Update

So as promised in my entry about trying to do a different thing each month here is how things have been going…

January was no tim ho /starbucks etc… shockingly it has been going well… I will admit I did think about it a few times but didnt do it… though I find it a sign that I am supppose to go to starbucks on FEB 1 seeing as one of my early bday presents was a gift card to starbucks :)

I have no doubt that next month (Feb) will be far harder… no unnecessary spending… then again maybe it wont be so hard after all since Lori is still unemployed…

goals -

cancel both of our gym memberships

see if there is a way to cut our tv subscription to a lesser package

look into changing our cell phone plan to a cheaper package while still keeping our 10 free friends and family

see if i can find cheaper car insurance for both of us

also, as long as lori is home unemployed thinking about driving her big wagon for a while as it gets better gas mileage…

no eating out / ordering out (except for my birthday & valentines day)

anyone else have ideas about how to cut spending?

150 things to do before you turn 30..

150 Things To Do Before You Turn Thirty

I have seen this tag on so many blogs and why not, it’s a wonderful tag! The name is ‘150 Things To Do Before You Turn Thirty’. The rules are,
1. The things you have already done – make them bold.
2. Italics is for things that you are dying to do!

Here I go!!

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive (will do next time I am in vegas!)
05. Been inside the Great Pyramid
06. Touch a tarantula
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said “I love you” and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea – if a lake counts
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Walked the stairs to the top of the leaning Tower of Pisa
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby’s diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Held a lamb
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and didn’t care who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country
44. Watched whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Backpacked in Europe
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing
49. Taken a midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger’s table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theatre
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class

71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight – (I have to admit I have no idea what D & D is)

72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on a television news program as an “expert”
83. Gotten flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favourite band/singer on tour
98. Passed out cold
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking with the windows open
103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn’t have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray -( i was little & it was an aquarium)
110. Broken someone’s heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a TV game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for 30 hours in a 48 hour period
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. States
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days
126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey
135. Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you’re living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone’s life

Well that was interesting, Some of those things I would NEVer want to do

Interesting…

So while reading another blog, I realized that I really liked the idea of a book she talked about, not to the detail, but the thought behind it… So even though I told her I could totally see her doing an amended version of the book I think I might give it a try too…

The book seems to be about, as the title says living better with less…

For more details check out the entry…

So my amended plan is as follows

Month 1 – Coffee out – no more chai from Starbucks, or brownie Ice caps from Timmy Hos

Month 2 – Paying for things that dont get used/ needed – cut phone plan min., gym membership, premium channels, use library…

Month 3 – Over extending of myself – I know I need to learn to take more Me / Family time,

Month 4 -not getting enough sleep – new goal is 7 hrs of sleep a night ( up an hr )

Month 5 -  stuff, more experiences – Id rather have memories of great times, then tons of random stuff

Month 6 -  Elevators – sounds like a good one, I have to admit I dont come across them much though

Month 7 -driving when walking is an option

Month 8 – Taking things for granted  – show more appreciation

Month 9 – Cursing – Why do I have a feeling this one is going to be harder than I originally thought?

Month 10 -dreaming & start planning – revisit 3 mo, 6 mo, 1 yr, 3 yr, 5 yr & 10 yr plans

Month 11 -negative people – + thinking = + energy = + outcomes

Month 12 – Multitasking – HA, this one will probably be the hardest to avoid…

I will try to remember to come back and update how these things are going

UCONN….

One of the few colleges that I love almost pulled out a very important game yesterday…

The fact that they even took the field says lot…

These guys have been through more in the past week than anyone should have to…

Thoughts and prayers going out to the Uconn community

WT…(F?)

Ok I LOVE SVU… and yea I fall into a lil box (as much as I hate putting people into boxes…)

But really? I need to watch this episode… if only because I cant believe that someone would dare try to compare “pedophile rights?” to gay rights… WTF?

I guess stranger crazy things have been said already too, but really? REALLY?

Ive said it before, I’m not a huge fan of how the season of SVU started this season thus far but really?

At least BD Wong’s character is coming out… long time coming on that one…

AWESOME….

I LOVE Jillian Micheals…

I cant wait to see her new show.

If I am ever about to have a nervous breakdown due to my own inner demons I sure would love it if she was around… Hell I wouldnt mind her screaming at me or hell just being something to look at… haha…

Somethings…

So as you can probably tell by the lack of posting, life has been a little busy as of late.

Life is good… Life is busy… I really cant complain all that much. I’m doing a job in my GA position that I love. I’m thus far doing well in my courses and home life over all is great.

That being said…

I know I’m not the only one to ever have “weird” feelings about certain things… but lately… for example…

A couple nights ago I had a very weird dream involving me running in some type of marathon… this is weird for many reasons the biggest being if you know me at all you know I only run for medical reasons, or for “sport” – and that I do not consider running a sport rather a past-time or hobbie or even lifestyle if you will…

Hold on its gets weirder… So it was one of those marathons for a cause of some type… I dont remember what one… God only knows it could have been any number of them and each would have a different meaning… but the weirder thing was that a bunch of my friends and acquaintances from North Collins were there… People I havent spoken to or even thought of in YEARS…

Not sure what kind of message this dream is suppose to be trying to get across to me, but the creepier /est part was the last bit of info… a few of my passed on relatives were also in this dream along with some people who I didnt know…

Very weird… Maybe I should lay off eating for a few extra hrs before bed…

who knows… All I know was I woke up in the middle of the night from this dream as someone who I didnt know / recognize was trying to talk to me… I couldnt understand them… it was creepy.

