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This year was a calm, stay at home type New Years Eve event! A few ladies over - some wine - some food - and a board game called "Would you rather?" We had a great time! I finally had to kick them out at 1am! Those ladies party HARD!!!! ;-) Here's to an amazing 2009!
Self List
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This is the most difficult for me to write. And the most personal. But here it is - all out in the cyberworld for my 3 regular viewers to see. It's more of a personal accountability to write it and post it and follow up with the list - as with all of the lists, I will update as I go. I will post a new blog about completing an item, as well as link it from the original lists!
So here we go! Oh ya - and I went a little over 50 this time!
1. act confident
2. attend 6 activities with friends not in 'regular' circle (Joined a Bunco group. I only knew the hostess. How many times can I go and it still not be my "regular" circle?)
3. attend monthly dinner with girls (Jan)
4. become a better soccer coach
5. become contributor to other blogs (at least 4 posts)
6. begin priorityme workshops (1st one is March 26th)
7. bring lunch 4 days a week to work (doing OK - not great)
8. consume less - document
9. cook dinner at home 5 nights a week
10.create a food journal
11.create a steady second stream of income (no matter how small)
12.develop confidence
13.do not buy more than two pairs of shoes. Throw away equal number. (No shoes in Jan) feb - 1 pair - March -no shoes
14.do not date (successful in Jan)
15.find the good
16.forgive. Move on.
17.go on overnight trip with wendy and no kids MARCH -we did not go far but it involved a hotel, a hot tub, alcohol and no kids18.have meal with neighbor once a month (Jan)
19.join a business organization
20.keep personal bathroom organized (organized it - it's the KEEP part i'm struggling with)
21.learn to maintain my eyebrows myself (have not started)
22.less chocolate
23.let my nails grow March - I let them grow. Long. now they are short again. Work in progress24.look confident
25.maintain a food journal
26.make my bedroom a sanctuary
27.meditate daily for at least 3 minutes (Just started this)
28.meet gina once a month outside of work and monthly dinner (Jan)
29.meet joey once a month (Jan)
30.meet justice once a month (Jan - but now she is gone for a few months!)
31.move more
32.neversaydiet community challenge March - I had actually forgotten about this
33.no more than 6 hrs of TV a week (TRYING!) March - probably about 4 hrs a week! YEA34.one craft with kids each month (post on craft blog)(hated our craft this month. did not post.)35.one hour alone with each kid per week (This has been extremely successful)
36.paint 4 paintings (post them)I have painted one. I will post.
37.participate in at least 9 All Souls activities/services (Jan - Trivia Night. Feb - Sunday Service)
38.participate in kiva (I am!)
39.participate in postcard swap
40.post at least 12 home videos
41.post at least 4 blog entires on family blog every month (Jan)Feb - did okay - March - not so good!
42.purchase less - document Feb- March- went 11 days without stopping in target. this is a record!
43.put grandma's pictures on digital format
44.read Martha Beck as if she were MY life coach (really having fun with this)
45.read regularly before bed
46.see wendy once a month (preferably with no kids - but with works) (Jan twice - once with kids - once with none) FEb and March - saw at least once each month!
47.smile (working on it)
48.start a family craft blog! (Started)
49.start priorityme blog (started) March - started a full-fledged website! www.priorityme.com
50.start the planning process of the first priorityme conference
51.stop regretting past decisions
52.stop using/needing antacids
53.take all meds daily
54.take an entrepenural class In February I attended a 2-day Entrepenural Conference in Norman!
55.teach a non-family member something Feb - I taught steph how to Twitter and set up a Facebook account
56.use at least 4 coupons at every grocery visit
57.volunteer. 3 times with family - 3 times without
58.weigh under 200 pounds (taking this challenge with the support of my church which will help me with #37)
59.who is my authentic self?
60.write 10 essays titled "What I know for sure"
...and raise a family and hold down a full time job...can i do it?! YES I CAN!!!
This is the most difficult for me to write. And the most personal. But here it is - all out in the cyberworld for my 3 regular viewers to see. It's more of a personal accountability to write it and post it and follow up with the list - as with all of the lists, I will update as I go. I will post a new blog about completing an item, as well as link it from the original lists!
So here we go! Oh ya - and I went a little over 50 this time!
1. act confident
2. attend 6 activities with friends not in 'regular' circle (Joined a Bunco group. I only knew the hostess. How many times can I go and it still not be my "regular" circle?)
