Bucket List: #61, 67 & 73

My sister and her husband have been going on a Labor day camping trip with some of their friends for the past 3 years. This year Jman and I were invited along. Usually, they entire group goes canoeing down the Shenandoah River on Saturday. After a long debate, Jman and I opted out of the canoe part of the trip due to lack of money and the expense of the trip. When we pulled up to the camp site on Friday however, we found out that two of the people going on the trip had to cancel last minute and there was an open canoe that would be at no expense to us so we decided to go ahead and take the opportunity given to us to do the canoe! Here are some pics from the trip!

Our Campsite

My Beautiful Sister and I

The beautiful Shenandoah River

Floating down the river drinkin a beer

Vineyard #1

Washing grapes!

Vineyard #2. In the mountains of Virginia! So Pretty

Cheers!

Jman enjoying the tasting

Wedding Details Update!

We had a busy summer! 


Here are some fun wedding details Jman and I decided on: 


One: Book Honeymoon and Flight: (I have to admit we splurged a little with the honeymoon..a few dollars over budget!)

Hello Jamaica!! 

This is our honeymoon suite...

Which looks over a semi-private pool..

Two: Send Save the Dates


Three: Find a DJ (We went with C&J entertainment.. They will be doing our ceremony music along with the reception music)


Four: Find Cake- Freaking delicious cupcakes from The Main Ingredient in Annapolis! We still need to find a cute way to present the cupcakes. This will be a fall project. 


Five: Find Officiant- My Friend K's Mom has been so generous as to volunteer for this job.    She is perfect for the type of ceremony we want! (Informal but classy..aka...short and sweet) 


Six: Register! (Which btw... is so freaking fun!!) Jman and I had a great time wandering around Khols and Bed Bath and Beyond with the scanner gun. 


Step 7: Block off a hotel to host our out of town guests- Comfort Inn (Nice and really close to the reception)


Step 8: Find a Dress!! I fell in love with this dress..Which was $5,500 over budget..

So this is my inspiration for the dress that I found and LOVE even more!
(and it was in my budget!)

Things still left to do:
1. Find a Veil- I like this one: 

Bird Cage! (Looks freaking amazing with my dress.!!)

2. Make a decision on center pieces and put it to action. Here is the inspiration for our wine themed wedding: 

3. Make a decision on flowers. We kinda ran out of money and decided a great DJ was more important to really expensive flowers so we may be going the DO-It-Yourself route... how hard could arranging flowers be anyway?! 

4. Pick out our wedding rings

5. Find a good transportation company so our guests can get as drunk as they want and have a ride back to the hotel...

6. Go dress and tux shopping for wedding party

7. Do invitations

8. Order Favors...

blah blah blah the list goes on and on and on.... 

Still having fun picking out things for our big day! There still has been NO Drama!! (Which is the thing that is most important to Jman and I)

-Until Next Time www

101 things in a 1001 days!

Create a "bucket list" of things you hope to accomplish/complete in 1001 Days (2 years, 8 months, 26 days). 

Then go out and get started! The 'things' can be as big or small as you want them to be.

MY START DATE: 8/26/2011 MY END DATE: 5/22/2014

KEY: BOLD: Completed. ITALIC: In progress.

Here's my list:

Blogging

1.     Post about each of the things on this list

2.     Take a picture of each of the things on this list

3.     Make my blog prettier

Living

4.     Get Married

5.     Buy a house

6.     Buy new furniture

7.     Do a date night with Jman at least once a month

8.     Learn to ballroom dance

9.     Make a room in my house look like one from a magazine

10. Stay at a bed and breakfast

Fitness

11. Complete an Olympic Distance Triathlon

12. Run a 5k

13. Swim the Chesapeake bay

14. Hike part of the Appalachian trail

15. Be able to do 30 push ups in a row

16. Be able to do 5 pull ups at a time

17. Beat my iron girl triathlon time of 2 hr and 32 mins

Physical Health

18. Take vitamins every day for a whole month

19. Maintain a healthy weight for a person my height

20. Go to a dermatologist

21. Go 3 months without fast food (not even chick-fil-a!)

Mental Health

22. Get organized (and stay organized for a month)

23. Get a massage

Travel

24. Go to Vegas

25. Visit New Orleans

26. Visit the statue of Liberty

27. See a show in New York

28. Go for a carriage ride in new york

29. Travel outside the country

30. Travel to 5 states I have never been to before

31. Fly first class

32. Go on a road trip

Learning

33. Learn a new language

34. Be able to recite all of the presidents in order

35. Learn to drive a manual

36. Learn to play golf

For good

37. Pay it forward to 3 strangers

38. Plant a tree

39. Volunteer for 3 events

40. Send 5 care packages to soldiers oversees

41. Raise over $1,000 for a good cause

42. Donate over $100 for a good cause

Food

43. Shop at a farmers market

44. Make a recipe book

45. Taste 3 new foods

46. Invent a new recipe/dish that actually tastes good

47. Learn how to cook bananas foster

48. Learn how to cook cheesecake

Just for Fun

49. Send a post secret

50. Do a service project

51. Go for a ride in a convertible with the top down

52. Host a party

53. Save $10 per each completed item from this list to spend upon completion

54. Go ice skating outside

55. Take a nap in a hammock

56. Get my tattoo fixed

57. Get my fortune read

58. Do a craft

59. Get a manicure

60. Take a wine tasting class

61. Tour at least 6 of the wineries in MD

62. See a comedian on tour

63.  Go to a hockey game

64.  Go to a pro-football game

65. Go zip lining

66. Go white water rafting with Jman

67. Go canoeing

68.  Go crabbing

69. Build a snowman

70. Have a picnic

71. Read the entire bible

72. Build something

73. Go camping in 6 new places

74. Go to a country concert

75. See gone with the wind

76. See Citizen kane

77. See “Nos fera to”

78. See “The God father”

79. Successfully navigate through 1 haunted house

80. Go through a Corn maze

81. Have a fondue night

82. Get mom to create a bucket list

83. Make a wine cork board

84. Sing at a karaoke night

85. Straighten my hair everyday for a week

86. Take the dog for a walk every Saturday for a month

87. Go to church for two months in a row

88. Inspire someone to make a 101 list

89. Go for a bar crawl in DTA

90.  Go to a state fair

91. Go skiing 3 times

92. Buy new makeup

93. Write 3 letters to Donnie

94.  Take my nieces out to a movie

95.  Check in with at least 1 cousin every month

96.  Go see the National Christmas tree

97.  Go on a cruise with jman

98.  Double my bank roll of at least $50 on Preakness day

99. Bottle my own wine

          100.  Bowl over 175

         101.  Say yes to at least 3 things I would normally say no to

-Until Next Time www