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Things I want to do in 2010


  • 1. Throw a mimosa brunch for my friends. (Photos here.)
    2. Edited: Spend a night in College Station with Mike.
    3. Take a few steps in the right direction of starting an organization that provides resources, encouragement and support to new moms.
    4. Put together a book of memories I've been meaning to make for a special someone.
    5. Run a 5K (Austin's Zooma Relay), then a 10K, then a half-marathon.
    6. Host a holiday ornament exchange and cookie decorating party.
    7. Make great strides in being the kind of friend who remembers and acknowledges birthdays better.
    8. Edited: Introduce Kyle to family he hasn't gotten to meet yet. (my grandma; Mike's grandparents)
    9. Own a great pair of investment jeans.
    10. Take a vacation, no matter to where or when, with just my husband. We've earned it.
    11. Read at least 20 books. (1. The Help 2. The Brightest Star in the Sky 3. Her Fearful Symmetry 4. This is Where I Leave You 5. Little Bee 6. Living Dead in Dallas 7. One Day 8. The Hunger Games)
    12. Write all my addresses into my file box.
    13. Buy nightstands for our bedroom.
    14. Let only good, genuine things motivate me more often.
    15. Throw Kyle a kick-ass birthday party (making the invitations and a banner by hand) (Also made: a crown and his thank-you cards.)
    16. Make fitness and health a priority.
    17. Buy a pretty dress and wear it out on the town, with my husband on my arm. (I bought this dress from Modcloth and can be seen wearing it here.)
    18. Continue creating awesome, fun and inspiring content on Style Lush. (With the help of the incredible writers.) Also, host a Style Lush edited: happy hour at BlogHer 2010.
    19. Make a dentist appointment.
    20. Make crab cakes, chicken masala and cinnamon buns (from scratch).
    21. Look fabulous at my 10-year high school reunion.
    22. Buy some art for our walls.
    23. Take Kyle to an A&M football game.
    24. Learn to drive a stick.
    25. Watch The Wire.
    Added:
    26. Make (with my own hands) an advent calendar for Christmas 2010.
    27. Start planning a 2011 family reunion.
    28. Buy a wall map and fill it with map pins.
    29. Spend time volunteering at Jonathan's Place.
    30. Finish my blogroll.
    31. Go to the movies alone. ("It's Complicated")
    32. Make Kyle's baby blanket (from his old clothes.)
    33. Stick to a budget better than years past.
    34. Learn to properly pronounce the word Worcestershire
    35. See all the nominees for Best Picture (Oscars): 1. Avatar 2. The Blind Side 3. District 9 4. An Education 5. The Hurt Locker 6. Inglorious Basterds 7. Precious 8. A Serious Man 9. Up 10. Up in the Air
    36. Discover a new artist/band once a month. (January: Eric Hutchinson
    February: Denison Witmer
    March: Tristan Prettyman
    April: Patrick Park
    May: Boyce Avenue
    June: The New Amsterdams
    July: Leona Naess
    August: Mumford & Sons)
    37. Eat at 10 new restaurants this year. (1. Brio, 2. Jack's Porch 3. La Duni 4. Classic Cafe 5. Manuel's 6. South Congress Cafe 7. Wild Sushi 8. MoMo's 9. Gerhard's 10. Taverna 11. Craft 12. Cowtown Sushi 13. Mercer Kitchen 14. Les Halles 15. All Star Sandwich Bar 16. La Peep 17. Farina's Winery 18. Ten 01 19. The Farm Cafe 20. Fenouil 21. The Field 22. C Level 23. Cafe Coyote 24. Casellula 25. Mercury Chophouse 26. Hully & Mo)
    38. Get a bikini wax.
    39. Enroll and finish a boot camp class, through our local rec.
    40. Take Kyle to the Fort Worth zoo.
    41. Read one classic book and watch one classic movie.
    42. Take a cooking class at Central Market (Sushi Class, June 30, 2010)
    43. Go to a concert. (Greenday)
    44. Take Kyle to the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens.
    45. Make 10 items from Food Network shows I watch. (1. Caesar spaghetti from 30 Minute Meals 2. Grilled cheese sandwich with red onion jam from What Would Brian Boitano Make? 3. Florentine mac and cheese with chicken meatballs from 30 Minute Meals 4. Corn and Mascarpone Mini Lasagnas from Giada at Home. 5. Braised Paprkia Chicken from Ask Aida 6. Pizzagna from 30 Minute Meals 7. Pork Milanese with Creamy Lemon Caper Sauce from Everyday Italian)
    46. Take a dance class.
    47. Visit one new state. (Massachusetts)
    48. Count to ten more often before speaking when frustrated/upset/angry.
    49. Go a month without: meat, alcohol and shopping (March)
    50. Learn some calligraphy.
    51. Run 25 miles (total) in one month. (June)
    52. Go 5 days without checking my personal email.
    53. Start a recipe collection.
    54. Learn how to poach an egg.
    55. Make one new friend in the neighborhood.
    56. Host a play date at our house.
    57. Make the perfect Bloody Mary.
    58. Participate in DFW's Restaurant Week. (Mercury Chophouse)

    Post-additions
    58. Take Kyle to Sea World
    59. Eat dinner in a restaurant alone.
    60. Attend Comic-Con

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Wednesday, December 12, 2007

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again, a totally adorable story. even if it means breaking into a piggy bank. i actually have a collection of piggy banks and all of them are empty. they do my no good and i my credit card has racked some miles this week. sigh.

