Day 83: Deer's feet

Day 83: Deer's feet... I love Pinterest!  

Day 82: Chicken

Day 82: Try new recipe for chicken today: pineapple juice, brown sugar and soy sauce. It came out good, but I was expecting more.   
P.S.: I LOVE Pinterest.com

Day 81: Crafts

Day 81: I was trying so hard by getting all things together for Uliana to do an activity with her hands. It took her maximum 10 minutes to go through all of them. The website was promising me that it will entertain the kid for at least for half an hour. =( But it's OK, we had fun anyway.

Day 80: Zombie walk

Day 80: Zombie walk! It was a fun night!

Day 79: Abs challenge

Day 79: Abs challenge - challenge excepted!

Day 78: Toe stand

Day 78: I did Toe stand today for about 5 seconds! 

Day 77: Deer

Day 77: For the first time a deer at Okshner's Park came to us today. Uliana and I have been at this park already hundred times and never-ever has a single deer come up to the fence. And a miracle, he came really close and actually started eating leaves from our hands. It was nice to hear Uliana's giggles. 

Day 76: Pumpkin art

Day 76: Pumpkin art!

Day 75: Faucet

Day 75: Bought a faucet for the first time to replace liking old one for the kitchen... nothing special. But a big deal for me.

Day 74: Country Bumpkin

Day 74: We made it to Country Bumpkin today with Uliana and friends of ours. This was the first time for me and Uliana walk in a hay maze. =)

Day 73: Bat

Day 73: During Kirtan night at our studio a bat decided to join our party and become a part of our moment of bliss. He was sleeping deeply already when we were done. 

Day 72: Shower with closed eyes

Day 72: I took a shower with my eyes closed today. Good practice to stimulate your senses. Maybe next time I should try to cook like that. =) 

Day 71: I Love You in Czech

Day 71: I Love You in Czech - Miluji Te

Day 70: Wine Bar

Day 70: Elise took me out for wine tasting at Con Amici today. MMM... fine wine, fresh garlic bread, cheese and olives. It was nice girly time together.

Day 69: Tattoo

Day 69:  For the first time had a chance to observe how the real tattoo is done.

Day 68: Super Star

Day 68: Never thought that I will be so proud as parent of a three year old.   Uliana brought a diploma home: Uliana is a Super Star for going pee at school all by herself. =)

Day 67: Pancakes

Day 67:  I decided to make cream cheese pancakes without any flour for breakfast today. After second one, I said "This is NOT working!!!"... to messy, to sticky, to liquidy... and then I decided to add some flour after all. Conclusion: is you want some pancakes, you will need a flour. =) 

Day 66: Hugathon

Day 66: Hugathon  

Over a period of two hours standing on a square today I gave out about 300 hugs including 3 puppies, one kitten, and 1 kick in the butt. What? Kick in a butt? Yea! One man came to me and he said that he really needs a hug. I gave him a hug, and then after he told me that he was going through some tough times in his life, I gave him a second hug. He said that he also needs a nice kick in the butt and so I happily, but gently, obliged, to help “kick”-start him into action. =)

Another memorable request was from one of the lady who came to me with tear filled eyes, and told me that she really, really needed a hug today. I gave her a nice loving squeezy hug, and then she told me that she was just diagnosed with cancer, and then I felt like I needed to give her a really, really long healing hug. We stood there hugging and the emotion of the moment overcame me and we both stood their crying for a while... 

My observations on types of hugs I gave away today:

1. Chiropractic Hug - back crackers
2. Tippy Toe Hug - trying to reach around the shoulders of someone tall.
3. I-Guess Hug - jumping in front of people and they hug me even though they were not really interested at all - just standing there
4. With-A-Mission Hug - where the person comes with a dedicated intent and desire for the hug, like to the most wonderful and passionate job
5. Kid Hug - innocent and fearless
6. Animal Hug - hugs to animals
7. Oh-No-She-Has-Me Now Hug - no real effort
8. Everybody-Needs-A-hug Hug - this is the main thing people said when they came to me for a hug
9. You-Should-Charge-Us Hug
10. You-Look-Like-You-Need-A-Hug Hug
11. You’ll-Give-Me-A-Hug-If-I-Give-You-A-Hug-Back Hug
12. Great Idea Hug - likes the idea
13. Why? hugs - why are you doing this, curiosity

Access Denied

1. I have my wife for hugs
2. no thank you
3. not today!!! - My favorite!!!
4. first I need to find a bathroom - another cool one
5. ignoring me
6. turning away to avoid the situation
7. smiling as they pass
8. nodding no
9. I’ll give you a hug later... on the way back... when I'll return  =)

At the end I want to thank everyone who was supporting me with this a little silly but fun experience. 

Day 65: Pepper

Day 65: I ate my first own grown pepper today. Couldn't wait for it to grow even more any longer. Winter is on it's way.  

Day 64: Fairy

Day 64: Convinced Uliana that fairies do exist. And today we were looking for them all over the house, because there were hiding.      

Day 63: I Love You in Chinese

Day 63: I Love You in Chinese - Wuo ai nee (Mandarin)

Day 62: I've got to SHOWER!

Day 62: I've got to SHOWER!

Day 61: The Clock

Day 61: My first Yoga clock!

Day 60: Rock climbing

Day 60: I did rock climbing for the first time today. Still have my arms shaking. =)

Day 59: Dress

Day 59: I bought my first Zombie Dress at St. Vincent today. Pretty soon it will be ripped all over and covered with "blood" for Zombie dance in down town Baraboo. 

Day 58: Canvas

Day 58: I bought my first canvas. Who can guess what will go on it? 

Day 57: 77777

Day 57: 77777 - not everyday you can see this number on odometer in your car. In Russia number 7 is a lucky number. I got five of them. =)

Day 56: Sweet potato

Day 56: So, couple month ago I decided to have an experiment with a sweet potato. I planted it in the ground and let it do its job. Time went by and the plant became very bushy. And today I decided to dig it out... I was expecting to get a bunch of little baby sweet potatoes from it. Instead I found the same potato but bigger. Surprising!    

Day 55: Crying session

Day 55: I had a great cry session with a wonderful friend of mine today at the Coffee Bean Connection. =)

Day 54: My new drum

Day 54: My new drum