How the heck we are already in 2019 I will never understand… but nevertheless a new year means a new list… and I think it is going to be fun.

I feel like… well I am hoping 2019 is going to be a year of home and family, where we get to do things together and make the most of our family time.  A year for good health (minus all the childcare bugs we are bound to pick up), activities and learning.  I am not sure if we will be able to cross everything off the list, but we will give it a good crack.

We are up to list number 11 this year… pretty nuts ey? So if you are new here… firstly welcome… but you might want to check out some of the old lists here: 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 & 2018).  What can you expect from this year’s list?  Well like normal… some self improvement tasks (physical, spiritual and mental), some fun tasks, some things I just have to do and some more baby friendly things… because mum life is now in full swing.

Seeing as Isaac did so well on his list this year he gets another one too, it has been fun to document some of his milestones through here… and I really hope to do a better job of it this year, because really that’s a long standing goal… be better at blogging interesting things more consistently.   Anyway, enough chat… here are the lists….

My list:

1. Watch a Disney Movie I haven’t seen for a while with Isaac
2. Re-learn how to do a rubix cube
3. Bring back date days and go on at least 6 dates
4. Visit all three Melbourne Zoos
5. Go overseas
6. Have a weekend away
7. Work as a teacher
8. Use my sewing machine
9. Do my 50th parkrun
10. Use our museum membership
11. Run most of a half marathon
12. Finish Isaac’s quiet book
13. Let things heal
14. Don’t snooze – just get up
15. Plan at night
16. Go camping
17. Walk Dex regularly
18. Plan our grocery shopping and meals at the same time – preferably weekly
19. Cook dinner regularly
20. Moisturise regularly
21. Finish the scrap books
22. Consistently exercise at least once a week
23. Keeps my useless phone time under control
24. Go to a wedding
25. Read 7 books
26. Go to the footy
27. Make some playdoh
28. Bake meringues
29. Finish watching Deep Space Nine
30. Swim some laps
31. Write at least 15 blogs.
32. Make a gingerbread house from scratch
33. Be ok with Isaac going to childcare
34. Give Dr Who a go
35. Eat 5 new foods
36. Go barefoot on sand, grass, carpet, tiles and concrete and talk about how it feels with Isaac
37. Read a book to Isaac everyday
38. Try 3 new restaurants
39. Buy an item of clothing that you really love but isn’t like anything you’d usually wear!
40. Memorize a chapter of the bible
41. Take Isaac & Dexter to the dog beach.
42. Visit three new playgrounds!
43. 5 new cafes with 5 new people
44. Volunteer at parkrun
45. Do some trivia
46. Find the dragons nest in kallista
47. Be deliberate about filling the house will lovely things
48. Investigate our options
49. Fill out Isaac’s baby book
50. Go for a walk with my bestie
51. Plant and grow some veggies
52. Update the photo wall
53. Go swimming with Isaac
54. Take a picture everyday
55. Turn off my social media for a week
56. Lights out by midnight
57. Finish Isaac’s logs and decide what to do with them
58. Wear a non-black t-shirt outfit at least once a week
59. Update our budget
60. Keep getting closer
61. Wash my car at least 3 times
62. Sort out the photo storage and keep it up to date
63. Keep my desk at home clean
64. Scan the photos in
65. Finally finish the bible plan I started 2 years ago… it’s getting embarrassing
66. Have another brunch date with Isaac
67. Have a brunch with Dave… without Isaac
68. Have brunch by myself
69. Work out what I am allergic to
70. Get a haircut
71. Go berry picking
72. Get my steps average up to 10000 per day.
73. Cross at least two things off the list each month
74. Use my gratitude diary and Isaac’s highlights book
75. Play a board game/card game
76. Make an iTunes playlist for each season
77. Have high tea
78. Get a massage
79. Have a cup of tea at robinsons bookstore
80. Learn a new skill
81. Have a picnic
82. Go on a family bike ride
83. Get a tea advent calendar
84. Learn about 3 new Australian birds
85. Add a quick 10 minute clean to your night routine
86. Give something in our house a makeover
87. Try meatless Monday
88. Work on my feet
89. Have a no spend day once a month
90. Find another way to save a little bit of the planet
91. Call my grandparents regularly
92. Turn on music instead of the TV
93. Boil some eggs
94. Try one of those meal prep provider companies like hello fresh
95. Make some banana bread
96. Go to the movies
97. Make the most of our weekends
98. Read for 10 minutes a day
99. Do my devotions at least 5 times a week
100. Listen to at least one audiobook

Isaac’s List:

1. Learn to walk
2. Learn at least 5new words
3. Go on the little trains in Eltham
4. Go swimming
5. Be in a wedding
6. Play outside
7. Cuddle all of my grandparents (including my great grandparents)
8. Build a sandcastle
9. Go to the park
10. Finger paint
11. Do a puzzle
12. Go to the library
13. Play with some bubbles
14. Do a fun run / walk
15. Go to childcare
16. Learn to climb
17. Go down the slide by myself
18. Have a big boy bath
19. Pat some new animals
20. Go to a new zoo
21. Go to the museum
22. Learn the actions to a song
23. Play with my Mother’s group friends
24. Sort some shapes
25. Play with some blocks

Ok… there they are… 2 new glorious lists… let us know if you want to cross anything off with us.