Seven Things I Want to Learn

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Cathlete
Tell us what you want to learn how to do - it can be fitness related or not, and shouldn't be something you already know how to do:


1. How to drive a stick shift

2. Memorize a Shakespeare Sonnet

3. Do a real honest-to-God pike on the ball

4. Ride piaffe and tempi changes on a schoolmaster dressage horse

5. Learn how to be a good sport

6. How to play Bridge

7. How to speak French (at least a little bit!)

Anyone else game?
 
Piaffe is trotting in place, tempi changes is like skipping, only on the back of a horse. Think of what your legs do when you skip, now imagine doing that on a horse. Fun!!

What are your seven?
 
*how to play soccer
*how to run a marathon
(first two are just dreams; I have horrid knees)

*relearn Spanish
*relearn how to play mahjong
(I've forgotten both. It's what happens when you don't use what you know.)

*how to cook well
*how to believe
*how to forgive

Pinky
 
What a great thread idea! Here are mine in now particular order...

1. Learn Arabic (took a class in NYC for a while, then moved to the sticks and now, no classes around!)

2. Learn Spanish

3. Make a really good pie crust

4. Disaster readiness (I'm actually going to take a course on this through the Red Cross starting in October, can't wait!)

5. How to not be afraid of dogs

6. Chop things the way my DH-the-former-chef does

7. How to not worry so much :)

Sparrow

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Pinky, you're just so awesome:)

1. Learn to drive a stick shift
2. Learn to shoot a hand gun (I don't know why)
3. Relearn how to ski (downhill)
4. How to say NO more often without feeling guilty
5. How to do a jump up spinny back kick thing (that's the technical martial arts term for it)
6. How to paint (art not walls)
7. How to sew (I'm not even really very good at sewing buttons)
 
Sparrow,

There was a great article in the Washington Post Magazine about three or four Sundays back about Americans learning Arabic. It is rated one of the most difficult languages to learn, along with Chinese. They estimated a non-native speaker needs to study it seven years, with at least two years being spent abroad living in an Arabic-speaking country!
 
Ahhhh.....okay, an equestrian!!!

This is a great thread...I had to think about this for awhile:


1. Shoot a gun/skeet shooting. (yes, this sounds redneck but I'm a Midwestern girl, whaddja expect?!?)

2. Forgive my mother.

3. Backgammon

4. Cook

5. Spanish (Evily can tutor me!)

6. The winning lottery numbers

7. How to fly a private plane purchased with lottery winnings so I can visit my 666 girls anytime I wanted.


Angie
 
>Sparrow,
>
>There was a great article in the Washington Post Magazine
>about three or four Sundays back about Americans learning
>Arabic. It is rated one of the most difficult languages to
>learn, along with Chinese. They estimated a non-native
>speaker needs to study it seven years, with at least two years
>being spent abroad living in an Arabic-speaking country!

Thanks for the encouragment :p

Kidding...yeah it's a tough language but I'm motivated to learn it, you know? What I did learn I actually picked up more quickly than when I was learning French.

I'm going to check out the archives at the library for that article though, might have some resources.

Thanks!

Sparrow

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1. Learn Italian because it is the language of my ancestors. I'm signed up for a class beginning in a couple of weeks and I'm very excited about it!!
2. Learn German because my DH is fluent. He recently subscribed to 3 German TV stations. It's very annoying to have a TV on and not understnad a word they are saying x( x(
3. Learn to do crewel embroidery pictorial samplers because they are so lovely to look at.
4. Learn to ride a horse.
5. Learn to write. I so envy the people who can turn a phrase.
6. Learn to speak. I tend to get tongue tied at times or just simply forget what I want to say in the middle of a sentence. LOL
7. Be at peace. I'm a worrier. I worry about everyone and everything.

Michele
 
1. to read music and play piano (again)
2. to speak Spanish better
3. a better understanding of the stock market
4. to be more tolorant
5. dog obedience training techniques
6. professional photography
7. how to use my sewing machinex(


jes
 
1. Speak fluent french. Had four years of it in high school and all I can say is Hello, Goodbye, Will you sleep with me tonight:) ,Beer, Where is the pool? Makes ya wonder about my high school years huh? ;-)

2. More about my birth father & why he stopped talking to me after his daughter's found out about me. I want to know the truth.

3. To run a marathon---this I'm working on.

4. How to throw a softball --LIKE A GIRL
;-)

5. Learn how to sing. Trust me I can't the dog looks at me funny when I do-- but I still do it

6. Learn how to Make my MIL's famous tomato sauce

7. Love deeper :)
 
1. Become proficient at a graphics package. I actually just signed up for a Photoshop class.
2. Learn to cook healthy meals that are tasty enough to coerce my DH to my side
3. Learn how to maintain this feeling of peace I've found since I quit my job before I go on to the next one (whenever that may be)
4. Do those amazing yoga poses that are out of my reach right now
5. Learn self more self control with portion sizes

Can't think of 2 more!


Margaret
 
Hmmmm.... this is tough, as there are so many things!!

1. Genuinely understand higher mathematics and physics. I've been taking classes for years, but it hasn't *clicked* at all yet.

2. More (much better) art techniques.

3. Fluency in Spanish, French, Italian. My mom is Italian, but I was never taught. I've been taking Spanish for years, and have never uttered a word of French.

4. To not be so intimidated by others - and life in general.

5. To speak in public without feeling like I'm going to die and everyone thinks I'm stupid.

6. To work out for more than a week without significantly injuring myself.

7. Yoga! Downward dog is a challenge right now :(

Sara
 
Cathe's big announcement

Live in the moment

Dance (ballroom,tango,swing...(even bellydance!)

The various types of baseball pitches

President's of USA...1-"W"

Speak Spanish...(beyond "Vamos a la playa")

Landscape design my yard
 
1. to speak Spanish
2. to run a marathon
3. to be a more patient parent
4. to help ds control his emotions
5. to speak up when I need to
6. to run my own personal training business
7. to cook healthy meals
 
1. Play the harp (I have one but don't know how to play it.)
2. Practice more self control
3. Style my hair
4. Crochet (I can knit and sew, but not crochet)
5. Dance
6. Ski
7. Play any kind of sport
 
I love the one about riding dressage, and it is tempting, but mine are:

1. How to be more involved. I'm a hermit at heart.
2. How to garden organically and at the same time totally beat the bugs.
3. How to write compelling, entertaining fiction. I want to write a book.
4. How to survive after I retire - that means investments.
5. How a wolf pack functions - on a personal basis. I want to camp out and study them. Who cares if it's already been done.
6. How to train my horse. She's 7 and I haven't done it yet.
7. How to survive in the wilderness. And I'm not talking about the macho "survivalist" thing.
 
1. To speak Czech
2. How to swim
3. Play piano
4. Be a better cook
5. Master (any) of Cathe's step workouts
6. Be more self-confident
7. To play tennis well enough that DH will play with me

Lori
 
1) Learn how NOT to get side-tracked by this dang forum every time I want to do something constructive! }( :p

2) Learn how to accept the fact that I simply do not have a small frame therefore I will NEVER look like those who do, nor will I be able to say I weight 108 pounds with out being seriously ill.

3) Learn how to have more patience with a new step routine that confuses me.
 
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