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30by30 – The Final Update

I stopped updating my 30by30 list every month back in September — I guess that was when my pregnancy really kicked in and I started napping every day.  And, I have to say, that I’m rather disappointed with what I managed to accomplish on this list.  But I will blame my pregnancy which took over half of my 29th year for at least some of the lack of accomplishment.  I’ve worked over the past few weeks to finish up a few items and I still think that it was a good try at a very time intensive list!

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1. Go to Paris – went in April!
2. Implement a chore chart with the kids and myself – Didn’t implement a chart but did get the kids to start understanding the concept of chores and start helping around the house when asked.  I’ll call that a win.
3. Implement a menu schedule – I modified my Pinterest boards into Recipes I haven’t tried and Recipes that I have made and enjoyed which helps me remember our favorites.  And, for a while, I was trying new recipes to share in Recipe Wednesday posts but have been throwing together quick things for the past month or so due to tiredness.  Maybe actually implement a schedule once we get on one after Hadley arrives?
4. Get Supper Club going again – we did good in the fall but slacked in the spring, hoping to get one more dinner in before Hadley comes
5. Attend dotMom in the fall – hotel room was booked and is now cancelled since I’ve decided not to go
6. Throw a Christmas Party – we had a great one!
7. Plan a “Light ‘Em Up” program for us to do in the summer – neither the summer program nor the Christmas Light Em Up happened, I need to be more prepared in advance this year and blame our December Disney trip, my getting sick while Jason traveled, and our Christmas party for not getting to this.
8. Become more proficient with Photoshop & organize my pictures – I haven’t totally cleaned out all of my old pictures (i.e. deleting those that are out of focus, etc) but I did get everything more organized and feel like I’ve grown a lot in my Photoshop knowledge in the past year
9. Finish my 2011 One Tale a Day Blurb book – nope
10. Complete the 2012 OTAD pictures – Ha!
11. Make a 2012 OTAD Blurb book – Ha!
12. Complete the 2013 OTAD pictures – Ha!
13. Make a 2013 OTAD Blurb book – Ha!
14. Make blog books up to present day – Ha! I had way too high of ambitions for these.  Each book takes a really long time to prepare and I just am barely having time to keep up with the blog and my shop to work on books.  I really want to, but so far haven’t found time to work on them.
15. Start an Etsy shop – Yay, it’s open!
16. Go on a by-ourselves date with Jason every month – We were fairly regular with our dates this year and tried to make them a priority which was nice.  We even had a weekend to ourselves while the kids were at my in-laws the last weekend in March!
17. Re-vamp the blog design – DONE!
18. Re-learn all about my camera and start taking great pictures
19. Take pictures of and blog about the new house (complete all my unfinished projects!) – I did get some additional posts up but there are still things that I want to blog about.  And things are always changing so I want to update some posts already.  I think this will be a continuous goal.
20. Be more diligent about keeping up with friends – I think I did better at being more cognizant of checking on others and asking how I can pray or help.  At least I like to think I did!
21. Take kids to Disney World – Went in December
22. Cook at least two new recipes every month – I think I probably did this, see #3 for more details
23. Re-start and finish reading the Bible in a year – Completed it and it was so wonderful! I highly encourage you to give it a try even if it takes a couple years like it took me!
24. Get kids into doing Random Acts of Kindness together – kind of tied in to #7 and something that I didn’t get to but want to
25. Start learning Bible Verses with the kids – I made more of an effort to work on their school and Sunday School verses but we hadn’t started doing our ABC Scripture Cards like I want to
26. Write 30 letters to friends and family telling them what they mean to me
27. Start some type of exercise program – Jason and I were really close to finishing Couch to 5k when I started getting sick because of the pregnancy and couldn’t make myself get up at 5am to run.  I am really looking forward to restarting this at the end of the summer though and hope to run my first 5k sometime in the fall.  I enjoyed it MUCH more than I thought I would!
28. Get our family eating more whole/real foods – We’ve transitioned a lot of things to more whole foods but still have a long way to go.  Baby steps.
29. Learn something new (computer language, language, cooking style, way to fix my hair…..) – I’m going to count Illustrator even though I’m far from proficient yet
30. Spend more time in the moment, cherishing my family – If you’re going to be resting a lot that typically means you’re getting in lots of snuggles! One benefit to not feeling so great because you’re pregnant!
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30 by 30 Update

