Today will either be the best or the worst day of my life. Holly gave AJ an ultimatum. He either proposes by New Year’s or they break up. Now, if she’s engaged, I’m gonna go crazy and I’m gonna start attacking people. If she’s not engaged, in all honesty, I may just burn this whole place to the ground out of happiness. -Michael

with Impulsive Addict and Seriously Shawn

Happy New Year! I am thrilled that it is 2013. I’m so optimistic and excited for what’s in store for us this year.

Like every year, it looks like I didn’t get every single thing done on my to do list. But I was pretty proud of all that we accomplished. Hopefully this year we can be just as productive!

2013 Goals/To Do List: 

1. Decide on a name for Piglet
2. Pay off new upstairs windows
3. Save up for new downstairs windows (Need roughly $4500)
4. Pay off at least one of our student loans, pay down Jeep
5. Start 529 college savings fund for Piglet
6. Roll over old 401K to IRA-been meaning to do this for years now
7. Write our wills
8. Get certified in infant CPR
9. Take prenatal classes, including birth and nursing classes at Kaiser
10. Organize garage-install pegboard and built in shelving storage
11. Replace kitchen lighting with recessed lighting
12. Buy hallway light fixture.
13. Buy ceiling fan in the master bedroom.
14. Buy new dining room and front entry light fixtures.
15. Save up for an electrician to come install all of these fancy light fixtures.
16. Install a custom closet organizer.
17. Buy sideboard for dining room using Amazon coupons
18. Take maternity pictures with Match
19. Make DIY invitations for Piglet’s baby shower
20. Make and send Thank You cards for shower
21. Finish nursery decor by no later than April
22. Take family photos when Piglet arrives
23. Send out Piglet’s birth announcements
24. Take Piglet camping
25. Do something fun for our 3rd wedding anniversary
26. Do something special for my 30th birthday
27. Come up with family Halloween costumes, hopefully DIY
28. Take Piglet to the pumpkin patch
29. Send out our first family Christmas cards
30. Make Piglet a baby book and keep track of milestones
31. Take Piglet to the Christmas tree farm
32. Take our first trip to Oregon as a family of 3
33. Have a date night at least once a month with Match, hopefully more frequently
34. Lose baby weight and get in pre-baby shape by the end of the year.
35. Go back to the gym-should help with above goal
36. Take Piglet to at least one Mommy & me class
37. Keep up with blogging even after Piglet gets here (Goal is at least 1 time a week check in)
38. Meet a blog friend in real life
39. Plant a garden
40. Have outside of house painted
41. Re-stain deck
42. Buy the rest of our patio furniture with Amazon coupons
43. Buy a digital SLR to capture all of Piglet’s antics
44. Start writing a book