- Monday, January 28 - I completed my full personal financial analysis of the last two years, partially in preparation for doing my taxes. This involved lots of spreadsheets and lots of staying up til 3am organizing transactions. I also created a complete budget and decided to start living by it to prove to myself that I actually can live on a budget instead of just thinking and saying I can.
- Tuesday, January 29 - Skip class to curl my hair. What?
- Everyday – Miss Guitar Hero… The Wiley xbox is out of commission. I haven’t played in weeks.
- Saturday, February 2 – Go with friends up to the Park City Freestyle International ski show. So fun! SO cold.
- Sunday, February 3 – Attended Super Bowl party. My contribution was spinach artichoke dip, pot stickers (thank you for your recipe IeLi), baked beans, and sour cream and onion chicken bites.
- Monday, February 4 - Rock climbing at the Quarry with Sarah’s family. I LOVE rock climbing. I’m not very brave so I don’t always like going to the top, and I’m not an adrenaline-seeking-thrill person, but I love trips to the Quarry.
- Thursday, February 7 – I was asked out by a complete stranger while walking home from school carrying a tray of cinnamon rolls.
I had to give a How-To presentation for my corporate communication class, so I chose cinnamon rolls. I had a tray leftover after handing out samples. I was walking home later that day, all dressed up in business professional dress, carrying a million books and bags. This nice guy walking near me stopped and asked if I wanted some help. I accepted and offered him a cinnamon roll when we got to my car. He asked me to go to dinner with him the following Friday. In any other city but Provo this should have creeped me out but I figured why not so I went! Crazy huh. This kind of stuff so doesn’t happen to me normally.
- Friday, Feb 9-Saturday, Feb 10 -- DC visit! I was lucky enough to join Zack, Mom & Dad in visiting Steve and IeLi for Stephen’s baby blessing! It was a quick trip, but so much fun. I had a great time watching little Mei Li walk around and play and chat and laugh. She brings so much joy to the room. Steve and Ie Li live on the cutest street! I could definitely live in DC.
- Saturday, Feb 10 -- Lost my favorite $5 pashmina grey scarf from Paris. I’m not sure when it actually happened, but it is no longer with me. RIP.
- Feb 13-22 – Took midterms. This reminded me I am actually in school and should probably spend more time on that area of my life.
- Wednesday, Feb 13 - Oliver’s CPK birthday party. Always a treat to go out to dinner all together. It was fun to have mom & dad in town as well.
- Thursday, Feb 14 – Made some Valentine’s bouquets. A friend of mine wanted to give flowers to his girlfriend but wanted to be super cheap about it. I offered to help him buy flowers at the wholesaler. Then 3 of his friends wanted in too. It was fun, but definitely a case of saying yes to too many things. I think the arrangements turned out nicely, very untraditional which was the idea.
- Thursday, Feb 14 - Received several Valentine’s bouquets. From different people. I may have a problem on my hands…
- Thursday, Feb 14 -- Made a fantastic Valentine’s meal. I have gone crazy over this website Pioneer Woman Cooks. I love that woman’s blog and this cooking website is an offshoot from it. She had step-by-step photo instructions for each recipe. It’s amazing and gave me the courage to try a Roasted Beef Tenderloin. I’m not known as great when it comes to cooking steak but with her help it was a total success! The steak was accompanied by Twice Baked Potatoes, Olive Cheese Bread, Veggies, Gravy, and Hot Fudge Cake (recipe from Annee’s realtor). Way too much food but such a success!
- Feb 1-26 – Watched almost 2 full seasons of Grey’s Anatomy. I finally caved in and started watching it. I’m aiming to finish just before the April 25th return of the show.
- Saturday, Feb 16 -- Fell in love with Sarah’s popcorn maker. This machine makes the process so lovely. It’s been added to the must-have list.
- Monday, Feb 18 – Wednesday, Feb 20 – Park city visiting. Not my best skiing days but fun nonetheless.
