Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
In light of this quote I have to also document those goals I've set in motion for tomorrow (figuratively, tomorrow):
-- I have purchased my tickets to the Backstreet Boys/NKOTB concert for July 15th!!
-- I am also set to make a cameo at Andrew's event, Skate with a Date, where I will give ice skating another try. Yeah, we'll see how this goes. Check back February 13th!
-- I have also been inspired by my friend Collin to try the cash-based system for spending. So far it's actually been working! Stayed tuned for March's update with my new credit statement, haha!
-- I'm also supposed to be going snowmobiling before winter is over. Yes.
Hopefully this turns out to be something exciting for me! I'm going to make this a "100 before 30" to keep this blog interesting...
Monday, January 24, 2011
#20 part 1
The reason why this is on my list is because I'm usually not into having alcohol. For some people, getting a drink is really ritual and relaxing-- usually for me and my enzyme deficiency, it means feeling kind of weird and ill if I have the wrong kind or too much. But I'm hoping that for wine's case, I just need to create a palate for it, similar to my growing taste for coffee.
So I finally found a wine that I super love. I already had liked the Reisling that Katie had me try a while ago, so I was excited to find another sweet, white wine to try!
So for Christmas, Andrew and I went in on a collection of gifts for Amy (his sister) and one of those gifts was a nice bottle of wine. She still had some left when we went to her going-away party so Andrew and I split what was left. He even put it in a nice wine glass for me, straight out of the box that she clearly had never unpacked, HAHA sorry Amy.
Anyway, this isn't the exact bottle but whatever!:
Moscato D'Asti! I am always a little wary trying new alcohol, especially wine, because usually it burns in a way I'm not used to (hence why I'm trying to get a better palate for it). But this was *delicious, wet, sweet, and fruity. It didn't make me feel icky like other alcohol does, either. I was actually sad I only had that half glass! I'm going to have to investigate further and make sure it wasn't a fluke! (Stay tuned for that post...)
Someday, I'll try a red wine that I like. That's not a sangria (though Sue makes a realllll good Sangria).
So I finally found a wine that I super love. I already had liked the Reisling that Katie had me try a while ago, so I was excited to find another sweet, white wine to try!
So for Christmas, Andrew and I went in on a collection of gifts for Amy (his sister) and one of those gifts was a nice bottle of wine. She still had some left when we went to her going-away party so Andrew and I split what was left. He even put it in a nice wine glass for me, straight out of the box that she clearly had never unpacked, HAHA sorry Amy.
Anyway, this isn't the exact bottle but whatever!:
Moscato D'Asti! I am always a little wary trying new alcohol, especially wine, because usually it burns in a way I'm not used to (hence why I'm trying to get a better palate for it). But this was *delicious, wet, sweet, and fruity. It didn't make me feel icky like other alcohol does, either. I was actually sad I only had that half glass! I'm going to have to investigate further and make sure it wasn't a fluke! (Stay tuned for that post...)
Someday, I'll try a red wine that I like. That's not a sangria (though Sue makes a realllll good Sangria).
Thursday, January 6, 2011
List crafting... (updated)
I really should add "making peace" on my list of to-dos, because it's such a healing thing to take part of, to really embrace understanding with someone else instead of doing the easier thing of avoiding it/them and allowing it to grow into this monster... In light of the deaths of two friends in the last month, there really isn't any time for that kind of bullshit (in my eyes).
So let's keep chugging along with even creating a list.
1. Snowmobile
2. Make a meal for someone without any help
3. Build a bookshelf
4. Cut back my spending to be 300$ per credit card bill (woof, I know)
5. Decorate and own my own Christmas tree
6. Snorkel
7. Read through all my Real Simple magazines before buying any more
8. Parasail
9. Hangglide
10. Go camping for at least 3 days
11. Ride my bike as a means of transportation somewhere (I hate bikes)
12. Compile giant photo albums of the albums I already have on Facebook
13. Learn how to change oil in a car
14. Re-attempt snowboarding or downhill skiing
15. Go sailing
16. Go to Florida or Hawaii (one or the other is fine!)
17. Watch these movies: My Best Friend's Wedding, Shawshank Redemption, Slumdog Millionaire, Blind Side (and sooo many more people bother me about seeing)
18. Go to a Backstreet Boys or Justin Timberlake concert.
19. Hem/mend my own pair of pants (in essence, re-learning how to use a sewing machine. Scary.)
20. Develop a better taste for wine
21. Learn how to drive a stick shift vehicle
22. Purchase my first real person car
23. Learn to make at least 2 dishes of my momma's cooking (on my own)
24. Learn how to play basic piano
25. Give ice skating a real shot
26. Visit California to see my family at least three times
27. Participate in at least one service project a year
28. Try a Brazilian Wax (I am petrified of this)
29. White water raft somewhere
30. Read the news more often- let's start with at least once a week (which is a huge step up from 'almost never')
Runner ups:
31. Complete a newspaper crossword
32. Finish a scrapbook
33. Install my own shelving
34. Sew myself some article of clothing
35. Go to a drive-in movie
36. Take a photography class
37. Holidazzle
38. Go to the Sculpture Gardens
39. Go to the Boundary Waters
40. Ride the best rollercoaster at Cedar Point (has been on my list for years)
41. Try Snuba (snorkel + scuba)
42. Go fishing. I've only been ONCE. Bonus: actually catch a fish
43. Juicy Lucy
44. Oxynate
45.
Any of these are subject to change as I decide what else comes to mind, haha. Of coures I will celebrate other things I push myself to do, also since I don't just have 30 goals for my entire life.
