So I guess this is less like a blog and more like a place to store and update (or not update) my list of 101 things to do in 1001 days. I have to work on that! I have a bunch to update!
#6. run through a fountain
When I imagined this one, I was thinking huge fountain in the middle of Boston or DC, but nonetheless, I ran through the fountain at Disney! There were a few little ones with water squirting up every which direction. The kids loved it and, I have to admit, so did I.
#12 Learn how to dance
I learned a little about how to Salsa when we went to my niece's 21st birthday celebration. We went to a Salsa bar in Boston. It was pretty fun and, while I was there, I had it and could follow the steps. The Wii has rocked my world with little gems like Just Dance and Just Dance 2. I love it! I still have a hard time getting my hands and feet to work together at the same time, but I got some moves. Now all I need is for someone to bust out with one of the songs at a wedding (and add the screen to remind me of the dance steps). Love it!
#16 Photograph Something Breathtaking
While we were in Nantucket this past year, Pete was working all day so I took my time checking out the island. I ran from one end to the other which was freeing and awesome and took a day just walking around taking pictures. I had so much fun. Hours and hours of just taking pictures. I have a bunch that I want to blow up and hang up still (need to get to that), but there were such great landscape there, plants, beaches, parks - it was a magical place. I hope to go back someday. It was just a perfect vacation.
#23 Donate blood
We do a blood drive at school once or twice a year. This year, the drive was to be done right before my half marathon in October, so I wasn't going to be able to do it. Something happened and it was rescheduled to after my race, so I was able to do it! It was funny, the nurse who took my vitals/stats etc told me that I had the highest protein level that she had seen in a woman. I thought that was awesome until my friend told me that that can sometimes indicate kidney problems... lol. I think it was all of those protein bars I was eating.
#26 Get a massage
Now I still want to get a full body massage, but I turned my little almost-6 year old into a great hand massager! She has wicked dry skin on her hands so I got her special cream and put it on her one night last week, she then offered to put lotion on my hands this weekend (after playing Barbie with my hair). She was pretty good - defiantly payable - don't tell her that!
#34 Buy a lottery ticket
Megamillions was up to something crazy like 310 million dollars. I thought it was silly, but Pete and I got $10 worth of tickets. If you really think about all of the stress and hassle comes with winning big money like that - people after you, "friends" who need money, family you want to help out - that's a huge responsibility. Either way - we didn't win. HOWEVER - the lottery numbers were linked to the numbers from Lost - that is freaky cool!
#38 Not log into facebook for one week
Ahhh #38. No one thought I could do it. I removed the app from my phone, uninstalled my password so the computer wouldn't automatically log in to it... I was so good and did it for a whole week. Not only did I prove people wrong, but I also got yelled at! Apparently some people like the constant updating of my crazy life and my little quips and laughs. :) Nice to know I make people smile - that's important in life!
#45 Stop biting my nails
It lasted for a while. Day 1 of school I stopped and I lasted until December. Ugg. They looked so nice too. I painted them all the time - even got a manicure once! I finally broke down around the time of my niece's state swim meet - bit them all off. They won the state championship - first time ever for Reading, so it was totally worth it. I'll have to get back on the wagon asap.
#72 Get a subscription to a cooking magazine.
This summer I bought a bunch of magazines for vacation and loved the Food Channel's cooking magazine. My sweet mother in law saw that I liked it and got it for me as a Chrsitmas gift - she's the best!
#73 Get a new chatchphrase
Not a good clean one, but I am well known for saying "that's what she said" constantly. I don't even watch the office!!! It all started, really catching on, at the back to school meeting we had in September. Work and TWSS not a good mix, but even when I don't say it, people look at me and know I'm thinking it! lol.
#75 start going to church consistently again
We stopped going because we had the kids and they were too small, didn't sit still etc etc etc... endless excuses. About three months ago, we started going again - pretty consistently every Sunday. I went out and bought some books for the kids to read in church - level 1 readers for Makayla with stories from the bible and picture books for Ethan. They also each have their own picture bible, listen in church (for the most part) and even participate in some of the prayers. It's not as hard as I thought it would be.
#82 watch an entire movie series in one day/weekend (depending on how long it is).
Yup - anyone who knows me knows they can probably bet on this being Twilight. I watched Twilight and New Moon the night before buying Eclipse and then immediately watched Eclipse when I got home and the kids went down for a nap. That's why they're called GUILTY PLEASURES... don't judge tee hee
#85 skype with relatives once a month
LOVE skype. Just started using it a few months ago, but we have been chatting with Maryland! We even got a new webcam (the old one was awful!!!). I'm looking forward to using it more and more!
