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Round Seven // August 2020 – July 2021
CURRENT TOTAL: 41/100
1. Complete Baby Step #3: save six months of expenses in savings
2. Refinance the mortgage (September 2020)
3.Pay one extra payment on the mortgage (thanks to the stimulus check! January 2021)
4. Make homemade Greek yogurt
5. Learn how to make pickles
6. Make cinnamon rolls from scratch
7. Make a cookie cake
8.Make a new flavor of homemade ice cream (June 2021)
9. Make homemade vanilla extract
10. Bake a two-layer cake
11. Make and can tomato sauce
12.Invest in half a cow (May 2021)
13. Learn how to make a homemade caramel macchiato
14. Sew cloth napkins
15. Sew a piece of clothing
16. Learn how to darn a sock
17. Set up a clothesline
18. Make my own laundry detergent
19.Expand the garden (April 2021)
20. Grow herbs
21.Plant flowers along the outside perimeter of the garden (May 2021)
22.Finish painting the garden fence (March 2021)
23.Build a wood shed (bought a steel rack instead, December 2020)
24.Build a chicken coop (we bought the coop, but built the moveable tractors, January 2021)
25.Get chickens (March 2021)
1. Complete Baby Step #3: save six months of expenses in savings
2. Refinance the mortgage (September 2020)
3.
4. Make homemade Greek yogurt
5. Learn how to make pickles
6. Make cinnamon rolls from scratch
7. Make a cookie cake
8.
9. Make homemade vanilla extract
10. Bake a two-layer cake
11. Make and can tomato sauce
12.
13. Learn how to make a homemade caramel macchiato
14. Sew cloth napkins
15. Sew a piece of clothing
16. Learn how to darn a sock
17. Set up a clothesline
18. Make my own laundry detergent
19.
20. Grow herbs
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26. Build a pig shelter
27. Raise pigs for meat
28.Add more apple trees to our orchard (March 2021)
29.Add a nut tree (March 2021)
30. Buy a citrus tree to keep inside (August 2020)
31. Learn how to crochet
32. Learn block printing
33. Finish the scrap quilt
34. Finish the princess cross-stitch pillow
35. Finish the flower garden quilt
36.Finally finish my “winter” cross-stitch (January 2021)
37. Complete a new embroidery project
38. Make citronella candles
39.Finish the 1000 Item Declutter Challenge (January 2021)
40. Buy a new couch (November 2020)
41. Decide what to do with the first floor textured walls
42. Paint Sophia’s room
43. Replace the tile in Sophie’s bathroom (August 2020)
44. Hang the dining room chandelier (October 2020)
45.Grow paperwhites indoors (November 2020)
46. Purchase new electric candles to put in the windows for Advent and Christmas (October 2020)
47. Choose a new piece of art for our 15th anniversary present to each other (October 2020)
48. Make sure every bedroom has its own crucifix
49. Buy outdoor lanterns
50. Make a firepit (October 2020)
51. Finish painting the second floor shutters
52.Fix the basement drywall (March 2021)
53. Buy a snake plant for the master bedroom (chose a “Dumb Cane” instead, August 2020)
54. Plant lavender under my bedroom windows
55. Install more shelving in the laundry room
56. Buy a master bedroom headboard
57. Get Lucy a new dog bed (August 2020)
58. Whitewash the fireplace
59. Sew a slipcover for the living room chair
60.Add another bookcase to the school room (purchased in June 2021)
61.Finally finish the Bible reading plan (January 2021)
62. Get to 50% on my 20th Century Reading Challenge
63. Read Don Quixote
64. Read The Pilgrim’s Progress
65. Read another book from Agatha Christie
66.Read another book from Wendell Berry (June 2021)
67. Get Goodreads TBR to under 375 (September 2020)
68. Say five different novenas
69. Celebrate the kids’ feast days with special dinners (5/6)
70. Pray a 54-day novena (October 2020)
71. Read the Catechism of Saint Pius X
72. Learn about a new Marian apparition
73. Print pictures of all of the kids and make photo books
74. Hang a few family photos on the walls (framed a bunch of photos on my dresser instead, November 2020)
75. Make another Extraordinary Ordinary video (October 2020)
76. Make a “1 Second Everyday” video to share on the blog
77. Find a new dentist
78. Invest in a new pair of winter pajamas (received as a birthday gift, October 2020)
79. Buy myself a pair of snow pants (secondhand for $9!, August 2020)
80. Invest in a new pair of spring/summer pajamas
81. Buy new slippers (received as a birthday gift, October 2020)
82. Go to the eye doctor (September 2020)
83. Order new glasses (September 2020)
84. Find simple stud earrings
85. Invest in a high-quality linen dress
86. Read Around the Year with the Von Trapp Family (in progress…)
87. Send someone flowers, just because
88.Send Christmas cards (December 2020)
89. Donate to our local volunteer fire department (October 2020)
90.Donate to the food bank (December 2020)
91. Donate to a semi-local veteran retreat center
92. Sell the remaining inventory from my little Poshmark business and officially close
93. Participate in Project Feeder Watch
94. Thank the mailman
95. Thank the workers at the dump
96. Finish my self-defense DVD course
97. Get a haircut
98. Help place Christmas wreaths on veterans’ graves at the cemetery
99. Take the kids to the beach
100.Use Amazon as little as possible (April 2021 – we cancelled our Prime subscription!)
