This was an old post I never published. I decided to update it to see how I'm doing :)
Spiritual
1. Read through Bible each year. - not quite, but doing better
2. Memorize scripture with the kids - check
3. Learn the words to a hymn each month with the kids - no way! I didn't count on a kid who hates singing.
Social
4. Have someone over or hang out with people every week (this doesn't seem like a lot to some people but for introverts like me this takes so much energy!) - doing better, more like every other week.
5. Stay in touch with old friends, go hang out with some north jersey people occasionally! - nope
6. Make a Passover meal each year and invite others to join - check
Personal
7. Eat breakfast - nope
8. Get sleep - nope
9. Grow hair out one last time before cutting it off forever :)- trying, but I might give in and chop it
10. Make one more beautiful baby :) - not yet :(
Financial
11. Tithe- definitely need some help here
12. Pay off all credit card balances (almost there) - working on it
13. Submit quarterly estimated tax payments - check
14. Replace $ borrowed from vacation fund - check
15. Make double payments on Bar Loans - not yet
16. Submit paperwork to stay on IBR plan for Direct Loans - check
17. Save 40K for house fund - hahahahahahaha
18. Check goodwill before running to the store (just bought Henry jeans for 99 cents each, plus a bike helmet for skating) - still do this
Professional
19. Complete Draft of first novel in series, complete outline of rest of series - still on the draft
20. Submit draft of book one to agents - no
21. Submit 3 short stories to be published - no but did write the stories, just too chicken to send them
Wifey
22. Watch kids while Greg does something for himself at least once a week (men's time, skating, etc.) - compromise, Greg takes one to game night and I keep the other home
23. Plan something thoughtful for anniversaries, birthday, Valentine's Day, and Father's Day - not really
Daughter/Aunt
24. Plan and make the best dinners I can during my week - so so
25. Remember anniversaries, birthdays, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, Mother's Day and Father's Day! - getting better?
26. Take Mercy to Thornley and play practice next year- looking forward to this
27. Do something special with Mercy now and then - I wish I could do something with just her occasionally
Mommy
28. Potty-train Henry to independence - yes! finally
29. Potty-train Stella to independence - half way there
30. Get Henry to sleep in a big-boy bed - check
31. Get Stella to sleep in a big-girl bed - check
32. Get Henry to feed himself- check
33. Teach Henry to do dishes and set table - can set the table and help clean up around the house
34. Teach Stella how to read - knows her letters
35. Do fun themes-of-the-week for Stella during the year - next year?
36. Teach Henry the 50 States and Capitals - not officially
37. Put continent boxes together and teach Henry the Continents - love this, half way there
38. Get Latin cd and work on chants - used prima latina to introduce the concept of Latin, big hit
39. Teach basic Spanish vocab - Elly is fluent
40. Get Henry through Right Start levels B, C, and possibly D- working on B
41. Make sure Greg has time to teach both kids to swim - we need to find a new pool
42. Take the kids skiing - nope
43. Continue Henry's skating lessons - skating was an epic fail, maybe we'll try again next year
44. Start Stella skating - ditto
45. Take Henry to a gymnastics class - not yet
46. Try the free ballet class - tried it, trying again in the Fall
47. Get Henry piano and/or violin lessons - not yet
48. Bring Henry to Thornley Chapel and play practice every day in the Summer - epic fail last Summer, hopeful for this year
49. Go to Bible hour in the Summer - not with my baby girl
50. Volunteer at NJ homeschool convention - did it
51. Investigate homeschool co-ops, classical conversations, play groups - done, going to classical conversations next year as long as they have room for us.
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