It's been a crazy couple of months. We've had hours available at work, and I've taken as many as I can. We just remodeled the bathroom, and I really would like to build that savings account back up as soon as possible.
So, here's the update:
1) Complete 12 Home Improvement Projects
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| New LED fixture at the bottom of the stairs. |
Recover the kitchen chairs.
Add the knobs to the cabinet under the kitchen sink.
Fix the sewer line out of the house, through the basement wall.
Replace the baseboard heater in the hall bathroom.
Replace the lighting in the hall bathroom.
Re-enamel the hallway bathroom tile.
Replace the light at the bottom of the basement stairwell.
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| View of the farmer's market. |
Honestly, I wanted to lose 2-3 inches. How hard can that be? As it turns out, pretty darn hard!
Done!
The first trip was a long weekend to visit our oldest child at school. (OK, that's a maybe..)
Second was the long weekend we spent in Princeton - he was up there for business, and I went up there for a long weekend at our own expense at the end of his official business.
5) Post at least 12 book reviews on my Books for Teens Blog
7 Down!
You can view my blog here: https://librarynut-booksforteens.blogspot.com/
6) Finish the Hallway Bathroom
9 years after the long nightmare began, we now have 2 working bathrooms in our house!
The moratorium is over! End of May, and we can spend money on unnecessary things again. For now, that means I can pay for some plants for landscaping in the front. Bigger picture, I am saving again in order to build our emergency savings fund back up to where I like to have it.
8) Learn another language.
This is haunting me. Every month, I write it down, and every month I have to admit I haven't made any real progress on this challenge. I'm disappointed in myself.
9) 100 Things Every Marylander Should Do
I was hoping to knock off a few of these this year. Not all 100, but maybe five more of them? I really need to get my act together! Maybe if I ever get more than one day off of work this summer.
10) Daughter's Quilt
Progress! I am making big progress! It's more than 1/4 quilted now. I don't think I can safely say it's 1/3 of the way done, yet. I'd like to have it completely finished by the end of the year!
11) Clean Out Closet and Dresser Drawers
I really need to get back to this. I've been trying to pack up oldest child's stuff and move it down into the basement so that middle child can move into the room - and LIVE in that room - until he saves enough money to move out on his own.
12) Clean Out the Little Room in the Basement and Make it Usable
I've made some progress on cleaning this out over the past month. I don't know how much progress I'm going to make on the actual remodeling of it considering how much money
13) Work on Landscaping the Front Yard
Sadly, I got a head start on this when the plumber pulled out one of the big bushes in front of the house. Now, I have only 4 overgrown bushes to take care of in the front yard. I've got Tiger's Memorial Garden in the back yard, and I'm not planning on doing any more landscaping until Fall.
I finished the class! I submitted two of the lessons that I wrote, and they have been approved as library programs for this summer! Hooray! It's going to be a great summer! Even better? I got a few more CEU's to add to the total number of hours I need to renew my teaching certificate.
How are you doing with your resolutions this year?
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