Day 97: April 7, 2010

Yes I'm still here, I know it's been a little while but it's kind of been a busy couple of weeks.  Mostly with work (Boo!) and personal issues but I'm still plugging along...

2. Pay off all my bills

Okay so all my bills aren’t paid off, but I have a plan….The intention behind this task was to pay off all my credit, so here we go. Month 1 – April: I’m starting with the smallest and working my way up. I paid off Victoria’s Secret and plan to pay off Macy’s and Kohl’s by next month.


3. Save some money
It’s been a while, but I actually put a little bit in savings today! JUST a little bit, but if I do that every pay period, hopefully I can keep my hands off of it and it’ll add up fast. :)


4. Read 20 books (1/20)
I started on book 2 about a month ago and never even got to the middle. :-/ I ended up taking it back to the library because it was overdue and I’d already rechecked it twice. Apparently it wasn’t very good, since I could never get into it. I’ll try and start something else this week.


8. Tone up and be bikini ready by May
Oh man!...May is almost here! I’m toner….but not the hard body I wish I were :( And that may or may not be even possible for me, but I’ll keep working and I may even go at least try on some swimsuits in the next couple weeks. ( I’m a little scared) :-/


16. Donate blood
I went and did this last weekend, and I bled FAST! It only took me 6 minutes to give a whole pint, the guy next to me sat in the rest area longer than that and had been bleeding longer than that when I got there. He must not have drank enough water! Yay me!


20. Buy flowers for myself
I didn’t intentionally do this, but there was a special at the grocery store where if you bought a certain item, you get like 4 things free to complete the meal. Since it was Easter weekend, this actually included a bouquet of flowers so I took them up on it! I won’t quite cross this off yet, because I still want to do this intentionally.


25. Clean out the office
Well I started…..UGH what a beating! There is SO much junk and paperwork to go through and clear out :-/ But I’ve scheduled a little bit of time each day to work on this, so hopefully if I can stick to it, I’ll get it done once and for all!


28. Get the 3Gs
I didn’t do this yet either, but….Lauren broke the glass on my 3G so I took it to Apple. They of course wouldn’t cover a drop under warranty and it was going to cost the same amount to repair the glass as it will to buy the new phone when I qualify in June. Soooo…..I have to look at my ugly broken glass for 2 months and then I’m gonna get it! But I also heard that Apple may release a 4G this summer….*waits Impatiently*


38. Enter a contest
I don’t know what kind of contest I had in mind when I wrote this task, certainly not one of those crazy eating contests….but I did enter a contest a couple of weeks ago to win tickets, soundcheck passes and meet & greet for Honor Society when they were playing at the House of Blues. You were suppose to take a picture of yourself at the local radio station and include the CD and make it creative.
Lauren and I drove down to Clear Channel and took several pics of our trip and turned it into a collage. We submitted our entry and waited….and we actually WON! So details of that show will be below…


41. Get a new pair of ‘bans
I didn’t exactly do this….I had a pair of Ray Bans that had busted and was still within the 1 year warranty period so I took them up to exchange them. I actually ended up getting a pair of Dolce & Gabbana instead though. I love them! :)


47. Exercise at least 4 times a week, religiously
Still doing this, although not always 4 times religiously….*sigh*


49. Join a volleyball team
No haven’t marked this off yet either, but a new session starts up later this month so I’m looking into it again…


61. Go see a movie in the theater once a month (6/12)
Wow already half way down on this and it’s only April! We went and saw The Last Song this past weekend. I haven’t read the book yet so I really enjoyed the movie. It was a tear-jerker, much like most of Nicholas Sparks movies and although I’m not a huge Miley fan, I thought she did a really good job. Now I need to read the book! :)


73. Take pictures in the bluebonnets
I noticed some bluebonnets springing up this week! I’ll be crossing this one off SOON!


80. See at least 5 concerts (2/5)
As I stated above, we wont tickets to Honor Society at House of Blues on March 28th.


http://juststuffbytricia.blogspot.com/2010/04/honor-society-at-house-of-blues-dallas.html

And there are still a bunch of shows coming up we'd like to see....as a matter of fact, Bon Jovi plays this weekend and I'm still hoping for a miracle!


