October 101 Update

Another month, another update.  Honestly,  I have done absolutely nothing on this list.  All I can really do right now is look at the items and see which ones I will realistically never accomplish by the mid January date.  Being in the north means that the weather will not permit certain things in winter, and being a large family on a dairy means that trips we once dreamed about taking are not an option anymore.   Not right now anyway.   Maybe someday in the future.   And so, this month's list is going to look quite different from my normal.   It might look like I am giving up, but no.  We are just dealing with a lot in our family right now.  A lot.  I am trying to keep things going,  trying to keep things normal,  but things really don't look normal in our house currently,  and that is ok.

Anyway, here we go.

 9. Take a family vacation

This will not happen.  We still have not received birth certificates.   It is rather frustrating,  but we need new passports as well.  And we literally have not left the country since 2017.  Leaving home for anything more than 2 or 3 days is not something we can do right now.

10. Visit Nintendo-land

See above.  It cannot happen in the next 3 months. 

55. Get back to pre-pregnancy weight

I suppose I could reach my previous weight from before I had my baby in 2021.  I'm actually quite close.  We will see.  I do think it is a bit unreasonable to expect to get back to what I was before my first baby, however. 

56. Bring down waist to under 30 inches

Another one I didn't expect to see happen, but with the work the chiropractor is doing with me, it could.   I am trying to slowly fix my muscle separation.

69.  Fence around part of yard

We had something we needed to do before the fence for the farm, and started trying to get someone to work with us on it back in April already,  but they were too busy to come down to even look until this last week.  So, this cannot happen now until spring.   Is it going to happen yet?  Yes.  But again, it's winter.

75. Visit Little House on the Prairie museum

Can't do this as it is across the border.

76. Visit Mt Rushmore

Same with this.  We started planning a trip and everything.  The cost is astounding with our family size.

81. Learn about tanning hides (started here). Perhaps try it when we have a cow butchered

I learned,  yes.  I suppose I can check this one, although I sadly never got to try.  The last cow we butchered was early spring and not ideal weather to try this with.  Next cow to be butchered isn't until dead of winter.  I can't tan the hide then.

96. Build a greenhouse OR a summer kitchen

I did start on this a bit.  Can't finish now until next summer.

98. Ride a hot air balloon

Not happening.  I love the idea, but I really don't want to do this anymore.   I still love hot air balloons, though.  From afar.

99. Do a ‘trash the dress’ photo session with other girls

I don't see this ever happening. 

So, eight I cannot complete.  I had 77 done before.  Add on that I learned tanning hides in spring so that's 78.  78 done, eight I cannot do, 15 remaining.  2.5 months left, or 73 days. So I need to do one every 4-5 days to finish the rest.