I'm doing 30 things
Well, I am now up and running on Etsy! I just opened last night, so I haven’t sold anything yet, but I am very excited about my new shop! It’s called ‘With a Flourish’ (withaflourish.etsy.com). I’m hoping to keep adding to my site and hopefully it won’t be too long before I can knock out my goal of starting to sell things on Etsy!
fourthmonth's Life List
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1. Learn to make hand tossed pizza dough
1 entry . 21 cheers1 person -
2. Improve my posture
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3. visit 10 new places in my city
2 entries . 21 cheers40 people -
4. take an alphabet of photos
6 entries . 13 cheers173 people -
5. sell things on etsy
1 entry . 9 cheers180 people -
6. write a hymn
1 entry . 9 cheers2 people -
7. Design and sew my own shirt
1 entry . 10 cheers2 people -
8. learn how to reupholster furniture
5 cheers25 people -
9. learn to play classical guitar
9 cheers95 people -
10. organize my recipes
4 cheers119 people -
11. make my bed every day for a month
5 cheers4 people -
12. have more of a cleaning routine
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13. Go back to Prague
1 entry . 11 cheers36 people -
14. write a book
5 cheers31,098 people -
15. Frame a picture from our wedding
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16. make a cookbook of family recipes
1 entry . 7 cheers6 people -
17. visit all 50 states
6 cheers8,973 people -
18. learn photography
6 cheers2,901 people -
19. see the northern lights
4 cheers19,106 people -
20. have a library in my home with books I love
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21. Find a nice copy of "Through the Looking Glass" by Lewis Carroll
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22. have 5 or 6 kids
10 cheers3 people -
23. homeschool successfully
13 cheers42 people -
24. move to Pennsylvania
5 cheers14 people -
25. write a letter
4 cheers103 people -
26. Study the book of Romans until I know it, chapter by chapter
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27. Learn more about classical French cooking
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28. Develop my 10 cupcake recipes
1 cheer1 person -
29. Write and illustrate a children's book for Winter Fest
1 person -
30. Save up enough to buy a Canon EOS 550d Rebel T2i
2 people
How I did it
It made me
Excited! 
How I did it: I've had my eye on opening an Etsy shop for awhile, but recently I really set my mind to opening up shop. I designed and made my handmade items, made my banner, wrote my descriptions, photographed my products, etc. and yesterday I officially opened up shop! The actual listing of items on Etsy was wonderfully easy- it was great! :) They have all sorts of tools and things to help you out. My shop is called 'With a Fl… Read how I did it…
It made me
excited
How I did it: I heard the term "pineapple salsa" on Iron Chef one day - I didn't see what it looked like, but I decided to try my hand at it. I developed my own recipe- not only for the pinapple salsa, but also for Caribbean jerk chicken to go with it, along with sauteed mushrooms and onions, and rice. Delicious! I love to experiment in the kitchen. Read how I did it…
It made me
celebratory
How I did it: We invested our own holiday- Winter Fest! It is at the end of January and celebrates all things wintery and is celebrated with our immediate family. Each year has a different theme ...we eat food, learn about, decorate within that theme - but also all having to do with winter. Last year's theme was Italy ... this year, Japan. We may also do gifts, games, etc. The preparation begins on "World Shut Down Day"- D… Read how I did it…
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Recent entries
I’ve made progress on this goal! I live in Knoxville and my last post was the first new place I visited- Market Square. Its been really neat learning about the place I live- I never realized how many interesting things there are to explore! Here are the next new places I have visited…
Place #2- Knoxville Gardens and Arboretum … with cedars of Lebanon and whimsical round stone buildings from the 1700’s. Beautiful!
Place #3- Yee-Haw Industries … They print publications on antique Gutenberg-style printing presses. I got to meet the owner and see how they do their work.
Place #4- Knoxville Museum of Art. Interesting exhibits, and a neat interactive art room for kids that my little girl enjoyed.
Place #5- Museum of East Tennessee History. It was open for free on the day of a history festival! Very neat place- they have Davy Crockett’s actual first gun.
Place #6- Knoxville Visitor’s center – free bluegrass concert each day at noon for the Blueplate Special!
Place #7- World’s Fair Park & Sunsphere. Knoxville hosted the World’s Fair in 1982 and in the park you can go up in the Sunsphere for free and get a good view of the city.
Place #8- Tennessee Theater. Beautifully restored in 20’s art nouveau style. Free concert on the first Monday of the month at noon- bring a brown-paper bag lunch and enjoy the music!
Only two places to go!
So, I think that “3 pounds to go” was a fluke, because it was a sudden big drop and I continued exercising and by the next week I was up about 7 lbs. Arg! But I have been slowly yet surely dropping since then and I now only have 2 lbs to go- and this time it should stick!
