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Showing posts with label No Regrets List. Show all posts
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March 3, 2013

No Regrets 2013-2014 Edition...

Since another year has come and gone it's time for my updated "No Regrets" list. But first here is a look at how I did with last years list...

Twenty-Seven Things To Do By March 3rd 2013:
  1. Have A Scavenger Hunt In NYC **
  2. Get Thrown Out of a Nightclub (#6) *
  3. Learn How To Properly Make French Macarons **
  4. Take a Ride on a Airboat ← Which I would have done if I would have made it to New Orleans!
  5. Drink Only Water for a Month *
  6. Do Something that Scares You (#69) *
  7. Buy a Princess Dress (#35) *
  8. Pay Off One of My Debts
  9. Love Your Body (#25) *
  10. Become Certified To Scuba Dive **
  11. Learn a Foreign Language (#80) *
  12. Ride a Mechanical Bull
  13. Go to a Shooting Range *
  14. Visit The Library Of Congress **
  15. Go Inside the Statue of Liberty *
  16. See A Movie At A Drive-In Theater **
  17. Swim With Sharks (#47) *
  18. Go to the National Cherry Blossom Festival
  19. Learn to Drive Stick Shift *
  20. Visit The Cemeteries In New Orleans **
  21. Indulge in a Great Work of Literature (#88) *
  22. Move in With Justin
  23. Go Ghost Hunting in England (#59) *
  24. Take a Hot Air Balloon Ride **
  25. Take a Self Defense Course
  26. Learn to Get a Good Night’s Sleep (#99) *
  27. Write A Children’s Book **
* These were things I did not get done on my original list (2010-2011)
** These were things I did not get done on my 2011-2012 list

So, as you can all see I suck and I only got three things done off of my 2012-2013 list. I think instead of keeping all of the old things I have yet to do on my list that I'm going to take some stuff off and give up on those for now.

Twenty-Eight Things To Do By March 3rd 2014:
  1. Have A Scavenger Hunt In NYC **
  2. Drink Only Water For A Month *
  3. Visit Chas In California
  4. Go To Another TV Show Taping
  5. Become Certified To Scuba Dive **
  6. Learn a Foreign Language (#80) *
  7. Convince My Directer To Get Me An iPad Mini For Work
  8. Ride a Mechanical Bull ***
  9. Go On An Actual Diet
  10. Pay Off One Of My Credit Cards
  11. Go To A Shooting Range *
  12. Read 15 New Books
  13. See A Movie At A Drive-In Theater **
  14. Actual Have That Sleepover In NYC With My Cousin & Sister
  15. Swim With Sharks (#47) *
  16. Play Paintball In Old Bridesmaids Dresses With Friends
  17. Learn To Drive Stick Shift *
  18. Find & Buy A Vintage Typewriter
  19. Indulge In A Great Work of Literature (#88) *
  20. Take Part In The MP3 Experiments
  21. Move in With Justin ***
  22. Save Money To Put Towards A Down Payment On A House
  23. Learn 28 New Recipes
  24. Take a Hot Air Balloon Ride **
  25. Brew Beer With Justin
  26. Take A Self Defense Course ***
  27. Do Fashion Inspired Blog Posts
  28. Write A Children’s Book **
* These were things I did not get done on my original list (2010-2011)
** These were things I did not get done on my 2011-2012 list
***  These were things I did not get done on my 2012-2013 list
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May 1, 2012

Month In Review: April 2012...

Adventures Of The Month: Highlights...
  • Going to yet another Mets Opening Day game with Justin.
  • Finally getting to eat at Tortilleria Nixtamal.
  • Celebrating Easter with Justin and his family.
  • Taking a road trip to Washington DC with my mother.
  • Being part of Send Something Good & meeting awesome new people.
  • Setting up a play date between my friend's daughter & Justin's youngest sister.
  • Getting a Blogging Buddy from Modern Buttercup.
  • Having dinner with my coworkers.
  • Getting to be in the audience of The Chew.
  • Seriously talking to Justin about actually moving in together.
  • Playing with kittens.
  • Actually getting to cross a handful of things off my No Regrets list.
Favorites Of The Month...

Posts

Picture
Instagram

New To Me As Of This Month...

Blogs
Stripes and Polka Dots Charlotte's Web

Stubborn DelightFinding Myself

♥ Wish Wish Wish
♥ Champagne Bubbles
♥ Pine To The Pacific
♥ Pugly Pixel
♥ Blank Pages
♥ Kaytee Lauren
♥ Confection
♥ The Library Faerie

Movies/TV Shows
Books
iPhone Apps
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April 19, 2012

"No Regrets" List Update...

I just realized that I accomplished three items on my "No Regrets" list within the past week and a half! I'm so excited to cross things off (Especially since I did a crappy job with my list last year). I've visited the Library of Congress (#14), went to the National Cherry Blossom Festival (#18) and I paid off one of my debts (#8).

Twenty-Seven Things To Do By March 3rd 2013:
  1. Have A Scavenger Hunt In NYC **
  2. Get Thrown Out of a Nightclub (#6) *
  3. Learn How To Properly Make French Macarons **
  4. Take a Ride on a Airboat
  5. Drink Only Water for a Month *
  6. Do Something that Scares You (#69) *
  7. Buy a Princess Dress (#35) *
  8. Pay Off One of My Debts
  9. Love Your Body (#25) *
  10. Become Certified To Scuba Dive **
  11. Learn a Foreign Language (#80) *
  12. Ride a Mechanical Bull
  13. Go to a Shooting Range *
  14. Visit The Library Of Congress **
  15. Go Inside the Statue of Liberty *
  16. See A Movie At A Drive-In Theater **
  17. Swim With Sharks (#47) *
  18. Go to the National Cherry Blossom Festival
  19. Learn to Drive Stick Shift *
  20. Visit The Cemeteries In New Orleans **
  21. Indulge in a Great Work of Literature (#88) *
  22. Move in With Justin
  23. Go Ghost Hunting in England (#59) *
  24. Take a Hot Air Balloon Ride **
  25. Take a Self Defense Course
  26. Learn to Get a Good Night’s Sleep (#99) *
  27. Write A Children’s Book **
* These items were things I did not get done on my original list (2010-2011)
** These items were things I did not get done on my 2011-2012 list
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April 1, 2012

Month In Review: March 2012...