- Everyday – Gym time. It’s been a good month as far as that goes!
- Wednesday, Feb 20 -- See a guy flagrantly cheating in the testing center worse than I’ve ever seen. A great internal debate followed about whether I should say something. In the end I did…
- Thursday, Feb 21 -- Ballet West’s Cinderella with Sarah. It was an enchanted evening!
- Thursday, Feb 21 – Decide I hate living on a budget.
- Friday, Feb 22 -- Spend 3 hours fixing my TV. This involved many tools, screws, instruction manuals, and calls for help. In the end, I got the lamp changed and the TV is back in working order.
- Friday, Feb 22 – Find out my IT band is hurt/tight/damaged. My trainer helped me diagnose the nagging pain on the outside of my knee. Rest, foam rolling and improved stretching is to follow.
- Friday, Feb 22 – Finally make bran muffins! I needed a good running-out-the-door breakfast option. I have this super healthy recipe that required a trip to whole foods for the ingredients. Turns out they’re not too bad!
- Saturday, Feb 23 -- Tubing at Soldier Hollow! I love this place. We had a good time (as my sunglass tan clearly showed for the rest of the week).
- Thursday, Feb 21 & Saturday Feb 23 – Got to have a Hires Big H veggie burger!
- Saturday, Feb 23 – Attended a Golden Birthday party! We love any excuse to dress to a theme.
- Sunday, Feb 24 - Got my visiting teaching done! Isn’t it great to check that off?
- Monday, Feb 25 - Threw out everything in my cupboard with High Fructose Corn Syrup. Did you know how bad this stuff is for your body? Sadly, it meant parting with my beloved Frosted Mini Wheats (ingredient #2-sugar, #3-HFCS, wow!).
- Tuesday, Feb 26 – Finally updated my blog.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
30 things in the last 30 days...
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3 comments:
1. That was awsome. However, the only problem with blogging this way, is that it's a monumental task. I just don't ever want you to give it up. Thank you.
2. The recipe I really need is Ie Li's pot sticker one. I was hoping for a link on that mention.
3. Perhaps having multiple boyfriends on Valentine's Day isn't all bad.
4. A stranger totally asked you out on a date? That is something out of Grey's Anatomy. Seriously, this is real life, and that just doesn't happen.
5. What did you replace the Mini Wheats with? Are you seriously going to embrace the ban on high fructose? That's amazing. Please elaborate.
6. Disregard all spelling errors. I am smart.
7. You look fabulous in all your pictures. I am so proud you are MY sister. Especially if anyone says we look alike. Does anyone say that?
8. Thanks for the post. I love you!
OK. Whoa. That was a lot of stuff.
1. Guitar hero is back. They sent us a new XBox yesterday.
2. I think my people would like those sour cream & onion chicken bites. I should try the recipe sometime.
3. So what about this stranger date? You never did the follow up description of how the date went. And why not in Provo? Was he trying to avoid being seen by someone too? Please elaborate. That is so random and awesome.
4. So sad about the scarf. Guess another trip to Paris is in order. Does that fit into the budget?
5. The flower arrangements that you made are gorgeous. I especially like that you used interesting vases. How much did you charge them? You should totally go into business. I love flower basket arrangements but some I've received are not nearly as nice as those and I'm sure they were close to $100.
6. OK so 3 boys sent you flowers on Valentines day? Ken, Alan and who?? And who sent which arrangement?
7. Your Valentines meal is very impressive! So many elements to it! Was it more fun than going out?
8. Bran muffins sound gross.
9. So what's with the sudden interest in HFCS? I just don't know if I can part with the frosted mini wheats. I have made myself think it is a healthy way to start my day.
10. I love you.
Annee, I'll post my potsticker recipe.
Rachel, we loved having you visit and we'd love it if you lived in DC.
I'm so impressed with how involved you are! Making bouquets for people. Golden birthday celebration. Elaborate meals. You're a total party animal and you still manage to stay on top of your studies.
Thanks for the update.
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