Gay Games 2014

This is soo cool. Yes I knew the gay games before but to be in Cleveland would be AWESOME ! I would totally try to go watch some of it….. Better yet, I wonder if they might need volunteer medical staff??? Sign me up!

BLOCKBUSTER !!!

WOW ! I cant say that I am surprised but I would really love to know what stores are on the chopping block… They are kinda expensive. Though I will admit I did enjoy the summer plan they had for $10 unlimited rentals for one week….

Well look for more to come with this topic…

Ellen NEWS!

YAY Ellen is going to be the new Judge on American Idol… I guess I might actually have to start watching this show again…

YAY ! for Empire State games…

Empire state games this up coming summer in set for WNY…

Life

Yes, I know I have not been posting much as of late. Life has been very busy… from the wedding :) to starting work as the GA at one of the colleges here… to getting Jess ready for school starting next week. I am surprised I have done as much as I have.

So in review the wedding went wonderfully. For pics check me out on FB.

New job is amazing. So much so that one of the Sr students who I am friends with actually just today said something like this to me… ” So you look so much happier now, Are you happy? You really do seem so much happier now. ” Good to know that not only am I happier but that people can actually tell that I am happier even when I havent really talked to them since APRIL… (SO SORRY EVERYONE)

Jess is ready for school… well she might not be but she has all of her stuff and I am ready for her to start back up:) She has been spending alot of time at her grandma’s house the past couple weeks as I try to get into a routine with my new schedule.

The fur-babies (midnight, koopa, roxy and yes even munchie(outside kitty)) have been acting crazy… there must be a full moon coming that is the only thing I can think of.

Married life is really no different than before but except in name… I do want to get a move on the paperwork for the name change stuff… Since we got married in Canada, the name change isn’t automatic :-/

Anyway that’s my update.

Jackson…

Jackson’s death ruled a homicide ? !

Cant wait to see how this plays out

kiss-in

I love that this happened the same day as our wedding…

MARRIED !

Yup It’s official We are married

For pics go to my facebook or our wedding website

9 day mark – A quick update

wow, 9 Days til our wedding… YIKES!!!

Thankfully most things are moving along well… But being me I feel like there is something that we are missing so if I have asked any of you anything multiple times it is simply because I would rather be going crazy now “over planning” than having a problem the day of right?

That being said the house has been ENTIRELY cleaned… well except the basement but nobody should be down there anyway right?

THANK YOU BABY BROTHER for all your help doing that.

Everyone that I havent really hung out with or spoke with I am sorry but my life is insanely busy right now…

some of my cousin’s best

So any of you who check out my cousin’s blog know she twitters many things… Here are some of my personal favs recently that I couldnt comment on because I was with her when they happened… Explained in italics

1. Just think tanked the screenplay brihgt lihgt over pizza and bean dip. Awesome screen plan If I do say so all due to Lori’s sneakers getting soaked…
2. Chateau jen now available in ark format. lol, it did rain alot
3. Wow…i think we all might wash away… I hate the rain but didnt mind it at all last night
4. Listening to the rain fall from inside the tent…so relaxing and soothing. soothed me right to sleep
5. Hello rain…tent doesnt leak wheee chateau jen! ha you should have been with us and Jon last year when we had to get this one because the last one we might as well have been sleeping out on the ground in the rain
6. Out with the tweens. discussing how many people would fit into our tent… save the babies they have potential and the teens can do work but the tweens can be sacrificed… lol poor Jess slept through that convo…
7. That would be a great Hardy Boys book “Tale of Dated Carnie.  now what do you think that comment means… 2 people 2 very different thoughts…
8. Life is good…
9. Baggage wine and beer – YAY for RENT Soundtrack
10. “I felt fine until I looked at the stairs.”  Me, not hungover walking down Jen’s stairs to get breakfast at noon…
11. GRILLED CHEESE FOOD FOR THE HUNGOVER SOUL yet I was the only one to get the actual grilled cheese
12. I can hardly believw that roxys doesnt have van halen jump.. lol, Jen checked while they were playing a different MJ song so no Beat It…
13. I hold the lock and you hold the key.. 3 girls + alcohol, darts and music = sing along
14. Sing it whitney!!!!!! See comment to #13
15. Waaaaaaaaay too many popped collars happening Well we were at Marchella’s
16. Dude youre totally dancing with youself in the mirror.. he was funny though, or were you talking about the weird girl?
17. Token gay girl? Can you make babies that way. Thats the plan… lol, awww
18. Bring on the drag queens…please make nerdy dance man go away. nice to know some things (people) never change
19. Strobe lights are blinding…or Im old. no it was blinding but not as bad as the flash on your camera that night… AHH
20. At drag show at Marcellas. I miss those days. Cheers to Bren and Lori!:-) Ahh it was nice… so much material to discuss later…  Going to miss my fav drag queen when he leaves next week :-/
    

Great Program..

This program sounds great!

Too bad some of thier funding was cut… .

Jacksons…

Hopefully these kids can have some type of normalcy… They are tooo cute.

For more pictures

wedding?

So who all thinks Lori would go for this at our wedding???

lol I think I might be pressing my luck

today…

I PASSED ! !

THANK GOD I PASSED

I couldnt have learned this information at a better time.

we are the world

heal the world

BEAT IT… (eat it and jump)

OMG Micheal Jackson

I still cant believe it… Micheal Jackson is dead?????

I remember listening to him all the time when I was younger… I really liked him before he “went crazy” I even had an autographed Pepsi can… Damn I wish I knew where that was…

RIP MJ…

Crazy that I just heard on the radio like a week ago that he had just changed his legal paperwork to make Janet Jackson the guardian for his children should something happen to him…

Farrah too… Too many people who’s next damn… they say deaths come in 3’s