Hope you’re having a morning of snuggles and rocking like we are!  And now, my monthly update…

In an effort to be transparent in my efforts to better myself this year, I thought I’d try to update you all once a month to let you know how it’s going.  Here’s my status as of today (only 10 months to go!):
1. Go to Paris – went in April!
2. Implement a chore chart with the kids and myself – HA! Maybe once school starts….
3. Implement a menu schedule – I’ve been working on this and have this post to show for it!
4. Get Supper Club going again – started
5. Attend dotMom in the fall – hotel room was booked and is now cancelled since I’ve decided not to go
6. Throw a Christmas Party – caterer is booked
7. Plan a “Light ‘Em Up” program for us to do in the summer – Courtney has done that so just need to implement! – this didn’t happen, we’ll transition this to a Light Em Up program at Christmas
8. Become more proficient with Photoshop & organize my pictures – I’ve spent some time going through and organizing and deleting old/bad shots, it’s a start!
9. Finish my 2011 One Tale a Day Blurb book
10. Complete the 2012 OTAD pictures
11. Make a 2012 OTAD Blurb book
12. Complete the 2013 OTAD pictures
13. Make a 2013 OTAD Blurb book
14. Make blog books up to present day
15. Start an Etsy shop – Yay, it’s open
16. Go on a by-ourselves date with Jason every month – We went to Watercolor by ourselves!
17. Re-vamp the blog design – DONE!
18. Re-learn all about my camera and start taking great pictures
19. Take pictures of and blog about the new house (complete all my unfinished projects!) – working on it
20. Be more diligent about keeping up with friends – working on it
21. Take kids to Disney World – booked for December
22. Cook at least two new recipes every month – see #3
23. Re-start and finish reading the Bible in a year – restarted
24. Get kids into doing Random Acts of Kindness together
25. Start learning Bible Verses with the kids
26. Write 30 letters to friends and family telling them what they mean to me
27. Start some type of exercise program – Jason and I started Couch 2 5k this month and so far it’s going well!
28. Get our family eating more whole/real foods – Again, all goes back to #3
29. Learn something new (computer language, language, cooking style, way to fix my hair…..) – installed a trial of Adobe Illustrator and have a book to help me learn it
30. Spend more time in the moment, cherishing my family – I’m enjoying having more snuggle time with the kids and time just keeping up with Jason
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30by30 Update

In an effort to be transparent in my efforts to better myself this year, I thought I’d try to update you all once a month to let you know how it’s going.  Here’s my status as of today (only 10 months to go!):
1. Go to Paris – went in April!
2. Implement a chore chart with the kids and myself
3. Implement a menu schedule – I’ve been working on this and have this post to show for it!
4. Get Supper Club going again – started
5. Attend dotMom in the fall – hotel room is booked
6. Throw a Christmas Party – caterer is booked
7. Plan a “Light ‘Em Up” program for us to do in the summer – Courtney has done that so just need to implement!
8. Become more proficient with Photoshop & organize my pictures – I’ve spent some time going through and organizing and deleting old/bad shots, it’s a start!
9. Finish my 2011 One Tale a Day Blurb book
10. Complete the 2012 OTAD pictures
11. Make a 2012 OTAD Blurb book
12. Complete the 2013 OTAD pictures
13. Make a 2013 OTAD Blurb book
14. Make blog books up to present day
15. Start an Etsy shop – Yay, it’s open
16. Go on a by-ourselves date with Jason every month – I don’t think we made a “by ourselves” date in the past month, but Jason has surprised me with a trip for just us to the beach in a few weeks!
17. Re-vamp the blog design – DONE!
18. Re-learn all about my camera and start taking great pictures
19. Take pictures of and blog about the new house (complete all my unfinished projects!) – working on it
20. Be more diligent about keeping up with friends – working on it
21. Take kids to Disney World – booked for December
22. Cook at least two new recipes every month – see #3
23. Re-start and finish reading the Bible in a year – restarted
24. Get kids into doing Random Acts of Kindness together
25. Start learning Bible Verses with the kids
26. Write 30 letters to friends and family telling them what they mean to me
27. Start some type of exercise program – I did great for a week but then everyone got sick.  Getting restarted tomorrow!
28. Get our family eating more whole/real foods – Again, all goes back to #3
29. Learn something new (computer language, language, cooking style, way to fix my hair…..) – installed a trial of Adobe Illustrator and have a book to help me learn it
30. Spend more time in the moment, cherishing my family – I’m enjoying having more snuggle time with the kids and time just keeping up with Jason
Personal

