30 Before 30 Update

 

***Progress Post...***

So I've seen this here and there but I really like the idea of picking 30 things I want to accomplish before I'm 30.  I think everything on here is very attainable.  It's a lot of stuff that I never have the 'time' for.  You know, all that time I spend sitting around on my ass is clearly already booked.



So here it is in no particular order:

1) Have 2nd and last baby.  I mean come on, who wouldn't want another baby as precious as he is?  ** We thought we might have been on our way to this one, due next June but luckily (I'll explain later why I was 'glad' about it) it was just my body being jacked up and forgetful. 

2) Go to Paris 

3) Cook at least 3 meals a week (I don’t like to cook so much so this is ambitious)
4) Be debt free (aside from my mortgage)
5) Have a getaway for every wedding anniversary just The Bage and I **We leave for Florida this Saturday!  But I can't even begin to fathom how much I'm going to miss my little man!!
6) Finish Wedding/Honeymoon Scrap Book **Just picked this up again yesterday
7) FINISH WEDDING ALBUM!  (I got married 10/15/10 !!)  **I've selected pictures, now I just need to send the final draft back
8) Finish a baby scrapbook (small)
9) Make DIY Roman blinds - random but something I want to do!


10) Watch every Oscar nominated movie for any given year
11) Lose 100 lbs.  **I'm currently down 25lbs, 75lbs to go!
12) Buy my own kayak (or single shell) and learn to flip over
13) Donate hair to locks of love  **It's growing!  I haven't had a major hair cut for about 1.5 years now!
14) See a Coldplay concert in another city
15) Throw a surprise party for Kelly
16) Take a beginning sewing class
17) Earn my CPCU designation ** 5 more exams, Goal = 2016 = Hawaii trip!!
18) Volunteer at an animal shelter
19) Learn to let go and forgive  **I'm working on this, I've been more at peace with things lately which I consider a step in the right direction
20) Meditate at least 5 days a week for 5 minutes

21) Go one weekend without doing anything productive (I will regret that later :) )
22) Start a garden
23) Throw a party  **I've had a Pinterest Party ...does that count? :)
24) Break habit of biting cuticles

25) Travel to and stay in a state I’ve never been before
26) Organize photos and photo albums
27) Sell The Bage’s baseball cards
28) Go to Harry Potter World! 

29) Get iPhone
30) Love my family, Love myself, Love life

That last one seems like such a no brainier but sometimes, it's really hard for me (especially loving myself and life).  At risk of sounding cheesy here, there is so much to live for that you really do need to appreciate everything life has to offer.

So that's it....maybe I'll write more later, about nothing in particular.  Aren't you excited!?  hahah


Pace,
Megan

The Green-Eyed ...

Smoothie!!

So I thought I'd try a little experiment with the growing in popularity, green smoothie.  Let's just say, the results were delicious, but didn't look the best.  In my quest to make my first Green Smoothie a winning smoothie, I did what any diligent, dedicated cook would do.  I went to Pinterest!

Here's a little sample of what I found when I searched, "green smoothie"...

Mmmmmm.....

And who wouldn't want a taste of this green emerald liquid.

Alas, I couldn't find a recipe that I thought sounded good so I did what I do with most of my smoothies...I improvised!  Here is what my smoothie consisted of....

*Lemon Yogurt (leftovers from my 14 month old's dinner)

*Frozen raspberries

*Frozen strawberries, mangoes, peaches, and pineapple (from the Sam's bag I've had in my freezer for no joke, 3 years)

*Organic Vitamin D milk (I didn't really have any other liquids)

*A little bit of strawberry sorbet (because it was there)

and the piece de resistance....  SPINACH (fresh, because the frozen stuff totally grosses me out).

Again the end result was delicious, but it looked a little like this...

So it's a little brown, with green flecks....who is even looking?

Anyway, if you're like me and need to eat more veggies, I highly highly highly recommend this, you taste the spinach but not much.  It may not be pretty but it's pretty good for you.  Aaannnddd that was lame :)

Pace,

Megan

Keurig!

So, this happened about 6 months ago but I really want to give a shout out to the customer service at Keurig.

So we've had our Keurig since December of 2009 and LOVE it.  We used it pretty frequently and really tried to take care of it with regular cleanings and using filtered water.  On occasion we'd have an issue with it not brewing the full amount but it would eventually correct itself.

