2012 goals and bucket list update – May

I know this is a bit late…I had this post written to go up at the end of May but some stuff came up and then I was at camp, so here I am, halfway through June, finally posting my update for May.

(old updates: January, February, March, and April)

2012 goals:

read through the entire Bible – New Testament: check. Old Testament: chugging through Deuteronomy right now.
get my healthy lifestyle back, specifically to lose the 20-25 pounds I’ve gained since getting married. – All progress that had been made has now been reversed and I’m back to square one. I have big plans to tackle that once I get back from church camp, though.

2012 bucket list:

make an apple pie from scratch
~~take cake decorating classes~~ – I took the Wilton Cake Decorating Course 1 classes in March (see here, here, here, and here) and took Course 2 in April (here, here, here, and here).
learn how to make Mom’s homemade Christmas cookies
make 72 hour emergency kits for our home and cars
make my own laundry detergent
~~bake a loaf of homemade bread~~ – Done! I made some Amish friendship bread this month.
make a quilt – Working on it! See January, February, March, April, and May
grow something – Well, our little container garden has been planted. Hopefully something will actually grow!
can pickles
~~take some sort of vacation~~ – Chicago!
get at least one scrapbook done for my in-law’s
???start an Etsy shop???

Other notable things:

We sold our house!!! We closed on it right before we left for Chicago. What a relief! We’re now starting the house-hunting process…much more exciting the house-selling process.
I graduated with my masters in library media education. And we had a graduation party.
We went to Gatlinburg for work (for Michael) and Chicago for fun.
I finished working as a graduate assistant at Western and started the job application process for next year.
My women’s Bible study wrapped up for the year.
We celebrated three wonderful years of marriage.