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30 Before 30 Wrap-Up

Rhonda Gail — Fri, 25 Mar 2011 09:33:04 +0000

I intended to post the wrap-up in January as a vlog, but that just didn’t happen. It’s almost April and the video? Not happening.

1. Move into a house. – Ok, well, we didn’t get this done by my 30th birthday, but shortly thereafter! So I’m gonna call it DONE!

2. Lose 30 pounds. – Right, well…. I lost 5. Then got pregnant right after my 30th. FAIL.

3. Complete One Year Bible – I actually decided to cross this out after beginning it and realizing I was getting NOTHING out of it!

4. Grow hair to mid-back. – I was about 2 inches away from the goal in November and proceeded to chop it off. I’m currently growing it again. *eyeroll*

5. Get a tattoo. – Simply was not a priority in the past year.

6. Get married. – DONE March 5, 2010!

7.Go back to school. – This didn’t happen, but will later this year!

8. Buy new black pumps. – I bought some suede platmorm pumps for my wedding. DONE.

9. Take trip to St. Louis. – We did this for Thanksgiving!

10. Open an Etsy shop. – I did this too! Unfortunately, I will probably be closing it soon, because I totally lost interest. I do that.

11. Get contacts. – DONE but not really. I got contacts but they really irritated my eyes and I have completely procrastinated on going back to try a different type.

12. Complete p90x. – Never started it. Instead, I bought Jillian Michaels’ 30 Day Shred and it’s still in the shrink wrap. We did buy a Wii with Wii Fit and I used that some. So that’s something, right? I also took up running again… for a day.

13. Learn to make Mom’s soup. – Definitely didn’t do, but definitely will.

14. Begin writing stories. – Totally

15. Take a solo trip. – Kinda did this.

16. Read 30 books. – Nope. I did about half that.

17. Go on a picnic. – Nah. I can’t even imagine when I could have made that happen. It was an insane year.

18. Grow an herb garden. – Not yet, but I think I’ll be doing that soonish.

19. Create a recipe book. – Did it! Have a cool binder stuffed with recipes I love!

20. Begin Rosetta Stone for Spanish. – That’s another no.

21. Send an anonymous gift card. – This is one of the things I most regret not doing. Bummer.

22. Take Dad out. – I also can’t imagine when this could have happened.

23. Pay off one student loan. – I’m sooooo agonizingly close to paying one off!

24. Host a dinner party. – Since we didn’t move into our house until 2011, the dinner party hasn’t happened.

25. Have a beach weekend. – Again, a wee bit late, but I’m going this weekend!

26. Tint the minivan windows. – We got rid of that crappy van, but we bought another car! The windows? Already tinted.

27. Buy heirloom books for my boys. – I have started some book collections (Dr. Seuss and Little Golden Books classics) that I’ve been meaning to for years, but I haven’t bought the books I actually set out to get.

28. Come up with a jewelry organization solution. – I did that, then Harper sent my hard work crashing to the floor. I have yet to redo it.

29. Make another DVD for Mom. – I made her a DVD slideshow of our wedding images. yay.

30. Throw myself a 30th birthday party! – With the craziness in our life at the time, we decided I’d forgo a party and my husband and I just went on a date and a couple of friends dropped by the restaurant for a drink. It was lovely though!

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Tuesday Ten

Rhonda Gail — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:17:56 +0000

1. I had plans for today. I was going to wake up early and run, wash my shower curtain and bath mat, shave my legs, and go on a job interview. Last night I couldn’t sleep, I got up at 4 a.m. with Harper (and a major toothache), only to crash again at 5. It was raining all morning so I didn’t run. Unspeakable issues caused me to cancel my interview. It’s 6:30 p.m. and I have not even showered. My kids have made me cry and bleed – in the last twenty minutes. This day is certainly not going as planned.

2. My kids make me crazy, but I still want more. I watched the “Octomom” on Oprah today, and STILL came away wanting another kid.

3. No matter how much he annoys me and pisses me off, my dad is totally inspiring. He wrote a list of all the stuff God has brought him through. It is a whole composition book page full. I am going to scan it and post it when I get around to it.

4. I just posted on Facebook about it being Glee night. TWO friends asked me what Glee is!!!!! Seriously!

5. My 4-year-old mama’s boy is becoming a daddy’s boy. What happened?!?!

6. Looks like I may be judging color guard try-outs Friday. That is one of my favorite things to do, and this time it’s for my own high school! YAY.

7. I am so sick of being overweight. All things told, I need to lose forty pounds. I am trying to lose thirty this year. I joined Bobbi’s Healthy Train (click here for more information). The first weigh-in is on the 30th of this month and I haven’t really made any steps toward losing weight. Um, hello self – time to get started!

8. Lately, I have been having the worst heartburn ever. That usually means I’m eating crap. Something must change soon (see #7).

9. Mother’s Day is coming up really soon. It is one of my favorite holidays and has been since before I had children. My mom and I have been close my whole life and I always love to celebrate her. This year, I’m hoping she and I can take a beach weekend. Ugh, that means swimsuit (see again #7). Look for a swimsuit post coming soon.

10. It feels like my brain is just too full lately to form a coherent thought. I struggled through this list of then things over the course of about 12 hours! I keep coming back when I think of something “interesting” and looking back, it’s quite boring. I hope to bring something better to this blog soon! Bear with me.

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30 Things To Do Before 30

Rhonda Gail — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:26:39 +0000

I first posted these videos on my wedding blog, Life. Love. Lipstick. It was making this video that inspired me to start a personal blog to document the journey I’m beginning. At 29, as a mother of two in a long-term relationship, I have decided to create myself.

6-month update posted here.

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