Adventures Of The Month: Highlights...
  • Celebrating my 27th birthday!
  • Spend almost an entire day in the emergency room with my sister.
  • Pretending to be a real professional & speaking at the Middle School Career Day.
  • Finally eating at One if by Land, Two if by Sea.
  • Seeing Priscilla Queen of the Desert on Broadway with my mom & sister.
  • Getting in trouble with the High School principle for giving out maracas at Career Day.
  • Trying my first Shamrock Shake (I didn't like it...)
  • Girls nights.
  • Getting tickets to be in the audience of ABC's The Chew.
Favorites Of The Month...

Posts
Picture

Instagram

New To Me As Of This Month...

Blogs

Aunie Sauce 150X150b
Photobucket
♥ Bonjour Gazel♥ Oh Joy!♥ Open Ended
♥ The Beauty Department

Movies/TV Shows
LP's
  • Ghostbusters Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
  • "Dare To Be Stupid" by Weird Al Yankovic
  • "Even Worse" by Weird Al Yankovic
Books
iPhone Apps
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March 3, 2012

No Regrets 2012-2013 Edition...

Since another year has come and gone it's time for my updated "No Regrets" list. But first here is a look at how I did with last years list...
Twenty-Six Things To Do By March 3rd 2012:
  1. Have A Scavenger Hunt In NYC
  2. Get Thrown Out of a Nightclub (#6) *
  3. Learn How To Properly Make French Macarons
  4. Drink Only Water for a Month *
  5. Do Something that Scares You (#69) *
  6. Go Ghost Hunting in Gettysburg, PA
  7. Buy a Princess Dress (#35) *
  8. Love Your Body (#25) *
  9. Become Certified To Scuba Dive
  10. Learn a Foreign Language (#80) *
  11. Go to a Shooting Range *
  12. Visit The Library Of Congress
  13. Finish Unfinished Business (#14) *
  14. Take & Post A Picture Everyday For The Year
  15. Go Inside the Statue of Liberty *
  16. Learn to Walk in Three Inch Stilettos (#30) *
  17. Go Wine Tasting *
  18. See A Movie At A Drive-In Theater
  19. Swim With Sharks (#47) * ← If Erin didn't have a midterm Friday this would have happened
  20. Learn to Drive Stick Shift *
  21. Visit The Cemeteries In New Orleans
  22. Indulge in a Great Work of Literature (#88) *
  23. Go Ghost Hunting in England (#59) *
  24. Take A Hot Air Balloon Ride
  25. Learn to Get a Good Night’s Sleep (#99) *
  26. Write A Children’s Book
* These items were things I did not get done on my original list (2010-2011)

I know... I know... I didn't do so hot this past year, but I'm gonna try to do better on my twenty-seven list. With that said, here is my newest list...

Twenty-Seven Things To Do By March 3rd 2012:
  1. Have A Scavenger Hunt In NYC **
  2. Get Thrown Out of a Nightclub (#6) *
  3. Learn How To Properly Make French Macarons **
  4. Take a Ride on a Airboat
  5. Drink Only Water for a Month *
  6. Do Something that Scares You (#69) *
  7. Buy a Princess Dress (#35) *
  8. Pay Off One of My Debts
  9. Love Your Body (#25) *
  10. Become Certified To Scuba Dive **
  11. Learn a Foreign Language (#80) *
  12. Ride a Mechanical Bull
  13. Go to a Shooting Range *
  14. Visit The Library Of Congress **
  15. Go Inside the Statue of Liberty *
  16. See A Movie At A Drive-In Theater **
  17. Swim With Sharks (#47) *
  18. Go to the National Cherry Blossom Festival
  19. Learn to Drive Stick Shift *
  20. Visit The Cemeteries In New Orleans **
  21. Indulge in a Great Work of Literature (#88) *
  22. Move in With Justin
  23. Go Ghost Hunting in England (#59) *
  24. Take a Hot Air Balloon Ride **
  25. Take a Self Defense Course
  26. Learn to Get a Good Night’s Sleep (#99) *
  27. Write A Children’s Book **
* These items were things I did not get done on my original list (2010-2011)
** These items were things I did not get done on my 2011-2012 list
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January 31, 2012

February Photo-A-Day Challenge...

I found this over at Mandy aka Miss Indie's blog (It is orginally from Fat Mum Slim's blog), as well as Mandi aka Life In Beta's blog (So many!!) and I thought it would be a fun way to help me reach the end of the 365 Day Photo Challange I'm doing as part of my yearly "No Regrets" list -- Yeah, I realize that that was a lot... Sorry.

