Well, there have been some things going on in my life, our lives, that have gotten in the way of my list.
We found out at the beginning of April that we were expecting a baby, but sadly, our little baby only made it to 7 weeks and 5 days. I'm not sure why this is our testimony, but we know God has a plan. I certainly have handled it much better than last summer. Thankfully we are in a better place emotionally, spiritually, and even physically with our move. Numerous people have shown God's love to us without even knowing our situation. I believe God intends to give us the desires of our hearts, we just have to put our faith in Him. I know, one day, our home will be filled with laughing children.
So, here's my list as it is now
1. Get a tattoo of a Dove - been meaning to do this for years.
I'm going to get two little doves - one for each of our babies that we lost.
2. Read the works of C.S. Lewis.
I am not doing well with this. I've put them down for a while. I don't understand. A lot of things I just can't grasp.
3. Discover a way to serve using my passion for Healthy Family relationships.
4. Move back to Hickory.
Accomplished this the second week of January!
5. Lose 20 lbs.
6. "Run" a 5k
7. Start doing Yoga twice a week.
8. Learn the final dance from "Dirty Dancing".
9. Stay at the Grove Park Inn.
10. Have a makeover.
11. Learn to make ravioli.
12. Learn to ride a horse.
13. Bake bread from scratch, starting with grinding my own flour.
I'm doing great with the breads! Grinders are expensive. Haven't found one yet.
14. Read my 1 year Bible from start to finish, not getting distracted by the Christmas story.(I always go back to Luke when December comes.)
So far so good.
15. Learn my family heritage.
16. Make something and sell it on Etsy.com.
17. Be chosen to give the Vision or Communion Moment at Kinetic Church.
I tried to do this one before we moved but they wouldn't let me. I won't be achieving this one.
18. Write a cookbook.
I'm in the process! I'm working one finding recipes and trying them out. I've got about 30 recipes so far.
19. Read at least 50 NEW (as in I haven't read them before) books.
I'm reading a lot. I'll do a post with all the books I've read so far. I've read around 20.
20. Learn how and become a pro at making Marshmallows.
21. Cook my way through two cookbooks, not skipping any recipes, and blog about it!
I have chosen a Bread Baking Cookbook and the Farmer's Almanac Cookbook. I'm blogging on discoveringhomemade.blogspot.com
22. Learn my Mamaw's Lifestory.
I'm working on this one too.
23. Develop a habit of making all our condiments: ketchup, mustard, vanilla extract, mayonnaise, butter, jelly, sour cream etc...
trying recipes now :)
24. Become 100% organic and local for all our food needs.
Farmer's market and growing our own veggies. Oh, and we are getting cows!
25. Adopt a child through Compassion International.
26. Be intentional about our home being less chaotic - there's always clutter.
House keeping by charts works!
27. Be 100% fast food free except for the occasional Sonic
Strawberry Lime-ade.
I'm there :)
28. Be better about our family blog and keeping up with Carly Beth's Milestones.
I'm blogging a lot!!
29. Start a book club.
I gotta do this :)
30. Let my hair grow for one year - only getting the occasional trim every 2-3 months.
Doing great here!
So, there's where I am! :) I'm excited to get my things finished on my list.
Thanks for reading :)