Keurig Special Edition...isn't it pretty? :)

Well, in December of 2011 our Keurig Special Edition finally bit the dust and was brewing about 2 ounces less every time.  We didn't want our coffee to go to waste so we'd add more which would result sometimes in an over-brewing or coffee that was more weak than we wanted.  So I called Keurig's customer service.

First of all, it was on a Saturday morning so I was nervous that I'd just get a recorded message saying that they were only open Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm.  No, I easily got through to a representative who was really nice.  I explained the issue I was having.  She'd asked me a bunch of troubleshooting questions and had me a try a couple different things.  When all of that didn't work, she looked at her records to see if my warranty was still valid.  It wasn't.  It was over a year expired.  And do you know what she did??

She extended my warranty for FREE!!! AND sent us a BRAND NEW KEURIG SPECIAL EDITION!

Seriously, I couldn't believe that.  I thought I'd have to mail it in and have they work to fix it.  So now we have a nice new Keurig that every time I look at it I think of what a great experience that all was.

I think there is so much negativity in this world that I think people need to hear the good too!

Pace,
Megan

Wow, so it’s been over a month since I’ve written last.  I feel like I’ve been running around like crazy both mentally and physically.  Because SO much has gone on in the past month, I’m going to do a little bullet point recap…

·        Crinks has his front two bottom teeth and his top 4 are coming in (all.at.the.same.time.).

·        The wall around our bathtub has been retiled and looks AMAZING!  I’m sure I have a before photo somewhere to show you. 

·        Because of the above tile renovation, we didn’t have use of our shower for the last 2 weeks!  We had to go to my friend’s or parent’s house. 

·        Crinks has been taking steps and almost walked from one side of the living room to the other without falling!

·        We moved our bulky items into our storage unit and signed a contract with our realtor to sell the house!  We don’t have to move or anything, it just seemed like the right time to sell. 

·        At work I've been assigned a territory and am dealing with my own agencies.  Things have definitely picked up around here!

·        My best friend ever moved back from Florida so now I get to see her…

·        I am 5 pounds away from my pre-pregnancy weight!  So that isn’t the most recent number.  Since we were having bathroom work done I haven’t had access to a scale.  I don’t feel like I gained weight but who knows any more these days.  Let’s just go with 5 lbs…okay? ;P

While that isn’t all that’s been going on, it pretty much sums things up.  So what do I have to look forward too?

·        Going to CONEY ISLAND (the pool in Ohio, not that lame place in NY :p )

·        Going to Wild About Wine at the Zoo – a wine tasting event at the zoo where you get to pet certain animals (last time I got to pet a Potto, monitor lizard, and a wallaby), drink wine, and eat stuff!

·        Officially getting our house on the market (once the bathtub re-glaze is done)

I think life is going to be fairly hectic for a while now until our house is sold and we can move in elsewhere.  There are two houses I LOVE right now.  One is $100,000 less than the other.  I know the decision I SHOULD make but I also love the more expensive a LOT more…in more ways than 1!  If it’s still on the market when our house sells I’ll have to see what I can do to make that happen!

Pace,

Megan

What Up?

Yeah, I'm that ghetto.

BWHAHAHAH  .... I'm so far from ghetto it's not even funny.  Although I do like a good rap song.  Probably about a year ago I was driving home from work and the sun was out, my windows were down, I was in my Mini Cooper, and ready to paaarrrr-taaaay.  So I decided a little T.I. was in order.  Yeah, so I get stuck at a light and literally the beginning scene from Office Space happened.  There was a black girl just up in the other lane from me and when I pulled up, she turned around and stared at me.  I imediantly  turned my music down and was just looking casually around.  I felt SO awkward!!  But why?  I'm allowed to listen to rap too.  So why, just because I'm white can't I have my music cranked up and whatnot?

I guess it's the same reason that if I saw a black girl with 1,000 Miles by Vanessa Carlton blaring I'd probably give her a look that said, "Really?".  Have you guys seen White Chicks, it's actually pretty funny.  But yeah, stereotypes, they're dumb.

I wonder if years and years down the road there will even be 'races' anymore.  I mean, with people moving over different countries and interracial relationships becoming less and less taboo I think eventually there will only be one race, literally.  And everyone could said that they have Canadian, Irish, German, American, etc, etc, etc heritage.  It would definitely never happen in our lifetime.  Probably not in my great great great great grandchildrens' lifetime.  But I do think it will happen.

