What's the old saying? Imitation is the purest form of flattery? Something like that. Either way, I'm doing it.
I turned 26 a couple days ago, and I have decided to make a list of 26 things I would like to do in the next year. Some are brand new, some are things I've been talking about forever, and just need a reason to do them, and some are things I've done many times, but now that I'm married, and madly in love, I sometimes just daydream about romantic picnics and skating with hot cocoa.
So, without further adieu, in no particular order:
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2. Go Snowshoeing with my love (There's a story here...) Sadly it looks like this won't happen- if there is any snow before my birthday, I doubt it will be enough *knock on wood*
3. Make homemade salsa (The homemade is kinda implied, huh?)
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5. Draw. Anything. (Something I used to really enjoy and constantly swear I'll start up again)
6. Create a Numbers spreadsheet for our budget (Get out of the paper & pen dark ages)
7. Go skating at the rink near our house - Again... very sad, but I missed the boat on this one :(
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10. Paint our entire home (ALL rooms!)
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12. Jump off 30 ft diving board at Kinsmen Swimming Pool Attempted!!!
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14. Make a Gardening log book (re: get better at gardening)
15. Make a photo book with all our wedding pictures
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19. Begin getting up earlier (Currently: 7:45. Goal: 7:00)
20. Go to a driving range and a hit a golf ball (for the first time)
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So the deal is that when I cross something off my list, I blog about it. Dealio?
Stay tuned!!
#6: Have you ever watched TLC's "Till Debt Do Us Part"? The host, Gail Vaz Oxlade, has a great book called "Debt Free Forever" that has great budgeting outlines and templates. It's excellent for visually being able to see where your money is going each month~
ReplyDelete#15: Are you scrapbooking it, or did you want something put together digitally? We made individually customized wedding albums for our parents from http://www.blurb.com/ and they turned out really beautiful if you go the digital creation route.
#20: It's surprisingly fun! :D
#26: Where are you going to get the goat? *Ba dum CHING*
You have so many tasty cooking goals, Melissa, it makes me ashamed of my usual meals that consist of things like frozen pizza and Hamburger Helper. *Sweatdrop* We do cook up the occasional chicken and pork too, I swear! >_<;
#6: Cool! Maybe I'll check it out for templates and such. I think I have the budgeting portion down, it's the spreadsheet I need to make. Currently I write down every single budget-y thing we do, and I feel like it would be more streamlined and organized if it was in a nice neat spreadsheet.
ReplyDelete#15: We're doing it digitally- I got a Groupon to Picaboo a while back. It's just matter of sitting down and doing it
#20: I can't believe I've never done this, ha ha. I can imagine it will be fun :)
#26: Hmmmm. Oversight?
And I just love to cook! A lot!!
Yay! This is a great list! I'd love to see the recipes you follow.
ReplyDelete17. I just made our thanksgiving meal completely gluten, wheat, egg and dairy free! If you want any recipes on how to make a gluten free turkey dinner for your niece, I can help. :o)
25. Oh my addiction at this time of year, along with sea salt caramel corn..but I digress. Ravelry.com is a great source for patterns and Urban Knitters off of Whyte Ave has some drool worthy yarns. Plus, Valerie is a great help when tackling projects.
And, because I missed it, Happy Belated birthday!!!
Cool, thanks Sarah! Did you just get rid of the stuffing altogether, or did you make a gluten free one? My sister has made a rice mix in place of it before which isn't bad, but it sure isn't the same!
ReplyDeleteI haven't knit (knitted?) anything since I was a pre-teen, so I'm excited to get into it again. I'll definitely check out Ravelry.com and Urban Knitters- thanks!
6 & 13 are my specialties! I can totally hook you up with my budget spreadsheet! It's been perfected over the last year. It's excel, but someone told me it can be converted to Numbers. I started making granola bars last month. The are perfect!
ReplyDeleteSweet, thanks Anne. I'm going to try really hard to create the spreadsheet myself, but if I have trouble, I know who to ask!
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