#31, #67, #87, and #94

I've got four more things past off my list. This is actually happening easier then I thought. I re-read through the list today and realized I was passing things off and didn't even realize it. 

#31 Organize Garage -(no picture for this) we did this a few weeks ago on Sept 3. we finished up building our shelves and got everything organized. The painting of the garage will have to come later. It is sort of towards the bottom of the priority list right now.

#67 and #94 are combined (do some vinyl crafts with my silhouette machine and have canisters for all the food in my pantry.) I know they are nothing fancy, but they will be behind closet doors in the Pantry. They make me happy and I love having my food out of bags and boxes. It was fun playing with vinyl for the first time. I don't think I will be doing this small of letters again it was pretty tricky. I am looking forward to more vinyl crafts in the near future.

# 87. buy canning equipment. I didn't actually buy, but I got it as a gift from my parents. Well, I have most of it, the steamer is still on it's way, I will have it by my birthday. I still want a pressure cooker, but do to price I will just be borrowing my moms for awhile. We put Peaches up the other day.

 

35. Build a dog house and get a puppy.

As you know we got a puppy earlier this week. So yesterday we were going to build him a house. I had found a house plan online that was simple. the house was only for dogs up to 50 lbs. we had to enlarge it so it would fit our puppy when full grown. He is expected to get to 65-90 lbs according to what typical Labradors grow too, but his previous owner says they believe the mother may have some Great Dane in her.
After drawing out the plans we headed off to Home Depot (about 20min drive when there is no traffic) we got there and realized that we forgot the racks for the top of our car. A must for taking lumber home in our car (see picture below). We went back home and got them and ran into traffic on the way back to the store. When we finally got there, it took about an hour to find everything we needed. We started adding up the cost and realized it was going to cost us $200 or more to build this thing. we knew we had seen dog houses for cheaper so we stood there in the store looking up dog houses online on my Husbands phone. hehe! and sure enough there were plenty of dog houses online for way cheaper. We decided to ditch (okay we put most of it away) the stuff we had gathered and went to Pets-mart (another 10-15 min farther from our house) to see if they had anything in-stalk. Well they did. It was the same size that we were planning on building, but only cost $70. We figure even if we have to buy another one or two in his lifetime we still came out ahead.

We still had to assemble it so it still counts as building it, right?

our small car

Neville trying to help

 Neville got all tangled with his rope so we let him off the rope and he would keep stilling things from us, like the tools or the foot of the dog house.

chewing on the foot from the dog house

 This is the only time you will see my husband in the dog house. 

Right Honey?

Husband in the dog house!

 We will have to find a cover for the door to keep in the heat in the winter.

check out the size of the door.

 And Finished!

103 by 33

My sister tells me a few weeks ago that she has started a new blog and I should check it out. When i got there she had a list. 101 things to do before I turn 30. She has just had her 27th birthday, so that gives her 3 years. A few days later I was looking at some of my favorite blogs and someone else had started a similar list. I was intrigued.

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I love to plan and make lists and dream about what's to come. I make lists about what I want to buy at the store, what I want to accomplish before a big event, or when I'm planning a name for my child. Lists make me feel prepared, accomplished, gives me peace of mind and lifts my spirits.

I have decided to do my own list 103 by 33. that gives me a little over three years to do this (I turn 30 in October). That is about 2 things a week, this will be challenging. I will post it on the sidebar and cross things off as I go. I will probably do post here and there talking about what I have done along the way.

Health
1.Get down to 200lbs again.
2. get down to 190 lbs.
3. get down to 180 lbs.
4. get down to 170 lbs.
5. get to a healthy weight between 150-170 lbs.
6. maintain a healthy weight--within 5 lbs--for a year.
7. go rock climbing on a man-made wall.
8. do pull-ups on bar (at least 5 in a row)
9. Hike Timpanogas Mtn. again, but with out feeling like I'm going to die.
10. RUN a 5K
11. Join a workout class(step aerobics, cycling, etc.)
12. do a hand stand or a cartwheel.
13. buy at least one more home workout equipment (punching bag, cycle, or treadmill)

Home
14. Decorate Front Room
15. Decorate Entryway
16. Decorate Family room
17. Decorate Kitchen
18. Decorate Dean's room
19. Decorate Brig's room
20. Decorate laundry/mud room
21. Decorate Hall bathroom
22. Decorate Master Bedroom
23. Decorate Master Bathroom
24. Finish building shelves and painting Garage
25. Do Spring cleaning 2012
26. Do Fall Cleaning 2012 (like spring cleaning)
27. do spring cleaning 2013
28. do fall cleaning 2013
29. do spring cleaning 2014
30. build a piece of furniture.
31. Organize Garage
32. Frame the basement
33. buy a piano or keyboard
34. Purchase and hang a piece of art in my home.

Family
35. Build doghouse and get a puppy.
36. Help with Dean's pre-school
37. Get Dean registered for Kindergarten
38. Get Brig into a pre-school
39. Go on another cruise for my 10th anniversary
40. Take the family to Disneyland again
41. Visit my sister in Georgia
42. Potty train Brig.
43. Make and do a summer bucket list 2012
44. make and do a summer bucket list 2013
45. make and do a summer bucket list 2014
46. plan and do a week long themed summer camp 2012
47. plan and do a week long themed summer camp 2013
48. plan and do a week long themed summer camp 2014
49. Make a family motto/theme for the school year 2012
50. make a family motto/theme for the school year 2013
51. make a family motto/theme for the school year 2014
52. try 5 new restaurants
53. find a dentist for the family and go.
54. Teach Dean how to ride a bike
55. come up with a family motto and saying
56. start a journal for each child
57. Go camping somewhere new in southern part of Utah
58. sign up Dean for a sport.
59. sign up Dean for swimming lessons

Crafting
60. Get caught up on childhood scrapbook
61. get caught up on family scrapbook
62. get caught up on Dean's scrapbook
63. start and get caught up on Brig's scrapbook
64. Try out digital scrapbooking
65. Buy photo shop
66. buy a DSLR
67. do some vinyl crafts with my silhouette machine
68. build up a stash of homemade baby gifts (10 or so)
69. create a birthday calender with extended family's birthdays
70. Start a family/personal history book.
71. put together a biography book of my Grandma Pat.

Money
72. start paying extra on condo mortgage
73. start putting double the amount into retirement each month
74. build up an 8 month emergency fund
75. buy a new vehicle

Yard
76. put garden in yard
77. put play area in yard
78. put in corner barbeque-pit area
79. plant a peach tree
80. plant an apple tree
81. landscape in front of the porch
82. re-landscape in front of house
83. landscape corner by gate in front yard
84. landscape the remaining part of the front yard.
85. build a dog pen
86. pour cement on side of Garage

Preparedness
87. buy canning equipment
88. learn to make a yummy peach salsa
89. build some square foot gardens
90. get one year food storage supply
91. renew/update 72hr, kit 2012
92. renew/update 72hr. kit 2013
93. renew/update 72hr. kit 2014
94. have canisters for all the food in my pantry
95. create a fire escape plan and practice it.

Personal
96. volunteer somewhere
97. Host Thanksgiving
98. Plan a family reunion
99. Memorize all the US presidents
100. read a classic book
101. buy a formal dress and wear it somewhere nice.

Religious
102. become a visiting teacher (this is not easy for me)
103. read the old testament.