Awww! What a cute story. The two of you were absolutely adorable.

And broke is a state of mind, honey. Who cares about paying bills and buying food and all that jazz when you have the man you love beside you. ;)

Aww, this is such a sweeter story than my Empire State Building story! That was when we were up there at one a.m. after we'd been together two months, and Torsten was ready to say I love you but I was SO NOT, and I figured out right quick that he was going to try to say it to me while we were up there, so I pitched a fit and made us leave before he got a chance to say it. Not my finest moment. I'm glad yours went better.

That is sweet. My I love you story is no where near as romantic but I also didn't have to wait nearly as long. But we were engaged before I knew him 5 months so thats that. I am on your page with the whole being broke thing. We had a nice arguement over our credit card bills two nights ago. I spent yesterday moving my hair appointment to January, canceling lunch at La Bodegas with friends yesterday, and making a menu for the rest of the week based on what might still be good in the fridge. I went to a meet and greet on campus today for free food. BUT all of my Christmas presents are purchased, notice I did not say PAID FOR. Wait until you have a baby. We spend over a 100.00 a month on formula, over 600.00 on daycare, 40.00 on diapers, etc, etc.

Yet another awesome post!! You have quickly become on of my "fave blogs"! Wait until you are busting in to your 1 year old son's piggy bank to get some change to go to McDonalds! GUILTY!!! & I am not ashamed to admit my hot fudge sundae was delicious!

What a sweet story! I was the first one to say I love you, and I said it to H randomly one night while we were watching SNL. He was like, WTF? But he did say it back. =)

What a fabulous post!

I love the story, and the way you told it!

Also - you two are both adorable :)

Great Story. And I've done the change thing before, too.

Aaron told me that he loved me for the first time at Whataburger, while waiting for some taquitos. I felt honored- he really loves Whataburger. I told this story at our rehearsal dinner. He was so pleased.

That story was so sweet it made me smile in spite of my crankitude. I have some SERIOUS tude going right now. You should be really amazed and proud.

That's a completely awesome story, and even better that you were able to go back to that piggy bank, and that time in your life, when you needed to. One day (soon?) you'll look back on this time and remember fondly, from your yacht, those bygone days when you had to raid the piggy bank for ice cream. :)

I love this story!! And that picture is very cute, you are too hard on yourself! He's such a romantic.
I'm sorry about your piggy bank break in, it sucks to be this way around the holidays. I hope your visit to the mechanic goes better than mine. They estimated that it would cost around $800 to fix the bumper. I'm going to go somewhere else for a second opinion!

What a great great story!! (How cute that he'd wait in a four hour long line (I would kill myself) to do so).

Seriously, Jenny, your blog is one of my all-time favorites already. And I read a lot of bllogs.

you are a great story teller, and this is a great one. i think it's so cute that he tipped off your friend that he was going to say the big three words.

Such a cute story! I love hearing everyone else's stories.
I had a think, and I can't remember when Matt and I first officially exchanged "I love you's"... But I did get a text message from him 4 days after we started dating (which I still have nearly 2 years later) saying "I think I'm falling in love with you... I hope that doesn't scare you."
Aww!

That is such a sweet story. The fact that he made into a big production of sorts shows just how much he loves you and just how much he wanted to show you that. Adorable!

Aw. That is so sweet. One of my favorites so far.... well it is tied with the Crystal story!

I too realized I love mine around month two! I think I even broke down one night and screamed/cried "You don't LOVE me!" ... Psychooooo... Yeah. I can't believe he stayed with me either.

So so sweet. I think you look beautiful in that picture. All glowing and in love. :)

I was born in NYC, and so the Empire State Building was no biggie, nor the WTC, but that now is. Living in Mistake (mesquite), where my wagon train broke down a few years ago, well, thats a long story.

I meet my current wife of these past 9 plus years on the internet in a chat room, so our stories are somewhat more non-traditional. But we still smile as we remember them.

And remember, age is a number, youth is a state of mind.

Hello, uptight. I'm anxious&tense. Nice to meet you! Boys are so funny about the I love you. It took Dave five monthes and seven days from our first date (not that I know the exact dates of either). And he had to do it in a special setting at a special moment too. I'm totally going to write about it now. Thanks for the inspiration!

I love this story. I know I keep saying that in comments, but your stories are such delicious glimpses into your life that I can't help loving them. They always give me a smile. In reading this post I realized how little I write about these same moments with my Honey.... I'll have to start sharing.

I moved from the East Coast right before 9/11 and haven't had the heart to return to NY. Thanks for bringing back some lovely winter memories.

Man, I can relate to the counting change thing. We're broke right now, but it's all going to change tomorrow so three cheers to that. So many bills, too little money. Sigh. That picture of you guys is lovely. You look so happy.

I love that story, and I think the picture of you two is such a cute one. Mike is really a romantic in his heart.

I love your stories, your kids are going to be so lucky to have all these memories of their parents to look back on. Nothing wrong with a fake pair of diamonds, I used to have a HUGE pair from Target...hehe I would pass them off as real if you asked me! Ha!

Oh my gosh! I love the "TOO FAR, TOO FAR"! I'm sitting here cracking up and had to read it to a friend so she'd get a laught too. Great story!

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