Day 183: July 2, 2010

The original list: http://juststuffbytricia.blogspot.com/2009/12/2010.html

Hello again!  OMG HALF WAY!!! :-I
It feels like I did a lot of fun stuff this week, but now I'm seeing that not all of it crossed off something on my list.  Goose was gone all week at youth camp and I thought I would be super bored, but I found things to keep me busy.

4. Read 20 books (7/20)

I finished another book this week, Body Double by Tess Gerritsen. It was a murder mystery and was really good. It turned out to solve 2 different crimes, one old and one new, and wasn’t who you’d expected it to be! I’m starting another one today that Goose had checked out at the library, but hasn’t read yet.

28. Get the 3Gs

How come I didn’t mark this off last week??? I GOT THE 4!!!!!!!!!!!! It came to my front door a day EARLY!

Seriously, there were crazy people camping out at the Apple store for DAYS and I pre-ordered online the day I became eligible. Then it got delivered to my front door by the FedEx guy at 11:00 the day BEFORE the official release! I even chatted with a ‘Words’ friend in LA during a game, on that next morning from my new iPhone 4 while he stood in line for 2 hours to get his. Hahaha YAY ME! :)

32. Learn a new skill / craft

Not sure if I should officially mark this one off yet. It isn’t really a “skill” yet…but details below…

33. Make some jewelry

I got out a craft kit I had gotten for the girls last year and made a hemp beaded bracelet for Goose while she was a camp this week. I was sitting on endless, boring conference calls and was bored and just sat and tied the knots while I listened. It may not have been the prettiest bracelet ever, but I made it and sent it to her via mail. I wonder what she thought of it? Guess I’ll find out when she gets home. >.<

45. Dance in the rain

I walked in the rain today…does that count? …No? …Okay fine. *leaves open*

47. Exercise at least 4 times a week, religiously

Ummm….yeah…. not so much. I did run...once...on Wednesday.  Don’t even ask about the bikini or belly ring :-/

60. Buy a pair of designer shoes

Okay not yet, but OMGGGG!!! They are opening a Louboutin Boutique right here in Dallas!!!! I’m so excited…I can’t wait! I better start saving NOW!!!

Oh yeah....I did get a new pair of Steve Madden's this week, aren't the cute??  But they're still not Louboutins...*waits, saves, ants in my pants*



61. Go see a movie in the theater once a month (9/12)

I went and saw two new movies this week. Oh YAY I’m ahead! hahaha

I think they were both release last week, but they are still new. On Monday I went with my youngest to see Toy Story 3. It was really cute, as usual and YES I cried! It was storming really bad that afternoon and we had a prediction of “probable” funnel clouds. While we were driving to the theater, we could see the “hangy-downy” clouds that looked like they might be trying to form, and right after the movie started the power flickered and briefly interrupted the movie but we weren’t evacuated or anything. So we stayed for the whole thing, and when we got out it was still raining but actually lighter than it had been when we’d gotten there.

On Thursday, I went with Ashley to see Grown Ups. I specifically wanted to go to Harkins because of The Cheesecake Factory, right across the street. It had been a stressful week and I knew that would hit the spot.

And far be it for me to not have drama! So about 5 minutes into this movie, the screen went dark and the fire alarms started going off! Everyone sat for a minute looking around and then they make an announcement that there has been the report of an emergency and that we should proceed calmly to the nearest exit and evacuate the building…..WHAT?!?

So we all walk out the backdoor and stand around for 20 minutes waiting for the Southlake FD to come clear the alarm. They do and we go back in and wait around for 20 more minutes for them to start the movie back up.

Needless to say I was out later than anticipated and almost didn’t get out in time to get my cheesecake to go! :P

62. Try each type of cheesecake on the menu at Cheesecake Factory (8/32)

See above item for details, but yes I was able to try two more flavors this week. Fresh Strawberries and Chocolate Coconut Crème. 1. The strawberries were NOT fresh! They were glazed – ICK! And 2... The Chocolate Coconut Cream was to DIE FOR! SOOOO good! :)

Man....still 24 flavors to try and only 6 months left! How am I going to get that bikini bod and belly ring like that!?!  I may have shot myself in the foot on that one. :-/

72. Go to the circus

Okay I didn’t go yet, but I did buy tickets today! I haven’t been in years, but we’re going on July 29 at AAC! *queue clown music*

79. Call my parents, and sisters, once a week

Okay so maybe I didn’t initiate the calls, but I did talk to them all this week….well except Doug. *starts writing*

80. See at least 5 concerts (4/5)

On Tuesday, I went to see Jordin Sparks at House of Blues with Ashley. She had two bands open for her.

Days Difference, which was a young group of guys playing pop music. They were pretty good and kinda cute, Goose will be jealous. The guitarist (Jeremiah) tossed his water bottle directly (intentionally) to me at the end of the set, even though (maybe because) I was the only one NOT freaking out in the middle of a group of screaming teenies that was standing around me. LOL Ashley got a huge kick out of that and made me hold onto it all night and then he signed it for me at meet and greet after the show. He looked like he was about 16 though, but he was super sweet and his brother introduced himself to me and gave me an awesome hug. Great guys! :)

Ashlynne Huff played next. I have to admit, I’m really not that impressed with her, but she seems like a sweet girl.

Jordin came on last and put on a really good show. She is just the CUTEST thing and just seems really sweet and REAL. I love her. I never watched her on American Idol and really didn’t know who she was until after she’d released her first album and even then only barely. But I just think she has a beautiful spirit and I enjoy her music.  I was told there might be a surprise at the show, but it didn't happen.  I'm not sure what to think about that, but it's okay, I was there for Jordin and she did not disappoint.

Funny story about her set, which really didn't have anything to do with her set actually, was the 3 flamers that were standing next to us. These guys were SOOO freaking prissy it was ridiculous!  They were freaking out and screaming like teenage girls the whole time. They danced around and had a great time the whole show and it was quite amusing, but I did finally had to move away though because they were drinking and getting sloppy and kept bumping into us. But it’s all good, whatever floats your boat! Hahaha

Man only one more show till I can mark this one off and I already have tickets to 2 more shows this summer! And there are at LEAST 5 more I want to see before October! This one will be a piece of cake!


OK so darn….only two things marked off this week…what the heck?! It felt like I did more than that, and at the rate of only 1 per week with still 70 items left to complete, I’ll never make it! :-/

But I still feel like I’m getting close and making progress on many…keep rooting for me!

xoxo

T