30by30 Update

In an effort to be transparent in my efforts to better myself this year, I thought I’d try to update you all once a month to let you know how it’s going.  Here’s my status as of today (only 10 months to go!):
1. Go to Paris – went in April!
2. Implement a chore chart with the kids and myself
3. Implement a menu schedule
4. Get Supper Club going again – started
5. Attend dotMom in the fall – hotel room is booked
6. Throw a Christmas Party – caterer is booked
7. Plan a “Light ‘Em Up” program for us to do in the summer – Courtney has done that so just need to implement!
8. Become more proficient with Photoshop & organize my pictures – I’ve spent some time going through and organizing and deleting old/bad shots, it’s a start!
9. Finish my 2011 One Tale a Day Blurb book
10. Complete the 2012 OTAD pictures
11. Make a 2012 OTAD Blurb book
12. Complete the 2013 OTAD pictures
13. Make a 2013 OTAD Blurb book
14. Make blog books up to present day
15. Start an Etsy shopYay, it’s open! (And until the end of the night, use code ‘JUNE201320OFF’ to get 20% off anything in the store!)
16. Go on a by-ourselves date with Jason every month – went to a friend’s wedding by ourselves since last month
17. Re-vamp the blog design – DONE!
18. Re-learn all about my camera and start taking great pictures
19. Take pictures of and blog about the new house (complete all my unfinished projects!) – working on it
20. Be more diligent about keeping up with friends – working on it
21. Take kids to Disney World – booked for December
22. Cook at least two new recipes every month – cooked a few, now need to blog about them!
23. Re-start and finish reading the Bible in a year – restarted
24. Get kids into doing Random Acts of Kindness together
25. Start learning Bible Verses with the kids
26. Write 30 letters to friends and family telling them what they mean to me
27. Start some type of exercise program – yeah, this slacked this month, need to pick it up
28. Get our family eating more whole/real foods – working on it
29. Learn something new (computer language, language, cooking style, way to fix my hair…..) – installed a trial of Adobe Illustrator and have a book to help me learn it
30. Spend more time in the moment, cherishing my family – I’m enjoying having more snuggle time with the kids and time just keeping up with Jason
Personal

30by30 Update

In an effort to be transparent in my efforts to better myself this year, I thought I’d try to update you all once a month to let you know how it’s going.  Here’s my status:
1. Go to Pariswent in April!
2. Implement a chore chart with the kids and myself
3. Implement a menu schedule
4. Get Supper Club going again – had dinner last Friday night and have a summer schedule!
5. Attend dotMom in the fall – hotel room is booked
6. Throw a Christmas Party – caterer is booked
7. Plan a “Light ‘Em Up” program for us to do in the summer
8. Become more proficient with Photoshop & organize my pictures
9. Finish my 2011 One Tale a Day Blurb book
10. Complete the 2012 OTAD pictures
11. Make a 2012 OTAD Blurb book
12. Complete the 2013 OTAD pictures
13. Make a 2013 OTAD Blurb book
14. Make blog books up to present day
15. Start an Etsy shop – have a brand board done and am working on initial listings
16. Go on a by-ourselves date with Jason every month – pretty sure Paris counts for April!
17. Re-vamp the blog design
18. Re-learn all about my camera and start taking great pictures
19. Take pictures of and blog about the new house (complete all my unfinished projects!)
20. Be more diligent about keeping up with friends
21. Take kids to Disney World – booked for December
22. Cook at least two new recipes every month – two new recipes coming up in the next two weeks!
23. Re-start and finish reading the Bible in a year – restarted
24. Get kids into doing Random Acts of Kindness together
25. Start learning Bible Verses with the kids
26. Write 30 letters to friends and family telling them what they mean to me
27. Start some type of exercise program – did Ballerina Pilates on Saturday, need to pick a program
28. Get our family eating more whole/real foods
29. Learn something new (computer language, language, cooking style, way to fix my hair…..) – installed a trial of Adobe Illustrator and have a book to help me learn it
30. Spend more time in the moment, cherishing my family – I’m enjoying having more snuggle time with the kids and time just keeping up with Jason