Last Saturday, my husband spoiled me. We left Georgia in the capable hands of my in-laws for a day and drove off to Park City, Utah. There, we went shopping at the outlet malls (hello Aldo flats for $12.95), ate at Ruby Tuesday (hello free birthday burger) and partied at the Olympic Game Park by going down the Alpine Slide and the steepest zipline in the world (hello buy one, get one free). It was pretty amazing to have six hours of just Scott and myself- I'm finding that alone time is the best birthday gift.
That's right. I said birthday.
Then, we went shopping for a while to hit the sales and I came home and took a nap. It was a great nap. After that, Scott gave me a list of things that we could go do, but I wanted to just have some peace and quiet. In the end, he took care of the baby while I painted my nails in my underwear watching Bachelor Pad and drinking a tall Diet Coke with lime. Like I said, the best birthday gift.
But after a few hours, Scott's parents stopped by and we played Just Dance on the Wii (oh yeah, we got a Wii. I have more to say about that later) and ate this AMAZING cake. I had found it in Martha Stewart magazine- zucchini cake with orange glaze.
It looked just like the picture. Good job, Scott.
This last year, I set 25 goals to accomplish and I accomplished 13 of them. While I didn't do ALL of them, someone pointed out I did the most important/time-consuming ones (read: graduate college and start a family). When you look at it like that, I'd feel pretty successful.
And now...
26 Things to do While 26
1. Ride a zipline (this really was my goal, and then Scott took me on one, so I'm counting it as already complete).
2. Get in shape
3. Serve my family more (both immediate and extended)
4. Buy a dress from Antrhopologie
5. Finish redoing that rocking chair
6. Read the New Testament starting at New Years and finish by Easter
7. Throw an awesome first birthday for Georgia
8. Keep all of my personal/spiritual goals
9. Attend a mission reunion
10. Go to yoga classes for a month
11. Try a new food
12. Create something (handmade) at least once a month
13. Juggle
14. Keep a private journal
15. Join a book club
16. Take an IQ test
17. Read at least 24 books and record which ones they are
18. Visit another state (besides Idaho)
19. Have a food fight
20. Play a hymn on the piano (with BOTH hands)
21. Ride the Heber Valley Railroad
22. Create a soundtrack to my life if it were to be turned into a film
23. Go a month with no internet (... or a week... with a baby this one is hard because everyone will want to see how she is growing. Still. Even a DAY with no internet would be difficult for me)
24. Make an origami bird garland
25. Be on TV
26. Run (or walk) a half marathon
ok. The railroad is totally on my wish list. Glad to see juggling made the list again. AND remember when I "invented" a few holidays last year? Well it just so happens that on of them was a food fight day. And it just so happens that it's suppose to be THIS MONTH! Let's make this happen!
ReplyDeleteI just checked and the holiday of Food fighting is on September 20, which is a Tuesday...
ReplyDeleteOk, so you've done this for the past few years and I keep thinking "She's so awesome. I love how she does yearly goals like this." And then I keep thinking about giving it a try myself.
ReplyDeleteSo I think I'm going to. I'll keep you posted.
Oh, and the fact that "Juggle" has been on your list for several years running makes you one of my favorite people.
ReplyDeleteI want to juggle! I'm determined! ... But obviously not determined enough. Dang.
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