It's not finished, but it is almost there!! And I've moved in!!
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
(More than) 100 Things
100 things to do before I die (in no particular order)
- Scuba Dive the Great Barrier Reef
- Scuba Dive in the Indian Ocean
- Get Married
- Have a family
Buy a house3/26/2008Get my dog to be a registered therapy dog12/23/2007- We passed!!- Go to Greece
- Learn Italian
- Learn to play the Guitar
- Learn to play the trumpet
- Take Piano lessons again
Run a half marathon (on purpose - and actually run it)4/6/2008 - even though I didnt think I could run it from tendonitis injury, jogged it in 2:52Learn how to Waltz9/20/07 - Really liked the Waltz!!- Learn how to Tango
Learn to SwingDance9/27/07 - not our favorite- Enjoy a full day at the spa
- Pay off my car
- Get a masters degree
- Go backpacking again
- Learn to drive a motorcyle
- Teach my dog fly-ball
- Teach my dog agility tricks/skills
- Teach my dog to fetch outside
- Take a photography course
- Have a darkroom
- Own a digital SLR
- Actually be a supervisor of someone (or a whole team!)
- Own a horse
- Take more computer programming classes
- Teach a class
- Read the entire Bible
- Go spelunking
- Take a cooking class
- Learn how to make sushi
- Take a wine tasting class
- Go back to Italy
- Go skydiving
- Go to Ireland
- Go to Switzerland
- Own my own business
- Have more than 3 weeks of vacation time
- Get certified for Wreck Diving
- Get certified for Cave Diving
- Be a scuba diving instructor
- Go to the Grand Canyon
- Own a boat
- Go to Australia
- Have a garden
- Get electrolysis
- Own land
- Have a vacation home
- Beat a video game by myself (no help from people or cheats)
- Own a film SLR camera for my darkroom (Rachael)
- Get Lasik done
- Visit all 50 states
- Retire Early
- Write a song
- Climb a mountain
- Conquer the mountain bike - with clips
- Memorize more Scripture
Learn the Foxtrot9/13/2007Learn to ChaCha10/11/2007- Meet my weight goal
- Live debt free
- Dive with sharks
- Have a much larger and more well organized closet
- Complete all eight BSF studies
- Visit South America
- Get a pilot's licence
- Get another tattoo (and then that's it!)
- Hire a maid
- Host a dinner party
- Spend an extended time in the Caribbean (longer than a week)
- Island hop in the Caribbean on a sailboat (more like a yacht)
- Live in the Caribbean
- Have a job where I don't sit at a desk
- Get and keep at least $1mm in the bank
- Set up trusts for my family like Grandad did
- Take my family on vacation like Grandad did
- Have a better relationship with my dad
- Have a better relationship with my brother
- See Sara get married
- See Melanie get married
See Jeremy get married01/23/2010- Take a flower arrangement class
- Learn to get up early
- Have season tickets to the symphony
Own a fenced yardand a doggie door 03/26/2008- Go to OSU homecoming again
- Spiritually influence someones life
- Go to Germany
Go to Isreal03/16/2010 - 03/26/2010- Always be able to afford a personal trainer
- Go to the horse races
- Go to Fiji
- Be a member of the audience in a TV show (inspired by someone else)
- Get to know my neighbors (inspired by someone else)
- Be someone's mentor (inspired by someone else)
- Drive the Autobahn (inspired by someone else)
- See the history of the Holocaust (concentration camps, meusems, etc) 03/18/2010
- Invent something useful and patent it (inspired by someone else)
Solve a Rubik's Cube (inspired by someone else)01/08/2008 - even though Dollar says it doesnt count because I "cheated" by using the instructions, but it still took me forever and tons of do-overs. I am okay with mediocity in the Rubik's Cube department- Fly First Class
Eat a cupcake from Sprinkles10/21/2007- Run a half marathon in under 2:30
- Complete a marathon
Annoyances
1. When people don't follow through on what they say - it's called commitment for a reason people!
2. When grown adults don't pickup after themselves or flush the toilets in public restrooms - esp in corporate environments.
3. When people don't pick up after their dogs - esp when it is within 6 feet of a pet waste station.
4. When perfectly capable people push the handicap button to open the door. (thanks for reminding me Rachael).
5. People who use poor grammar.
6. Automated telephone services - where you have to push buttons or speak to a computer on the phone - just hire people! or make fewer choices to get to a real person!
