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    "I used to fear this life, this suburban mortgage and white fence and a baby on my hip. I want more, I used to think. I wanted Spain and novels and wild loves and adventures.

    I met your dad and instantly wanted you."

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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, February 24, 2010

Blogrolling

I've been updating my blogroll for months, which is why it's been taken off my main page. If you'd like a visual, picture a lot of html half-codes and partial links. In short, a hot mess. It'll be a miracle if all the links work when I'm done. I hope to finish up this week soon, but before I hit "publish," I thought I'd share a few of my favorites here, from lots of different blog types.

One Love Photo -- I wrote a post about this married couple slash photography team on Style Lush, but they deserve another mention. Their photos are stunning, in a way I wish all photos could be. 

Mommy Melee -- She writes about both blog-related ithings and life-related things in perfect balance, while making her points clearly and with a strong voice.

Quarter Life Crisis -- I love the way Jen writes. She has a way of saying something exactly as it should be said. You don't fumble on a single sentence, and I admire that. (And check out her adorable son.)

Party Perfect -- We've already established I love a good party. This blog is like crack for the party planner.

Ezra Pound Cake -- Delicious, easy, versatile recipes. 

Lemon Gloria -- Lisa is the kind of fun, hilarious mother I wish I could find living right next door. Seriously, I envy her friends. Their happy hours must kick ass. (There's a theme with my favorite blogs, apparently, they all have cute sons.)

My Kitchen Cafe -- Quite possibly the most mouth-watering baked goods on the Internet. My thighs would like me to click away, but I just can't.

Inchmark -- Another stylish and creative blog about celebrating and entertaining.

Mandajuice -- She's fantastic, enough said.

Walk Slowly, Live Wildly -- I like reading blogs of people that are so obviously cooler than me. It's inspiring (albeit a little defeating), and I just love this writer and her cool, cool family.

So, what about you, any great blogs you'd like to share?

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Thank you so much for putting me on your list and for saying such nice things about me and my boy!

I am sorely in need of updating my blogroll. I have been hugely slack about it. In fact, I need to update my blog entirely. Very big and daunting.

Posted by: Lemon Gloria | Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 10:52 AM

Lemon Gloria is one of my favourite people to read.

Posted by: hillary | Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 07:43 PM

One of the most awesome things about My Kitchen Cafe is how she has a printable version with and without a pictures. That totally rocks!

Posted by: Natalie | Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 08:12 PM

Blog rolls make me SO twitchy because LAWD I love so many blogs--how does one choose? Right now I'm in the process of creating a couple of blog rolls, which is slow because I lazy and would rather read other blogs then fix-up my own.

I don't know what was on your last roll, but A Little Pregnant is my favorite blog of all time--the woman could write her grocery list and I would laugh.

Posted by: Katy | Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 10:37 PM

GAH! i didn't really need to ADD new blogs to my daily reading...i already have trouble keeping up with my current list!

(but i love that you posted the list!)

Posted by: auntie | Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 12:48 PM

Part of me longs to delete my google reader list to avoid its inevitable "YOU HAVE 10,000 NEW POSTS TO READ! IF YOU START NOW, YOU MAY FINISH BY 2012!" But I also love nothing more than finding an awesome new-to-me blogger.

Posted by: Moose | Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 03:21 PM

I love http://colormekatie.blogspot.com/ because she does so many fun and quirky things around her city to brighten other people's day.

Posted by: pickles & dimes | Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 03:41 PM

One of the most intriguing blogs I've read: notthatkindofgirl.com

Posted by: Erin @ Fierce Beagle | Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 06:14 PM

I love My Kitchen Cafe. Probably 90% of my cooking these days is from there. Yum.

Posted by: Janssen | Tuesday, March 02, 2010 at 04:31 PM

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