This year I turned 29. I have 1 more year in my 20's and wanted to make sure that I made it a productive year. I will actually be living and staying in one place all year and want to enter my 30's not plagued with the same issues as my 20's. Some of those go away with simply getting older but some you have to work on. So here are my "goals" for the year:
1. To get my health in order. I have long feared going back to the doctor after a bad experience but have now gone twice in a month to figure out what's going on and fix it. Luckily I found a great doctor on the first try (good recommendations always help) and we are working on it! I have also started physical therapy and yoga to alleviate some pain and once all the diagnosis come in will hopefully have an understanding on my other ailments.
2. Finish my Event Certificate from GWU and be ready or start working in the event world. I have 2 classes and my internship left. I also have to compile my portfolio from an event I have already done. I am really excited to get to work on all of this and finally be in the field that feels right for me!
3. Take a vacation! I know this sounds silly since we have spent the better part of our marriage traveling the world but many of our vacations and trips have been dictated by that travel. I want a completely relaxing, our choice vacation. We are hoping to do this in November, so I am keeping my fingers crossed!
4. Be better with money! I have been working on this for some time, but I want to get a better handle on budgeting (and sticking to it) and having our money work better for us.
5. Lose Weight! This has been a goal all year and through my doctors visits I am learning that regardless of my efforts my health issues may be more to blame for not being able to accomplish this than I thought! However combining that with hopefully a correct diagnosis will allow me to get this done! I am excited to just feel better about myself when I look in the mirror instead of trying to figure out what I want to conceal, I would like to see what I want to show off!
Did anyone else make this kind of goal before they reach a certain age? What are your goals?
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Monday, August 29, 2011
Family, Classes, and Earthquakes...
I spent last week in Northern VA and DC seeing friends and family and taking a class at GWU for my event certificate. I had a great time catching up with friends and spending the evening out having drinks, reminiscing about college and projecting the future with friends who have now been around for a decade or more. I also found time to see my Uncle, Aunt and cousins for a short time one evening and was glad to hear about what the girls were up to and how they are prepping for school and catch up with what was new in their family. Then I got to see my grandmother for a few hours before heading home and show her photos of our house and the many projects we have been doing. All in all it was a great visit.
I would now normally tell you how wonderful my class was (and it was) and how informative it was (and it was) and how I can't wait to do an internship in a non-profit (I am) to see my newly found knowledge put to work, but that was not my excitement of the week. I got to experience the earthquake while in DC at GWU. It was quite the experience actually, at first you could see the fear racing across peoples faces, assuming a terrorist attack had happened. Quickly however, due to a couple of people who worked for the government at the pentagon, we were told it was just an earthquake. It struck a cord with me however, the people that experienced the terror attacks first hand, the fear they live with every day just boiling under the surface. I will say my metro ride back to Vienna, VA where I was staying was quite the opposite of my morning ride. In the morning you can hear a bin drop, everyone in their shells and shying away from people and trying not to disturb the silence. On my way back, not 30 minutes after the earthquake (for fear of them shutting down I jumped on right away) the metro cars were filled with people, laughter, talking and all to the stranger across the aisle or a group of people chatting in the center of the car. It was amazing actually, people smiled and reassured people it was ok. I wish it didn't take a terrorist attack or natural disaster to bring people together the way they do.
The east coast got a double whammy as you know with the earthquake and then the hurricane that came through, luckily my family fared pretty well with only very minor damage (some screens blown out in the screened in porch) and only lost power for a few hours. The power loss not being far longer was amazing since they usually lose power when the wind blows the wrong way and its off for a long time.
This is the first year in 7 years that Brian and I have not had to deal with a hurricane heading straight for our house. Mainly because instead of living a mere 20 minutes from the ocean, its now 5 hours. I can't say its something I am missing going in to the this fall... I hope all are safe and sound and ok after both natural disasters this week.
I would now normally tell you how wonderful my class was (and it was) and how informative it was (and it was) and how I can't wait to do an internship in a non-profit (I am) to see my newly found knowledge put to work, but that was not my excitement of the week. I got to experience the earthquake while in DC at GWU. It was quite the experience actually, at first you could see the fear racing across peoples faces, assuming a terrorist attack had happened. Quickly however, due to a couple of people who worked for the government at the pentagon, we were told it was just an earthquake. It struck a cord with me however, the people that experienced the terror attacks first hand, the fear they live with every day just boiling under the surface. I will say my metro ride back to Vienna, VA where I was staying was quite the opposite of my morning ride. In the morning you can hear a bin drop, everyone in their shells and shying away from people and trying not to disturb the silence. On my way back, not 30 minutes after the earthquake (for fear of them shutting down I jumped on right away) the metro cars were filled with people, laughter, talking and all to the stranger across the aisle or a group of people chatting in the center of the car. It was amazing actually, people smiled and reassured people it was ok. I wish it didn't take a terrorist attack or natural disaster to bring people together the way they do.
The east coast got a double whammy as you know with the earthquake and then the hurricane that came through, luckily my family fared pretty well with only very minor damage (some screens blown out in the screened in porch) and only lost power for a few hours. The power loss not being far longer was amazing since they usually lose power when the wind blows the wrong way and its off for a long time.
This is the first year in 7 years that Brian and I have not had to deal with a hurricane heading straight for our house. Mainly because instead of living a mere 20 minutes from the ocean, its now 5 hours. I can't say its something I am missing going in to the this fall... I hope all are safe and sound and ok after both natural disasters this week.
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Our New Master Bathroom!
This project was started 30 days ago today! Our original time line was ~2 weeks give or take a few days and our only real set back was 1 1/2 weeks of no air conditioning upstairs and it was just to hot to work.
Here is what we did:
-removed builder grade mirror/fixtures
-removed wallpaper
-removed old flooring
-fixed floor, wall and ceiling problems
-prepped and tiled floors
-painted ceiling
-painted walls
-replaced mirrors
-replaced quarter round
-caulked trim, tub and shower and around vanity
-painted trim
-replaced one of the light fixtures & all other "hardware" (we had already done a lot of this before including all the towel racks, tp holder and faucets)
-add shelves on the back wall for more storage
-get bins for the back wall shelves
-get new shower curtain
-get new towels
As you can see it was quite the project, but not a complete gut, it seems every time we redo a bathroom its a little more, maybe next time we will tear it all apart.
Now here are the photos of the new bathroom before I put anything back in to it:
And here it is with everything all moved back in:
Here is what we did:
-removed builder grade mirror/fixtures
-removed wallpaper
-removed old flooring
-fixed floor, wall and ceiling problems
-prepped and tiled floors
-painted ceiling
-painted walls
-replaced mirrors
-replaced quarter round
-caulked trim, tub and shower and around vanity
-painted trim
-replaced one of the light fixtures & all other "hardware" (we had already done a lot of this before including all the towel racks, tp holder and faucets)
-add shelves on the back wall for more storage
-get bins for the back wall shelves
-get new shower curtain
-get new towels
As you can see it was quite the project, but not a complete gut, it seems every time we redo a bathroom its a little more, maybe next time we will tear it all apart.
Now here are the photos of the new bathroom before I put anything back in to it:
We are excited to be moved back in but we aren't quite done. We still need to take the door off and repaint it due to it coming off its track (its a pocket door) and it got pretty scratched up and unfortunately the trim paint didn't match like we had hoped so we have to paint the window trim too. But overall they don't affect our ability to be in the bathroom now (when we take the door off we will use the other one for a day or so). I am also not 100% on the bins I have chosen for the shelves, a few may be changed out over the next few days! Hope you like all that we have done!
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