I’ve been doing this for quite a while now, and honestly it’s become second-nature. My children (and husband!) have discovered new fruits and vegetables that they didn’t realize they liked, and we’re all healthy and happy. :)
papoosechicken's Life List
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1. Read the entire Bible 4 times in 4 different versions
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2. make out with my husband every day
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3. take my children places where they can learn to serve and make a positive impact on their world, even at such a young age
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4. raise my FICO score to at least 750
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5. write, illustrate, and publish an educational, inspiring, and super fun children's book
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6. seriously work on my Spanish
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7. learn how to change the oil in my car
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8. Use my creative talents completely for charity.
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9. learn how to change a flat tire
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10. Heal my thyroid
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11. Get passports for the family
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12. go a month without buying nonessentials
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13. Learn to drive a stick shift
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14. Finish all my half-finished projects before the new baby is born!! :)
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15. work through 'Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain'
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16. Make 43 new pieces of art and post them here.
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17. buy or build the house of our dreams by 2010
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18. visit Cherry Springs State Park at night
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19. purge my home of unneeded, unused goods once a week for 43 weeks
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20. Submit our application to adopt a child
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21. invite someone over every week
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22. look at a candid picture of myself and absolutely love who I see.
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23. Only gain 15 pounds this pregnancy
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24. Learn Dreamweaver
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25. Have $60,000 in savings by October 2010
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26. Win Nanowrimo 2008
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27. Initiate only positive, constructive, edifying conversation until it becomes habit
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28. retrain my body to fall into a natural rhythym of waking up at or before 6am every single morning no matter what
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29. Have a BMI of 22 before I'm 30!
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30. Buy and nurture 12 new houseplants from the book "How to Grow Fresh Air"
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31. do whatever I can to make our 10 Year High School reunion's focus on fellowship and giving back to the community
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32. use my waterpik daily until it is absolutely a habit
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33. Learn and practice 100 new practical tasks
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34. Fit 3 car seats in our compact car
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35. get my TMJ fixed
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36. Keep my gestational diabetes completely under control
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Recent entries
serve at least 9 servings of ORGANIC fruits and vegetables to my family every single day.
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We've been consistent!
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30 weeks
1 week ago
It’s been a while since I updated: I started at 169 and as of today am 178. I have 10 weeks to go, and since I was recently diagnosed with gestational diabetes and must be strict with my diet, I think keeping it under 184 is doable!
Weeks 17,18,19, & 20
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17. Gave away a bunch of stuff to my parents.
18. Gave two boxes of books to my brother
19. Sold about 10 books on amazon.
20. Freecycled our old couch!
