I'm doing 31 things
I'm getting there...
4 months ago
I have posted on CraigsList, and joined online groups. Meetup.com is great. I’ve been in contact with a couple of people from CL, and met one at the zoo not too long ago.
Reese_pdx's Life List
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1. Buy a House
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2. get married
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3. make friends in portland
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4. live a minimalist lifestyle
247 people -
5. learn web design
294 people -
6. Take a European vacation
4 people -
7. go to Burning Man
1,435 people -
8. lose 50 pounds
2,492 people -
9. save at risk pregnant adolescents
3 people -
10. adopt
570 people -
11. Be a foster parent
149 people -
12. visit all 50 states
7,152 people -
13. Have a big wedding
16 people -
14. sing kareoke
92 people -
15. see the northern lights
1 cheer16,918 people -
16. trace my family tree back at least 6 generations
1 cheer1,258 people -
17. Get a passport
1,752 people -
18. Eat better
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19. See New York
62 people -
20. Start my own business
8,602 people -
21. own a grand piano
1 cheer118 people -
22. See the Great Barrier Reef
88 people -
23. Join a bowling league
47 people -
24. Be more outgoing
2,405 people -
25. Go back to college
900 people -
26. To live instead of exist
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27. take a roadtrip
129 people -
28. spend less time online
564 people -
29. get a tattoo
20,243 people -
30. Take a homeless person out to dinner
7 people -
31. Get organized
6,084 people
How I did it
It made me
FIND MYSELF!!! 
How I did it: I grew up in a small town... Very small, and about 2 hours away from Portland. I met my bf online, and he lived here. Eventually I just officially moved in with him. Not that I'm recommending getting a bf in PDX to move here.... Hmm.My brother is currently working on moving here. We have discovered the best steps are (in this order)(at least for a non-rich, renting 18 year old) job THEN house. It never works the other way unless you have … Read how I did it…
Recent entries
It's a lot of work, but SO worth it!
5 months ago
We have a larger then average family. Five kids, and the two of us. When I had my oldest daughter, I would have never imagined I would have four more after her. But here we are, with a nine, six, four, and two year old, and a newborn.
We aren’t religious, we aren’t trying to get a TV show, and they weren’t all ‘planned’, but they are loved, very much.
Big families ROCK! There is always someone to play with, fight with, watch a show with, read a story to… You get the picture.
I’d lay out step by step directions on how we did this, but I think you’ll get it. Lol.
A big family is obviously not for everyone. If you need a lot of quiet time I wouldn’t suggest it. You don’t have to be rich (we certainly are not) but it takes some money to keep everyone’s tummy full and shoes on everyone. We are lucky the oldest 4 are girls, they share a room. We only have a two bedroom condo, but need to upgrade in the next year or two.
If you like a spotless house, a large family probably isn’t for you either, unless your last name happens to be Goselin or Duggar. I cant figure out for the life of me how they keep up on laundry, dishes, etc!