SUCH A GOOD MOOD RIGHT NOWWWW. <3
So let's keep chugging along with even creating a list.
1. Snowmobile
2. Make a meal for someone without any help
3. Build a bookshelf
4. Cut back my spending to be 300$ per credit card bill (woof, I know)
5. Decorate and own my own Christmas tree
6. Snorkel
7. Read through all my Real Simple magazines before buying any more
8. Parasail
9. Hangglide
10. Go camping for at least 3 days
11. Ride my bike as a means of transportation somewhere (I hate bikes)
12. Compile giant photo albums of the albums I already have on Facebook
13. Learn how to change oil in a car
14. Re-attempt snowboarding or downhill skiing
15. Go sailing
16. Go to Florida or Hawaii (one or the other is fine!)
17. Watch these movies: My Best Friend's Wedding, Shawshank Redemption, Slumdog Millionaire, Blind Side (and sooo many more people bother me about seeing)
18. Go to a Backstreet Boys or Justin Timberlake concert.
19. Hem/mend my own pair of pants (in essence, re-learning how to use a sewing machine. Scary.)
20. Develop a better taste for wine
21. Learn how to drive a stick shift vehicle
22. Purchase my first real person car
23. Learn to make at least 2 dishes of my momma's cooking (on my own)
24. Learn how to play basic piano
25. Give ice skating a real shot
26. Visit California to see my family at least three times
27. Participate in at least one service project a year
28. Try a Brazilian Wax (I am petrified of this)
29. White water raft somewhere
30. Read the news more often- let's start with at least once a week (which is a huge step up from 'almost never')
Runner ups:
31. Complete a newspaper crossword
32. Finish a scrapbook
33. Install my own shelving
34. Sew myself some article of clothing
35. Go to a drive-in movie
36. Take a photography class
37. Holidazzle
38. Go to the Sculpture Gardens
39. Go to the Boundary Waters
40. Ride the best rollercoaster at Cedar Point (has been on my list for years)
41. Try Snuba (snorkel + scuba)
42. Go fishing. I've only been ONCE. Bonus: actually catch a fish
43. Juicy Lucy
44. Oxynate
45.
Any of these are subject to change as I decide what else comes to mind, haha. Of coures I will celebrate other things I push myself to do, also since I don't just have 30 goals for my entire life.
SUCH A GOOD MOOD RIGHT NOWWWW. <3
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
2011: the mythical year
When I first came to college I looked at 2011 as this ethereal year- the year I would graduate. Now that it's here, I'm kind of spurred a little extra to do more, to be more (not that I need a 1/1 date to spur any desire to change, there's just something special about this one). I think knowing I'm about to graduate, knowing that I'm about to start a new (and very scary, not real to me yet) chapter of my life.
People wonder what they could possibly learn in college about themselves that they don't already know- but everyday I figure out a little more, a little more.
This year, I discovered a blog my coworker started of her own- Tasia 30 before 30. She had a shorter time span than I have (she's 29) but I think the concept is beautiful. She lists a list of 30 things she wants to do before she's 30, and then she blogs about the ones she has conquered! Which is too bad that I didn't do this beforehand and put "scuba" and "skydiving" on there. But we'll see. I think this is pretty cool as a concept.
I don't have my list fully created, but I will craft it to completion pretty soon.
What I will start with is:
1. Snowmobile
2. Make a meal for someone without any help
3. Build a bookshelf
4. Cut back my spending to be 300$ per credit card bill
5. Decorate and own my own Christmas tree
6. Snorkel
7. Read through all my Real Simple magazines before buying any more
8. Parasail
9. Hangglide
10. Go camping for at least 3 days
11. Ride my bike as a means of transportation somewhere (I hate bikes)
12. Compile giant photo albums of the albums I already have on Facebook
13. Learn how to change oil in a car
14. Re-attempt snowboarding or downhill skiing
15. Go sailing
16. Go to Florida or Hawaii (one or the other is fine!)
17. Watch these movies: My Best Friend's Wedding, Shawshank Redemption, Slumdog Millionaire, Blind Side (and sooo many more people bother me about seeing)
More to come. :)
People wonder what they could possibly learn in college about themselves that they don't already know- but everyday I figure out a little more, a little more.
This year, I discovered a blog my coworker started of her own- Tasia 30 before 30. She had a shorter time span than I have (she's 29) but I think the concept is beautiful. She lists a list of 30 things she wants to do before she's 30, and then she blogs about the ones she has conquered! Which is too bad that I didn't do this beforehand and put "scuba" and "skydiving" on there. But we'll see. I think this is pretty cool as a concept.
I don't have my list fully created, but I will craft it to completion pretty soon.
What I will start with is:
1. Snowmobile
2. Make a meal for someone without any help
3. Build a bookshelf
4. Cut back my spending to be 300$ per credit card bill
5. Decorate and own my own Christmas tree
6. Snorkel
7. Read through all my Real Simple magazines before buying any more
8. Parasail
9. Hangglide
10. Go camping for at least 3 days
11. Ride my bike as a means of transportation somewhere (I hate bikes)
12. Compile giant photo albums of the albums I already have on Facebook
13. Learn how to change oil in a car
14. Re-attempt snowboarding or downhill skiing
15. Go sailing
16. Go to Florida or Hawaii (one or the other is fine!)
17. Watch these movies: My Best Friend's Wedding, Shawshank Redemption, Slumdog Millionaire, Blind Side (and sooo many more people bother me about seeing)
More to come. :)
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