#82. Renew Library Card - Completed

Library card is renewed and since waiting until June to buy a new book, I've done good and have only bought 2. Linger and the Death Cure. So excited for both but I'm stuck on another book right now that is killing reading for me.

It's good, but not good enough that I cancel social plans.

I might have to put it aside and finish my new ones.

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#34. Collect a Current Address List of Friends and Family - Completed

When I first started asking for addresses my Grandma thought it was because I was sending engagement notices. So that was awkward.

Mostly I just wanted addresses to be able to send Christmas cards but now that we've moved and are thinking about having a house warming party, I'm seriously considering sending out these as the invitations.

I think I need to determine the guest list beforehand though because a simple "Facebook Event" might be the more affordable route.

But the postcards are so cute.

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#86. Final Veneer - Completed

My face is still half frozen which makes it really hard to drink water and not have it fall out of my mouth onto my lap.

Growing up I was always very self concious about my teeth so when I was 23 and finally saved up some money, I started major dental work.

In the last 3 years I've had:

Braces
1 bridge (3 teeth)
5 veneers
1 costly dental bill

I still rarely smile in pictures, I'm not sure if I'll ever truly get over that conciousness but in person I have serious laugh lines and I've stopped covering my mouth when I smile. But, true to form, here was my "5 more minutes would have been amazing" morning picture. 

Whatev.

#35. Go Through and Backup Pictures on My Laptop - Completed

Luckily I had done the hard part of this a few months ago and gone through all the pictures on my computer to sort out what I wanted to keep.

The tricky part was realizing I had no idea where my flashdrive was until I unpacked my purses and found both of them in there?

Finally the easy part was dragging and dropping them into the folder.

Easy peasy. 10 Years of pictures saved.

#91. Don't Buy A New Book Before June - Completed

I almost caved. Twice.

Once right at the beginning and once at the very end. I went from spending a couple hundred in Chapters to trying to avoid it. It was hard.

But I made it!!

And now I've learned a valuable lesson in this goal, library books are just as good and I saved so many dollars. I now only want to buy the books in a series I love or will read again and again.

So, first on the list is:

A friend recommended this series to me and I can't put the books down once I start reading. Can't wait.

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#89. Read 115 Books - In Progress

May was such a busy month with moving and everything that reading sort of fell onto the back burner. But I managed to get a couple books (4) read.

I really enjoyed this book. So much more background went into this as opposed to Shiver (which was also great). I so happy Gansey will be in the next book because I wasn't ready for that to stop. Only a few more months to wait!

Did I mention the other 3 books were children's books? I enjoyed this one much more than I Want My Hat Back. Maybe because it was round 2 or maybe because it was a fish. I can't decide but this is a good one.

I'm hoping to get back on the reading wagon soon because I'm five books behind now. Ouch.

#71. Outfit the Garage with Storage - Completed

I was planning to use our $100 gift card to Home Depot for some shelving for the garage but after we moved in and the two closets from the showhome presentation center were left behind we realized we really didn't need anymore storage.

I love having the closets and being able to hide all of the stuff on the shelves just by closing the door. We've moved things around a little bit since this picture and it's completely full (making our garage unpacking seem less daunting) but it's holding the following:

• Christmas Tree
• Christmas decor
• Camping supplies
• Cooler
• Childhood toys (Spice Girl Dolls)
• Car parts
• Welding tools
• General tools
• Etc.
• Etc.

Closets in garages should be standard. We also have a smaller closet right next to it housing all of our fitness and sport gear. It's really wonderful.