For those of you who are newer followers, every year I do a "No Regrets" list (The title is based off the book No Regrets: 101 Fabulous Things to Do Before You're Too Old, Married, or Pregnant by Sarah Ivens) in which I come up with a number of things (Based on my age. The most recent list is 26 things) I have to do by my next birthday, which is March 4th. Since March is rapidly approaching I've got to get moving and I thought this February photo-a-day challenge would be good for me, plus I like to share with all of you!
How to take part in February photo-a-day:
1. Using the list as inspiration, take a photo each day.
2. Share it on Instagram or Twitter using the hashtag #FEBphotoaday. You can also share on your blog or on Facebook ... or even keep the photos privately for yourself.
3. Check out other people's photos and like them or comment on them.

NOTE: I won't be noting in the entry title anything about this only because I'm using it for my 365 day challenge, but I will write something underneath the photo about it. Plus I have OCD when it comes to tagging posts.
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November 28, 2011

Beginning Of A Bucket List...

Honestly I didn't really do much today at work. I did whatever random tasks my Department Head asked me to do yesterday and then I was pretty much free for the rest of the day because it was super slow. So, I ended up working on a handwritten bucket list thanks to Lenni and her bucket list that my Department Head and I were looking at yesterday. Yeah, I know what you're thinking... You're thinking that I already have my "No Regrets" list do 26th things by my 27th birthday blah blah blah, but this one is kinda different. This list consists of things that I know are gonna take me more than a year to do and that I'd like to do before I kick it one day. I'm not going to type everything out that I wrote, I will give you a sampling of what is on it though. Plus you all know that if I just so happen to get something on the list done that I'll be posting about it anyways.

A Sampling Of My Ultimate Bucket List
  • Own a coffee shop This is actually mine and Phil's dream
  • Witness the running of the bulls
  • Ride a camel
  • Visit the wreckage of the Titanic aboard a submarine
  • Attend a Native American sweat lodge ceremony
  • Find my doppelganger
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November 27, 2011

"No Regrets" List Book Search...

I was thinking about how I haven't really had a chance to get a lot of things on my current "No Regrets" list done, so I went searching online for lists of great works of literature in hopes that I could get number twenty-two (#22 Indulge in a Great Work of Literature) out of the way.

I found the following list here and asked my Department Heads which out of the books that I haven't read should I read. If you have any suggestions for me based on the list below or your own preference leave a comment -- The one I currently have in my possession is The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.

A
• Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, The
• All Quiet on the Western Front
• Animal Farm
• Armies of the Night, The

B
• Beautiful Losers
• Beowulf
• Big Sleep, The
• Bleak House
• Bonfire of the Vanities, The
• Bourgeois Gentleman, The
• Brave New World
• Buddenbrooks

C
• Cabbagetown
• Christmas Carol, A *
• Confederacy of Dunces, A

D
• Dark Design, The
• Darkness at Noon
• David Copperfield
• Death in Venice
• Demolished Man, The
• Diviners, The
• Don Quixote
• Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
• Dracula
• Dubliners

E
• East of Eden
• Ellen Foster
• Eloquent Peasant, The
• Enchanted Island, The
• Ender's Game/Speaker for the Dead *
• Epic of Gilgamesh, The
• Erewhon
• Eyeless in Gaza

F
• Fabulous Riverboat, The
• Far from the Madding Crowd
• Farewell to Arms, A
• Felicia's Journey
• Finnegans Wake
• For Whom the Bell Tolls
• Foundation
• Frankenstein

G
• Galton Case, The
• Garden Party and Other Stories, The
• Good Earth, The
• Gilgamesh
• Grapes of Wrath, The
• Great Expectations
• Great Gatsby, The
• Grimm's Fairy Tales

H
• Hamlet
• Handmaid's Tale, The
• Hard Times
• Harlot's Ghost
• Henry IV, Part 1
• Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, The *
• Hollow Men, The
• Hound of the Baskervilles, The
• Hugh Garner's Best Stories

I
• I, Claudius
• I, Robot
• Iliad, The
• In Our Time
• Innocence of Father Brown, The

J
• Jane Eyre
• Jude the Obscure
• Julius Caesar

K
• King Lear
• Kidnapped

L
• Last Days of Pompeii, The
• Left Hand of Darkness, The
• Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The
• Let Us Compare Mythologies
• Little Foxes, The
• Little Prince, The *
• Long Goodbye, The
• Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, The

M
• Macbeth
• Madame Bovary
• Maltese Falcon, The
• Man in Full, A
• Man in the High Castle, The
• Man Who Was Thursday, The
• Mayor of Casterbridge, The
• Merchant of Venice, The
• Metamorphoses
• Mill on the Floss, The
• Misanthrope, The
• Morley Callaghan's Stories
• Mrs Dalloway
• Murder in the Cathedral
• Murders in the Rue Morgue, The
• My Ántonia

N
• Naked and the Dead, The
• Nineteen Eighty-Four
• Nightfall

O
• Odyssey, The
• Of Mice and Men
• Old Man and the Sea, The *
• Old Tales Retold
• On the Beach
• On the Occasion of My Last Afternoon
• On the Road
• Open Boat, The
• Othello

P
• Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect
• Point Counter Point
• Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, A
• Power Politics

Q
• Quincunx, The

R
• Rape of the Lock, The
• Red Badge of Courage, The *
• Rip Van Winkle *
• Riverworld *
• Robinson Crusoe
• Romeo and Juliet

S
• She Stoops to Conquer
• Shipwrecked Sailor, The
• Snows of Kilimanjaro, The
• Sonnets (Shakespeare's)
• Speaker for the Dead
• Stars My Destination The
• Stone Angel, The
• Story of Sinuhe, The
• Strange Fugitive
• Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
• Stranger in a Strange Land
• Such Is My Beloved
• Sun Also Rises, The
• Sunshine Sketches of a Little Town

T
• Tale of Genji, The
• Tale of Sinuhe, The
• Tales of the Jazz Age
• Tartuffe
• Tempest, The
• Tender is the Night
• Theogony
• Thin Man, The
• Thirty-Nine Steps, The
• Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, The
• To the Lighthouse
• To Your Scattered Bodies Go
• Town Like Alice, A
• Treasure Island *
• Tristram Shandy
• True Story of Ah Q, The

U
• Ulysses
• Under Fire

V
• Vicar of Wakefield, The

W
• Waste Land, The
• Way of All Flesh, The
• Wizard of Earthsea, A
• Works and Days
• Would-Be Gentleman, The
• Wuthering Heights

Z
• Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

* = The books my Department Head thinks I should read.
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October 15, 2011

Buzzed In A Corn Maze...

