elistabeth

elistabeth's Life List

2. 1.

   Get completely organised, make routines for everything and have the whole family follow them, making more time for important things. (see flylady.net) 1 cheer

   1 person

3. 2.

   Finish all my current home improvements. Finish one project before starting another

   1 person

4. 3.

   Extend current house. Make maximum use of the limited space. Make all rooms fully functional and multipurpose utilizing maximum storage opportunities so everything has a place. Make it all welcoming and comfortable spending as little as possible.

   1 person

5. 4.

   Get rid of all my junk 1 cheer

   33 people

6. 5.

   Get financially straight. Pay off all my debts. Make a realistic budget. Include kids entertainment and home improvements and a yearly allowance for holidays and each childs clothes and presents.Stick to it! 3 cheers

   1 person

7. 6.

   Be a scrooge. Give every project a budget. Plan purchases in advance and shop around. No impulse buys. Buy second hand if possible. Budget for things in the sales. Sell unwanted things. Use vouchers and cashback sites. Look for ways to make or save money 1 cheer

   1 person

8. 7.

   Start food shopping in bulk from a list. Pick up bargains that will keep or freeze. Use vouchers and a price book. Check out deals online. Shop at different places each week to get special offers then make weekly healthy menus using what I have in stock.

   1 person

9. 8.

   Start cooking healthy meals (using home grown vegetables which the whole family have helped to grow on my future allotment) and desserts in bulk and freezing them 1 cheer

   1 person

10. 9.

    Start my own doll making business

    1 person

11. 10.

    Get fit, flexible and lose 2 stone of wobble 1 cheer

    1 person

12. 11.

    Encourage my children to have lots of interests and attend lots of clubs, such as acting, music

    1 person

13. 12.

    Do something to get away from it now and again. Attend exercise classes, do some volunteer work, go to fun days, picnics and car boot sales with kids, borrow books from the library and read them. (Even return them!) Subscribe to magazines and puzzle books 1 cheer

    1 person

14. 13.

    Start using a calender!

    1 person

15. 14.

    Make more time for people instead of things, however start saying no to ungrateful demanding people who refuse to help themselves, and concentrate on helping deserving people instead 1 cheer

    1 person

16. 15.

    Be a proper, cake making mother and do lots of interesting and educational activities with my children.

    1 person

17. 16.

    Read a sad / inspirational book once a month

    1 person

18. 17.

    Start making my own clothes and soft furnishings 1 cheer

    1 person

19. 18.

    Buy a static caravan in North Wales and use it as often as I can.

    1 person

20. 19.

    Teach my dog that leaping up and down and growling at strangers like a lunatic will not make them want to fuss him. (which is his aim)

    1 person

21. 20.

    Get a passport and go abroad occasionally 1 cheer

    1 person

22. 21.

    Adopt 2 little girls from china

    1 person

23. 22.

    Start an overnight childminding service 1 cheer

    1 person

24. 23.

    Foster lots of children (when my own have grown up)

    1 person

25. 24.

    Pass level 4 sign language 1 cheer

    1 person

26. 25.

    Buy a big old house and renovate it or design and build my own house. 1 cheer

    3 people

27. 26.

    learn urdu

    266 people

28. 27.

    Take lots of short courses such as belly dancing and cake decorating, 1 cheer

    1 person

29. 28.

    learn first aid

    240 people

30. 29.

    Learn self defense 1 cheer

    246 people

31. 30.

    Learn A level maths

    2 people

32. 31.

    Learn to play the guitar and drums

    7 people

33. 32.

    Take special needs awareness courses

    1 person

34. 33.

    Go away on short breaks as often as possible

    1 person

35. 34.

    Have 3 more babies 1 entry

    1 person

36. 35.

    Win some money and use it to start charities. eg, a confidential help and homeless shelter for teenagers and units to help autistic children with specialist staff like in USA and a service that physically helps people escape abusive relationships.

    1 person

37. 36.

    Have one of my children train as a vet so he can help genuinely poor people who love their animals afford proper vetinary care for their pets without ripping them off. I'd also like a builder and mechanic in the family please.

    1 person

38. 37.

    Look for new business ventures that I can make some money from. Eventally have other people work for me.

    1 person

39. 38.

    open my own day nursery

    2 people

40. 39.

    Buy a campsite and a boarding house and cater for everybody. Especially people with children and animals, and all same sex groups.

    1 person

41. 40.

    construct a family emergency kit and put it where I'll find it when I need it

    57 people

42. 41.

    Start a website that allows people to register a charity and have donations made to them instead of floral tributes in the event of their death.

    1 person

43. 42.

    Do a course in history.

    1 person