Showing posts with label 29 before 29. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 29 before 29. Show all posts

Saturday, October 8, 2011

29 before 29 recap

 About a year ago I posted this...
And a year later here's how I did...
{this is for my records sake, I don't expect you to read it if you don't want to! :)}

1. No. :(
2. Not officially. I have done lots of online tutorials & research, as well as gotten so great tips from books & websites. So my knowledge has definitely grown, even thought I haven't been official about it! :)
3. I'm sure I have, but haven't kept track of them. Oops, should of done that! Ha!
4. Yes, well, for a while. :) I did really good for a while, but have gotten out of the habit a bit, need to get better.
5. Not quite, but did read a ton more than I have in years past. This year I read: The Girls from Ames, Spoken from the Heart by Laura Bush, Even Silence Has an End, Mini Shopaholic, All She Ever Wanted, A Woman's Place & The Help, ...ALL of which I would recommend!
6. Hmmm...I know we have, but can't think of them now. We definitely have our Mansfield favs.
7. Yes & love it!
8. Me & a few of my dear friends from church have just started meeting weekly for prayer time. Any good suggestions for a good bible study or book for a really small group?
9. Yes, and it was a blast! Hoping to do another one before too long.
10. Not quite. Crazy schedules or sick kids got in the way too often.
11. Done some of this, but not near as much as I would like to.
12. Yes! I would still like to have them monogrammed though.
13. Yes! & love it each time I walk by!
14. Yes! Well, they are pretty at least, thanks to this awesome tip.
15. Yes! Next year my goal is to keep them alive longer. :)
16. Yes!
17. One out of two living areas complete. Still looking for that perfect fabric for the other.
18. Somewhat. This blazing summer did not help this goal.
19. Not yes. I had the perfect place for it, but the realized it wasn't so perfect...so I'm waiting to find a new home for it before I tackle this one. Plus not having a garage for projects like this causes some difficulty.
20. Yes! I added the crayon roll & have done more to prefect my party packs.
21. Um. Well. Not so much. We have gone on walks fairly often {expect for the summer}, and I did just find some great work out videos on Hulu I've been trying out.
22. Done better about this most weeks. Still room for improvement.
23. Unfortunately, no.
24. Went to visit David's brother in Corpus.
25. Yes, and have lots more planned for the coming months!
26. Hmm...can't say that I have gone anywhere new, but have visited several again.
27. Done some of this, and have a closet full of stuff ready for a garage sale.
28. I am better about keeping pictures organized on my computer & feel like I've done a good job at posting about the "main events" on my blog, which has tuned into our family photo album & scrapbook.
29. Yes, a few times!

Friday, February 18, 2011

Swap Party

 I had a small Swap/Valentines Party last week & had a BLAST! Swap Parties seem to be becoming an up & coming "thing," AND something on my 29 before 29 list...so I decided combining that with a Valentine's making party would be great fun!

I sent out an invitation on pingg...a new favorite thing. I love that is has the evite feel, but the freedom to upload my own design.

{A little shout-out to my design blog, Snowbird Design for the invitations & other signs below...;)}


When everyone arrived, the put out their items in the correct place & drew a number.  






Once everyone was there, we all enjoyed some sweet treats, made a few valentines for our loves & "shopped."




We went in order of how we drew our numbers & chose two things at a time. I think we went through the rotation about 3 times & the things they were not picked up were delivered to Goodwill the next morning!




We all had such a great time, enjoyed talking, eating and walking away with our Valentines made & a few new things for us or our homes!





I can't wait to have another one!

Wednesday, October 6, 2010

29 before 29

In honor of the day {my birthday!!} I thought I would jump on the bandwagon & post my list of things to do in the next year. It was a little harder than I thought to come up with my list, and I'm sure I will later think of things I should have put, or should not have put! I thought of many things I could add that started with "get better at..." or "be a better..." but I decide to keep my list to things I could measure or have an end result to. I'm sure I could come up with another list of 29+ things I need to improve on...but I'll spare you that one! :)
I will do my best to keep you updated on how I'm doing!


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