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Mel




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Mel's Life List

  2. 1. pray more
    5 cheers     		3,210 people
  3. 2. read my bible daily
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		86 people
  4. 3. do my devotions daily
    1 cheer     		48 people
  5. 4. stick to my FLYLADY routines
    1 cheer     		44 people
  6. 5. take a photograph every day
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		20 people
  7. 6. walk every day
    1 entry     		283 people
  8. 7. exercise four times a week
    4 entries . 1 cheer     		39 people
  9. 8. give generously and faithfully to missions
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		1 person
  10. 9. write more letters by hand
    1 entry . 4 cheers     		537 people
  11. 10. knit socks
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		146 people
  12. 11. volunteer at the library
    1 entry     		30 people
  13. 12. become debt free
    1 entry     		599 people
  14. 13. Make new friends, but keep the old
    1 entry     		30 people
  15. 14. finish my degree
    1 entry     		2,637 people
  16. 15. learn to play the guitar
    1 cheer     		13,423 people
  17. 16. knit a sweater
    		624 people
  18. 17. learn woodworking
    		90 people
  19. 18. learn to knit continental style
    1 entry     		7 people
  20. 19. learn to sew
    1 entry     		3,877 people
  21. 20. Teach my children to love God.
    3 cheers     		5 people
  22. 21. learn to knit intarsia
    		21 people
  23. 22. Learn Japanese
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		10,219 people
  24. 23. Be a Proverbs 31 woman
    2 cheers     		129 people
  25. 24. climb mt. fuji
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		150 people
  26. 25. have a home birth
    1 entry . 1 cheer     		32 people
  27. 26. improve my vocabulary
    		1,103 people
  28. 27. homeschool my kids
    1 cheer     		55 people
  29. 28. become a scout leader
    1 entry . 2 cheers     		13 people
  30. 29. sell things on etsy
    1 cheer     		182 people
  31. 30. become a Bradley Method natural childbirth instructor
    1 entry     		2 people
  32. 31. teach high school mathematics and/or physics
    1 entry     		1 person
  33. 32. teach piano
    		30 people
  34. 33. build a square foot garden
    		5 people
  35. 34. learn how to spin yarn
    		62 people
  36. 35. raise sheep
    		18 people
  37. 36. open a yarn shop
    		11 people
  38. 37. read every book on the Modern Libraries top 100 books of the 20th century
    		117 people
  39. 38. Make a quilt
    		1,154 people

How I did it
How to cloth diaper my baby
It took me
6 months
It made me
pleased

How I did it: When I became pregnant, I was enrolled in a college English class. We had to do a research paper on a topic of our choice, and I decided to do mine on the environmental and financial impacts of cloth diapering versus disposable diapering a baby. I knew pretty much nothing going into it, and by the time I wrote my paper, I had myself convinced! Websites were my biggest resource and I read so many articles and message boards, talked to diap… Read how I did it…

Jan 11, 2009, 10:19PM PST | 0 comments | 1 cheer


Recent entries
teach sunday school
Not technically Sunday school ... 3 weeks ago

For a year now, my husband and I have been teaching 4 and 5 year olds during the Wednesday night prayer service. We have a program called King’s Kids and it’s a ton of fun! I write up a lesson each week (with help from TONS of info and inspiration all over the internet of course!) and we do verse memorization, arts and crafts, learn songs, and play silly games. It’s not on Sunday, but it’s close enough to “Sunday” school! :-D

Jul 08, 04:55PM PDT | 0 comments


tithe loyally (read all 2 entries…)
Fulfilled? 14 months ago

I guess it’s been 3 months since I made this goal on 43T and a year since we’ve been at our current church, trying to tithe loyally. We decided it’s easiest for us to write a check each week rather than once a month and have been taking 10% off our gross pay (rather than net, which we were doing previously.) Sometimes we cut it kind of close, but the Lord has always provided for our needs in wonderful ways! We are trying to give more in the form of offerings to missions etc., but it has been tough and that’s our next priority!

May 08, 2009, 06:54PM PDT | 0 comments


exercise four times a week (read all 4 entries…)
Maybe need a break from yoga 18 months ago

Yesterday a friend had to rush to the emergency room, so I babysat her little girl for about 8 hours. Of course, I skipped my gym appointment and didn’t fill the time with any other exercise. It’s okay, though. Chasing around two babies is exercise enough for one night! :-)

Today we went to the yoga/pilates class. It was nice and I do enjoy the class, but now that I’m getting a pregnant belly, I’m thinking I’ll need to do something else. Yoga in general is fine while pregnant, but our instructor chooses a lot of positions that are getting pretty uncomfortable. There is an indoor cycling class at the same time that I think I’ll start taking.

Jan 27, 2009, 03:11AM PST | 0 comments


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I want to:

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get all the tattoos i want visit all 50 states find my purpose be less lazy Rediningrum_S wants to build a house live in a house with hidden rooms and secret passageways Run play basketball be cleaner start a collection watch 100 Bollywood movies go vegetarian go to more gigs get married Learn to play go be the change i want to see in the world have fun this summer use my gym membership at least twice a week Have my first kiss mandylee wants to try 10 cheeses volunteer at an animal shelter take care of my parents watch all Smallville episodes grokent wants to go to bed earlier. and get up earlier. Make love. grow a watermelon learn how to make blogskins learn first aid
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