Long time no blogging.

I have not forgotten about you my dear blog well... maybe I forgot just a little but I am here now and I have updates!

#80- Visit the Lynnwood naked lady spa for the 1st time....  I accomplished this with the help of my dear friend Kathie. I am SO thankful that it was one of the items on my list because I  don't know if I would have ever ventured out there on my own. I love the Tacoma spa but the Lynnwood spa is all new and shiny. I liked it so much that two weeks later I decided to take my friend Karen there.  I have the best friends ever!

#74 Do the Whole30 diet....  I am 6 days into my whole30 and I haven't killed anyone. I have however been eating breakfast each morning so I am simaltanuesly doing #83 and I have had to learn how to cook a little differently so #22 is also getting underway. I made whole30 lasagna (made without cheese & noodles) and a balsamic chicken & veggies. Both were great!

#60 repaint Micah's room..... DONE!!!!

#62 Read 70 Caldecott books to Eden.... this one has been fun!  We go to the library and pick out 3 and keep them for a couple of weeks and then exchange them for new books.

I found a little problem in my list... #8 and #69 were duplicates (looks like I really wnat to take the kids to a hockey game) so #69 turned into take the boys to a baseball game instead (which we will be marking of the list on Saturday!)

Day 3.... or day 998

Not sure how to look at this, am I on day 3 or am I 998 days away?

Either way good things are happening. Yesterday Eden and I went to the library and picked out our first three Caldecott books (Madeline's Rescue, This Is Not My Hat, Owl Moon). We have read all three books "This is Not My Hat" is hysterical and I highly recommend everyone read this fun little book. Eden can't wait to check out more books from the library. 

Tonight I went to my first water aerobics class at the gym. It was great!
#54 & #62 are underway!

Not sure that I love #100 (blog about each item completed).
I like the idea of keeping a record of what I've done, but not sure how to go about blogging about all of them. I am pretty sure you don't all want to hear about each fitness class I attend, but waiting until the end and saying "yup, I went to 101 classes" seems a little anti-climactic. So maybe what I'll do is only blog about the classes that really kick my butt or make me look foolish,  that might be fun to read about.

Things are getting real!

#53 Sign up for a gym membership is DONE!

If you are thinking that this picture is excited with a side of terrified, you would be correct.

Let's go to the movies!

I am excited to say that on day 1 I have already completed one fifth of #82 (see 5 movies in the theater). We decided to go to the $2 theater, this was Eden's first real time (we took her once when she was 1.5 years but it was a total bust so it kinda doesn't count) and she loved it! 

As some of you might know, I am not a huge movie goer. Now, don't get me wrong, I love going to the movies, I love everything about it!  The anticipation of waiting in line, watching the ticket handler rip the tickets, picking the perfect munchies, extra butter on my popcorn, finding the perfect seats and waiting in anticipation for the lights to dim and the previews to begin. What is not to love about the movies?  One of my favorite scenes in a movie is when Annie goes to the the movies. The magic of the theater was not lost on Annie or on me. 

I simply have a hard time justifying paying $20 (movie, popcorn and drink for just 1 person) for something that if I waited a month I could rent on Redbox for $1.50. So go ahead and call me a cheapskate (although I prefer the term thrifty) but I am excited to say that we took the whole family (minus Ben who is prepping for finals week) to the picture show and got a large popcorn and a large Soda (both had a refill) for $21.  This penny-pinching mama is VERY happy with this and I am looking forward to the other 4/5th of #82.  

Oh..... the movie we saw was "Sing".  It was super cute and I am glad it was Eden's first show, as you can see she was very happy with the movie. 

and..... here we go AGAIN!

Each time I have attempted the 101 in 1001 I have failed and yet succeeded. Let me explain, I have failed to ever get all 101 things marked off of my list BUT I have succeeded to accomplish some/most of them.  I have seen and learned things that I otherwise wouldn't have and in that I feel that my attempts were a success.

What am I doing different this time, I am not filling out the entire list. This may feel like a little bit of a cop out but I assure you it is not. What I learned last time is I put in a bunch of "filler" things at the end that I was not passionate about just so the list was complete.  This time I am leaving 82-97 blank so that I can fill them in with things that pop into my brain over the next few weeks. Don't worry, I won't drag this out for years, I promise.

I am excited to start on this new adventure and hope that it will inspire me to be more active and intentional.  I have been so blessed and I want nothing more than to embrace this amazing life that God has given me. As my grandpa would say "take the bull by the horns" and just DO IT!