from the desk of tara hope…

One of my friends, Katherine, who writes a lovely blog called Days of Serendipity put out a little challenge to get organized for Spring, so I decided to take her up on it! Here is my list of things I would like to accomplish in March, to get a head start on a little spring cleaning.

1. Spitshine the apartment once a week(swiffer and such)
2. Join a gym and sign up for dance classes
3. Force someone(if necessary) to fix the leak in our bedroom so we can FINALLY put it all together
4. Try a new recipe once a week
5. Make something (arts and crafts!)
6. Get more organized in sending birthday cards
7. Find out about planting something on our patio…Ive never planted anything before, but the former tenants left lots of nice planters for us
8. Read one book a week…use the library more now that its open!
9. Volunteer somewhere.
10. Figure out how I want to style our mantle. Seasonally?
11. Take Roxie to the dog park and try to get her to stop being a bully
12. Finish the photobooks from past trips I owe my Mom
13. Get candles for the fireplace to create some ambience
14. Find a church to go to here in the city
15. Back up all my pictures that need to be backed up
16. Finish our emergency kit (you know…in case we end up like Denzel in the Book of Eli)
17. Keep in touch with our Grandparents
18. Create a filing system
19. Go on a date with Matt twice a month
20. Attempt baking.

I like Katherines idea of taking pictures as you complete a task…I might have to try that, too. Lots to do this month, and I am excited about getting organized before the sun is here every day tempting us to come play outside all the time 🙂

photo via flickr