Done Buy a bicycle Go canoeing and not ride in the middle Try sushi Make a loaf of bread from scratch Go one week without Internet Volunteer at a food shelf Go geocaching Play nine holes of golf. Twice! Make apple butter Organize Connor’s closet Visit Journey Inn Almost done Finish my 2006 scrapbook. I’m only a few pages away and have kept up to date with the current year in the mean time. Fit a car into my garage. Twice I made this happen but as of now, it no longer does. Use all the gift certificates currently...
Posts Tagged ‘ 30b430 ’
To do: 30b430 update
I’ve crossed several items off my list lately so I’m going to do a full list update rather than separate posts for each. Items with new comments are in red. Get at least one more mom’s group member — This is not looking too promising. I’ve sort of given up on it. Maybe in fall I’ll give it another go. Learn to play one song on the piano by memory — I need to get on this now that I have extra time. Buy a bicycle — DONE! We bought a used one at Express Bike Shop in St....
To do: Volunteer, and teach my kids to do so also
When my company started furloughs in February, a coworker suggested we make something good come of a bad situation by finding a volunteer opportunity during that time. I’d been wanting to check out what Neighbors was all about because our church is a big supporter, and I had “volunteer at a food shelf” on my 30b430 list. So I went Feb. 27, while I was home alone and on furlough, to meet with the volunteer manager. He said they didn’t need food shelf volunteers because that is where most people need to work. They were in need of people...
To do: bake and cook some good stuff
I tackled two 30b430 items this week. My friend Lauren and I baked bread using the master recipe in Artisan Bread in Five Minutes. It was all very easy, but our dough came out too dry so the final product is a bit tough. We used whole wheat flour instead of white but having read about the different types of flours, I thought that would be fine. We also half-ed the recipe. We are going to try again without deviating at all. I also want to try the English muffins. Grace had a lot of fun helping bake the...
to do: try sushi
Who would have guessed this would be one of the things to come off my list early on! Several friends took two laid-off former co-workers out for sushi before work today and I was coerced into coming along. They were all very encouraging about me trying new things, though I felt a little on the spot! What if I needed to spit something out? Luckily, I made it through without feeling the urge to purge. We went to the downtown St. Paul Sakura, which has happy hour appetizer specials. I ordered fried pork dumplings and then sampled off others’...
To do: Organize kids’ bedroom closet
Mark and I cleaned out and organized the closet in the kids’ bedroom the other day kind of by accident. I just started picking through a few things while the kids were watching a movie in our bedroom to wind down for bed. The next thing I know, we’ve got everything pulled out and a pile of stuff to donate: We added Connor’s dresser out of the playroom; all the pictures and knick-knacks we don’t have room for right now out from under my desk; a box of childhood scrapbooks out of our bedroom; and the wrapping supplies out...
Our stay at the Journey Inn
Journey Inn is an eco-retreat on 66 acres of prairie, hilly woodland with a spring-fed creek outside tiny Maiden Rock. I discovered it on a travel green Wisconsin Web site and wanted to go immediately. I put it on my listof 30 things to do before turning 30. Mark and I each got a massage from the owner who is a massage therapist. (The other is a psychologist/life coach.) We read the books we brought while the other was getting massaged. The therapist, who specializes in energy work, found and cleared an “energy blockage” in my kidneys. I have...
Good to be back
So, how did I spend my Internet-free and nearly-kid-free week? A read a whole book (Thin is the New Happy, highly recommend it), watched three movies (none of which I recommend), did a few digital scrapbook pages, ran some errands I’ve been meaning to do for a while and slept a lot (yet still not enough). I also (with an assistant) installed a programmable thermostat and did some laundry, but that was the extent of the cleaning. It was pretty easy to stay offline at home and the first day of work (Wed) when it was really busy. Friday...
30 things to do before 30
Who doesn’t love a good to-do list? I must love them considering how long it takes me to complete them! So, in lieu of New Year’s resolutions for 2009, I am aiming to do these 30 things before I turn 30. So please don’t ask me to do anything on Nov. 7, 2009, as I’m sure I’ll be very busy trying to make it look as though I gave it the old college try. Get at least one more mom’s group member Learn to play one song on the piano by memory Buy a bicycle Redo our bathroom floor...
