28 - Women’s March Indy

Women’s march check.  It was also Thea and mommy date.  It was a great day for a march. Such an empowering event.  I am so glad I brought Thea I think it’s important for her to participant in these events even though she’s so young.  She learned how to chant my favorite was her yelling “this is what mocacy looks like”.  (Mocacy is Democracy.)  So cute she also was waving to people, giving high fives and holding her sign.  

7 - organize the toys

So I did this organize the toys. Both in their room and in the living room. They already dumped everything out but we are attempting to work on keeping things organized by toy.  I need to label the baskets.  Also I need to find another place to put the games and puzzles.  I did donate about 2 boxes of babyish toys and I still have two boxes of books I haven’t taken to donate yet.  

The baskets I used were from Target they were like $4.80 and they fold up.  The train set didn’t fit in one so I kept it in its old bun.  Below the baskets not photoed are larger toys like the barn, school, big trucks etc.  each thing has its own shelf and so far the kids are doing pretty good putting things away.

Tuesday 10 - A good list

A few good things... 

1. Temperature Quilt (more later)

2. the women’s march (photo from last year)

3. I finally got my new plates and liscense the requirements are crazy in Ohio. I went 3 times.  

4. dIY for sleeping bags!  Love this.  I plan to make them for my kids.  Source Beautiful Mess https://abeautifulmess.com/2018/01/how-to-sew-your-own-sleeping-bag.html

5. Ice skating lessons 

6. My new favorite pants (jockey brand)

7. Gymnastics for both kids!

8.  Working on my hexie project.

9. The Winter Olympics!  

10.  Finally getting my new insurance cards even if I had to print them myself!  

Conversations with Jones

This morning on the way to school Jones presented all these ideas he had:

1. Him -  “Mom I need keys.  I want to be Mr Craig and teach school and lock the doors.  Do you think I can grow a beard.”

Me - “you want to be a teacher?”

“Yes Mr Craig he has keys to lock the door.  I want to lock the doors.”

Then later at school he announces to Mr Craig “Hey there are now two Mr. Craig’s.  me and you.  I am getting keys and a beard. Then I will be grown up and be you.”

Everyone had a good laugh.  The other teachers who heard are now calling him Mr. Craig.

2. Him “Mom can we discuss what is happening after school?”

Me - “sure we need to go to the store.”

Him - “sure. Before dark,  I want a picnic, and campfire.”

Me - “it’s supposed to rain all evening.”

Him - “we have blankets.  Do they have camphouses atthe store?  Do you think we need to dig a hole for our campfire? Maybe Mrs Linda wants a campfire at her house?”

Me - “it’s winter but we could get a tent from the garage when it’s warmer, we have a few.”

Him - “can we campfire? We need a hole and bricks and pokers.”

Me - “perhaps we should research the fire pit.  We could probably make one when it’s warmer and everything isn’t all wet.”

Him - “I think mrs Linda has one already we can borrow hers”

Me - “you can ask”

3.  Him - “do crocadillys like guacamole?”

Me - “no I think crocodiles like chickens and fish and birds.”

Him - “ahh so they like chicken-fish guacamole and probably corn dogs ”

Me - “exactly.”

The 2018 List

It took me forever to make a list this year.  Somethings were super easy, but finishing the last 1/2 was seemed to be a real struggle, I wanted to come up with things that were doable but yet I still wanted to do.  But here’s the list.  I already started on a few things.  

1. One Second Everyday video

2. Temperature Quilt - Started

3. Finish Block of Month - Finished

4. Make spike/Skippy Jon a quilt - Finished

5. Instastories once a week

6. Read 12 Books

7. Organize the kids toys - Finished

8. Buy a new coat

9. Finish another unfinished quilt - Finished

10. Buy all new underwear - Finished

11. Go to Blink Cincy

12. Make Chia Seed Jam

13. New car or van - Finished

14. Attempt the Whole 30

15. Buy a new swimsuit - Finished x2 

16. Plant a garden

17. Monthly dates with just Thea

18. Monthly dates with just Jones

19. Tile floor in main bath

20. Sand and seal deck

21. Get Pool passes

22. Jones Ice skating lessons  - Finished

23. Thea/Jones swim lessons

24. Thea dance lessons

25. Fancy Taco Tuesday

26. JJs 40th trip

27. More intentional prayer

28. Women’s March

29. Make new curtains for moms kitchen

30. Professional family photos

31. Service project with the kids

32. Church campout 

33. Repurpose something

34. Art journal (if I add this every year maybe one year I will)

35. Watch a movie (last year I think I watched like 3 ekkk).

36. Cereal party

37. Birthday party for Thea - Finished

38. Birthday party for Jones

39. Play date with Brooks 

40. Make naan 

41. Finish 2016 project life.

42. Organize the coat closet

43. Meet my new nephew

44. Get my Ohio license - Finished

45. Organize my dresser

46. Write down more kid stories 

47.  Take kids to a beach

48. Event with Kathleen and Lynley 

49. Stay caught up in Project Runway

50. New hairstyle/color

51. Makes challah

52. New List

2017 List Recap

Here's my 2017 list looks like I finished 27 items.  I had 46 items so that’s better than 50%.  New list coming next week.

1. One Second Everyday

2. Take the kids to Tarkington Park

3. Make Halloween costumes

4. Visit JJ

5. Take a road Trip

8. get jones potty trained 

9. Throw Thea first birthday party

10. Throw Jones third birthday party

17. Finish baby Randy's quilt

20. Buy new glasses

25. Paint Master Bedroom.

27. Trip to the zoo. 

28. Nature walk with kids. 

29. Check out library books with Jones.

30. Use pottery Groupon with Kathleen. 

33. Summer event under the Sails. It was soooo hot

34. Attend Big Car Event

35. Get two new pairs of jeans. - one is a favorite the other is Meh

36. Add two new winter tops to wardrobe. - I bought 4

37. Get rid of the clothes not wore once in 18 months.

38. Jones sleepover with grandma and Lita

39. Take babies to parade.

40. Buy new tennis shoes. Adidas

42. Clear off Theas dresser.  

44. Add new photos to photo wall. Sadly my wall is in storage now

45. Send JJ art.

46. Make new list. (Coming soon)

Started:

I have 9 that got started.  Most of these are half finished Quilting projects.  

12. Block of Month Quilt- finished top and back

13. Half square triangle scrappy quilt - just a few blocks done.

14. flying geese quilt - top finished

15. Finish heart quilt - basted ready to quilt

16. Finish improv quilt - started piecing 

18. Cartoon a day (tracker) - I made roughly 120 cartoons I started off strong but fizzled in May. 

19. 8 glasses of water a day (tracker) - I did good for like the first 4 months

24. Work on finishing the baby books - I added 6 pages to each book

26. Update the back bathroom. - Painted only

Not Started:

Looks like I had 10 things I never even started.  That doesn’t seem to shabby.

6. Make Baby Bows

7. swimming Lessons

11. Make do quilt

21. Art journal

22. Balloons at state fair

23. Reconnect with 2 old Friends

31. Make tortillas 

32. Diversify dinners.

41. Wash siding in front. 

43. Paint Jones's lockers

The Lists

I am a little behind this year thinking about my list.  I opened up my note yesterday to see what I had in there and so far I have 4 things. So my goal is to finish it by next Monday.  That seems reasonable right?  I will update my last years list before that though.  

In the meantime here’s a photo from our vacation to Colorado.