20 before 25 update!

                          20 by 25



So I recently turned 24 and wanted to make a list of things that I would like to do before I turn 25. I always 'think' about making goals but this time I really want to stick with it. Some of them are small things and some are bigger (i'm not sure if 4 or 5 will happen but i hope so) So here are 20 things I want to do before my 25th birthday :)

1. Give blood as many times as possible (unable to start until july cause i was out of the country last year)
2. Visit New York City
3. Volunteer once a month
4. Find a new "grown up" job   started at a bank 7/5/11
5. Buy a house  pending.....hopeful closing date 9/23
6. Visit flea market in Rogers Ohio    6/17/11
7. Lose 15-20 pounds
8. Start doing once a month cooking
9. Have 20 followers :)
10. Build a bigger stockpile and start donating
11. Try out geocaching
12. Visit falling water  8/24/11 read about it here
13. Visit Andy Warhol museum
14. Go on a second cruise with my husby
15. Slowly wean fast food out of my life :(
16. Attempt menu planning
17. Cook at home more
18. Become more active
19. Learn more about blogging
20. Learn how to play golf

So i making a little headway on my list, things have been really busy lately but that really isn't an excuse. hopefully the rest will happen, still have about 7 months, i'm really surprised the biggest two are done already! well, close to being done :)

Inspiration

First Year Anniversary Photo Shoot!

So this post is like two months late. Oops.

I thought it would be really cool to have photos taken every year around the time of our anniversary. Which could get quite pricey but my wonderful and talented sister was nice enough to do it for a donation and lunch :)  A nice perk of having a large family.

We had a certain location in mind, but whenever we got there they were setting up for a wedding.....so we ended up taking them where we had gotten our engagement pics taken.  And they turned out really nice!

setup: me ingorning him and him looking sad.

i am almost laughing though

ahhhh whats mine is yours and whats

yours is mine ;)

All photos taken by Alyssa Ann.

Easier said then done

We found a house!!

So i must have posted the right words in July about house hunting......

because, two days later....

We found a house!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can not tell you how excited I am!!!

So right now we are waiting, and waiting, and sending papers and waiting.......

the bid has gone through, the inspection and appraisal are done.....

closing date is September 23rd.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was trying to wait until some of the bigger stuff was done, I didn't want to get too excited and have it not work out.

Cause that would really, really suck. BUT it looks like everything is going to work.

The house is 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, far bigger then what we were hoping for! There is a dining room, and a small workshop area that I'm excited about for all my crafting projects :) and of course a yard for the dogs, I'm can't wait for them to be able to run around.

So I have started packing somewhat, I am trying to go through everything first so we aren't dragging any crap with us.

anyone have an advice on packing/moving?

my current plan is to clean the whole house on closing day and the move stuff the following two. I would like to be out of the apartment by the end of September to avoid another rent payment.  Does my idea sound good? and remotely possible? we really don't own that much stuff.

Any advice is greatly appreciated! :)

PINTEREST!!!

So the latest greatest website?

PINTEREST!!!

this site is AMAZING!

at first whenever i got on it, i wasn't impressed, now that i have messed around with it for a (few) hours, I am in LOVE with it, and have gotten quite a few of my fans hooked as well.

basically what Pinterest is, is a great way to keep track of your favorites by 'pinning' them unto a 'board' the nice part is you can have all different boards with all different names.

Its a great way to keep track of websites you like without hogging up your favorites list.

to check this website out, you can follow me on Pinterest >, click the link below, if you want an invite just leave your email as a comment below and i'll get you one:)

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