Here goes my thirty things!
1. Buy a rocking chair- Found it on Craigslist!
2. Buy a table and chairs- I bought a table at my favorite thrift store, Thrift Town. I sanded and paninted it. I found chairs at Thrift Town aswell. A picture to come.
3. Write a missionary each week- I wrote to my in-laws who were serving in Germany. I also wrote to my brother Paul, he is still serving in Sweden!
4. Plant a garden- I planted corn, lettuce, tomatoes, pumpkins and cucmbers!
5. Budget and Save- I started saving accounts for both kids, a car savings account and a generic savings account. Some months are better then others, but the important thing is we have them and there is money in them!
6. Floss- Some weeks I would floss almost every day, others it would be maybe 2 times a week.
7. Read 6 books- I read: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mocking Jay, (these first three are written by Susanne Collins), The City of Ember, The City of Sparks, and the Diamond of Dark Hold, (these last three are written by Jeanne DuPrau).
8. Go on two day trips as a family- We went to the Exploritorium and then to the Pleasanton County Fair. We had tons of fun at both places!
9. Go Camping with the kids and Mark- turned into going to our nieghbors Lake house. We had lots of fun. We went over Labor day, it was really cold the whole time, but it was fun. I ran into Marinda Coombs, a friend from Orem H.S. It was so fun to see her and her family at the Ward we were visiting!
10. Spend on on one time with Mark and Hank- Ofcourse I had one on one time with Hank. Also with Mark, but I need to make my time with Mark more meaningful.
11. Write a poem- I wrote a poem to my Mother-in-law, Sharon, and emailed it to her for Mothers day.
12. Build a playhouse for Hank- Mark and I did this together. We had so much fun! It took us about 4 months to complete it.
13. Change my hairstyle- I cut thirteen inches off and am about to donate it! I got a slight layered look.
14. Make and keep up a first year scrapbook for Ellie- I love her little book! I still need to put in her 7 month pictures!
15. Make a fabric town for toy cars- so this is not quite finished, I need to sew for another 20 minutes and I will be done! Picture to come when I am done!! It looks nothing like Michelles, but it should be fun for Hank! I want to make him some quiet books for church too! My old roommate made one for he some long ago, I have such good examples in my life.
16. Go to the Temple each month- so I missed August. That is close to each month. :)
17. Refinish a piece of furniture- before I refinished the table, I found a night stand at a garage sale for $2 and I refinished it. It is beautiful!!! Picture below.
18. Walk 3 times a week- this was hard for some reason, so I changed it to "Go on Walks". I need walk more.
19. Move- we moved back into the garage apartment on Marks parents property. We love living near grandma and grandpa. We are almost all settled. I keep finding a better way to organize all our stuff. :)
20. Complete a personal progress value- so I came really close to this. I need to write in my journal for two experiences, then I am all done with the Faith Value!
21. Menu plan a week or two at a time- I have been doing this for three maybbe four years, some months are better than others, I have found I am happiest when I have meals planned in advance.
22. Use the lemons to make a lemon creme pie, lemon squares and lemonade- We did make lots of Lemonade, but I never made the pie or squares.
23. Have a playhouse waming party- This was fun! I had the party on May 10th.
24. Enter an item in the County Fair- I entered the Ghiradelli chocolate treat competition. I did not win, but I had so much fun, it was almost as fun as winning. Plus they gave us our entry into the fair and parking for free! Awesome! I will definitely be entering next year.
25. Choose 5 tips that will help in being more organized and stick with them- I only chose 4, they are: 1- Monthly go through closets, shelves, cupboards and drawers and de-junk them. 2- If it takes 30 seconds or less, do it right away. 3- don't keep all the paper. 4- Get dressed everyday, before 9 am, becasue when I am dressed and ready for the day, I do more!
26. Make Ellie something- I made her a beanie hat! It was ready for her when she was first born, but she didn't wear it for the first couple of weeks!
27. Get back to premarriage weight- I weigh 6 pounds less than I did when I got married in 2003! Wahoo that is cool! I still need to tone myself up and maybe loose 10 more pounds!
28. Sale Marks motor- OK this didn't happen. I did try. We are still working on this.
29. Make a family tree- so I still need to do this. I hope to get it done in the next 3 FHE's!
30. Plan my 10th wedding anniversary (2013), begin saving for it- So this will be a big surprise for Mark, the destination is decided and the moneys are starting to build up!