3. attend monthly dinner with girls (Jan)
4. become a better soccer coach
5. become contributor to other blogs (at least 4 posts)
6. begin priorityme workshops (1st one is March 26th)
7. bring lunch 4 days a week to work (doing OK - not great)
8. consume less - document
9. cook dinner at home 5 nights a week
10.create a food journal
11.create a steady second stream of income (no matter how small)
12.develop confidence
13.do not buy more than two pairs of shoes. Throw away equal number. (No shoes in Jan) feb - 1 pair - March -no shoes
14.do not date (successful in Jan)
15.find the good
16.forgive. Move on.
17.go on overnight trip with wendy and no kids MARCH -we did not go far but it involved a hotel, a hot tub, alcohol and no kids18.have meal with neighbor once a month (Jan)
19.join a business organization
20.keep personal bathroom organized (organized it - it's the KEEP part i'm struggling with)
21.learn to maintain my eyebrows myself (have not started)
22.less chocolate
23.let my nails grow March - I let them grow. Long. now they are short again. Work in progress24.look confident
25.maintain a food journal
26.make my bedroom a sanctuary
27.meditate daily for at least 3 minutes (Just started this)
28.meet gina once a month outside of work and monthly dinner (Jan)
29.meet joey once a month (Jan)
30.meet justice once a month (Jan - but now she is gone for a few months!)
31.move more
32.neversaydiet community challenge March - I had actually forgotten about this
33.no more than 6 hrs of TV a week (TRYING!) March - probably about 4 hrs a week! YEA34.one craft with kids each month (post on craft blog)(hated our craft this month. did not post.)35.one hour alone with each kid per week (This has been extremely successful)
36.paint 4 paintings (post them)I have painted one. I will post.
37.participate in at least 9 All Souls activities/services (Jan - Trivia Night. Feb - Sunday Service)
38.participate in kiva (I am!)
39.participate in postcard swap
40.post at least 12 home videos
41.post at least 4 blog entires on family blog every month (Jan)Feb - did okay - March - not so good!
42.purchase less - document Feb- March- went 11 days without stopping in target. this is a record!
43.put grandma's pictures on digital format
44.read Martha Beck as if she were MY life coach (really having fun with this)
45.read regularly before bed
46.see wendy once a month (preferably with no kids - but with works) (Jan twice - once with kids - once with none) FEb and March - saw at least once each month!
47.smile (working on it)
48.start a family craft blog! (Started)
49.start priorityme blog (started) March - started a full-fledged website! www.priorityme.com
50.start the planning process of the first priorityme conference
51.stop regretting past decisions
52.stop using/needing antacids
53.take all meds daily
54.take an entrepenural class In February I attended a 2-day Entrepenural Conference in Norman!
55.teach a non-family member something Feb - I taught steph how to Twitter and set up a Facebook account
56.use at least 4 coupons at every grocery visit
57.volunteer. 3 times with family - 3 times without
58.weigh under 200 pounds (taking this challenge with the support of my church which will help me with #37)
59.who is my authentic self?
60.write 10 essays titled "What I know for sure"
...and raise a family and hold down a full time job...can i do it?! YES I CAN!!!
Our Family List
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So my goal was to have each list be 50 items long. Well that isn't quite working out. Some are shorter (i.e. Home List) and some may be longer...we'll see :)
Also there may be some overlapping of items...but since this is my blog and my rules I can make them up as I go along. Overlapping is great! Because we will do ONE thing and get to mark it off of multiple lists!!!!
FAMILY LIST
1. create a craft blog (Jan)
2. mantain family blog (this one!)(Jan)
3. recycle!
4. dress self
5. clean room every tuesday night
6. recycle! (ha i put it on here TWICE! and really close together!!! i'm losing it)
7. keep garage organized (bikes, outside toys, etc) (Jan)
8. put own dishes in sink (Jan)
9. go on family only playdate once a month (Jan)
10. prepare clothes night before school (TRYING! It's SO HARD)
11. prepare backpack night before school
12. start gratitude journal (We did it about 2 weeks. I'll start it again)
13. do at least 1 family craft a month (We did a popsicle craft that was horrible)
14. eat at home 5 nights a week (almost every week!)
15. kids help cook 2 nights a week (more than that!)
