One Year, Twenty Wishes

I confess, there has been a lull in my enthusiasm this week.  I wasn't sure what my lack of enthusiasm was due to, I just know that I found a lot of excuses for why I didn't have time to do any projects - busy with kids: such as helping with homework, cooking dinners, and being a taxi driver.  I had shopping to do and cleaning to do.  And, honestly, money is tight. Christmas is coming, as well as a wedding, and several birthdays.  I don't have a lot of money to purchase a can of paint, much less any other DIY supplies like wood, curtain rods, fabric...  But then this morning two things happened to knock me out of my funk.<br/><br/>First, I sat down with my cup of coffee to catch up with some other blogs I try to read everyday.  <a href=" http://www.thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/">Thrifty Decor Chic</a>, wrote a great post about getting out of debt. I enjoyed the post, and made a mental note to do a little more research in this department.  Thank you TDC!  I look forward to looking into your suggestion in depth.<br/><br/>And then I stumbled over to <a href=" http://lifeinthethriftylane.blogspot.com/">Life in the Thrifty Lane </a>who wrote about a "One Year, Twenty Wishes", which is being hosted by<a href=" http://www.trulylovelyblog.net/"> Truly Lovely</a>.  This is a list of things you want to do, NOT what you think you should do.<br/><br/>Cool!  I LOVE lists.  I make to-do lists almost every day, and it helps me clear my mind.  I'm not being overly dramatic, but I think making lists helps me sleep better.  It's all down on paper, so I don't obsess about what I have to do.  I can sleep, and look at my list in the morning.  But I never thought of keeping a list of things I <em><strong>WANT</strong> </em>to do!<br/><br/>FUN!<br/><br/>So, here goes!  I warn you, this is for fun - I'm not trying to win any "parent of the year", or "wife of the year" awards!<br/><p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong> ONE YEAR, TWENTY WISHES</strong></em></p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">1.  Take the kids to the movies once a month.</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">2. Get out with Big A once a month for dinner, a movie, a walk, whatever...</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">3. Go for a walk every day.  I don't make the time for this anymore.</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">4. Get a massage.  I even have gift certificates, and I don't even make time to use them.</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">5.  Find the perfect foundation. Every girls dream isn't it?</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">6.  Be a better baker.  This may be an unrealistic wish.  I <em>SUCK</em> at baking.</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">7.  Get stripes for my new car.</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">8.  Find the time to fill my ipod with all the music I've been meaning to download.</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">9.  Read a book a week, by my fireplace.</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">10. Spend a lot more time with my family.  All of them.</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">11.  Go sledding this winter.</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">12. Overcome being cold, so that I can sled a lot this winter. :-)</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">13.  Eat more veggies.  (This may seem like something I have to do, but it's not at all!  I like veggies, but my family does not, so I don't eat as much as I want to.)</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">14.  Buy several new pairs of cowboy boots (deep, I know!).</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">15. Figure out the perfect, and quickest way to straighten my hair (extra deep!).</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">15. Learn to take better pictures, either with my camera or with my phone.</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">16.  Get good pictures of my family, all of them, and find a really cool way to display them.</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">17.  Get some awesome pictures of my home and the area we live in.</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">18. Learn how to make my blog better, and quite frankly, monetize my blog.</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">19. Eat whole lobster with butter at least 4 times this year. (Yes!  I'm glad I thought of this one!)</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">20. Last but not least, win a lifetime of free Big Macs.  (What? It could happen.)</p><br/><p style="text-align: left;">Okay, as I read this over, I realize most of these are a little on the shallow side.  And I also realize I probably should have had breakfast.  But this is a list of things I want, not need, to do... SO, what would you do if you had 20 wishes?</p><br/><br/><div align="center"><a href="http://www.trulylovelyblog.net/category/twenty-wishes/" title="Truly Lovely"><img alt="Truly Lovely" src="http://www.trulylovelyblog.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/wishes-button.png" style="border: none;" /></a></div>

One Year, Twenty Wishes

I confess, there has been a lull in my enthusiasm this week.  I wasn't sure what my lack of enthusiasm was due to, I just know that I fo...

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