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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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As long as you're making memories, it's all good. Some of the worst memories are the things you laugh hardest about 10 years from now -- and that's a great thing, even if it sucked when it happened.

Sounds like you made some memories while you were gone, so I'd call your trip a success!

Oh, we had a great time! The best, really! I think my snark came out as bitchy instead. I need to work on that :)

Your list is awesome, and comes at a perfect time, as I'm headed to Vegas tomorrow! :D We'd already planned to hit up Nine Fine and the Burger Bar, so it's great to hear that they come well recommended.

We've been planning the trip for months, and I'm a little bit beyond excited that we actually leave tomorrow! :)

I think I need goat cheese mashed potatoes, like right this very second.

We are considering a trip there for Willy's 30th but as his co-workers might do a Vegas Happy Hour a week later (up and back the same night) we might go some place else now.

My Dad is a bit of "high roller" at one of the casinos and I used to go with him all the time. And I thought that was Vegas. People just fall all over you!

And then I went with my girlfriends once and was like, Vegas is expensive. And no one is saying hello to me and bringing me stuff. This is not nearly as fun.

So, I get ya.

Apparently I took a lot of videos and oh my god, they are so hilarious. I had to dry my eyes many times I was laughing so much.

OMG, the walking thing is SO true! It's RIGHT there! WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG TO GET THERE?

That construction has been going on for years, I think. I don't think they're actually building anything. Just had to quit mid-project.

Glad you had a good time!

Just took my first trip to Vegas in August (with extended in-law family, so not a very soggy trip, alas.) BUT YES. The walking! Why did I think we could just walk ACROSS THE STREET to another casino? The whole CITY is a mirage. And the cleavage, yes, but the BRA STRAPS. And not just the STRAPS visible, but the entire BRA- my eyes! my eyes!

That said, I LOVED that town and can't wait to go back. Sans kids next time!

So glad you guys liked Nine Fine Irishmen. Did anyone get the macaroni and cheese? PLEASE TELL ME SOMEONE HAD THE MACARONI AND CHEESE! If not, you'll just have to go back.

I'll have to look into this Nine Fine place, because having grown up Irish I can say this - they cannot cook.

I think this says it all - I suggested to my husband that we go away to Vegas for a special trip we are planning (he loves to gamble) and he said, "No - I just want to relax." Vegas is a lot of work!

as someone who grew up in las vegas and moved away 4 years ago, I can tell you the construction is because of the economy. Vegas has been the fastest growing city for most of my years there (ages 3 til 20). During the housing boom, it was a condo/hotel boom as well and so construction workers FLOCKED there and now have nothing to do. Some of those fancy condo towers you see on the strip? Are not full. So construction on the roads is what is helping the construction workers who haven't fled to Louisiana to try and get work in New Orleans.

Also, because I did grow up there, it is not the vegas natives who dress horridly, it is all the drunk tourists! Natives just wear jeans and flip flops in January. And maybe Capris too but that's all I'll admit to. ;)

Just got back from Vegas too! Had a great time but agree with a couple of your bads...wore my most comfortable heels the first night because we weren't sure "where the night would take us" and ended up buying an emergency pair of flip flops before the night took us anywhere. And we actually did the whole, "We can see our hotel. It's right there. Let's walk." Luckily we were drunk and had on our emergency flip flops because it took over an hour.
And two cocktails served in a plastic cup at TAO = $28. Seriously.
But I would totally go back!

Ummmm...even your bad list made me want to go. Really, really bad.

I think I ate on the patio at Nine Fine one of the times when I went...when there was a 9/11 Memorial. Which included a color guard parade on the little promenade outside of NYNY, and many, many, many fine firefighters. Oh yes, I have never wanted to set fire to a hotel room SO.BAD.

I love a good Vegas vacation. I never thought I'd be a Vegas Person but I totally am. We tried to get into the Burger Bar when we were there last spring but we were starving and unwilling to wait 2 hours. Next time for sure, especially now that I have a crush on Hubert from Top Chef Masters.

That convenience store discovery was a real find - I feel like there is NEVER a place to buy chips and a bottle of water for less than twelve dollars.

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