With Christmas gifts, I get to update and cross off a few things!
I'll do one for now (since I'm strapped on time)
31. Get coffee beans and grind my own coffee
I got a coffee grinder and two bags of coffee - one Irish Cream and one Amaretto. So far I'm working on the Irish Cream, and I can definitely tell that the coffee is a bit better when I grind it and brew it fresh. I also set a new sort-of goal of making coffee every morning when I work (so 3-ish days a week) and bringing it in with the new coffee travel mugs I bought, and so far I've done it every day.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
New music
I've recently come across a lot of new music, so I should update my goal of getting new songs!
The Avett Brothers' I And Love And You (13 songs) - "Kick Drum Heart" is my favorite song right now, and I think my favorite song of the entire year.
Rodrigo Y Gabriela's 11:11 (11 songs) - I've always wanted more guitar-only music, and that's what they do, and they do it well.
Owl City's Ocean Eyes (12 songs) - He's from MN and "Fireflies" caught my attention too many times for me not to buy this CD, and it's good (even though it's a type of music I never though I'd enjoy).
Paramore's Brand New Eyes (11 songs) - Good but not great...not as good as their last one.
A Fine Frenzy's Bomb in the Birdcage (11 songs) - A bit different sound than her last album, but still good.
Pearl Jam's Backspacer (11 songs) - Solid PJ CD as always. "Just Breathe" is my favorite song on the CD.
Total of 69 new songs, to bring my total from 86/360 to ... ugh, math in my head...155/360? Yeah, 155/360. Almost halfway there!
The Avett Brothers' I And Love And You (13 songs) - "Kick Drum Heart" is my favorite song right now, and I think my favorite song of the entire year.
Rodrigo Y Gabriela's 11:11 (11 songs) - I've always wanted more guitar-only music, and that's what they do, and they do it well.
Owl City's Ocean Eyes (12 songs) - He's from MN and "Fireflies" caught my attention too many times for me not to buy this CD, and it's good (even though it's a type of music I never though I'd enjoy).
Paramore's Brand New Eyes (11 songs) - Good but not great...not as good as their last one.
A Fine Frenzy's Bomb in the Birdcage (11 songs) - A bit different sound than her last album, but still good.
Pearl Jam's Backspacer (11 songs) - Solid PJ CD as always. "Just Breathe" is my favorite song on the CD.
Total of 69 new songs, to bring my total from 86/360 to ... ugh, math in my head...155/360? Yeah, 155/360. Almost halfway there!
Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Updates...omg, updates
Alright, I've been putting this off for far too long. Time to update.
#4 - Play frisbee golf - I got some frisbee golf discs for my birthday in August, and sometime in I think September, Amanda and I went to the course in St. Cloud. It was fun, and I have to do it more next year.
#9 - Run 15k in races - I ran the Anoka Halloween 5k race. I put off training for far too long, but I managed to finish in 33 minutes. Horrible, yes, I know. But for the shape I'm in, I was happy just to finish, and to not throw up.
#17 - Buy a new pair of jeans - I've purchased two new pairs of jeans since I've updated this. I've looked for another pair, though I can't find the pair that's just perfect. I'm super picky when picking out jeans.
#22 - Get a digital camera - I'm cheating on this one, but since I got my new phone a few days ago, I think it'll suffice. It's got a 3 megapixel camera on it, and it takes really good pictures.
#26 - Get a new desk - Luckily I didn't say "buy a new desk," because I started using my old dining room table as my computer desk (it's a 3'x3' table that's well, about 3' tall), and I use my La-z-boy as my desk chair. It's freakin' sweet.
#27 - Get a new futon frame or sofa - I got a "new to me" sofa. It was free, and it does what a sofa should do.
#45 - Wake up before 7:30 a.m. at least 75 times a year - I'm doing some guesswork here, but to be on the safe side, let's just say I've done it 10 times since I last updated.
#53 - Do all my paper filing at work - this one's in progress...I made a huge step today at work and finished the first big hurdle of my paper filing, and I finished everything that I had let build up for the past 6 or so months...now I just have to finish the recent stuff.
#56 Fix 5 things with duct tape - I "fixed" my old pair of glasses, and even though there's duct tape holding them together, I wear them more than my other pair because I can see a ton better with them. I can barely make out my computer screen with my old crappy glasses.