About a month ago a bunch of my friends and I decided that we'd head out towards Wading River to do various things out there and today was the day. Around 11:00am this morning we all met up at one of our houses and headed out in two cars towards Sound Avenue.

The first stop we made was at Lewin Farms, but we decided that we weren't fond of their corn maze or pumpkins, so we decided to move on. While we were driving we noticed Palmer Vineyard (Which was one of the vineyards that I had looked into going to because they had wine tasting without appointments), so we decided to go there.

We stopped at Palmer Vineyard and did a little wine tasting. I tried their Rose of Merlot, White Riesling, Sparkling Brut and Sunrise/Sunset Merlot and I did not like any of them*. None of the other five people I was with cared for the wines that they tasted while they were there either, so I guess it wasn't just me. We hung outside by the grapes for a bit and then we decided to move on.

After tasting the not so great wine at Palmer Vineyard we headed down Sound Avenue to Harbes Family Farm where we ended up drinking even more wine, eating roasted corn and going through the corn maze. Obviously I ran away from everyone and decided to make it through the maze by myself while I was a little tipsy. I got through but Justin and one of our other friends made it through first.

Once the boys were don't making obscene gestures with some type of squash they found in the pumpkin patch we headed over to The Lobster Roll Restaurant (Northside) for a late lunch. We had a variety of seafood dishes -- Lobster rolls, buffalo calamari, fried puffer fish, etc. While we were there the boys decided to play "Would You Rather..." and it ended up being kinda gross. When we were done eating we did a quick walk by of the shops behind the restaurant and then we headed over to Briermere Farms to get pies and such. The lines at Briermere Farms were crazy. I had never seen them that long and I've been going there for years. Thankfully when Justin and I got to the front of the line to place our order there were still raspberry cream pies left (Those are our favorite thing to get from the place).

Briermere Farms was our last stop of the day out east. We dropped our friends off and went back to the apartment to clean up because everyone decided that they wanted to come over and play video games that evening. Eventually the boys came back and we spent the night playing various games and going out for ice cream. While we were out going ice cream my friend and I both ordered banana splits and we both received them without bananas which wasn't cool -- The lady at the ice cream place handed us each an unpeeled banana eventually without knives to cut them with. When we were done with our ice cream we went back to play more video games and eventually everyone left.

It was a good day. I had a really nice time out with all of my friends (Minus Erin who was really pissed she couldn't come because it was like a triple date thing going on).


One of the highlights of the day was that by going to Palmer Vineyard I got one of the items on my "No Regrets" List done. I've been doing really poorly on my list this time around, so I was excited to get something on it done.
Twenty-Six Things To Do By March 3rd 2012:
  1. Have A Scavenger Hunt In NYC
  2. Get Thrown Out of a Nightclub (#6) *
  3. Learn How To Properly Make French Macarons
  4. Drink Only Water for a Month *
  5. Do Something that Scares You (#69) *
  6. Go Ghost Hunting in Gettysburg, PA
  7. Buy a Princess Dress (#35) *
  8. Love Your Body (#25) *
  9. Become Certified To Scuba Dive
  10. Learn a Foreign Language (#80) *
  11. Go to a Shooting Range *
  12. Visit The Library Of Congress
  13. Finish Unfinished Business (#14) *
  14. Take & Post A Picture Everday For The Year
  15. Go Inside the Statue of Liberty *
  16. Learn to Walk in Three Inch Stilettos (#30) *
  17. Go Wine Tasting *
  18. See A Movie At A Drive-In Theater
  19. Swim With Sharks (#47) *
  20. Learn to Drive Stick Shift *
  21. Visit The Cemeteries In New Orleans
  22. Indulge in a Great Work of Literature (#88) *
  23. Go Ghost Hunting in England (#59) *
  24. Take A Hot Air Balloon Ride
  25. Learn to Get a Good Night’s Sleep (#99) *
  26. Write A Children’s Book
* These items were things I did not get done on my original list (2010-2011)

* = I am in no way, shape or form a wine connoisseur, nor am I classy so you can't take my choice in wine seriously. I like Barefoot Moscato the best because it is sweet and I also knocked back the wine like I was taking shots after the first couple of sips.
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September 24, 2011

T.G.I.F...

I had another one of those nights last night. Obviously I'm not making this post at 2:00pm so I'm way better off than I was last weekend, but even though I didn't stay out all night last night or close the bar down I still had a good time.

Erin and I decided that since I was free again last night that we should go out to our favorite bar with a few of our girlfriends and hang out. Erin's friend "Jackie" (Who is now my friend because she likes me so much she invited me along with Erin to her 30th birthday wine tasting party in November -- Yay! I'll be able to tick go wine tasting off of my "No Regrets" List!) was there, she is dating/banging the bartender, and we had yet another interesting and free booze filled evening.

