I am a little behind on the new year posts. I have been playing catch up since Christmas on EVERYTHING! Here are 2013 goals....and how I did.
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Eat HealthierWorking constantly on this, but over all did a fairly good job this year. - Be More Active for myself and kids
- Read more
- Find a house with a big yard that will fit our growing family
- Sell our house!!!! (this is a big one!)
- Buy and Move into our hopefully forever home (again another big one)
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Grow my ETSY shop.Check. Check. Check!!! I was so excited to see my little shop grow immensely this year! Thank you to all of you! -
Work on my photography skills....I'd really like to improve my amateur photo takingWorked on this and it did get better. Still I have lots of room for improvement, but I am learning and having fun! - Get my kid's photo/baby albums up to date
- Work on the Our family photo albums....H-U-G-E project right there
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Go CampingMade it camping with my family! It was a great time. I love that my kids enjoyed it just as much as we did. -
Work on getting a set budget and sticking to it...we have a very rough one that needs to be fine tunedHave a slight one. Still as always a work in progress though. - Be more organized at home
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Make my bed and teach the kids the same....something minor, but really does make me feel betterDid a pretty good job on this. The kids are still learning, but they are getting better. - Take more trips/family outings
- Grow a nice garden
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Do more canning and freezing of home grown foodDid more than I thought this year...including 47 quarts of Applesauce. That was a lot of apples!!!!! -
Turn the TV off moreProud of myself for this, the kids and myself are better for it. -
Get my wedding rings fixed so I can actually wear themDONE! Such a nice feeling being able to wear them. - Go on more walks
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Make time for a Once-a-month date night for Brian & IWe did a good job, as hard as it was sometimes. Still working on keeping it going. - Lose 25 pounds and not find it!!!
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De-clutter and re-organizeDid ok on this. Another task that is constantly a work in progress. - Have more regular blog posts and tutorials
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Make more products to have in my AddyLou ETSY shopDid and kept selling. I did a ton of custom items this year and had so much fun doing them. - Teach someone how to sew
- Make a big boy quilt for Dylan
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Use my fabric scraps to make fun thingsBibs and rag quilts are being made with my scraps. So excited to see what else I can come up with. -
Make enough sales from AddyLou to be able to purchase an NEW sewing machine on my ownDONE! So excited that I was able to get my embroidery machine. Loving it and making amazing things! -
Do more fun projects with/for my kidsWe did some crafts and lost of baking projects.
Only 13 not quite finished. Not bad, I'd say. Overall, 2013 was a great year. It was super busy. But it was filled with many wonderful memories and sprinkled with a few sad ones too. We all are looking for ward to an exciting 2014!