21.
Take a 7 day fast from TV
As
I mentioned in #8 I did these two together and basically avoided all media
outlets for the week. It was funny how many times in conversation it would come
up “oh did you see….” And I would have to remind them I didn’t see it nor do I
want you to share it with me. After all if your husband is highlighting
everything that happened then I might as well have seen it myself. There were
some nights I choose to fold laundry in my bedroom instead of the living room
so Davy would still enjoy TV and I wouldn’t be tempted to watch. I read more
than normal and spent free time working on a TO DO list instead of vegging out.
About once a month I’m tempted to get cable but then remind myself how easy it
is to get sucked in with our 10 channels and I feel like with 100 I may never
vacuum my house again!
22.
Jump off the high dive at Wakulla Springs
Between
our unexpected move over the summer, my week long road trip, and getting
pregnant in August I regretfully didn’t do this.
23.
Spend time with my Grandma outside of the holidays
This
didn’t happen either. Right after Christmas we found out she had failing health
and ended up getting her chest cracked open during open heart surgery. It was
scary and made me realize even more why I wanted to spend more time with her; she
won’t be here much longer and I don’t want any regrets. We visited her just
this past weekend at home where she is recovering wonderfully from everything
and it was so refreshing to see her. No excuses I must see her more this year!
24.
Color some part of my hair a non-natural color (I’m thinking purple)
Purple
hair, don’t care. It’s small because I have a professional job. Sadly it’s
faded so much since I got it done a month ago but I love it; it’s my very small
revolt against adulthood.
25.
Get pregnant
Even
with all of our conversations I wasn’t sure if this was going to happen when I
wrote this list in 2012. We wanted more children but money and logistics and
honestly just being ready kept delaying the process until spring of 2012 when
we started to set timelines of removing prevention and actually making this
happen. And then it did. And we floated around on cloud nine elated. And we
found out I was forever outnumbered in the house. And now here we are entering
the third trimester and daydreaming about newborn life. Oh, what a sweet way to
end the list.
One
thing I wasn’t expecting to do over the last year was read so much; 18 books to
be exact. I surprised myself because although as an adult I finally enjoy
reading but I never felt like I was a book worm. My problem is I start reading
a book, it consumes every moment of my free time, and then it’s done a few days
later.
I
don’t plan on making another 25 list this year because we are already expecting
so much change I’m ready to ride the wave!
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