. a baby/little child smiling or laughing at me

3. beautiful postcards in my mailbox

4. making someone happy with a sent postcard

5. reading a good book

6. laughing with friends

7. yummy chocolate

8. getting positive feedback at work

9. receiving a nice letter from a penfriend

10. sunshine on a winter day

11. watching Mamma Mia (the movie)

12. spending time with people I like

13. Postcrossing meetings

14. spamming at the Alien talk, having fun chatting there and annoying Foxy ;)

15. planning trips (even those that are just ideas and won’t be realized in the end)

16. Bayer 04 Leverkusen winning a match

17. receiving a card showing a UNESCO site new to my collection

18. seeing a baby or little child laughing like mad about ordinary things (like sneezing)

19. watching an interesting documentary about foreign countries, nature, animals etc.

20. reaching another step when learning a new language

21. being at a stadium to see a Bayer 04 match

22. going to the zoo

23. just being silly with my best friend

24. being silly with little children

25. a challenging task at work

26. the first homegrown tomato

27. Astrid Lindgren books & movies

28. finding a photo in my snapshots that turns out to be a really amazing picture

29. finishing a task on one of my lists

30. sunny summer days with low humidity

31. Bayer 04 Leverkusen finally beating Bayern München in München after 23 long years

32. making someone happy with a gift

33. making a bargain when buying postcards

34. Swedish knäckebröd with prästost – soooo good!

35. happy Hurray messages from Postcrossing

36. cute animal babies

37. a friendly dog

38. a beautiful view

39. Sweden

40. Stockholm

41. Postcrossing in general

42. my lists

43. finding a piece of clothing that fits AND that I like

44. the classic Disney movies

45. a new recipe/cooking idea that turns out yummy

46. fresh baked, still warm cake

47. little kids

48. vacation in another country

49. happy ending books

50. happy ending movies

51. buying postcards

52. the first signs of spring

53. magnolia trees in full bloom

54. golden trees in autumn on a sunny day

55. getting a million options for breakfast at a hotel stay and choosing half of them

56. re-reading childhood books

57. Moccaschokoküsse

58. McDonalds Sundae with chocolate sauce

59. stretching my mind

60. my favorite ROFL smiley

61. things/series/movies etc. from my childhood

62. having done something useful/productive

63. finishing a project/paper etc. at work

64. watching funny animals

65. reading my favorite books for the umpteenth time

66. being asked for advice because someone respects my opinion

67. one of my favorite players scoring a goal

68. dayzero lists

69. Pizza

70. Pasta

71. travelling to new places

72. eating with my fingers

73. exploring a new place/city on vacation

74. knowing that someone likes you despite being weird or crazy

75. being optimistic

76. visiting Linda in Sweden

77. ripe strawberries, cherries and nectarines at the supermarket – because they are yummy and it means that it’s finally summer

78. Höhner feel-good songs

79. popping bubble wrap

80. watching squirrels or birds in the trees

81. passion fruit

82. mango

83. discovering a beautiful thing in an unexpected place in an unexpected moment

84. grilled chicken

85. tomatoes

86. eating Nutella right from the glass

87. Turkish apple tea

88. laughing till I cry

89. writing exactly the same at the same time when chatting with my best friend

90. learning something interesting

91. funny and absolutely useless facts

92. maps, globes and Planet Earth

93. interesting museums

94. writing with fountain pens and different colours of ink

95. Nescafe Frappé

96. Spanish tapas

97. funny comments from my 3 years old nephew

98. saving enough money to do a vacation trip as planned

99. the smell of rain on a warm summer day

100. being done with this list ;D
  One month agoOne person likes this
31.03.13 - still 62nd
Added the following goals to list Someday
  One month ago
1. Überbackene Spitzpaprika mit Käsefüllung

2. Sauerfleisch

3. Spaghetti all‘Amatriciana

4. Guacamole

5. Herzhafte Blätterteigtaschen (http://www.chefkoch.de/rezepte/747691177316252/Herzhafte-Blaetterteigtaschen.html - with some variations, added some corn, roasted bellpepper etc.)

==> 03.08.2012 list is gone...

6. Blumekohl-Bolognese http://www.chefkoch.de/rezepte/855111190969153/Blumenkohl-Bolognese.html (with some variation, I added cubed potatoes and curry powder to give it an Indian touch)

7. Dirty Rice

8. Putencurry mit Mango

9. Kycklingpaj

10. zuccini-sweet potato creamsoup
1. Wolfsburg 26.07.2012

2. Hamburg 08.-10.09.2012

3. Hamburg again 29.09.2012

4. Hamburg again 24.11.2012

5. Hannover 12.01.2013

6. back from Hannover after the PC meeting in Köln 16.03.2013
Note added to goal Go to 10 different museums
1) Oceanario, Lisbon 07.06.2012

2) Phaeno, Wolfsburg 26.07.2012

3) Chocoversum, Hamburg 09.09.2012

4) Weißenhofmuseum Stuttgart 06.10.2012 (didn't visit the exhibition but I was in the museum)

5) Universeum, Göteborg 15.12.2012

6) Museum für Kommunikation, Frankfurt 02.02.2012

7) Haus der Geschichte, Bonn 21.03.2013
1) Restaurant Linosa, Berlin Alexanderplatz 10.03.2012

2) Das kleine Restaurant, Freising 14.03.2012

3) Restaurant Portofino, Freising 15.03.2012 (fantastic pizza!!!)

