30 New Healthy Habits this Year

I decided this past year to add 30 new healthy habits to my life. As I came up with new ideas I would jot them down in my 30 year journal.

Here's what I came up with.

1. Washing Face daily with Organic Face wash system
2. Discipline to morning bible/prayer time at 6am daily
3. One night a week is family night: homemade pizza, homemade popcorn, and watching a movie in the living room with lots of pillows & blankets
4. Sunday nights being "my night" to do spa stuff: face masks etc
5. Went to Natural Skin Care Class at Everman - Jan 14
6. Cleaned every crevis of my home
7. Went Vegetarian - April 7th
8. Started Juicing - April 22
9. Went to a seminar on Fair Trade - April 29
10. Created a Raised Veggie Garden - May 28
11. Turned the front garden into a veggie garden - May 10
12. Picked blueberries 3x this summer
13. Planted tomatoes, cucumbers in raised vegetable garden - July
14. Blogged about all my adventures
15. Planted tops of my pinnapples
16. Started growing veggies by seeds
17. Juan created another veggie garden
18. Led a 6 week mom's group on greener living
19. Teaching green cleaning at  a seminar at brownsville - Sept
20. Make laundry detergent for my family monthly
21. Make our dishwashing detergent for our family
22. Only buy organic meats & dairy for our home
23. Saw the eye dr and had an eye analysis done
24. Made tomato sauce from scratch
25. Devotions with Charlotte every morning
26. planted a lemon tree
27. refurbished the baby crib to make a bench
28. Enjoy a cup of green tea each night with honey before bed
29. 3 day juice/liquid fast
30. ____________________

I'm sure there will be more adventures up until November 16, but after re-reading this list I'm blown away at all we've accomplished this year. 

30 Dates in a year

Before my husband I had children we had these preconceived ideas that when we became parents we would still lead the same lives we did before kids. We figured we'd go on dates every week, we'd still go to Paris (like we promised each other we would before we had children).  We figured nothing was going to change....my how we were wrong.

Going out without the kiddos is a lot harder than we thought. When the kiddos were first born we discovered they have so many needs only a mom can fulfill. At age 2 1/2 they're able to tell you all their needs, or what has gone on with the babysitter while you're gone, so it gives me a bit more peace of mind then. Our children turned 5 and 2 this year, so we were hoping to get out of the house more, and spend some time without the sippy cups, diaper bags, wipes, extra outfits and all the other things you have to take with you to help with a little one.

So when I made my 30th journal full of big dreams for the year, I decided to see if Juan & I could actually go on 30 dates!  On Friday September 28th 2012 we actually went on our 30th date! It's not even November 16 and we made the goal!

1. Nov 16 - Birthday Date to PF Changs, shopping and then Portifino
2. Nov 17 - Movie Date
3. Dec 12 - Lunch at Olive Garden Olive Garden $25 Gift Card - Corporate Gifts (Google Affiliate Ad)
4. Dec 26 - Movie & shopping
5. Dec 29 - Anniversary Dinner
6. Jan 17 - Shopping & lunch at Chili's Chili's $25 Gift Card - Food Gift Cards (Google Affiliate Ad)
7. Feb 14 - Dinner & Fireworks at Polynesian at Disney World
8. March 8 - Parasailing
9. March 8 - Double date with friends
10. April 18 - Starbucks & movie date
11. April 27 - Jordan Valley Restaurant, shopping, Starbucks and cruising through the VW dealership
12. May 21 - Movie, TJMaxx and going grocery shopping (big treat to do without kiddos)
13. May 25 - dinner
14. June 4 - Movie date
15. June 11 - lunch at olive garden
16. June 29 - Caraba's coffee & shopping
17. July 9 - Movie Date
18. July 27 - Movie Date
19. August 14 - Lunch on the cruise boat
20. August 15 - Dinner on the Cruise boat
21. Aug 16 - Dinner on the Cruise Boat
22. Aug 17 - Afternoon in Nassau
23. Aug 18 - Dinner on the Cruise Boat
24. Aug 19 - morning date walking around the cruise boat
25. Aug 20 - Bingo & won a free cruise while cruising on the cruise boat
26. Aug 21 - Dinner on the cruise boat
27. Aug 31 - Movie Date
28. Sept 11 - Date Night out
29. Sept  21 - Dinner at Chili's & shopping
30. Sept 28 - Ichiban & Starbucks with friends

It's not even November 16 yet and we've already reached our 30 dates! Of course we go out for dinner all the time, and do fun things as a family but this is just a listing of the times we got away just the two of us. I have to say not only has this been great for our marriage, but for our family. It's so easy to get caught up in the responsibilities of life, that I have to admit that in the past we haven't always put each other first.  We've let the business of life sometimes take over. The dishes need to get done, work, bills, taxes, dinner, living healthier, bathing the kiddos, packing lunch etc. etc. etc. You get the point...
This past year was a great example to us that we can take the time to put each other first. This is definitely going to be something we'll continue to do each year!

30 New Things I wanted to Try this Year

When I turned 30 this year I decided to dream big and make huge lists of adventures I'd love to tackle. Click here to read about that. Things I had never done in my life. Below is the list I compiled November 16, 2011...I'm hoping to complete ALL the items by November 16, 2012. I'm getting close, only over a month left to complete them all.

1. Get a Macbook computer (it's a dream list..why not dream big!  I ended up getting one for my birthday in November 2011)
2. Read 30 Books (I only have 3 more)
3. Try 30 Recipes ( have 6 more recipes to try)
4. Watch 30 Movies (in the theater, or on video. 5 more movies)
5. Go on 30 Dates
6. Add 30 new healthy lifestyle ways
7. Loose x amount of weight ( you didn't think, I was going to tell you how much...did you? :)
8. Stay at Disney's Polyneasian Resort  (february 2012)
9. Go on a Carnival Cruise as a family of 4 (august 2012)
10. Go Parasailing (march 2012)
11. Go Zip lining 
12. My daughter starting Kindergarten (august 2012)
13. Saw a Meteor Shower for the 1st time (Dec 14, 2011)
14. Went to my 1st Quincinera for my neice Yari  (Jan 2012)
15. Went to a natural skin care class at Everman (Jan 2012)
16. Started my healthy living class
17. Went to an Organic Gardening Class at Everman
18. Renovated our laundry room from top to bottom
19. Got a kitchen aid mixer (it's been on my dream list FOREVER! I found mine from Kitchen aid as a refurbished one)
20. Went Vegetarian (April)
21. Started Juicing (April)
22. Went on a Non-Disney Florida Trip to Busch Gardens, sea world, weeki wachy springs (may)
23. Growing Vegetables: cucumbers, tomatoes, melon, green peppers, red peppers, yellow peppers, broccoli, lettuce, key limes and lemons.
24. Growing Veggies by seed for 1st time
25. Making detergent
26. Joined Pinterest
27. got an Iphone 5!
28. Signed up for Birch Box
29. Tried Sushi for the 1st time!
30. ___________

I'm amazed at all the new things I completed in a year. What an adventure it has been. I have a few more items on the list that are not completed...The goal is to have 30 new things completed by November 16th.  I have one more thing I'd like to try this year that's not filled in. Any suggestions?