I'm doing 40 things
# 5 Cades Cove
3 months ago
Our summer would not be complete without a trip through Cades Cove. We spent the day exploring there followed by a picnic by the river. Here is a pic of a birds nest we discovered in an old cabin.
Lanie's Life List
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1. learn to play the cello
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2. prepare to hike Mt. LeConte
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3. Learn Spanish
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4. Manage my time better
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5. Become debt free
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6. Reread the Book of Mormon
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7. Have my mom teach me to sew
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8. Visit Alaska
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9. learn pottery
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10. Compliment a stranger
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11. Visit Nauvoo, again!
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12. Go to Palmyra, New York
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13. write 5 encouraging anonymous letters and send them
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14. Take our Annual Cades Cove trip with my 3 oldest daughters
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15. learn to make paper
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16. Daily: Reflect on 5 things for which I'm grateful.
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17. Make applebutter this fall
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18. save $1000
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19. Go for a midnight picnic
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20. visit 10 new places in my city
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21. Read all of the Foxfire books
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22. List 43 things I love about living in East Tennessee
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23. Reclaim the back yard
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24. Finish all the scavenger hike adventures
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25. transform my bedroom into a relaxing sanctuary
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26. Read 43 books in 2009
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27. Try 10 new restaurants in 2009
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28. Do something active every day
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29. visit all 50 states
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30. Learn to make bread
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31. ride my bike again
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32. Lose 20 pounds
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33. Pick strawberries & make some jam
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34. give myself 43 treats/rewards to remind me that life is good
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35. ~List 43 of My Favorite Smells:
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36. Attend the Sequoyah fall festival in Sept.
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37. Hike up to Elkmont and see the fireflies
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38. Take a class at Smoky Mountain Field School
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39. Have lots of summer adventures with my kids
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40. work from home
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Recent entries
#4 Hiking the Sugarland Valley Nature Trail
4 months ago
We took a hike in the Smokies and had a great time exploring.
Here is a cute pic of Sarah with a “star” leaf.
# 3 Adventures in Cooking!
4 months ago
I’ve been teaching the kids to cook. This week we checked out a book at the library titled “Carrot Soup” by John Segal. It’s a cute story about a rabbit who plants a garden of many different kinds of carrots. The carrots are used to make his favorite dish – carrot soup. The recipe is included in the back of the book.
The kids had fun shredding the carrots and the soup was actually pretty good
