30 before I'm 30 bucket list

So, I've decided to make a bucket list of 30 things that I want to do before I'm 30 - now that I'm on the downward slope....

Anyway, here's my list so far, but I need help with more ideas to add to it! I don't need to have all 30 right now - I figure I can add the last few over the next couple years. But any ideas that you have would be great!!

1. Visit 30 countries (I have 8 left)

2. Alaska

3. North Dakota

4. Ride in a hot air balloon

5. Buy a new car

6. Volunteer with Boys and Girls Club

7. Learn to tap dance

8. Go hang gliding

9. Finish a triathlon

10. Ride a snowmobile

11. Go to Jackson Hole

12. Be a ski instructor

13. Finish Alphabet Dates

14. Take a photography class

15. Get LASIK

So - I'm half-way done with my list. Any more ideas to add??!!

baby Sadie

Congrats to Emma and Scott

She is beautiful and perfect and tiny and already so loved!!

I'm so excited to be her "Auntie Em"!

Sadie Jane. 8lbs 1oz. Born Saturday, November 13th at 5:31pm

You can call me four-eyes

That's right... it's glasses only for me for the next 1 1/2 weeks.... and then I'm getting LASIK! It's weird to think that yesterday was my last day of ever wearing contacts! I'm scared to death to get Lasik (especially since everyone keeps telling me how much it really does hurt), but I will be SO great to just be able to wake up and see!

Wish me luck!

Happy Halloween!!

(1987)

...any costume idea for this year? i'm thinking that this pirate vest probably doesn't fit anymore!

my mom = superwoman!

My mom competed in the Triathlon at the Senior Games this weekend in St. George, and she did awesome!!

Her time was 1 hour 28 minutes, and she won the Silver Medal for her age group! She was the first one out of the pool, and first one onto her bike in her heat!

[please notice how toned my mom's legs are!! awesome!]

In order to compete in the Senior Games, you had to be at least 50 years old, and during the triathlon, each competitor had their age written on their calf. It was quite inspiring to me – being the overly lazy person that I am – to see all these old people still doing triathlons! At the awards ceremony, they announced the winners from each age group, and their times. There was an 84-year-old man who did finished in 1hr 34 minutes!! Very impressive!

After the triathlon, we visited with my grandma, and her sister (my great-aunt) who is going to be 102 in February! The two of them together are just hilarious – my mom and I were laughing quite a bit. They are both pretty much blind, and can’t hear great, so they just sit around and yell at each other! I was getting a bit sleepy, so I figured that since neither one can see all that well, they wouldn’t notice if I just sat there with my eyes closed. But they did notice, which makes me think that they are lying about how much they can and can’t see!!

It was a great weekend full of old folks, and made me not feel so bad about my upcoming birthday this year!

i {heart} SF

I spent this weekend in San Francisco with a few of my girlfriends, and it was a blast! We did lots of walking, shopping, eating, and being touristy! We rode a cable car, took a boat ride around the bay, and biked across the Golden Gate Bridge – which my mom and I did last time we were there and it was great!

{our yummy cupcakes that we ate for breakfast!}

{riding bikes across the Bridge}

Sunday night, we headed about 30 minutes south of the city to Alviso where our sales office is located. One of the projects that I am doing for work is finding and tagging all of the company computer equipment. So I spend Monday and Tuesday tagging computers. It was nice to finally see the other office, and to put faces with the people that I talk to there on a regular basis!

Oh, and I checked in using my phone, when then sends the boarding pass to my phone. At security and then to get onto the plane, you just give them your phone, and it scans the barcode from the text that Delta sent. Genius!!

This weekend is moving weekend. I’m moving across the street – into a cute little townhouse with a friend. The place is awesome – we have a 2-car garage (which will be so nice for when it starts snowing!), a fireplace, granite countertops, new carpet, a washer/dryer, AND…. My very own scrapbook room!!

Today is back to work, getting caught up, and then packing up my bedroom tonight and tomorrow night so that I will be ready to move on Saturday!!

it's back!!!

....I'm so excited! I can hardly wait!

(If you call me between the hours of 7 and 8 tonight, don't expect me to answer!)

PS - I am already off to a bad start with my once-a-week blog posts. I'll try to be better. This weekend, I'm going to San Fransciso, and then working at our California office for the beginning of next week. Then it's back home to pack up everything to move into my new, super cute townhouse!!

Hopefully more posts to come soon!