Update on Summer Bucket List Status

1. Go to Las Vegas!  (date set! :-) Reservations made, childcare arranged.... OFF WE GO SOON
2. Organize my craft room Room is cleaned up, and about 3/4 organized--work in progress
3.  Plant a small herb/flower garden to hang off my deck Ughh, this has stalled
4. Take the kids to the beach for the day
5. Take the kids to the Children's Museum (Lauren had been begging for a year!)
6. Partake in the "free movie days" at the local theater
7. Lose, at least, 20 lbs
8. Spend 1 full week at my Mom's Lake House with kids
9. Secure a new babysitter and make a regularly-planned date nights with my husband
10. Let my kids grow their hair out, even if the long-shaggy look bugs the crud out of me Still holding strong---and it is driving me NUTS
11. Organize the garage for my husband, so he can do his beloved wood working YUP!   DID IT
12. Learn how to use my sewing machine in above stated "newly organized" craft room
13. Go to the zoo with the kids and not be annoyed because I do not like the zoo
14. Pay off all of our credit card debt (which should be done by July!! :-))  SO CLOSE!  1 payment left
15. Obstain from buying my kids anymore summer clothes--and instead just do more laundry Doing really well with this
16. Teach my older kids to ride bikes
17. Sign them up for at least 2 extra curricular activities this summer
18. Go one full week without any drive thru/fast food Surely did.  Myself, Lauren, Julia all went a week without.  It was easier than I anticipated.
19. Talk my husband into allowing the kids to have a trampoline
20. Enjoy a weird/special show or fair  (one time we went to a tractor show.. it was fun!)
21. Go Berry picking and make our seasonal jam
22. Get my husband a new grill so he can cook at least 3 nights a week ;-) He got a beautiful new grill for Father's Day, and has been expertly cooking!
23. Make a dream board to hang in my bathroom to view everyday
24. Go on a bug hunt with my kids
25. Get our deck painted (our house if I feel ambitious!)
26. Family day to the Amusement Park that is not too far from us
27. Take my loud kids to the library
28. Completely break my baby of watching Barney! :-) I had her completely broken---no shows for at least 2 months--and then my husband broke down and let her watch it.  *sigh... I yelled at him "You screwed up my bucket list :-)"  But other than maybe 2 random viewings, she is broken.
29. Get my kids an amphibean (frog/lizard/etc)
30. One day without TV/phone/computer/Facebook/Blogging/Email.......
31. Organize and use my label maker to clean out and label my kitchen cabinets I did about 1/2 thus far and still in progress