Where did the time go?!?

WOW. Where have the last 6 months gone?!?! I have trouble keeping the days straight, so I think I'm going to stop trying to figure out where the last few months went. It was a good that I decided to check my goals for this year... somethings have been updated, while a few of the goals clearly need to be changed since they are SOOOOO not happening before the big 33. Let's see where things stand: 1. Read 6 books: As of the last post I had read 3. As of now, I have exceeded my goal! I have actually fit in quite a bit of reading considering how crazy busy I have been. I have read: "The Wedding Girl" by Madeleine Wickham (a fun girly book); "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen (great book); "Measure of the Heart" by Mary Ellen Geist (touching book about the story of how music helped a man with Alzheimer's); "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell (very interesting read on what makes people successful). I have started 2 more books (unusual for me as I usually read one at a time): "Courting Her Highness" by Jean Plaidy and "World Withouth End" by Ken Follett. 2. Visit Sarah in NC: done as of last blog entry. 3. Paint my bedroom: done as of last blog entry. 4. Take a hot yoga class: I have a feeling this isn't going to happen this year. I did go and buy the towel for my yoga mat. I think we'll turn this goal into: Go to concerts I wouldn't normally go to. This I can say I have done. I went to the Sting concert in Boston earlier this fall. It was AMAZING! I love Sting! And next week I will be going to the Tori Amos concert in Boston as well. Sounds like an interesting tour so I'm excited to see her. 5. Go to the beach this summer. It was a glorious summer! I was fortunate enough to be able to go to the Cape several times this summer. There were many fabulous beach days to be had! Take a look:

6. Visit Becky in NYC and finally meet precious little Maelee! I finally had a weekend this summer to go to NYC and see Becky and meet Maelee! It was a quick trip, but it was so much fun! A trip to the playground, wonderful food, fabulous company and lots of playtime with Maelee! I can't wait to see them all again. Here are some pictures:

Becky and Me making our classic "kissy face" pose :)

7. Go Rock Climbing. This is also not happening. I actually did go to a Rock Climbing place as I had a meeting at one. I learned more about rock climbing and that confirmed my ideas that rock climbing wasn't for me and this goal wasn't going to be met. This one will get changed to: Go skiing (although I will need to take some lessons on the bunny hill first. Last time I went skiing I thought I didn't need to take a lesson and ended up walking down a very big mountain). 8. Take a Brewery Tour. Well, I haven't actually been to a brewery yet, BUT a certain someone is becoming quite the beer afficionado so I have been learning a lot about beer and have gotten to taste the different types of beer. I'm not a big fan of beer anyway, but it has been interesting to taste different kinds and see what I consider good and bad. I'm going to say this one is done as I have been getting a solid beer education these past few months ;) 9. Take Guitar Lessons. Well, I haven't had formal guitar lessons, but I did sit in on the adult beginning guitar class we had at the school over the summer, and I have been teaching myself through some method books (of course I have had a little bit of help from a certain someone).... I'm contemplating posting a video of me playing but I haven't had a chance to practice in a few months so I'll have to practice a bit and then see if I'm brave enough to post a video of me playing very poorly on the guitar :) Stay tuned! 10. Take a Weekend Get-Away this Summer: I went to Lawrence for reunion as mentioned in previous blog. I also had many wonderful weekend getaways to the Cape this summer as noted above. I'm almost done with everything - yay! Stay tuned - Just a couple more months and I will be at the end of this year's journey! Happy Holidays! :)