Here is what was left from the original list, if you need a memory jog:
4. Visit parents
5. Build vegetable boxes
8. Plant flowers
9. Get patio set so that we can eat dinner outside on nice nights
10. Build sandbox for Milo and pals
11. Go down a dress size
12. Do yoga at least three times a week
13. Sign up for charity work
14. Donate dead car to charity
15. Make five year career goals with micro-goals to work on now
16. Don’t say anything negative about anyone for at least one full week: friend, family, acquaintance, celebrity, no one. Then try to increase that to a month.
17. Go to the hot baths with the ladies
18. Take Milo to the coast for the day
19. Have a family picnic at the Arboretum before magnolia season is over
20. Go on hikes at least twice a month before it gets too hot
21. Bake for friends
22. Host a dinner party
23. Try a vegetable, plant, or spice I’ve never tried before
24. Perfect a Thai drunken noodle recipe
25. Cook Matthew a meal of all his favorite foods
26. Paint the kitchen nook
27. Touch up the border of our bedroom
28. Paint and assemble our headboard
29. Sew bedroom curtains
30. Figure out clothing storage solution that will work
31. Put up up blackout blinds in Milo’s bedroom for naps
32. Edit and upload a few of our videos that are sitting on the hard drive
Since then, I have crossed off:
8. Plant flowers
29. Sew bedroom curtains
30. Figure out clothing storage solution that will work
And my personal favorite:
17. Go to the hot baths with the ladies
My legs and feet in a bathtub at Bagby Hot Springs, taken by Katie Marggraf
We’re going to Texas in two weeks to visit my family and have a small wedding celebration there, and I’m really looking forward to it. What I’m not looking forward to is plane travel with a 2-year-old. Twice. Milo is an easygoing and adaptable kid, but when I think of how grumpy airports make otherwise rational adults, I can only imagine what it will be like for him. If you have any tips, please feel free to send them my way.
my boss once told me that a good trick is to give him a bottle or something to suck on (maybe a lollipop would work) during takeoff and landing; it helps relieve ear pressure so that he doesn’t get that awful stopped up ear thing. good luck!
:D I think I need a 32 before 32! Although it’s only 7 months away… I think I could knock quite a few out over the summer.
I fly with Henry (and now zelda!) quite frequently. Over time I have learned the key ingredients to a happy/healthy flight:
1)pack as light as possible. you don’t need half the things you need you do.
2)hand sanitizer
2)snacks (lollipops are a great idea. they do help with the ear popping)
3)different toy/activity (it can be as simple as something that has been in a closet or buried at the bottom of the toy bin)
4)as a last resort, something to watch a show on (a computer or magic phone)
feel free to message me with any questions. i have probably done this 12 times.
dang, I want to go to hot baths!!
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