16. go to Cara's wedding (vanessa is flower girl)
17. go to Brian's wedding
18. visit angie over thanksgiving
19. have bday parties that cost $100 or less (the first one is in feb)
20. go down 15 different slides (photograph) (we have taken a few pics)
21. write a children's book
22. each person watch less than 6 hours of TV a week (we have cut WAY down! No cable!) ---it is now March and we are well under 6 hours a week
23. each person make a saran wrap manequin
24. each person chooses a person, place or thing and takes 10 pictures
over the course of the year (everyone chose their object...)
25. each person "writes" for family or craft blog at least 2 times
26. start a height chart. mark it in jan, july and dec (Jan)
27. handmake all bday presents to friends and family MARCH-not going so well :(
28. handmake all cards - including christmas
29. volunteer 3 times as a family
30. each person come up with a 3-5 minute story. the other family members
will act it out while we film it.
31. ride on the heartland flyer
32. take the city bus
33. everyone make a personal collage
34. go to 2 free museum days
35. start a family piggy bank (it is HUGE)
36. have dylan and collin spend the night 4 times (Jan - first time!)
37. place 50 hoperevo cards. photograph them. post them.
38. plant a vegetable garden. We did this today!!! 3/22/09
39. go to the library. regularly. do not buy 1 book. (we have gone twice in Jan) March -I still am buying books!
40. have photos made into postcards
41. join at least 1 postcard swap
42. go to zoo
43. interview each other. record it somehow.
44. write a letter to our senator
45. write a letter to our representative
46. learn all of our local politicians.
whew. almost 50! because i AM the decider of this site - I will leave the "add at any time" option open...I will not however add something we have already done :-)
So my goal was to have each list be 50 items long. Well that isn't quite working out. Some are shorter (i.e. Home List) and some may be longer...we'll see :)
Also there may be some overlapping of items...but since this is my blog and my rules I can make them up as I go along. Overlapping is great! Because we will do ONE thing and get to mark it off of multiple lists!!!!
FAMILY LIST
1. create a craft blog (Jan)
2. mantain family blog (this one!)(Jan)
3. recycle!
4. dress self
5. clean room every tuesday night
6. recycle! (ha i put it on here TWICE! and really close together!!! i'm losing it)
7. keep garage organized (bikes, outside toys, etc) (Jan)
8. put own dishes in sink (Jan)
9. go on family only playdate once a month (Jan)
10. prepare clothes night before school (TRYING! It's SO HARD)
11. prepare backpack night before school
12. start gratitude journal (We did it about 2 weeks. I'll start it again)
13. do at least 1 family craft a month (We did a popsicle craft that was horrible)
14. eat at home 5 nights a week (almost every week!)
15. kids help cook 2 nights a week (more than that!)
16. go to Cara's wedding (vanessa is flower girl)
17. go to Brian's wedding
18. visit angie over thanksgiving
19. have bday parties that cost $100 or less (the first one is in feb)
20. go down 15 different slides (photograph) (we have taken a few pics)
21. write a children's book
22. each person watch less than 6 hours of TV a week (we have cut WAY down! No cable!) ---it is now March and we are well under 6 hours a week
23. each person make a saran wrap manequin
24. each person chooses a person, place or thing and takes 10 pictures
over the course of the year (everyone chose their object...)
25. each person "writes" for family or craft blog at least 2 times
26. start a height chart. mark it in jan, july and dec (Jan)
27. handmake all bday presents to friends and family MARCH-not going so well :(
28. handmake all cards - including christmas
29. volunteer 3 times as a family
30. each person come up with a 3-5 minute story. the other family members
will act it out while we film it.
31. ride on the heartland flyer
32. take the city bus
33. everyone make a personal collage
34. go to 2 free museum days
35. start a family piggy bank (it is HUGE)
36. have dylan and collin spend the night 4 times (Jan - first time!)
37. place 50 hoperevo cards. photograph them. post them.
38. plant a vegetable garden. We did this today!!! 3/22/09
39. go to the library. regularly. do not buy 1 book. (we have gone twice in Jan) March -I still am buying books!
40. have photos made into postcards
41. join at least 1 postcard swap
42. go to zoo
43. interview each other. record it somehow.
