One month in...

I bet some of you thought I'd fallen off the face of the earth, huh? Nope, not exactly. It's true, I've completely abandoned my blog in the past few weeks which is utterly ridiculous given that this whole blogging deal had only just begun. I'd love to say its because I'm so busy checking things off my list of 33 but sadly there is no such truth. I have been captured and held hostage by a website called fanfiction.com. Ever heard of it? If not, do NOT go there. It will just suck you right in. It's basically a website where people take their favorite books (Hunger Games for example) and either rewrite it in their own version or continue on where the original author left off. It's like having a favorite book that never ends. Ever. It's a dadgum soap opera is what it is. And I freaking love it! I'm seriously contemplating making my own contribution and writing a story myself. My grammar and spelling are shamefully awful (especially as the daughter of a one time English teacher) and so I haven't decided to take the plunge yet. I'll let you all know if I do though!

As for my list of 33, I haven't crossed anything else off my list. I have started plotting out when some things are going to occur though. And I did score a great deal on paddleboarding thanks to the good people of Groupon (and Jen who forwarded me the deal). Thinking about doing that in July. And I found a yoga class taught at the lake in my neighborhood that I'm also planning to take in July. Hmm, what else, what else...oh, yeah, I bought a new curling wand (clamp free) and have practiced doing my hair once or twice. That takes sooooo much patience. Especially when a quick ponytail is so much faster. Ugh! But it's on the list which means I have to do it!

On a side note, I can cross something off my life-list! I have forever (and i mean forever)wanted jury duty and never been called but low and behold the good county of Riverside has summoned me for jury duty next month! I am sooooo stinking excited and I will be soooo stinking sad if they don't pick me. I know most people despise jury duty and probably think I'm nuts. But, I've always been a people watcher and this would be an ultimate people watching experience. I'll keep you all posted on that as well.

And I hope to start crossing things off my list of 33 and blogging it very, very soon!

Sprinkles Cupcakes

Birthdays really are a wonderful thing, aren't they? Know what else is wonderful? My amazingly thoughtful husband who drove a good distance out of his way to get me birthday cupcakes from Sprinkles! He surprised me when I got home from work with not just one, but rather a dozen of my desired cupcakes! He even got a whole assortment- red velvet, s'mores, peanut butter fudge, strawberry, milk chocolate, vanilla! So I've spent the past couple days stuffing myself silly with cupcakes of all kinds. I give my vote to the Red Velvet cupcake with the cream cheese frosting. Mmmmm, so delicious! Maybe it's just the southern girl in me being slightly biased, I don't know. At any rate, if you live near a Sprinkles Bakery, I say get the red velvet. Like now. And now I can officially cross "Eat a Sprinkles cupcake" off my list! Yay me! (And yay Henry for that matter-Love you, love you!)

1 down, 32 to go!!!

Happy Birthday to Me, I'm turning 33...

Tomorrow I'm turning 33 and if I had to share my thoughts on that I'd say I welcome 33 with open arms. So far, my 30's have far outshined my 20's and I intend to keep it that way. And to help keep the fabulousness going, I've compiled a list of 33 things I will be doing in my 33rd year. Some are more elaborate than others, some are free, some not so much each thing on the list is there because some part of me, whether it be a big part or just a sliver of me, has wanted to do those things. And of course what fun would it be if I didn't document each and every adventure here on this blog? So, feel free to follow along as I make every effort to step out of my comfort zone and live a little (or a lot!) over this next year! And, with no further ado, I present my 33 for 33.

1. Go to a comedy club on Sunset Blvd.
2. Spend an entire day at the beach, just soaking up the sunshine
3. Take a hot air balloon ride
4. Stomp grapes at a winery
5. Get a new tattoo (a specific stars one I saw on Pinterest)
6. See Lake Tahoe
7. Get a passport (pure laziness is the solitary reason I have yet to get one)
8. Learn how to do something, anything with my hair
9. Write more old school style letters (you know, the ones that need stamps)
10. Eat a Sprinkles Bakery cupcake
11. Take a yoga class
12. Plan and take an amazing vacation with Henry (maybe Hawaii again? Or if I get that passport...)
13. Get waxed (needless to say, there will NOT be photos posted of this one)
14. Travel the Pacific Coast Highway
15. Watch a live surf competition
16. Stay in a Bed and Breakfast
17. Take a surfing lesson
18. Float the river for the 2012 River Regatta in Laughlin
19. Take a train ride
20. See the flower fields in Carlsbad
21. Work an entire jigsaw puzzle by myself
22. Do a mud run or a color run
23. Bake a fancy cake complete with fondant icing
24. Camp in a platform tent at El Capitan Canyon
25. Have a backyard movie night under the stars
26. Shark Cage Dive (technically I've done this already but it's complete and utter awesomeness warrants the fact that it made my list)
27. Visit a state I've yet to see
28. Anonymously pay for a stranger's meal at a restaurant
29. Unplug for a weekend (no phones, tv or computers)
30. Learn to paddle board
31. Learn to play blackjack well enough to play in Vegas
32. Be part of a television studio audience
33. Ride the teacups at Disneyland (done this at disneyworld but not yet Disneyland)