Randomness Of The Night:
  • Some guy just jumped into our game of 31 without telling us his name and just informing us that his swagger was too much for any of us to handle.
  • The dude that I'm not sure if he is gay or not that I went to high school with (I saw him in Fire Island on Cherry Grove a few summers back and I assumed he was flaming, because he seems it but he claims to have a girlfriend. Not sure whats going on...) sat down at the table I was sitting at while playing 31 and said "A.C. Slater is in the house bitches..." Then he jumped out of the seat, gave me a kiss on the cheek and lifted up his shirt to show me his abs when I asked where his pimp cup was and he ran out of the bar.
  • I was told by one of my friends that she and Erin are happy I'm not the "skinny one" because I'm really pretty and if I was the "skinny one" no guys would talk to them.
  • "Jackie" and I almost got into a fight with some bitches because they wouldn't stop running their mouths.
  • While Erin was trying to dump the drink "Jackie's" boyfriend gave her down the drain so she didn't have to drink it (She wanted to get rid of it so we could go home) she was given an earful by a drunk woman about DWIs, fines and being arrested because this hot mess of a woman has a criminal record because of alcohol.
  • My sister's best friend's sister (Who is also good friends with her) was trying to get me to help her find perfume because she lost her ID and wanted to get into another bar by spraying her other friend's bar stamp with it and trying to transfer some of it onto her wrist.
  • My sister's other friend introduced me to her "Agent" who is going to make her famous.
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August 18, 2011

Interesting Thing On Pinterest...

While I was on Pinterest earlier I found this graphic for a 30 day photography challenge and in its description box the person had written that it would be something awesome to start on World Photography Day which just so happens to be tomorrow -- I had no clue about World Photography Day up until now. And seeing as I love me a 30 day challenge and taking photos I thought that I'd jump on the bandwagon and start this challenge on World Photography Day also -- I actually signed up on the World Photography Day website to post pictures that I take throughout the course of the day. So I'll be incorporating this new challenge in with my 365 day one that I'm doing for my "No Regrets" list.

It's actually really very interesting to me that I found out that tomorrow is World Photography Day because I was reading The Dainty Squid the other day and the chick that runs the blog, Kaylah, had done a photo an hour post (Which you can find here) and I was thinking about doing my own tomorrow. I guess the stars have aligned for my whole photography venture tomorrow. So I'll be posting details about World Photography Day, as well as a bunch of photos tomorrow.
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June 6, 2011

Weekend Getaway...

This past weekend I went on a little road trip with my mother and my sister to Gettysburg, PA. We left early Saturday morning and drove from Long Island to Gettysburg -- It took longer than it should have because we got stuck in traffic for an hour and a half in New Jersey.

As soon as we got in we had to rush to get to our Segway tour appointment -- We booked a guided tour of the West Battlefield through SegTours.com. When we got to the place we had to be trained on how to use the Segways before we could go on our tour. After about thirty minutes of practice we set out. We spent two and a half hours riding around to various spots in Gettysburg and learning about what happened during those three days in July.

Once the tour was over we headed over to our hotel to bring our stuff up to our room and then we had a quick dinner before heading into town. We wandered around East Cemetery Hill for awhile and other various places before heading over to the Jennie Wade House for a haunted tour.

While on the tour my mother and I did not experience anything paranormal, but my sister claims to have. She said that from the minute she walked into the house she had a headache, which she said didn't go away until we left the grounds -- Apparently the house is haunted by several children that once lived in the orphanage across the street and one of them is fond of women with long curly hair (which my sister has plenty of) and they sometimes fuss around with the women's hair. I may not have had any experiences, but hopefully the legend that if you stick your ring finger through the bullet hole in the door that killed Jennie Wade you'll be married and/or engaged within a year is true because I molested the hell out of that hole with my finger. If it isn't I still have some neat pictures to show from it. After the tour was done it was after midnight so we went back to the hotel to go to bed.

The next morning we woke up early to go to the Soldiers National Museum, Evergreen Cemetery and the Gettysburg National Cemetery -- They were all really interesting places to visit. Once we were done with all of that we decided to drive to Hershey, PA to stop at Hershey's Chocolate World before going back home. While there we made our own candy bars, took the free tour, got free samples and bought lots of candy from the store.

Overall I had a great weekend with my mother and my sister, plus I got to check one of the items from my "No Regrets List" off.
Twenty-Six Things To Do By March 3rd 2012:
  1. Have A Scavenger Hunt In NYC
  2. Get Thrown Out of a Nightclub (#6) *
  3. Learn How To Properly Make French Macarons
  4. Drink Only Water for a Month *
  5. Do Something that Scares You (#69) *
  6. Go Ghost Hunting in Gettysburg, PA
  7. Buy a Princess Dress (#35) *
  8. Love Your Body (#25) *
  9. Become Certified To Scuba Dive
  10. Learn a Foreign Language (#80) *
  11. Go to a Shooting Range *
  12. Visit The Library Of Congress
  13. Finish Unfinished Business (#14) *
  14. Take & Post A Picture Everday For The Year
  15. Go Inside the Statue of Liberty *
  16. Learn to Walk in Three Inch Stilettos (#30) *
  17. Go Wine Tasting *
  18. See A Movie At A Drive-In Theater
  19. Swim With Sharks (#47) *
  20. Learn to Drive Stick Shift *
  21. Visit The Cemeteries In New Orleans
  22. Indulge in a Great Work of Literature (#88) *
  23. Go Ghost Hunting in England (#59) *
  24. Take A Hot Air Balloon Ride
  25. Learn to Get a Good Night’s Sleep (#99) *
  26. Write A Children’s Book
* These items were things I did not get done on my original list (2010-2011)
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March 4, 2011

365 Days Of Pictures: Day 1...

The first of my 365 Days of Pictures for my No Regrets list. Happy birthday to me!
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No Regrets 2011-2012 List...