4) Chimarrão, Lisbon, 07.06.2012

5) Restaurante Santiago, Lisbon, 09.06.2012

6) Restaurante Piri-Piri, Lisbon, 10.06.2012

7) Taverna Omiros, Hamburg, 08.09.2012

8) Restaurant Hongyunlai, Aachen, 13.09.2012

9) Lisebergs Wärdshus, Göteborg 14.12.2012

10) Roha, Bonn 20.03.2012 (Ethiopian cafe/restaurant)
16.03.2013 - to a steeldrum player in Köln who brought a bit of summer to a winter day
Marked goal Give money to a street musician as Done!
Marked goal Write 5 letters in Swedish as in progress.
1) Berlin 10.03.2012

2) Münster 28.04.2012

3) Lisbon, Portugal 09./10.06.2012 (was absolutely fantastic!)

4) Hamburg 29.09.2012

5) Bielefeld 18.-21.10.2012

6) Hamburg Minimeeting 24.11.2012

7) Hannover Minimeeting 12.01.2013

8) Frankfurt 02.02.2013

9) Köln 16.03.2013
656/700 (02. Jan. 2012)

657 St. Lucia - Pitons Management Area

658 Jordan - Qasr Amra

659 Peru - Chan Chan Archaeological Zone

660 Peru - Historic Centre of Lima

661 Peru - Historical Centre of the City of Arequipa

662 Morocco - Historic City of Meknes

663 Italy - The Sassi and the Park of the Rupestrian Churches of Matera

664 Kygyzstan - Sulaiman-Too Sacred Mountain

665 South Afrika - iSimangaliso Wetland Park

666 Mexico - Agave Landscape and Ancient Industrial Facilities of Tequila

667 Mexico - Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara

668 Mexico - Protective town of San Miguel and the Sanctuary of Jesús Nazareno de Atotonilco

669 United Arab Emirates - Cultural Sites of Al Ain (Danke Hexe!)

670 Belgium - Stoclet House

671 Norway - Rock art of Alta

672 Ukraine - Residence of Bukovinian and Dalmatian Metropolitans

673 Romania - Dacian Fortresses of the Orastie Mountains

674 India - Group of Monuments at Pattadakal

675 Spain - Cultural Landscape of the Serra de Tramuntana

676 Spain - Doñana National Park

677 Turkey - City of Safranbolu

678 Germany - Margravial Opera House Bayreuth

679 Brazil - - Rio de Janeiro, Carioca Landscapes between the Mountain and the Sea

680 Mexico - Historic Centre of Mexico City and Xochimilco (rec. Xochimilco)

681 Portugal - Garrison Border Town of Elvas and its Fortifications

682 Bolivia - City of Potosí

683 Bolivia - Historic City of Sucre

684 Bolivia - Jesuit Missions of the Chiquitos

685 Bolivia - Tiwanaku: Spiritual and Political Centre of the Tiwanaku Culture

686 South Korea - Gochang, Hwasun and Ganghwa Dolmen Sites

687 South Korea - Jongmyo Shrine

688 Italy - Isole Eolie

689 Italy - Villa d'Este, Tivoli

690 Bulgaria - Srebarna Nature Reserve

691 Italy - Historic Centre of the City of Pienza

692 Russia - Lena Pillars

693 Panama - Archaeological Site of Panamá Viejo and Historic District of Panamá

694 Russia - Struve Geodetic Arc

695 Iran - Gonbad-e Qâbus

696 France - Nord-Pas de Calais Mining

697 Venezuela - Canaima National Park

698 Canada - L’Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site

699 Indonesia - Cultural Landscape of Bali: the Subak System as a Manifestation

700 Lebanon - Byblos
28.02.2013: up to rank 62 again
20.02.2013: 1620 cards sent
1) http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-an-Origami-Crane/#intro

2) http://www.instructables.com/id/Dollar-Bill-Shirt/#intro



Ideas:

http://www.instructables.com/id/Home-made-Postcards-from-recycled-materials-FREE/step2/Postcard-sizing-tool/



http://www.instructables.com/id/The-nutella-Cheesecake/
 
Member since January 2012 with 137 goals to do, 33 goals in progress and 82 goals achieved.

101
Jan 03, 2012 - Sep 30, 2014

1. Reach 2000 Sent cards in Postcrossing
2. Make it to the top 50s in the ranking of German Postcrossers
3. Send a RAS card every month, each to a different person
4. Attend 10 Postcrossing meetings
5. Get my postcards organized
52
Jul 08, 2012 - Jul 08, 2013

1. Complete a colouring book
2. Complete two Sudoku and Logicals magazines
3. Learn to count to 10 in 10 languages
4. Get rid of 50 things
5. Complete the 100 snapshots challenge
98
Goals with no specified timetime

1. Visit Peru
2. Get rid of 100 things
3. Get a passport
4. Build a sandcastle
5. Travel to a country outside Europe
82
Goals completed!

1. Make homemade guacamole