9 days till Christmas

Well the offer on the house fell through.  Someone else outbid us.  But, we have time to keep looking so we'll just keep looking...

I am another 2 books down on the bookcase.  It's been so hard to keep away from my kindle especially because I keep downloading books.  I can't wait to read my Christmas books...months after Christmas. 

I have been trying lots of new recipes...some failures but some successes as well.  I plan on trying to make some cake pops for Christmas Eve with my family.  If they work out i'll post some pictures.  

Chicken for dinner and a bid for dessert

Number 16: Learn how to cook

Tonight I tried a new recipe and it came out delicious. 

Pesto chicken...yum!  

So I mentioned the farmhouse earlier in the week.  It's a 200 year old 3 bedroom 2 bath farmhouse.  There are currently 2 bids on it, but we've gone ahead and put a bid on it as well.  I'm pretty sure nothing will come of it, but I must say it's exciting to actually be putting a bid on a house! 

Happy Thanksgiving

Well, even though I have nothing valid to show it's been a big week for my 30 before 30.  
First off:
1. "Buy a house": We looked at a house for the second time this weekend.  We brought a contractor in and he is working up an estimate.  (There are a couple of issues with the foundation).  It's a 200 year old farm house.  More on that later in the week if we decide to put a bid in.


18. "Read all the books in the bookcase": Finished another book this weekend.  Even started a new one before picking up the kindle.  This will be a slow one. 


19. "Decorate a room":  I started adding some stuff to my amazon wish list.  It's decor for a kitchen.  I planned stuff that would go with any type of kitchen we end up with..

24. "Get a class A":  I bought a voucher for the safety course that will help me obtain a Class A.

 

Busy days

Alyssa sent over a box of books so I just added about 25 more books to my bookshelf...

I have decided that maybe I should try one of those 30 day photo challenges just to get a feel for my camera.  I figure i'll start after the holidays, currently I have way to much to do to remember to take out my camera and post a new pic on here a day.  

On my way

I can't officially cross anything off my list yet, but I figure my blog is going to get boring if I only have 30 posts...each post for something I have completed.  So, I will start keeping track of my progress of a few of the ones I am working on.  

Tonight I finished a book from the bookshelf.  I guess I should start with a picture of everything that needs to be read.  

The top shelf is all my books.  A few books on the right and left of the shelf are there as reference.  But, the rest need to be read.  I have already started a new one.  Owning a kindle makes this a very difficult task, but I will complete it.

In other news I have started to try different dinners.  I now make a mean mustard panko chicken and pork.  Tomorrow night will be trying chicken with salsa in the crock pot.  I am slowly learning. 

Homemade cookies

 

 The list

1. Buy a house
2. hike a mountain
3. Walk home from work
4. Get a pet
5. Make a new friend
6. Be 135 pounds
7. Run a race
8.  Learn to sew
9. Host a dinner
10. Participate in a game night (and enjoy it!)
11.  Stay up all night and watch the sunrise
12. Visit another country
13.  Have a baby
14. Learn how to use my camera
15. Bake a batch of homemade cookies
16. learn to cook
17. Go on a picnic
18. Read all the books in the bookcase
19. Decorate a room
20.  Change My name on everything
21. Eat a vegetable that I grew
22. Open a Ira or some type of retirement fund
23. Go on a sailboat ride
24. Get a class A
25. Find a hobby/craft
26.  Go to a Bruins game
27.  Bike the cape cod rail trail
28. Learn how to change a tire
29. Make a scrap book of wedding festivities.
30. Watch every episode of how I met your mother

 

Dan went food shopping last night and came home with all the mixings for homemade chocolate chip cookies.  I know this was a very simple accomplishment, but I've never made anything that didn't come from a box.  I only had one complication with the oven, but they came out pretty yummy.  Dan has already eaten about half of them!

 

 

A week before I turned 27 I started to stress out about being so close to 30.  Age has always been just a number, but all of a sudden it stressed me out that I was so close to 30 and felt very unaccomplished.  Someone told me about creating a 30 before 30 list and the idea was born.  Two weeks later here I am starting a 30 to 30 blog to keep track of my progress.  So here goes...

 The list

1. Buy a house
2. hike a mountain
3. Walk home from work
4. Get a pet
5. Make a new friend
6. Be 135 pounds
7. Run a race
8.  Learn to sew
9. Host a dinner
10. Participate in a game night (and enjoy it!)
11.  Stay up all night and watch the sunrise
12. Visit another country
13.  Have a baby
14. Learn how to use my camera
15. Bake a batch of homemade cookies
16. learn to cook
17. Go on a picnic
18. Read all the books in the bookcase
19. Decorate a room
20.  Change My name on everything
21. Eat a vegetable that I grew
22. Open a Ira or some type of retirement fund
23. Go on a sailboat ride
24. Get a class A
25. Find a hobby/craft
26.  Go to a Bruins game
27.  Bike the cape cod rail trail
28. Learn how to change a tire
29. Make a scrap book of wedding festivities.
30. Watch every episode of how I met your mother

 

This list is in no particular order.