I’m still at it, and I have not forgotten! However, I have not been doing monthly updates like I should. I plan to remedy that – at least for today. Are any of you still participating?
Here we go:
Spirit
- Read my bible daily
- Study the Sunday School Lesson every Saturday Night with the Mr.
- Really open my ears and spirit to HEAR what God wants to do with my life
- Pray MORE
- Pray before making major decisions – each and every time
Mind
- Read a total of 75 books for FUN. (Goodreads.com will help me keep on track
- Re-enroll in school to finish my undergrad degree. *Hangs head in shame*
- Take a sewing class
- Take a quilting class
Body
- Start and complete P90x (*bitesnails*)
- Get ACTIVE exercise OUTSIDE for at least 90 minutes each week – no excuses
- Tone my belly
- Eat healthier meals
- Visit a spa at least ONCE a year and get a massage and facial
- Get pedicures monthly during the summer and every other month during fall and winter
- Keep polish on toenails done monthly
Mom
- Spend at least thirty minutes with each child, each day
- Become and integral part of the cellists musical life
- Take the cellist on a cruise (*yikes*)
- Teach the ladybug how to ride a bike
- Enroll the ladybug in tumbling classes
- Read every single night to the ladybug no matter how tired I am
- Read at least one hour a day with the cellist – even if we’re listening to the audio version and discussing afterwards
- Cook one meal each week with the cellist and ladybug’s help
- Go on one full outing with each of the children alone, once a quarter – the gradually once a month
- Open savings accounts for the last three children
Wife
- Watch football games where the Bears AREN’T playing, with the Mr
- Get back to planning date nights every month
- Make a big deal for Father’s Day every year
- Pray with him every evening
- Speak into his spirit each day
Take a cruise with himVisit another country with him any other countryTake our first plane ride together
Traveler
- Las Vegas
- California
- Washington State
- Oregon
- Yosemite National Park
- Massachusetts
- Maine
- Connecticut
- Mt. Rushmore
DIY
Sew myself a skirtSew myself a dress- Sew myself some pants
- Learn how to knit or crochet – or both
- Learn how to draft my own pattern
- Sew the ladybug and Lil Miss Twizzler holiday skirts
- Sew the cellist and Sir Twizzler holiday ties
- Finish scrapbooks for each child
Set up a real craft room, complete with sewing table, scrapbooking table, and general craft table and storage- After doing 1-3, sew myself a wardrobe for each season (*yikes*)
Home
- Finish painting all of the rooms
- Get completely matching living room furniture
- Get completely matching dining room furniture
- Add smart storage solutions
- Do the closet office idea that I
stolesaw on Pinterest - Finish the children’s bedrooms
- Finish the bathroom
- Finish our bedroom
- Finish the homeschool area
- Finish the den
- Give away all of the unused dishes and appliances to GoodWill
- Continue to scale down all of the clothes we can no longer fit or want and give to GoodWill.
- Meal plan for the month – and factor celebrations and such into the planning. Stay realistic.
- Finally complete Dave Ramsey’s financial university (it was free darn it!)
- Start our porch vegetable garden
Finances
- Tithe regularly
- Take active steps to increase credit score
- Save six months salary
- Pay down ALL credit
- Get to zero balances and stay there EACH month on store credit cards
- Pay off car, and purchase new one with lower interest rate AND monthly payment
- Start saving for building a home from the ground up.
Friend
- Drop more snail mail IN the actual mail
- Send out birthday cards to immediate family and close friends each year (write them up at the end of the preceding month to make it easier)
- Go out to lunch or dinner once a month with my girlfriends
- Take a girls only trip somewhere
- Drive out of town once a quarter to visit a friend (planned with them of course)
For Fun
- Learn how to roller skate (the right way)
- Learn how to swim (the right way) including treading water – WITH the husband
- take a Zumba class
- Go the an opera on opening night – and dress to the nines
- stay at a downtown hotel (after pricing down of course)
- Take a horse drawn carriage ride
- TOUR my city. Every nook and cranny, every neighborhood, and document on this blog.
- Do something seasonal every season – don’t just PLAN to do it. For instance – Boo at the Zoo for Halloween, Christmas Lights during the Holidays, Easter something, Veterans Day, Spring festivals, Street Festivals during the summer.
- Go and see a musical
- Go and see a play
- See the Blue Man Group This should be done on our next cruise!
- Take the ladybug to a play
Take the cellist to a playWe’ll be seeing The Giver on 4/21- Go to a parade for Thanksgiving or Christmas
- Create holiday traditions
- Purchase my Canon or Nikon DSLR
- Purchase my iPad
My Craft
Open my Etsy shop- Have a full stocking of cloth diapers, wipes, bibs and blankets
- Continue party planning – of sorts
- Continue baking and decorating
As you can see, I’m making some major headway on this list! I did indeed make myself a dress AND I wore it on Easter Sunday. I’m trying my darndest to regularly take pictures of everything that I make. I’m starting to think that I am not a real blogger some days.
Well,that’s about it! See you next month for an update!
~ Make It A Fantastic Day
4 Comments
Margaret
April 12, 2012 at 1:25 pmThis is a pretty cool idea. And some days I dont feel like a blogger either smh
Natasha
April 13, 2012 at 4:23 pmIt’s a great way to keep track of all those things that you want to do, but need a timeframe instead of just – before I leave this earth. 😉
MELISASource
April 12, 2012 at 5:22 pmWow you are doing great!! This is something that I need to give a try at. Hopefully I can do it in the fall once my ‘houseful’ slows down a little! LOL It’s really a great way to hold yourself accountable for achieving goals.
Natasha
April 13, 2012 at 4:25 pmThanks! Now you know, us mothers of four hardly EVER have a slowed down houseful. I would start with the achievements that are kind of easier to do, but are still important to you, you know? You can do it, and if you need a cheerleader, I’m all here for ya!