84. Make a list of 10 things I am thankful for


• I am thankful for my family


• I am thankful for the friends that love and support me and have impacted my life


• I am thankful for my health, and that of my family


• I am thankful to know Christ, and that He loves and forgives me my many failings on a daily basis


• I am thankful to have a job and the ability to support my family, especially in these times when so many people do not, even if I’m not always satisfied with it


• I am thankful for every opportunity I’m given, and there have been many, not all of which I’m always smart enough to take


• I am thankful for a church that loves and supports me and makes me feel like family


• I am thankful for the beauty and the renewal of life that surrounds us everyday


• I am thankful for the strength to persevere in the midst of trials and the faith that God has a plan for me


• I am thankful for Friday afternoon every week, as I look forward to the weekend and having 2-days off work


91. Listen to my entire iTunes library (currently 3455 songs)
Somehow my numbers got messed up. Last time I blogged I had 3475 songs, but it turned out that one album had like 40 4-second blank tracks on it, I’m not sure what that was about but I deleted those (after I listened to them of course ~ weird.) Anyway, I’ve added 28 songs and even a few DJ mixes that were like an hour and half long each since then. I’m real bad about downloading anything that’s free and checking it out, and am currently listening to some weird stuff! LOL Regardless, I’m down to 964 songs!


98. Remember to use my green grocery bags
Guh….I’ve totally thought about this ON THE WAY to the freaking store every time I’ve gone. ME: “I’m going to remember to use my bags this time” and then promptly gotten to the store and forgotten them until I get to the check out. Then I walk outside and load my plastic grocery sacks on top of the green bags sitting in the back of my SUV collecting dust…FAIL! :-/

Honor Society at House of Blues, Dallas

We entered a contest and won tickets to see Honor Society at House of Blues on March 28th.

We got to go in before the show for Soundcheck. The crowd wasn't huge and we got in and were maybe 3 people back from the stage on the right side.

They started with See You In The Dark and then played a new song that they've been working on...When I Go Home, which they played acoustic. It was very intimate and then was followed by a Meet & Greet session at the back of the room.

We got hugs from all of them and they were super sweet. When I mentioned that we'd met them in San Antonio, Mike goes "I remember!" I was all "Really?" and he insisted that he did. I asked Andy if he'd done any running lately, he admitted he hadn't. During my pic, I stood between Jason and Mike. Jason had his hand on my shoulder and was totally rubbing back and forth, it kind of surprised me but it wasn't unpleasant ;)

So after soundcheck we had to go back out and get back in line for entry...We talked to several people in line and of course there were people that were complaining that it wasn't fair that they'd gotten there at 6AM and after soundcheck couldn't get their place back...blah blah blah....it ended up not really mattering anyway.

When they let us in, we got RIGHT up front. Goose was a total groupie and got right against the barricade. They had two bands open for them. Ashlyne Huff came on first but was losing her voice and was only able to play 2 songs before she had to stop. Just Kait played next and I was actually pretty impressed. She had kind of a grunge sound and was pretty talented for being only 17-18. She was fun and her crazy guitarist was funny. I didn't hear all of it but somehow Goose and the girl next to her got him to come over to the edge of the stage before they started and he knelt down and leaned over so they could touch his hair! They both totally scruffed his curls good! LOL

OK so when Honor Society finally came out it was all dramatic, with lights and smoke and everything. They did a great show and had lots of energy. They looked at us several times and interacted well with the audience. I took lots of pictures and rocked out.

Then after the show, there was a merchandise meet & greet. They sat at a table and signed stuff so you couldn’t take more pictures, but they totally recognized us again. Jason questioned me about the show asking me to rate it 0-Amazing. Of course I said "amazing" Mike told Goose he'd seen her rocking out on the front row. And I questioned him again if he told everyone that he remembered them. He says "No I do, I have a really good memory" and I said, "I'm just amazed because you meet SO many people every day" He said, "yeah but I'm really good with faces" and Jason agreed that he was and then we talked a little about the birthday card we'd given him in SA last August, so I guess I'm convinced. They were super cool and really spent time talking with us and didn’t act like they were rushed, or tired, or couldn’t wait to get it over with or anything! :)