Twenty-Six Things To Do By March 3rd 2012:
  1. Have A Scavenger Hunt In NYC
  2. Get Thrown Out of a Nightclub (#6) *
  3. Learn How To Properly Make French Macarons
  4. Drink Only Water for a Month *
  5. Do Something that Scares You (#69) *
  6. Go Ghost Hunting In Gettysburg, PA
  7. Buy a Princess Dress (#35) *
  8. Love Your Body (#25) *
  9. Become Certified To Scuba Dive
  10. Learn a Foreign Language (#80) *
  11. Go to a Shooting Range *
  12. Visit The Library Of Congress
  13. Finish Unfinished Business (#14) *
  14. Take & Post A Picture Everday For The Year
  15. Go Inside the Statue of Liberty *
  16. Learn to Walk in Three Inch Stilettos (#30) *
  17. Go Wine Tasting *
  18. See A Movie At A Drive-In Theater
  19. Swim With Sharks (#47) *
  20. Learn to Drive Stick Shift *
  21. Visit The Cemeteries In New Orleans
  22. Indulge in a Great Work of Literature (#88) *
  23. Go Ghost Hunting in England (#59) *
  24. Take A Hot Air Balloon Ride
  25. Learn to Get a Good Night’s Sleep (#99) *
  26. Write A Children’s Book
* These items were things I did not get done on my original list (2010-2011)
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March 3, 2011

Twenty-Five Things By March 3rd, 2011...

Today is the day and I have accomplished another three items on my list. I got a tattoo*, I've taken up a hobby (I started messing around with painting with watercolors) and I've been reading about Taoism/Daoism. So thats numbers four, seven and twenty-two.

I didn't get everything on my list done, but I also started the list June 1st, 2010 so I didn't even have a whole year to work on the list. Nine things in in nine months is pretty good I think. Whatever I didn't finish will be on my next list.
Twenty-Five Things To Do By March 3rd 2011:
  1. Get Thrown Out of a Nightclub (#6)
  2. People Watch in Paris (#52)
  3. Drink Only Water for a Month
  4. Take Up a Hobby – Just for You, Just for Fun (#86)
  5. Do Something that Scares You (#69)
  6. Take a Dance Class
  7. Explore Religious Teachings for a Tradition You Weren’t Raised In (#16)
  8. Buy a Princess Dress (#35)
  9. Love Your Body (#25)
  10. Mail a Postcard to Post Secret
  11. Learn a Foreign Language (#80)
  12. Go to a Shooting Range
  13. Finish Unfinished Business (#14)
  14. Go Inside the Statue of Liberty
  15. Eat Too Much in Italy (#60)
  16. Learn to Walk in Three Inch Stilettos (#30)
  17. Go Wine Tasting ←Erin ruined this one by having a hangover on her birthday
  18. Say Yes to a Night Out with Locals (#53)
  19. Swim With Sharks (#47)
  20. Learn to Drive Stick Shift
  21. Indulge in a Great Work of Literature (#88)
  22. Get a Tattoo
  23. Go Ghost Hunting in England (#59) ← Obviously not getting this one done
  24. Create a Cookbook of My Recipes
  25. Learn to Get a Good Night’s Sleep (#99)
* I'll make a post all about my tattoo when it heals and looks even more awesome than it does right now.
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January 24, 2011

Salsa Lessons...

I got another thing on my list done tonight. Erin, my sister and I went to this hotel that was offering salsa lessons and tapas -- So number six is crossed out. It was actually a lot of fun and I can't wait to do it again. The people were nice and the food was delicious, this might become my new hobby.
Twenty-Five Things To Do By March 3rd 2011:
  1. Get Thrown Out of a Nightclub (#6)
  2. People Watch in Paris (#52)
  3. Drink Only Water for a Month
  4. Take Up a Hobby – Just for You, Just for Fun (#86)
  5. Do Something that Scares You (#69)
  6. Take a Dance Class
  7. Explore Religious Teachings for a Tradition You Weren’t Raised In (#16)
  8. Buy a Princess Dress (#35)
  9. Love Your Body (#25)
  10. Mail a Postcard to Post Secret
  11. Learn a Foreign Language (#80)
  12. Go to a Shooting Range
  13. Finish Unfinished Business (#14)
  14. Go Inside the Statue of Liberty
  15. Eat Too Much in Italy (#60)
  16. Learn to Walk in Three Inch Stilettos (#30)
  17. Go Wine Tasting ←Erin ruined this one by having a hangover on her birthday
  18. Say Yes to a Night Out with Locals (#53)
  19. Swim With Sharks (#47)
  20. Learn to Drive Stick Shift
  21. Indulge in a Great Work of Literature (#88)
  22. Get a Tattoo
  23. Go Ghost Hunting in England (#59) ← Obviously not getting this one done
  24. Create a Cookbook of My Recipes
  25. Learn to Get a Good Night’s Sleep (#99)
So, I have six out of twenty-five done and I've scheduled an appointment with my friend's husband to get my tattoo on March 3rd -- I'll be able to cross out number twenty-two then.
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January 23, 2011

AP Literature Approved...

"Favorite Page #1" had posted this list of books deemed test worthy by an AP literature thingy on her blog, so I decided to see how many this English degree holder/librarian has read.

