Been sticking to the menu every week. We just schedule weekdays and have more freedom on the weekends. Also helps with making sure on weekdays I’m not making anything too intense that would push back dinnertime for the girls. This has saved me between $300-$400 a month, and that’s good because I don’t have that much extra laying around!
emeliakathryn's Life List
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1. sofia
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2. see David Sedaris live again
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3. see Cirque du Soleil
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4. break my macaroni and cheese addiction
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5. go zip-lining
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6. do interesting things, meet interesting people
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7. find a four leaf clover
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8. make my grandma's fruitcake recipe this christmas (it's yummy, i swear!)
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9. see a dermatologist
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10. not waste the groceries I buy
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11. keep to 2 and then 1 cup of coffee a day
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12. make homemade granola
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13. Watch 500 Days of summer
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14. make a dump run!
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15. see a dance company's production
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16. do random acts of kindness
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17. Donate 10,000 grains of rice through freerice.com
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18. leave a note in a library book
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19. cultivate my friendships
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20. use up all my lotions and potions
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21. only eat what I have made for 1 week
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22. try acupuncture
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23. Own a seahorse
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24. see the aurora borealis
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25. Grow enough flowers to have a bouquet every week
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26. see oprah live
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27. exercise regularly
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28. write my family's oral history
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29. finish my needlework
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30. watch less tv
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31. Get in the best shape of my life (so far)
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32. do the Jelly Belly Factory Tour
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33. create nonsense words
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34. refurbish my new teak patio set
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35. do first things first
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36. Take our new kayak out on a lake
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37. shred all my work documents
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38. refinish my hope chest
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39. Paint my deck floor
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40. Clear out the barn
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41. Make a book sculpture
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42. finish what I start
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I had up 43things on my computer and my 5 year old typed her name on the screen and pressed enter…so now it’s goal! I think I’ll leave it just to remind me to honor her and pay attention to her needs.
Wow, this is a huge task…and messy! Shreds of paper everywhere. I’ve done another 1/2 box and pulled all staples/clips/etc out of the other 1/2 so should go faster. Each box make about 3-4 garbage bags of paper!!! New goal is to move business to digital and use less paper!