#68 - Read 6 books - I've read all 7 Harry Potter books, some of them multiple times through now...so this one's complete.
#69 - Rearrange my room three times - I've done this probably 3 or 4 times actually...it's been fun. I have a pretty sweet setup right now I think. This one's completed.
#73 - Vacuum my room 18 times - I know I've vacuumed at least three times so far.
#77 - Watch 5 Timberwolves games a year - I've watched two so far...they're kind of painful to watch this season. :-(
#78 - Watch 8 Vikings games a year - I've watched somewhere between 6 and 8 games for sure. I'll say 6 to be safe. But I almost always watch them, they're very exciting this year and we have a good shot at the Super Bowl if Brett Favre stays healthy.
#79 - Win 3 free shirts - I won a free UFC t-shirt at BWW's when I went there for the Brock Lesner fight awhile ago. I "won" a free t-shirt at my new favorite bar, Lincoln Depot (or is it Lincoln Station? I always forget). Well, you get a free t-shirt for buying 2 of these Minnesota-made hard lemonades that weren't very good, but I'm counting it towards this goal.
Ok, there's all my updates. Hopefully I'll be updating more often than once every three-four months! >.< I still have to figure out if I can / how to post stuff on here from my phone, because I just got a phone with unlimited data stuff, so I'm finding out all the cool things that I can do now.
#4 - Play frisbee golf - I got some frisbee golf discs for my birthday in August, and sometime in I think September, Amanda and I went to the course in St. Cloud. It was fun, and I have to do it more next year.
#9 - Run 15k in races - I ran the Anoka Halloween 5k race. I put off training for far too long, but I managed to finish in 33 minutes. Horrible, yes, I know. But for the shape I'm in, I was happy just to finish, and to not throw up.
#17 - Buy a new pair of jeans - I've purchased two new pairs of jeans since I've updated this. I've looked for another pair, though I can't find the pair that's just perfect. I'm super picky when picking out jeans.
#22 - Get a digital camera - I'm cheating on this one, but since I got my new phone a few days ago, I think it'll suffice. It's got a 3 megapixel camera on it, and it takes really good pictures.
#26 - Get a new desk - Luckily I didn't say "buy a new desk," because I started using my old dining room table as my computer desk (it's a 3'x3' table that's well, about 3' tall), and I use my La-z-boy as my desk chair. It's freakin' sweet.
#27 - Get a new futon frame or sofa - I got a "new to me" sofa. It was free, and it does what a sofa should do.
#45 - Wake up before 7:30 a.m. at least 75 times a year - I'm doing some guesswork here, but to be on the safe side, let's just say I've done it 10 times since I last updated.
#53 - Do all my paper filing at work - this one's in progress...I made a huge step today at work and finished the first big hurdle of my paper filing, and I finished everything that I had let build up for the past 6 or so months...now I just have to finish the recent stuff.
#56 Fix 5 things with duct tape - I "fixed" my old pair of glasses, and even though there's duct tape holding them together, I wear them more than my other pair because I can see a ton better with them. I can barely make out my computer screen with my old crappy glasses.
#68 - Read 6 books - I've read all 7 Harry Potter books, some of them multiple times through now...so this one's complete.
#69 - Rearrange my room three times - I've done this probably 3 or 4 times actually...it's been fun. I have a pretty sweet setup right now I think. This one's completed.
#73 - Vacuum my room 18 times - I know I've vacuumed at least three times so far.
#77 - Watch 5 Timberwolves games a year - I've watched two so far...they're kind of painful to watch this season. :-(
#78 - Watch 8 Vikings games a year - I've watched somewhere between 6 and 8 games for sure. I'll say 6 to be safe. But I almost always watch them, they're very exciting this year and we have a good shot at the Super Bowl if Brett Favre stays healthy.
#79 - Win 3 free shirts - I won a free UFC t-shirt at BWW's when I went there for the Brock Lesner fight awhile ago. I "won" a free t-shirt at my new favorite bar, Lincoln Depot (or is it Lincoln Station? I always forget). Well, you get a free t-shirt for buying 2 of these Minnesota-made hard lemonades that weren't very good, but I'm counting it towards this goal.
Ok, there's all my updates. Hopefully I'll be updating more often than once every three-four months! >.< I still have to figure out if I can / how to post stuff on here from my phone, because I just got a phone with unlimited data stuff, so I'm finding out all the cool things that I can do now.
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