101 Thing to do in 1001 Days

(the first 35)

My list:

Purchase a new car so I can get rid of my astronomical car payment.
Move into a new place/purchase a home.
Start adding more money to my savings acct.
Look into the idea of expanding our family.
Being nicer to the ferrets.
Taking the dogs on more walks.
Attend the gym at least 3x’s a week.
Read 25 books, first up: The Lovely Bones.
Get on an airplane.
Go to Canada to see the Winter Olympics.
Get to San Diego.
Grow my hair, then cut it and donate it.
Get back into painting – I’m really good at it.
Pass the bar.
Start eating at a new restaurant at least 3x’s a month.
Take a legit 2-week vacation with Tim. No more of this one week or 2 day bullshit.
Make a new good friend who lives close.
Learn Spanish, well more fluently anyway.
Complete a half-marathon.
Not step foot into a Cold Stones.
Walk out of Target without spending over $50.
Learn Microsoft Excel.
Take a Pilates class.
Take a yoga class without bursting into laughter.
Starting learning more about wine, so I can be an official wino.
Go on a boat.
Go on a cruise.
Drink more water.
Learn to make a new dish.
Stop eating so much bread and cheese.
Go to Palm Springs.
Take a road trip across the U.S.
Take a dance class with Tim.
Go to the beach more.
Wear daily sun block/moisturizer on my face.

Goals

I have come to a point in life where I have begun to ask myself, "What's next?"

Tim and I have been married for over 2 years, he's an atty and I am the closest you can come to becoming an atty without actually being one. We both make good money, drive nice cars, live by the beach, travel, drink wine and eat at nice restaurants and we treat our families to the finer things in life. But are we willing to sacrifice the above all in the name of having some $ in savings in order to purchase a home?

So here are some of our goals for the next 6 months:

• Purchase a new car so I can cut down on my astronomical car payment.
• Move into a new place: Not purchase a house, but a bigger apartment/house/townhome that the doggies won't ruin and where Tim and I won't bump into each other every 5 seconds.
• Start depositing money into a savings acct: We both have one, but we need to start putting money into it. (I am proud of myself for starting a 401k at work though).
• Possibly explore the possibility of expanding our family. Possibly: Before I was dead set on the idea of not bringing a child into the world where he/she's parents don't own a home. But, the fact that Tim and I are both financially stable is starting to weigh on my mind.
• Get more active - both physically and through volunteering: Now that I'm not going to law school in the evenings, I have a lot of extra free time and instead of doing good I am going out drinking with friends or laying on the couch with Tim. I have emailed all the L.A. Law Clinics and they are full - maybe I'll look into feeding the homeless.
• Start reading more: I have already finished Time Traveler's Wife and just started The Lovely Bones. I really like reading, not law school reading, but reading reading :)

That's all for now :)

Sometimes I want to squeeze them like Lenny from Mice and Men

Hello Again

I have decided to post again - after a year. A few updates:

• I graduated from law school, Tim threw an awesome party.
• I have taken the Bar (twice) and am waiting for results (11/20).
• Both Tim and I have new jobs. He is working in Encino doing insurance defense and I am working in El Segundo for a bankruptcy consulting firm.

I just found this neato site that I am going to try out. http://www.dayzeroproject.com/default.asp?view=masterlist

I'm gonna make a list and follow it :)

Week of Big Events!

I am sitting here watching the closing ceremonies for the Olympics - and I want to know what the Chinese are on.

So this was a big week. I started my last semester of law school, my friends JoAnne and Brian welcomed their little girl Maddie and Awna is leaving for France! Big week! We visited little Maddie in the hospital on her second day of life and I think she's one cute little baby and from here on out, whenever I see an alpaca I will think of her.

On Sunday we went up the AV for the Fair - it was 110 degrees and it was bad, that's all I have to say about that.

Sunday night we went to a lovely little Morrocan place in San Pedro for Awna's last going away party - it was a lot of fun and I really like Morrocan food. Bye Awna, have fun in France, one day I will give you my email address :)

Tim just finished cleaning the ferret cage - he really is the best huband ever. He literally just cleaned out crap from a cage for over an hour.

Next week we leave for Mexico - woo hoo!!!

I am a trooper and unhealthy relationships suck.

Last week I was hit with the plague - good news is that I got to catch-up on all my Jon & Kate Plus Eight episodes. Bad news I used some of the PTO time that I was going to use for our Mexican Holiday (coming up on 8/31).

I started my last semester of law school and my professor is psycho. If your reading this professor - I think your psycho and please turn down the air conditioning in our classroom.

So I am a trooper because I did a wedding on Saturday (while I was in the middle of the plague) and it was awesome. Then I had a lovely dinner party on Sunday night, (I was convinced the plague was gone by then), in celebration of my friend Awna leaving for France at the end of the month. Thank you again Peggy for the lovely creme puffs which capped off a lovely french themed meal.

The thing that is weighing heavily on my mind this week is people who choose to surround themselves with unhealthy relationships - whether it be a friend, co-worker, husband, wife, boyfriend or girlfriend. So, I would like to end this week by putting my two cents in about things that might lead you to think your are in an unhealthy relationship:
1) When the person meets your parents they bring a fifth of _______ (fill in the blank).
2) When the person is meeting your friends for the first time at a bar, they walk to the bar first before saying hello to your table.
3) The person is not employed.
4) The person is physically abusive.
5) The person leaves nasty vm for your family members/friends.
6) The person tries to physically abuse your family/friends.
7) You find yourself making excuses for the persons behavior.
8) The person has cheated on you, or you think the person may have cheated on you.
9) The person doesn't take you on actual dates. You just hang out.
10) You think the person might have a criminal past.
11) You have never met the persons family.
12) The person gives you hickeys.
13) You think the person might be an alcoholic - but they would never admit it.
14) The person has damage to their car because of an alcohol related incident.
15) You were in the car when #14 happened.
16) Your relationships with the people closest to you begins to fade because they don't like the person in question.

I am done.

I've still got it.

Yesterday, Saturday, was my Aunt's 50th birthday party. I had been planning to drink at this even for sometime - and I came through. Still, my liver astounds me. Granted, I am not a small, frail little butterfly - but, I can really throw them back. As the Irish would say - I have a hollow leg. In college I would have a few drinks and be done. Now, I have built a tolerance I am quite proud of. The event was great. I kept most of my clothes on and I woke up the next morning fresh as a daisy. Thank you liver, thank you.