Friday, October 25, 2013

Summer Manifesto -- How'd I do?


Remember the Summer Manifesto? Since it's now Fall, I thought I should recap and see what I actually accomplished.

What did I do this summer?
.Spend daily time with God I tried, but for sure there were days I failed at this
.Be more active outdoors Hiked the 9+miles around Lake Chabot for the first time in my life, does that count?
.Go to the Alameda County fair We ended up making it to the fair twice! Thanks to finding free tickets online
.Write a speech for my sister's wedding Yes! I did it, and I made the speech too feeling less nervous than I thought I'd be
.Decide if we want to do any work on the house After some debating and thinking, we've settled on finishing off our garage and adding shelving. Hopefully this will happen before the end of the year.
.Go fishing FAILED, utterly failed at this. I think we fished all of once this year.
.Find a rug This we did do, found us an affordable rug with a pop of color that we can change out if we get tired of it.
.Try at least 3 new recipes (without modifying) meh, probably didn't do this one so well, i took a brief hiatus from cooking after getting preggers
.Clean out closet & donate clothes Got through some of this, but not everything
.Take care of our fruit trees Yes! Trimmed our apple, orange, and lemon trees. Even getting fruits on the lime this year!

Now we're reaching the end of the year. Can you believe it's almost November?