Thursday, June 28, 2018

Five Things I Would Like to Do By the End of the Year

Planning out the rest of the year, there are several things I would like to do in the upcoming months:

  1. Visit all of the Nevada State parks.  There are 26 parks spread throughout the state (it is a BIG state to drive through though) and if we visit all of the parks and get our parks "passport" stamped, we will get a free annual park pass for next year.
  2. Participate in the Historical Romance Retreat.  I love historical romance books and I love history in general and I have heard about this retreat and this fall the event happens to take place only a couple hours away from where I live so this is totally do-able.
  3. Participate in the Freedom Walk Fest.  This walking event takes place every fall in Washington DC and is a pretty big deal for the national walking club that I belong to.  If we do any traveling this year it will be to join in this walking festival.
  4. Pay off my credit card and car.  This was on my goal list for this year and while I am making a pretty big dent in my remaining debt, it will be quite a stretch to accomplish this but I am still hopeful it will happen.
  5. Plan something BIG for hubby's 70th birthday which will take place in early February.  I would love to put together another family reunion cruise for this momentous birthday but I would have to pay for it (five kids, 13 grandkids, 3 great grand kids).  Needless to say, it would be expensive.  A friend suggested just renting a huge house on Air BnB and hosting everyone that way which would be less expensive but more work (to coordinate the food, activities and cleaning which is all taken care of when you do a cruise).  I'll have to give more thought to this...

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  1. The state park goal is a terrific one. There is so much wonder in iur backyards. Good luck.

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    1. Many states have similar programs and some have way more parks (WA state has over 100!).

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  2. Renting a house would be a great idea, maybe you could hire a cleaner and get catering, still way cheaper than a cruise

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    1. It never dawned on me to rent a local place so that we may definitely do (there are lots of huge houses here on AirBnB). Great idea about hiring out cleaning and catering!

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  3. If at your ages you still have a mortgage and credit card and car debt why on earth would you even think about paying for a cruise for 21 people!?!? There has got to be a cheaper way to commemorate Hubby's big birthday especially since so much around Vegas is cheap or free.
    How about the Air BnB rental and sent a long list of activities(free stuff)to do/see near you and have the group pick out what to see/do? Ask Hubby what he's rather do/see(besides play poker lol). You should be able to do a family thing without breaking the bank/taking on more debt.
    Just MHO here......

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    1. Excellent point--the amount we would spend on the cruise would definitely go a long way towards paying off the house! I'll definitely keep that in mind :)

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