American Books
1. The Zoo Story (Albee)
2. Who's Afraid of Virgina Woolf (Albee)
3. Bless Me, Ultima (Anaya)
4. The Dollmaker (Arnow)
5. Go Tell It On The Mountain (Baldwin)
6. Monkey Bridge (Cao)
7. My Antonia (Cather)
8. The Awakening (Chopin)
9. Ragtime (Doctorow)
10. An American Tragdey (Dreiser)
11. Sister Carrie (Dresier)
12. Invisible Man (Ellison)
13. Love Medicine (Erdrich)
14. Absalom, Absalom (Faulkner)
15. Light in August (Faulkner)
16. Sound and the Fury (Faulkner)
17. The Bear (Faulkner)
18. As I Lay Dying (Faulkner)
19. The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald)
20. A Gathering of Old Men (Gaines)
21. A Lesson Before Dying (Gaines)
22. Trifles (Glaspell)
23. Snow Falling on Cedars (Guterson)
24. Raisin in the Sun (Hansberry)
25. House of Seven Gables (Hawthorne)
26. The Scarlett Letter (Hawthorne)
27. Catch-22 (Heller)
28. Little Foxes (Hellmen)
29. A Farwell to Arms (Hemingway)
30. For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemingway)
31. The Sun Also Rises (Hemingway)
32. Their Eyes Were Watching God (Hurston)
33. Portrait of a Lady (James)
34. Turn of the Screw (James)
35. Washington Sqaure (James)
36. Typical American (Jen)
37. The Autobiography of a Ex-Colored Man (Johnson)
38. One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest (Kesey)
39. Woman Warrior (Kingston)
40. A Separate Peace (Knowles)
41. Native Speaker (Lee)
42. J.B. (MacLeish)
43. Armies of the Night (Mailer)
44. All the Pretty Horses (McCarthy)
45. The Member of the Wedding (McCullers)
46. Benito Cereno (Melville)
47. Billy Budd (Melville)
48. Moby Dick (Melville)
49. Redburn (Melville)
50. A View From the Bridge (Miller)
51. All My Sons (Miller)
52. Death of a Salesman (Miller)
53. The Crucible (Miller)
54. House Made of Dawn (Momaday)
55. Song of Soloman (Morrison)
56. Sula (Morrison)
57. Beloved (Morrison)
58. The Bluest Eye (Morrison)
60. Jasmine (Mukerjee)
61. Going After Cacciato (O'Brian)
62. In the Lake of the Woods (O'Brian)
63. Wise Blood (O'Connor)
64. Long Day's Journey Into Night (O'Neill)
65. Mourning Becomes Electra (O'Neill)
66. The Hairy Ape (O'Neill)
67. Agnes of God (Pielmeier)
68. The Shipping News (Proulx)
69. Giants in the Earth (Rolvaag)
70. The Catcher in the Rye (Salinger)
71. The Human Comedy (Saroyan)
72.Ceremony (Silko)
73. Grapes of Wrath (Steinbeck)
74. Of Mice and Men (Steinbeck)
75. Uncle Tom's Cabin (Stowe)
76. The Joy Luck Club (Tan)
77. Civil Disobedience (Thoreau)
78. Huckleberry Finn (Twain)
79. Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant (Tyler)
80. The Centaur (Updike)
81. Pocho (Villarreal )
82. Slaughterhouse Five (Vonnegut)
83. The Color Purple (Walker)
84. All the Kings Men (Warren)
85. Winter in the Blood (Welch)
86. Delta Wedding (Welty)
87. The Optimist's Daughter (Welty)
88. Ethan Frome (Wharton)
89. The Age of Innocence (Wharton)
90. Sent for You Yesterday (Wideman)
91. Our Town (Wilder)
92. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (Williams)
93. Desire Under the Elms (Williams)
94. A Streetcar Named Desire (Williams)
95. The Glass Menagerie (Williams)
96. Fences (Wilson)
97. Joe Turner's Come and Gone (Wilson)
98. The Piano Lesson (Wilson)
99. You Can't Go Home Again (Wolfe)
100. Native Son (Wright)

English
101. Emma (Austen)
102. Mansfield Park (Austen)
103. Persuasion (Austen)
104. Pride and Prejudice (Austen)
105. Waiting for Godot (Beckett)
106. Jane Eyre (Bronte, C)
107. Wuthering Heights (Bronte, E)
108. Heart of Darkness (Conrad)
109. Lord Jim (Conrad)
110. Victory (Conrad)
111. Mollflanders (Defoe)
112. Bleak House (Dickens)
113. David Copperfield (Dickens)
114. Great Expectations (Dickens)
115. Hard Times (Dickens)
116. Our Mutal Friend (Dickens)
117. Tale of Two Cities (Dickens)
118. Murder in the Cathedral (Eliot, T.S.)
119.The Wasteland (Eliot, T.S.)
120. Middlemarch (Eliot, G)
121. Silas Marner (Eliot, G)
122. The Mill on the Floss (Eliot, G)
123. Joseph Andrews (Fielding)
124. Tom Jones (Fielding)
125. Passage to India (Forster)
126. Dancing at Lughnasa (Friel-Irish)
127. The Lord of the Flies (Golding)
128. Brighton Rock (Greene)
129. The Power and the Glory (Greene)
130. Jude the Obscure (Hardy)
131. Tess of the D'urbervilles (Hardy)
132. The Mayor of Casterbridge (Hardy)
133. Brave New World (Huxley)
134. Remains of the Day (Ishigura)
135. Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce-Irish)
136. The Dead (Joyce-Irish)
137. Sons and Lovers (Lawrence)
138. The Good Soldier (Madox)
139. Dr. Faustus (Marlowe)
140. Paradise Lost (Milton)
141. 1984 (Orwell)
142. The Birthday Party (Pinter)
143. The Homecoming (Pinter)
144. The Rape of the Lock (Pope)
145. Wide Sargasso (Rhys)
146. Pamela (Richardson)
147. Equus (Shaffer)
148. Antony and Cleopatra (Shakespeare)
149. As You Like It (Shakespeare)
150. Hamlet (Shakespeare)
151. Henry V (Shakespeare)
152. Julius Caesar (Shakespeare)
153. King Lear (Shakespeare)
154. Macbeth (Shakespeare)
155. Merchant of Venice (Shakespeare)
156. Midsummer's Night Dream (Shakespeare)
157. Much Ado About Nothing (Shakespeare)
158. Othello (Shakespeare)
159. Richard III (Shakespeare)
160. Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare)
161. The Tempest (Shakespeare)
162. The Twelfth Night (Shakespeare)
163. Winter's Tale (Shakespeare)
164. Candida (Shaw)
165. Major Barbara (Shaw)
166. Mrs. Warren's Profession (Shaw)
167. Pygmalion (Shaw)
168. Saint John (Shaw)
169. Frankenstein (Shelley)
170. The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Spark)
171. Tristram Shandy (Sterne)
172. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (Stoppard)
173. Gulliver's Travels (Swift)
174. The Warden (Trollope)
175. Brideshead Revisited (Waugh)
176. The Loved One (Waugh)
177. The Picture of Dorian Grey (Wilde)
178. Mrs. Dalloway (Woolf)
179. Room of One's Own (Woolf)
180. To the Lighthouse (Woolf)

