Hello? I'm not dead!

Hello interweb peeps! Thank you for your patience and I'm sorry I've been absent the last, well...ahem...month and a half. What?!? I've been really busy with school and life and just needed a little break from blogging. But the gray shell of winter is starting to melt off and I'm ready to come out of hibernation!

During my hiatus I thought of ways to revamp this little corner of the web and am really excited to share them with all of you. So get ready for some new projects, new recipes and new ideas that I can't wait to share. 

To start off I wanted to do an update on my 29 before 29. Probably more for me and to see just how on track I am with my goals. Eekkk..this could be scary!

29 Things before I'm 29:

Read 12 for pleasure books (2/12: My Horizontal Life and Empire Falls)

Read 6 books that will teach me something

Get accepted to UO

Win a scholarship to UO

Get a job in my future field (whatever that is)

Become a better far-away friend/relative

Buy, wear and look damn good in a bikini this summer

Take a trip with the mister

Get the car into the garage

Organize all my craft stuff

Make a compost pile

Plant a garden

Spend more time with my girl friends (check!)

Bring back date night

Do something creative 30 minutes a day

Make 12 new craft projects

Take more pictures

Go on a mini-road trip with Sparkles

Have dinner with my sister

Do a body-cleanse

Put together my family recipe book

Start a family picture wall for our little family

Graduate from Lane with a 3.5 GPA or better

Go to a play

Acquire grown up living room furniture (a futon for the office sort of counts, right?)

Purge the house

Organize what's left

Become a volunteer (check, I start volunteering at Oregon Toxic Alliance tomorrow!)

Be a better blogger

Alright so I still have a lot of work to do but at least I can check some stuff off the list. Progress counts, right?

 

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Date Night!

In an attempt to make good on my 29 Before 29 we had Date Night tonight. Nothing fancy just Sixth Street Grill for some burgers. It was delicious! 

Calamari and Black Butte Burger with Sweet Potato Fries

 The misters new watch, his early birthday present. 

And after dinner we walked around downtown a bit...

Oh how I love Picnik. 

Have a happy evening peeps!

29 before 29 or My New Year's Resolutions...

I'm not big on resolutions. I tend to make some pretty good ones each year, follow them for a couple of weeks and then somehow forget about them before February even comes around. 
This year instead of making resolutions I wanted to do a list of 29 things to accomplish before I turn 29. Since my birthday is at the end of this month (fifteen days!) I figured they could double as my resolutions. 
Here they are:

29 Before 29:  

1. Read 12 for pleasure books 

2. Read 6 books that will teach me something 

3. Get accepted to UO 

4. Win a scholarship to UO 

5. Get a job in my future field (whatever that is) 

6. Become a better far-away friend/relative 

7. Buy, wear and be comfortable in a bikini this summer 

8. Take a trip with the mister 

9. Get the car into the garage

10. Organize all my craft stuff 

11. Make a compost pile 

12. Plant a garden 

13. Spend more time with my girl friends 

14. Bring back date night 

15. Do something creative 30 minutes a day 

16. Make 12 new craft projects 

17. Take more pictures 

18. Have a girls weekend out of town

19. Have dinner with my sister 

20. Do a body-cleanse 

21. Put together my family recipe book 

22. Start a family picture wall for our little family 

23. Graduate from Lane with a 3.5 GPA or better 

24. Go to a play 

25. Acquire grown up living room furniture 

26. Purge the house

27. Organize what's left

28. Become a volunteer

29. Be a better blogger

I plan on keeping these and have already been working on most of them.

I already read one for pleasure book:

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 I'm not a big fan of female comedians but I love Chelsea Handler! This book was just as good as the other two and I still don't have a favorite. 

Mark that off the list:

For Pleasure Books: 1/12

Have a great weekend peeps!