It's hard to think of life after you die.  Crazy stuff.  I guess it's like thinking about life before you were born.  Yes, the lessons you learn in history and the stories your parents tell you were before then but that's just it, they're stories.  Some are even so ludicrous that they seem made up (hello WWII).  Like seriously, some guy though that he was ruler of all and that only his specifications were legit with regards to people....that seriously sounds like something written in a story, a tall tale.

Anyway, wow, as usual I've veered off course.  Well there is something for you to think about, stereotypes. I don't ever think they'll go away though.

So on a fun note, I'm tres excited to be going to my zoo's Wild About Wine wine tasting event tomorrow!  The Bage and I are going so it'll be a fun little date night for us.  They have 3 wine events total and a beer event (they have a martini one but I'm not so big on liquor myself).  I bought tickets for all 4 since you basically got a buy 3 in advanced get 1 free but also because it's a major event and it tends to sell out at least a month before each thing.  I'm just excited to have something different to do and check out.  HOPEFULLY I'll remember my camera and we'll take some pictures.  I'm HORRIBLE about taking pictures!  Speaking of, I need to put up the one picture I took from the Cinqo de Mayo festival last weekend.  It's quality..you'll love it!!

Okay, I'm out for now...

Pace,
Megan

This, That, and the Other Thing

I feel like it's been forever since I've written.  I guess I'm so used to writing several times a week that if I go a couple days and don't do it it seems like a long time.

Nothing new here.  I had a great weekend with my family.  We did a lot but not one major thing.  We cleaned the house, had an appraiser come over, went to the park, went to a Cinco de Mayo celebration downtown (pretty disappointing), and yeah, nothing crazy.

Today is Crinks' first day at daycare and I get to stalk watch him on the webcam!!  It's so hard not to just stare at it all day.  I love that I get to see him throughout the day.  And it looks like he's definitely getting some play time.  I'll be so glad to go pick him up though.  I can't wait to see his smile when I go to get him!

Oh!  So get this ... I hanging out with my family yesterday and my sister comes over and takes my hair out of my pony holder and it messing with me hair.  And she says, "Oh my god you have a gray hair!"  My natural response is, "WHAT?!?"  And then she says, "There is actually like 4 or 5."  OMG.  This is what I will look like in the next couple months... I'm convinced!!

   I'm terrified of getting old.  I think when I turn 30 I'll have a little melt-down.  *Mehhh*

  

   Pace,

   Megan

I Made it to the Top...

And I'm heading back down.  The roller coaster of depression that it.  I've been feeling really good for the last month or so (a record as of late!) but I suppose some good things must come to an end.

I was feeling down yesterday but I attributed that to the fact that we officially signed our son up for daycare and that it was Crinks' last day with Sandy.  I'm still feeling it today.

I don't know if it's just the aftermath but I don't think so.  Having been dealing with this pretty much my whole life I've gotten pretty good at determining these things.  I just feel heavy, dense (no people not in the brain!!).  I just want to go home and lay there and do nothing.  I don't really want to eat either.  It just sucks.  The physical act of typing this is tough too.  The energy I need to put into holding my wrists and hands up to type is going to consume all the calories I've eaten today.

And they thing is, there really isn't much I can do except wait for it to pass.  I'm nervous because my mother-in-law is staying at our house from Tuesday night (yesterday) until Friday afternoon.  It's hard because I'm SO SO grateful for her going out of her way to do this but I am just so self conscious.  I don't want her to think I'm mad at her because I will sit there in silence with no expression on my face.  I just want to be alone.

I can never say that though.  Especially around The Bage.  I don't ever want him to think that I don't want him there.  Because 9 times out of 10, I NEED him there with me.  I'm hoping this blows over soon.

I know nobody reads this blog (I mean, who wants to read about the ramblings of a depressed woman?) but if you do and you suffer from depression like this, does anything help you?

I'm taking tomorrow off.  I'm taking Crinks to his 9 month doctor's appointment, getting a manicure, haircut, and stopping by the daycare to drop off paper work and show them how to use the disposable diapers.  It'll be a good day.

I really feel like I need to start writing more about Crinks and what he's doing.  I know I'll just forget everything when he is older.

Pace,
Megan