Laundry List! (4 items COMPLETED!)

#1 Gave up Fast Food - April 2013 - I was nervous for this one! We eat a lot of fast food (a LOT!) But it was easier than I thought - and since April? We don't eat out nearly as often!


#10  Purchase Kitchen Aid Attachment - (This is NOT my photo - taken from Amazon! I ordered mine today!!)

#19  Have and Eye Appointment - 20/20 vision in June 2013

#73  Toss 101 items - What started as Spring Cleaning in the Summer (yep; I'm late!) of 2013? I ended up tossing or donating 75% of Skyler's old clothes and toys. Not to mention my hall closet worth of clutter as well! All in all? Far more than 101 items went!

54. Keep a "6 words a day" journal for 6 months.

One project that I'm excited about is my Six Words a Day project! I am doing it alongside my (third) 365 project! (So hopefully it's easier to get 2 done with one stone, right?

I started this project Sept 1, 2012 and will finish February 28, 2013!

If you'd like to follow along, I've started a Six Words a Day blog!

55. Go for a full week without buying anything but Bills/Groceries

The first week of July was great for this goal! I made a grocery list, we stuck to that list and then we found free activities to do around town! It was a great exercise in self-control for me! (And has been fairly easy to follow up! I'm hoping it's made a change in how I do my spending from now on!)

A few photos of our free activities - to help spice this page up!!

53. Send a Postsecret

I've been following Post Secret for a long time - since before I was pregnant. But not long after Skyler was born, this secret was posted. (If you somehow stumbled upon this blog and don't know - my daughter has a hand similar to that little girls, a small ball for a thumb and no other fingers.)

I saved it. 

It was somehow a sign to me. A realization that my little girl is far from alone. And I've looked at it when I've needed to know that through the past three and a half years. I've gotten a lot of comfort from it - although I haven't really noticed big problems with people staring at Skyler's hands. (In fact? I've known a few people who hadn't even noticed until I said something - other mom's from our playgroup, etc.) 

That said? This particular secret has helped me. And I realized, maybe one of my secrets could help someone else. So, I've sent my secret to postsecret. I mailed it this morning (Saturday - February 11, 2012) and I promise to update if it's ever posted on the website. But no, I will not tell you what it is. That's the point!

48. Send a "Just Because" care package to someone

I love getting mail, so what better than to send someone mail they aren't expecting?

No, it's not my sister's birthday. It's not a holiday. And there is nothing that she needs. But I decided this week, I'd send her a care package at camp! It's packed with nothing in particular, certainly nothing she "needs"! (Although I suppose Justin Bieber trading cards could be a necessity, I'm not sure...) Just a silly collection of items to make her smile!

 

 

Inside? 

*Frog Puzzle

*Guitar Necklace

*Decorative Pins (for her power belt -- a fanny pack for all you non-Kitaki people)

*Cars & Justin Bieber Trading Cards

*A note

51. Write a letter to myself within the first 30 days to open at the end of the project

I remember a letter that I'd written to myself in Junior High Sunday School – set to open the day of my high school Graduation. I'd hung that letter on my wall in my bedroom and anticipation grew as my Graduation day came up. I was so excited to open that letter, having forgotten what was in it. I could just imagine, I had written my hopes and my dreams. I had told myself where I wanted to go to college and what I wanted to major in. Where I wanted to move and what big dreams I had. I was ready to see what a younger me had found so important.

When I opened the letter; I was deeply disappointed. Embarrassed beyond all belief, I couldn't share the letter with anyone. I had told myself how in love I was with my 7th Grade boyfriend. I blathered on, for 3 pages, about how wonderful he was. Thirteen year old me had been such an idiot. (He was a loser to the Nth Degree!!)

I desperately hope this letter is not that way.


I wasn't sure what to write; so it is a hodgepodge of items. My hopes for this list. My hopes for where I'll be in 3 years time. A few thoughts about where my life is right now, and a few of my current favorite things. 

Honestly, writing a letter to your future self is something I recommend to you. It's something I hope to have Skyler do throughout her life. It's something I hope I treasure! (As opposed to my last one which I threw away immediately with a bright red face!!)
 

**I copied it to a private entry -- HERE -- in the event that something happens to the hard copy. **