Namukoby




I'm doing 37 things
 

Namukoby's Life List

  1. 1. landscape my back yard
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    17 people
  2. 2. finish remodelling my house
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    3 people
  3. 3. homeschool my kids
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    43 people
  4. 4. raise smart kids
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    4 people
  5. 5. marvel at my children's accomplishments
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    1 person
  6. 6. write a children's book
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    1,117 people
  7. 7. Play more games with my kids
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    7 people
  8. 8. become healthier
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    126 people
  9. 9. own a big dog
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    23 people
  10. 10. laugh everyday with the kids
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    1 person
  11. 11. pray constantly
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    4 people
  12. 12. read to my kids for at least 30 minutes everyday
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    1 person
  13. 13. build my dream house
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    698 people
  14. 14. make my marriage even better!
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    2 people
  15. 15. improve my norwegian
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    8 people
  16. 16. be patient
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    292 people
  17. 17. give more compliments
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    234 people
  18. 18. laugh more, worry less
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    6 people
  19. 19. publish a book of my photos
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    13 people
  20. 20. clean my house
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    623 people
  21. 21. spread joy
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    48 people
  22. 22. have a planted aquarium
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    2 people
  23. 23. invite friends over more
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    2 people
  24. 24. go sky diving
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    724 people
  25. 25. travel the world
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    15,487 people
  26. 26. live in europe
    1,066 people
  27. 27. have laser eye surgery
    2 entries
    63 people
  28. 28. beat depression
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    168 people
  29. 29. make snowforts with my kids
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    1 person
  30. 30. read the bible every day
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    84 people
  31. 31. improve my french
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    1,244 people
  32. 32. learn violin
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    311 people
  33. 33. scuba dive
    1,845 people
  34. 34. learn to play piano
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    1,326 people
  35. 35. Learn to speed read
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    434 people
  36. 36. do more handiwork (sewing,knitting)
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    1 person
  37. 37. get my pilot's licence
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    40 people
Recent entries
Play more games with my kids
This is fun . . . 7 months ago

As a kid, I played lots of games – mostly card games with my brother and sister – so much so that I was sick of games – so now, 20 years later, my kids are finally at the age to enjoy games, too but I have avoided it. I have collected a closet full of kids board games, but haven’t really played many of them. Over the holidays, we have started playing more games together, and I have actually enjoyed it – mostly. I guess 20 years can change things . . .


homeschool my kids
Countdown! 1 year ago

I’ve finally decided it’s time to start. The big kids like school too much, but #3 is old enough now to start Kindergarten, and I will homeschool him this year. He is almost 5, and he is reading at a late grade 2/early grade 3 level. He has read 3 Magic Tree House books in the last 2 weeks. Academically, he will be way ahead of the class.

Socially, he has a way to go. He is very independent, and stubborn, preferring to do things his own way – to the point of being aggressive. He also is not the best at playing co-operatively.

I forsee many potential problems with this combinaton, even though he would have a wonderful kindergarten teacher – she is a sweet, grandmotherly woman, and a friend of mine, (who promised to hang up on me if I call her to tell her that I will be homeschooling him.) Therefore, I am going to give homeschooling a try, and see what we can do.

My son thinks homeschooling would be great – although he seems to think that he will be playing lots of computer games.

Wish me luck?


read to my kids for at least 30 minutes everyday
This is tough. 1 year ago

It was easy enough to read at least 10 books a day to the kids when the books were short board books, with only a couple of sentences per page. However, now that the kids want longer stories, it doesn’t seem to happen. Maybe I should change this to “read to my kids for 30 minutes or more a day”


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