I'm doing 37 things
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 . . .
Namukoby's Life List
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1. landscape my back yard
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2. finish remodelling my house
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3. homeschool my kids
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4. raise smart kids
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5. marvel at my children's accomplishments
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6. write a children's book
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7. Play more games with my kids
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8. become healthier
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9. own a big dog
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10. laugh everyday with the kids
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11. pray constantly
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12. read to my kids for at least 30 minutes everyday
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13. build my dream house
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14. make my marriage even better!
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15. improve my norwegian
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16. be patient
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17. give more compliments
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18. laugh more, worry less
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19. publish a book of my photos
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20. clean my house
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21. spread joy
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22. have a planted aquarium
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23. invite friends over more
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24. go sky diving
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25. travel the world
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26. live in europe
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27. have laser eye surgery
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28. beat depression
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29. make snowforts with my kids
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30. read the bible every day
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31. improve my french
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32. learn violin
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33. scuba dive
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34. learn to play piano
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35. Learn to speed read
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36. do more handiwork (sewing,knitting)
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37. get my pilot's licence
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Recent entries
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?
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”