7. When people run stories into the ground by retelling them over and over. I've heard it already - thanks.
8. Thank goodness for DVR because those Bee Movie commercials on NBC are getting annoying. Not only are they annoying to begin with, but they are every day and every commercial break. Does the movie stink so bad that they are trying to hype it up so much? I am so glad I can fast forward through it!
9. (updated 09/12/2007) Why can't people obey traffic rules? For instance, when traffic is congested at an intersection, why must people be so impatient that they MUST make it through the red light even when the traffic on the other side of the light is backed up - leaving them sticking out in the intersection blocking traffic? Not only is it rude, it is illegal! Come on people. Also, if you see a sign that says lanes merge. Be considerate and please begin to merge when you see the sign. Don't rush up to the front of the line or the last second before your lane ends and expect people to let you in and be nice about it. You saw the same sign everyone else did.
10. (updated 06/11/08) If there are 2 lanes for an exit, one being an exit only and the other being an option exit, why do people feel the need to get in the exit only lane? You can exit from both! You dont have to merge into the exit only lane.
... and I am sure the list will grow. I am not trying to be negative, just honest. Perhaps these things will help you understand me better and maybe you wont do any of the things on this list.
2. When grown adults don't pickup after themselves or flush the toilets in public restrooms - esp in corporate environments.
3. When people don't pick up after their dogs - esp when it is within 6 feet of a pet waste station.
4. When perfectly capable people push the handicap button to open the door. (thanks for reminding me Rachael).
5. People who use poor grammar.
6. Automated telephone services - where you have to push buttons or speak to a computer on the phone - just hire people! or make fewer choices to get to a real person!
7. When people run stories into the ground by retelling them over and over. I've heard it already - thanks.
8. Thank goodness for DVR because those Bee Movie commercials on NBC are getting annoying. Not only are they annoying to begin with, but they are every day and every commercial break. Does the movie stink so bad that they are trying to hype it up so much? I am so glad I can fast forward through it!
9. (updated 09/12/2007) Why can't people obey traffic rules? For instance, when traffic is congested at an intersection, why must people be so impatient that they MUST make it through the red light even when the traffic on the other side of the light is backed up - leaving them sticking out in the intersection blocking traffic? Not only is it rude, it is illegal! Come on people. Also, if you see a sign that says lanes merge. Be considerate and please begin to merge when you see the sign. Don't rush up to the front of the line or the last second before your lane ends and expect people to let you in and be nice about it. You saw the same sign everyone else did.
10. (updated 06/11/08) If there are 2 lanes for an exit, one being an exit only and the other being an option exit, why do people feel the need to get in the exit only lane? You can exit from both! You dont have to merge into the exit only lane.
... and I am sure the list will grow. I am not trying to be negative, just honest. Perhaps these things will help you understand me better and maybe you wont do any of the things on this list.
Honey-Do List
Originally Posted: 4/17/2008 9:44AM
Updated: 06/11/2008 09:30:AM
It's official. It hasnt been long since I signed the papers for the house and I already have a honey-do list, but no honey, so I just bat my eyes and say "Daddy, Help me!". Acutually I have done a lot (with the help of Melanie - and Dollar & Rachael helped one weekend) already. So here is my newly aquired Honey-Do List:
1. Redo Master Bath
3. Redo Hall Bath
6. Paint the Livingroom
7. Take off all the popcorn on ALL the ceilings and paint
8. Install a doggy-door
9.Paint the guest rooms
10. Landscaping!
11.Install new lighting in Entry way and Hall
But I am sure I could add more.
Updated: 06/11/2008 09:30:AM
It's official. It hasnt been long since I signed the papers for the house and I already have a honey-do list, but no honey, so I just bat my eyes and say "Daddy, Help me!". Acutually I have done a lot (with the help of Melanie - and Dollar & Rachael helped one weekend) already. So here is my newly aquired Honey-Do List:
1. Redo Master Bath
- tear out tile on floor
- tear out bathtub
- tear out counter top
install shower- install tile
- install new lighting
- paint the walls, cabinets and trim
3. Redo Hall Bath
- tear out tile on floor
- tear out tile in bath
- tear out counter top
- install tile
- install new lighting
- paint the walls, cabinets
- install baseboards
- install trim around mirror
- tear out hideous tile job
- install new tile or laminate
- Paint the cabinets and trim
6. Paint the Livingroom
7. Take off all the popcorn on ALL the ceilings and paint
8. Install a doggy-door
9.
10. Landscaping!
11.
But I am sure I could add more.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
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