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Challenge Eight: Reconnect
Chase, With the holiday craziness starting it is also a good time to reflect on the year and be thankful for the people who bless our lives. I have so many friends and family to be thankful for....
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Challenge 7: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
Hey Alex! It was great seeing you on Thanksgiving; I’ll be sure to post some photos of our festivities later this week. I’m back at Augie and getting prepared for classes, but I’d much rather sleep in...
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Challenge 8: Grandma and Grandpa and Death Metal
Hey Alex, It was nice talking on the phone with you yesterday! I’m glad to hear that your office party went well and hope you’re having fun with Parker and his friends. Like I was telling you over the...
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Challenge Nine: Do 15 Minutes of Yoga Each Day
Hi Alex and Family, In my last post, I forgot to mention that I went to a free yoga class on Saturday. It was a lot of fun and now I’m all psyched for artsy stretching. With the temperatures dropping,...
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Challenge 8: Surprise Calls and Visits
Hey Chase, Sorry this is going up late. I was struggling with my computer last night and feeling lazy. My week was busy but good. I had back to back parties that I was planning. On Thursday my friends...
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Challenge 9: Virabhadrasana
Hey Chase, It was great talking to you! As I mentioned it was a busy week for me but I somewhat thrive off of busy. I tend to do better with busy than when I dont have very much to do. I also get the...
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Challenge Ten: Make A List Of Your Blessings
Chase, So since I have been down on myself lately and will have a nice long bus ride on Thursday to sit and do WAY too much thinking, I thought it would be a good idea to make a list of blessings this...
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Challenge 9: Namaste
Hey Alex! Sorry that I’m getting this post up so late. The last week before Winter Break was really busy between midterm projects and work. For my classes, I had to plan and teach a lesson to my peers,...
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Challenge 10: I Can’t Believe How Lucky I Am
Hey Alex! The beginning of break has been pretty nice. It’s been uneventful, other than going bowling with Jony and a couple other friends from high school, but I am definitely enjoying the opportunity...
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Challenge Eleven: Write a Poem
Hey Family, I have a love-hate relationship with poetry. Sometimes, and much more often than I’d like, reading poetry makes me feel like I’m on the outside of an inside joke. However, it can also help...
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Challenge 10: Continual, Countless, Never-ceasing
Chase, I apologize for my inability to get up a post for the past three weeks. Total fail. It has been a busy holiday season but a good one. It was nice to get several days off for both Christmas and...
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Challenge Eleven: The Art of Paper Folding — Origami
Chase, For this weeks challenge I think it would be fun to tap into our creative sides and learn how to make some origami. There are no restrictions on what you make or what specific material you use...
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Challenge 12: “Creases” is a Fun Word to Say
Hey Alex, I hope you’ve had a nice week! Mine was pretty stressful; I had to compile a midterm portfolio for my Methods of Secondary Education course and plan a lesson for the first time that I will...
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Challenge 12: Turning Japanese
Hey Chase, I hope you had a good week. Did you do anything exciting? My week went by incredibly fast! I had a busy week and I suppose that always helps the time go by a bit faster. I went and did...
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Challenge Thirteen: Make a Playlist of your Favorite Tunes
Hi Family, I hope you’ve all had a nice weekend! I had the the Percussion Ensemble concert, which went really well, and the Martin Luther King celebration that had a HUGE crowd! Even though we only...
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Challenge Fourteen: Eat This!
Hey Chase, Surprise Surprise. I am late getting my up post. I apologize. Last night turned out to be more eventful than I had expected. Due to the bad winter conditions my friends car slid off the road...
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Challenge Fifteen: Laugh!
Hey Alex! Since starting break on Thursday, I’ve checked out a bunch of videos and have went on sort of a comedy movie marathon. I thought it would be nice to have a collection of funny things to have...
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Challenge 13: Some of My Favorite Songs
Hey Alex, Here’s my playlist of songs; you can click any of the titles to view a YouTube video of the songs. I hope you enjoy listening! I Concentrate on You – Jeff Hamilton The first two tunes feature...
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Challenge 13: A short poem of songlike quality
Hey Chase, So apparently I am terrible at getting posts up lately. I have three weeks to cover. I hope your break is still going well. I believe you are back at school now. I loved the package you...
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Challenge 14: Getting Some Diversity in My Diet
Hey Alex, It was really nice Skype-ing with you yesterday. I also loved the letter you sent me! The origami was all very cute, and your idea to reuse paper that you found throughout the week was really...
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