2006: To-Do, In Part

Home

• Landscape yard on the sides of our house
• Upgrade electric to 100 amp service
• Replace kitchen floor
• Paint bedrooms
• New curtains and closet doors in girl’s room
• Clean and organize basement

Friendships

• Karaoke with The Casseroles (soon to be crossed off per Bombadee)
• Continue monthly dinner nights with the Hills and Mathews
• Continue monthly evenings out with the above mentioned Casseroles
• Continue somehow knowing just what to say despite my staunch refusals to offer any kind of influential opinions
• Continue nourishing relationships with my pals (short list)
• Contact Jill and Erika
• Stop mourning The Big B and Triple A
• Invite friends for an overnight camp out at Lowden State Park
• Forge a bond with my soon-to-be-born honorary nephew Colin Scott
• Attend hockey game with family/friends

Children

• Potty train SugarLips
• Teach Sugar colors, numbers and the alphabet
• Support my oldest as she navigates menstruation
• Purchase full face helmets for all three
• Allow Mimi and Doody to have more slumber parties
• Sign the girls up for the next level swim lessons
• Get SugarLips portraits taken in his t-shirt from Bombadee
• Encourage Jeff to take the girls out, individually, for date nights
• Go to the zoo

Marriage

• Be spontaneous, instigate more often
• Join Mathews in Vegas to renew their vows
• Celebrate my 13th anniversary

Family

• Visit sister Sara in Arizona
• Witness sister Stephanie graduate college and head to graduate school
• Encourage mother to make healthier choices
• Encourage step-father to stop consistently providing example of what not to do to my children

Self

• Fit into a size 14, see Jennie’s Journey blog
• Purchase new glasses
• Stop chewing the two fingernails I currently cannot
• Read six books
• See four plays/musicals
• See at least one adult movie, at the cineplex
• Go hiking
• Rectify all claims/bills from car accident
• Buy sparkly sandals and dangly earrings
• Purchase digital camera
• Get ankle tattoo reworked
• Sneak idea to husband that I would like a plain, comfort fit, white gold or platinum wedding band.

I thought this list would be short. Wow.