27. Raise pigs for meat
28.
29.
30. Buy a citrus tree to keep inside (August 2020)
31. Learn how to crochet
32. Learn block printing
33. Finish the scrap quilt
34. Finish the princess cross-stitch pillow
35. Finish the flower garden quilt
36.
37. Complete a new embroidery project
38. Make citronella candles
39.
40. Buy a new couch (November 2020)
41. Decide what to do with the first floor textured walls
42. Paint Sophia’s room
43. Replace the tile in Sophie’s bathroom (August 2020)
44. Hang the dining room chandelier (October 2020)
45.
46. Purchase new electric candles to put in the windows for Advent and Christmas (October 2020)
47. Choose a new piece of art for our 15th anniversary present to each other (October 2020)
48. Make sure every bedroom has its own crucifix
49. Buy outdoor lanterns
50. Make a firepit (October 2020)
51. Finish painting the second floor shutters
52.
53. Buy a snake plant for the master bedroom (chose a “Dumb Cane” instead, August 2020)
54. Plant lavender under my bedroom windows
55. Install more shelving in the laundry room
56. Buy a master bedroom headboard
57. Get Lucy a new dog bed (August 2020)
58. Whitewash the fireplace
59. Sew a slipcover for the living room chair
60.
61.
62. Get to 50% on my 20th Century Reading Challenge
63. Read Don Quixote
64. Read The Pilgrim’s Progress
65. Read another book from Agatha Christie
66.
67. Get Goodreads TBR to under 375 (September 2020)
68. Say five different novenas
69. Celebrate the kids’ feast days with special dinners (5/6)
70. Pray a 54-day novena (October 2020)
71. Read the Catechism of Saint Pius X
72. Learn about a new Marian apparition
73. Print pictures of all of the kids and make photo books
74. Hang a few family photos on the walls (framed a bunch of photos on my dresser instead, November 2020)
75. Make another Extraordinary Ordinary video (October 2020)
76. Make a “1 Second Everyday” video to share on the blog
77. Find a new dentist
78. Invest in a new pair of winter pajamas (received as a birthday gift, October 2020)
79. Buy myself a pair of snow pants (secondhand for $9!, August 2020)
80. Invest in a new pair of spring/summer pajamas
81. Buy new slippers (received as a birthday gift, October 2020)
82. Go to the eye doctor (September 2020)
83. Order new glasses (September 2020)
84. Find simple stud earrings
85. Invest in a high-quality linen dress
86. Read Around the Year with the Von Trapp Family (in progress…)
87. Send someone flowers, just because
88.
89. Donate to our local volunteer fire department (October 2020)
90.
91. Donate to a semi-local veteran retreat center
92. Sell the remaining inventory from my little Poshmark business and officially close
93. Participate in Project Feeder Watch
94. Thank the mailman
95. Thank the workers at the dump
96. Finish my self-defense DVD course
97. Get a haircut
98. Help place Christmas wreaths on veterans’ graves at the cemetery
99. Take the kids to the beach
100.