The World
181. Things Fall Apart (Achebe-Nigerian)
182. Oresteia (Aeschylus-Greek)
183. Lysistrata (Aeschylus-Greek)
184. Alias Grace (Atwood-Canadian)
185. Cat's Eye (Atwood-Canadian)
186. The Handmaid's Tale (Atwood-Canadian)
187. Mother Courage (Brecht-German)
188. The Fall (Camus-French)
189. The Plague (Camus-French)
190. The Stranger (Camus-French)
191. Don Quixote (Cervantes-Spanish)
192. The Cherry Orchard (Chekov-Russian)
193. Fifth Business (Davies-Canadian)
194. Pere Goriot (DeBalzac)
195. Brothers Karamazov (Dostoevsky-Russian)
196. Crime and Punishment (Dostoevsky-Russian)
197. Notes from Underground (Dostoevsky-Russian)
198. Medea ( Euripides-Greek)
199. Madame Bovary (Flaubert-French)
200. Faust (Goethe-German)
201. The Odyssey (Homer-Greek)
202. A Doll's House (Ibsen-Norwegian)
203. An Enemy of the People (Ibsen-Norwegian)
204. Ghosts (Ibsen-Norwegian)
205. Hedda Gabler (Ibsen-Norwegian)
206. The Wild Duck (Ibsen-Norwegian)
207. Metamorphosis (Kafka-German)
208. The Caretaker (Kafka-German)
209. The Trial (Kafka-German)
210. Obasan (Kogawa- Canadian)
211. The Watch That Ends the Night (MacLennan-Canadian)
212. One Hundred Years of Solitude (Marquez-Colombian)
213. Tartuffe (Moliere-French)
214. The Misanthrope (Molier-French)
215. Pale Fire (Navbokov-Russian/American)
216. Pnin (Navbokov-Russian/American)
217. Coming Through the Slaughter (Ondaatjie-Ceylon/Canadian)
218. Cry the Beloved Country (Paton-South Africa)
219. Phedre (Racine-French)
220. The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (Richler-Canadian)
221. No Exit (Satre-French)
222. Antigone (Sophocles-Greek)
223. Oedipus Rex (Sophocles-Greek)
224. The Father (Strindberg-Sweden)
225. Anna Karenina (Tolstoy-Russian)
226. Death of Ivan Illych (Tolstoy-Russian)
227. Fathers and Sons (Tolstoy-Russian)
228. Candide (Voltaire-French)

19 out of 228 I suck. I mean I've started several books that I didn't mark off, but I obviously never finished them. I guess I should pick my great work of literature off this list so I can cross another thing off of my "No Regrets" list.
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January 16, 2011

No Regrets #24...

I started creating a cookbook of recipes that consist of my own, my mothers and Justin's grandmother. I'm still working on it, but I will get it done! Yay for being able to cross #24 off my list!
Twenty-Five Things To Do By March 3rd 2011:
  1. Get Thrown Out of a Nightclub (#6)
  2. People Watch in Paris (#52)
  3. Drink Only Water for a Month
  4. Take Up a Hobby – Just for You, Just for Fun (#86)
  5. Do Something that Scares You (#69)
  6. Take a Dance Class
  7. Explore Religious Teachings for a Tradition You Weren’t Raised In (#16)
  8. Buy a Princess Dress (#35)
  9. Love Your Body (#25)
  10. Mail a Postcard to Post Secret
  11. Learn a Foreign Language (#80)
  12. Go to a Shooting Range
  13. Finish Unfinished Business (#14)
  14. Go Inside the Statue of Liberty
  15. Eat Too Much in Italy (#60)
  16. Learn to Walk in Three Inch Stilettos (#30)
  17. Go Wine Tasting ←Erin ruined this one by having a hangover on her birthday
  18. Say Yes to a Night Out with Locals (#53)
  19. Swim With Sharks (#47)
  20. Learn to Drive Stick Shift
  21. Indulge in a Great Work of Literature (#88)
  22. Get a Tattoo
  23. Go Ghost Hunting in England (#59) ← Obviously not getting this one done
  24. Create a Cookbook of My Recipes
  25. Learn to Get a Good Night’s Sleep (#99)
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