I'm doing 31 things
I got a bit side-tracked with my reading, which is why it’s taken me so long to finish the next book – Numbers. I stand amazed at all the rules the Israelites had to obey – thank heavens that Jesus came to fulfill The Law!
Lennongirl's Life List
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1. Have a baby
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2. have twins
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3. have 3 months' salary worth of savings
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4. Complete Ballroom Bronze Standard - Intermediate
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5. Make a quilt
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6. Travel to South America
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7. make German pretzels
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8. try at least one recipe from each of my cookbooks
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9. finish reading The Queen's Fool by Phillipa Gregory
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10. redo our kitchen
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11. Up the visitors on my blog to 200 per day
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12. Improve my food photography
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13. Write an article/column for food24 or similar food site
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14. Take consistently good food photos
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15. retire young
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16. go out on "date nights" with my spouse on a regular basis
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17. work out at least twice a week
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18. Buy a House
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19. learn Spanish
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20. be a good wife
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21. visit new york, new york
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22. plant a herb garden
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23. procrastinate less
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24. Read the entire Bible
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25. get a dog
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26. Get organized
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27. go and visit my friends in Namibia
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28. pray more
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29. get rid of all my old magazines
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30. lose 10 kgs
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31. build a lightbox
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How I did it
It made me
feel energised 
How I did it: Signed up with Arthur Murray Dance Studio. We attend private lessons for an hour each week with a very skilled dance instructor who is able to give us individual attention. We did our latin exam in July 2009 and did the smooths in September 2009, which also signalled the completion of our secondary bronze level. We achieved great marks and are very pleased with our dancing progress. Now on to intermediate! Exam in March/April 2010 Read how I did it…
It made me
feel accomplished!
How I did it: Husband and I sat down and drew up a family budget and for a few months we tracked our expenses against it, tweaking it where it needed tweaking and adjusting our spending where it needed adjusting.In the end, the key is discipline and clear financial goals as those are the only things that will make you stick to your budget. Read how I did it…
It made me
How I did it: Rented storage space at a facility in town and moved all our excess there one Saturday afternoon with the help of a friend's trailer. Now we just need to get rid of our other (non-furniture) excesses.. Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
We finished with the latins at the end of July, now just need to complete the smooths. Exam on the 14th of September.
Started this out of neccessity – we are going to start trying for a baby in about 2 weeks time & will need to have 4 months’ worth of savings for my (unpaid) maternity leave. Luckily I have quite a nice sum of free cash every month and so I don’t need to save my whole salary (because I only need about 2/3’s of it for each month’s expenses).
So far (after 1 month of saving) we have saved 1/6 of the amount needed for maternity leave (which roughly equals 3 months’ worth of my full salary).