44. write a letter to our senator
45. write a letter to our representative
46. learn all of our local politicians.
whew. almost 50! because i AM the decider of this site - I will leave the "add at any time" option open...I will not however add something we have already done :-)
My first list
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One of the blogs that inspired me to start this blog was this cute little thing. And Andrea is fond of list making. The kids and I sat down and made a new Resolution list (like we did for 2008) and I will post that one soon - but I also decided to make a few TO DO lists. Not resolutions really because most of them will only been done one time..although some are recurring :-) This first one is the HOME LIST!!!
1. take border off in kitchen
2. take border off in bathroom
3. paint bathroom
4. refinish doors in kitchen
5. replace hardware in kitchen
6. new counters/backsplash in kitchen (stretching it)
7. paint kitchen
8. finish floor in family room
9. paint family room
10. clean ALL windows (inside and outside)
11. start veggie garden 3/22/09
12. clean out shed 3/22/09
13. clean behind shed 3/22/09 - so my mom did it! but it's DONE!
14. trim tree in front yard
15. purge junk (donate/sell/trash) we did the TRASH part today 3/22/09
16. purge clothes (donate/resale shop)
17. organize craft corner
18. organize pictures (make digital if possible)
19. paint bedroom
20. make bedroom a sanctuary
21. fix Vanessa and Ethan's closet
22. paint master bath
23. replace floor in master bed
24. fix my closet
Those are in completely random order. Pretty much as I thought of them. I will consider this Home List a success if I complete 12 of these items by 2010! Wish me luck!!!!
One of the blogs that inspired me to start this blog was this cute little thing. And Andrea is fond of list making. The kids and I sat down and made a new Resolution list (like we did for 2008) and I will post that one soon - but I also decided to make a few TO DO lists. Not resolutions really because most of them will only been done one time..although some are recurring :-) This first one is the HOME LIST!!!
1. take border off in kitchen
2. take border off in bathroom
3. paint bathroom
4. refinish doors in kitchen
5. replace hardware in kitchen
6. new counters/backsplash in kitchen (stretching it)
7. paint kitchen
8. finish floor in family room
9. paint family room
10. clean ALL windows (inside and outside)
11. start veggie garden 3/22/09
12. clean out shed 3/22/09
13. clean behind shed 3/22/09 - so my mom did it! but it's DONE!
14. trim tree in front yard
15. purge junk (donate/sell/trash) we did the TRASH part today 3/22/09
16. purge clothes (donate/resale shop)
17. organize craft corner
18. organize pictures (make digital if possible)
19. paint bedroom
20. make bedroom a sanctuary
21. fix Vanessa and Ethan's closet
22. paint master bath
23. replace floor in master bed
24. fix my closet
Those are in completely random order. Pretty much as I thought of them. I will consider this Home List a success if I complete 12 of these items by 2010! Wish me luck!!!!
Crazy Poo Poo
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My kids think they are so funny! Chad came out of the bathroom with a french mustache drawn on his lip (yes -with my eyeliner!) and Vanessa died laughing - so she wanted a mustache too. This is the resulting photograph! :-)
My kids think they are so funny! Chad came out of the bathroom with a french mustache drawn on his lip (yes -with my eyeliner!) and Vanessa died laughing - so she wanted a mustache too. This is the resulting photograph! :-)
Pictures are Posted
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There are some duplicates - they aren't all perfected tagged or anything - but they are all POSTED! So look around - comment if you see one or two or seventeen that you especially like...there are over 300 of just Jamaica!
Vanessa visiting the Claus Family
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Newspring Church (www.newspringchurch.com) was taking FREE pictures with Santa and Mrs Claus last night in Glenpool. They would not except donations - and they also handed out candy canes and hot chocolate. It was really nice. Notice my gentlemen children refused to participate. But little Miss Vanessa - very willing to have her picture made! :-)
Family Pictures
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More and more pictures! There will be approximately 200 when all is said and done...i think i'm up to 50 so far....so many more to go :-)
More and more pictures! There will be approximately 200 when all is said and done...i think i'm up to 50 so far....so many more to go :-)
We are home from Jamaica
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What an amazing trip. Hopefully I will sit down and really blog about the amazing time we had. But life is here again and I am off to work and the kids to school tomorrow :-( I am not exactly sure how we will adjust to 'normal' life again. That was just too much fun!!! This is a pic of Chad on his first ever scuba dive! Click on it to go to other pictures...LOTS more to be posted once I get all of the pictures from my mom and sister!
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