How did I do on my 31 things to do in my 31st year of life?

Last year I made a list of 31 things I wanted to accomplish in my 31st year of life. It's that time again. I just turned 32 and thought to myself "I wonder how I did with that list from last year" lol. I totally forgot about it. So, here is the list and whether or not I accomplished it.


1) Keep up my blog with something- I think I did ok with this. I got a little behind but overall posted at least 12 times this year.

2) Visit Charlotte, NC- Yes we went in April, and it was so great to see everyone! 

3) Go to a conference and/or training- We went to the conference in St. Louis last May!

4) Finish life-study book of Leviticus- I didn't do this. I actually restarted the LS of Exodus because that is what we have been studying this year in the church. Overall, I did read a life study. I count it as a win!

5) Read "Breaking of the Outer Man and Release of the Spirit" and "Knowing Life and the Church"- This did not happen. Oops!

6) Visit California- We had to cancel our planned trip to CA because Levi hadn't been vaccinated against measles yet and an outbreak happened. Thanks Californians.

7) See my other family; Tim's family- We saw Mom and Joe at Joe's graduation in May, and Michael came to visit us here in July! Sadly, we didn't get to see Dad this time.

8) Keep up my workout routine of 3 good aerobic workouts every week and add strength training to my life at least 1 time a week- I did very well at this until the end of November when I got sick...and then sick again. But I count that as very productive!

9) Go visit someone once a month- With so many health problems this past year this did not happen, but we had people in our home almost ever week!!

10) Floss a lot more than I do now! (My pitfall ;))- NOPE haha

11) Get rid of some things we don't use or need..declutter our lives and simplify!- Still slowly working on this.

12) Spend less time on social media (goes with number 11)- Some months were better than others. Some days I really need people who I can keep in touch with better online.

13) Stop adding things to Pinterest and do a few I really am interested in- I tried a few new recipes.

14) Go on a 1 night trip with just Tim and I!- This one did happen!!! We stayed in a bed and breakfast for our 8 year anniversary kid free! It was still in Jackson but we didn't care.

15) Do something fun with the kids outside the house once or twice a week.- I did really well with this for most of the year. Hope to pick this back up when all our sickness is gone!

16) Have someone over once a week (bare minimum) and invite people over more for dinner! :)- This hasn't happened the way I wanted, but we have friends in our home every week. 

17) Game nights once a month at our place!- this didn't happen, but we had a few game nights over the course of the year haha

18) Call a friend once a week (same friend or different)- I wasn't very good at this, but I did try to keep in better touch with my close family and friends who don't live nearby.

19) Finally finish my Chinese Rosetta Stone- Not even close.

20) Drink enough water- I did well with this!

21) Finish reading Old Testament with footnotes (this will complete my 1st reading of the entire Bible with all footnotes!!)- Not there yet, but I have been reading consistently!

22) Finish reading all the many magazines I have piled up- This is so hard to do when you have so many coming in from redeeming miles. I didn't order any more though, so this should be easy this year haha

23) Have 6 date nights this year (crosses fingers) which is an average of 1 every other month. This does not include our night away on #14!- I dont think we had 6, but I know we had at least 2.

24) Go swimming at least once (didn't swim at all this year except for kiddie pool ;))- I played in the water in my bathing suit at the beach, but cant count that as real swimming.

25) Spend real quality time together for an hour as a family at least twice a week (the hubs is super busy..you don't even know!)- We have tried to spend more quality time together, but I don't know the average.

26) Go to Disneyland 1st time- Got canceled because of measles as mentioned above.

27) This is getting hard! Paint the kid's bathroom walls.- Nope

28) I'd like to start a journal this year that I actually write in..nothing digital!- I did this for 2 months haha

29) Organize all my pictures on computer and save them to my external hard drive- Still working on this but I did work on it quite a bit.

30) Organize washer/dryer room- This is an ongoing process.

31) Plan meals for the week every week unless I'm deathly sick- This happened some but halfway through the year it stopped.

32) Keep our yard cleaned up this year (front and back yard)- We definitely did a better job last year than the year before.

33) Morning Revival with the Lord every morning- Almost every morning.


So I did 14 things on my list, and didn't do or didn't fully do 19 of them minus the 2 extras means I need to work on 17 things haha. Well it's a new year and time for a new list!