Update on 50 in 2015

I haven't worked on this as much as I wish. I should have added one to be fully caught up on bills because that has been what we have been mostly focusing on. I am so exhausted and tired of money being an issue. It is awful, like a weight hanging over you. Not even joking. It will be a huge weight off my shoulders once we have my school semester paid off, things caught up, and a plan in place to pay off my medical bills. I have been reading the Bible more, but not as much as I need to. Things will get better. They always do.

1) Get under pre-pregnancy weight (192...currently 214, that means I need to lose 22 lbs)
2) Finish reading the bible (so I can say I have read every book in the Bible)
3) Go to the zoo
4) Go to Boulder Ridge

5) Spend a night with James, away from Matthew (Any volunteers to baby-sit?)

6) Read 10 books for fun. So far I have read 4: Divergent, Insurgent, Alligance, Eragon, and working on Eldest

7) Have a plan for when I will start nursing school back up. I talked with my school, and I will start back up this fall...if nothing gets in the way :-)

8-10) Have all 3 credit cards paid off

11) Pay off all of my medical bills from my Knee

12) Make a business plan for James...for his produce business.

13) Get Matthew into his own room. 

14) Organize our basement

15) Get the shelves hung up in our bathrooms

16) Get prices for re-doing our Kitchen and Living Room 

17) Organize our office

18) Clean up the garage

19) Work on keeping the house clean on a regular basis (I now have an actual chore list for the week, sadly, I am a terrible housekeeper, and my husband is just as messy)

20) Take Matthew to see a movie at the movie theater

21) Take Matthew swimming

22) Take a trip to Frankenmuth/Birch Run

23) Go camping at least one weekend.

24) Go to Catch Air with Matthew 

25) Have a thousand dollars in an emergency fund.

26) Have a month's worth of money in an emergency fund

27) Get pregnant with a healthy sticky baby OR have an appointment set up with Kwak-Kim
28) Go on 12 date nights with James  I have went on 2! So far so good, the next is planned for March 6th my work party. And then early the next morning I leave for a night for my church's women's retreat.

29) Take a weekend trip to either Chicago or Washington DC

30) Purchase set of essential oils

31) Make a prayer picture book for Matthew.

32) Attend a small group on a regular basis.

33) Blog at least 4x a month (that = 48 posts in 2015)

34) Go out for a girl's night out.

35) Go to one of those canvas panting places.

36) Give up McDonald's for at least a month (though I would be okay with water, ice cream, and coffee from here ;-) haha)

37) Host 6 game nights with friends and/or family.

38) Have family photos taken this summer or fall.

39) Look more closely at foster care classes and their guidelines

40) Fence in our backyard

41) Have 5 bonfires

42) Have a swing set or other play thing in the backyard for Matthew.

43) Run or walk a 5K

44) Order wedding photos (Finally!...we have been married for 5 years already...)

45) Go to a shooting range with James

46) Have the money for James to purchase the rifle he wants.

47) Tithe on a regular basis (feel like this should be closer to the top!)

48) Swimming lessons for Matthew

49) Build a cube organizer for Matthew's room

50) Organize all the closets (there are 4 in our house)