Commitments: 2011

Keep God First!

1. Establish an individual Bible Study (http://www.torahclass.com/old-testament-studies) (ACCOMPLISHED 1/1/11)
2. Establish a Family Bible Study
3. Establish both an individual and family prayer time
4. Be more consistent in praying with Sasha after her bedtime story.

Eat Fresh and Be Active!

1. Sign up for Carolina Grown service (distributor of local organic and/or sustainable agriculture products). (ACCOMPLISHED 1/1/11)
2. Keep up with stretching- work up to full splits (twice a day, six days a week)
3. Get back into walking/sprinting/etc.
4. Get back to my breathing exercises to manage stress (twice a day or as needed)
5. Look into backyard greenhouses
6. Look into indoor dwarf fruit trees (cherries, bananas, oranges) (http://www.directgardening.com/detail.asp?ProductID=1289&nav=hps, http://www.directgardening.com/detail.asp?ProductID=6202, http://www.directgardening.com/detail.asp?ProductID=1115)

Buy Less, Throw out more, and Organize What we Keep!

1. Purchase all food and discretionary spending items with cash
2. Check the Coupon Game website (for all our supplemental grocery spending) (Check on coupons for organic and other healthy foods http://frugalliving.about.com/od/foodsavings/tp/Organic_Coupons.htm Remember the Dirty Dozen: peaches, apples, sweet bell peppers, celery, nectarines, strawberries, cherries, lettuce, imported grapes, pears, spinach, potatoes. THESE MUST be purchased as organics.
3. Begin a program of house cleaning that goes room-by-room, closet-by-closet.
4. When completed with above, begin to renovate each room of the house (2-3 months per room).
5. Obtain a second trash can from the trash company for backyard trash and excess trash from house cleaning and small renovations. (ACCOMPLISHED 1/1/11).

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