Another month, another update on my 35 Things to Do this year! Here's what I got done.
7. Create a meal plan (at least once a week every month). I did this this month, but found my plans frustrated (once again) by last minute things that would come up. Is meal planning not for me?
12. Bake a new cookie every month. This months yum-ness: Snickerdoodles, ala Picky Palate. Um, hi - these were SO GOOD. I made them twice this month and plan on making them again. Just make sure you don't overcook them, aight?
15. Finish the nursery. You'd better believe it. Separate post to come.
22. Start a savings account for Madelyn. Well, it's for both girls, now. We call it our "trust fund" account. Cool.
25. Read 30 books. Yes, I finally read a book this month! But alas, just one. I can't believe how much reading time I don't have these days. But I read:
-The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows: Yes, I finally read this one. And I loved it! The only thing I scrunched up my mouth at was the random romance. I didn't think it fit. But superb writing and lovely characters. 4.5 stars.
30. Use cloth diapers exclusively for one week. My biggest drawback to doing this was asking a babysitter to use the cloth diapers, since I know they aren't exactly crowd pleasers. My mom is our usual babysitter, so I did my cloth diaper challenge while she was in Utah for a week. It honestly wasn't too hard and made me want to use my cloth dipes more. Please note: I only used them on Madelyn. Cloth diapers on a newborn IS hard.
32. Watch 10 movies I've "always wanted to see." Can you believe it's taken me so long to even get started on this one? Well, despite that, I watched 3 movies this month, so I think I'm off to a good start. I watched "Funny Girl" (meh. 3 stars), "Driving Miss Daisy" (really liked it. 4 stars), and "Dirty Dancing" (haha. 2.5 stars).
34. Update my ipod. Took me like 20 minutes at my parents' house (because they have all the best music). I'm so lame sometimes (for taking forever to get this done...but that's why it was on my list).
35. Complete an act of service every month.
And there you have it. The sad thing is that I still have about half of my things left to do...and we're definitely more than halfway done with the year. Oh dear. But never fret, my friends. I shall prevail.
I seriously love your posts! And I think it's awesome you are trying cloth diapers! I actually find them soooo much easier with Eliza than Logan. I won't get into details unless you want my thoughts or experience :-) We've been cloth diapering since January and we both wish we did it sooner.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to hear more about cloth diapers. You have convinced me to update my iPhone. It needs it. I can. And I will.
ReplyDeleteI loved "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society." Even though that is a mouthful. It was simply enchanting.
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