There are a couple of items on my list that I've done NOTHING with, so I need your help. Help me, and get a shout out in the blog. Here are the items:
- #6: Learn how to drive stick shift (Helen, Jon, anyone else???)
- #16: Go on a date with a fireman. (OK, thinking about turning this one into "a man in uniform" just to open it up a bit more... but I still maintain that he needs to be single/divorced and a nice guy. Preferably cute ;) )
- #28: Learn the Single Ladies dance by Beyonce. I can probably figure it out on my own, but if anyone already knows it and can teach it to me, I'll be grateful. So grateful, I'll buy you margaritas.
- #30: Readers Poll: Get certified in scuba diving. I recently found out that this actually takes a lot of time... and I didn't allot nearly enough for it. Therefore, I am officially petitioning that I can replace this challenge with a different one. Perhaps, do yoga in Times Square? Or maybe attend a bachelorette party in Key West?? Any objections? Raise them now, or forever hold your comments!
#9: 30 new recipes. 2 new recipes this week for 17 out of 30!!
- Shrimp tacos with a cilantro chile lime sauce
- Poached eggs!! (stay tuned for post!)
#12: 30 hours of community service. I completed another 15 hours this past week (for a total of 27), all due to coordinating my company's team in the JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge. Man, y'all were NEEDY this year. 300 employees in 11 different locations, and lots of work... I always say "I'm never doing this again," but I keep doing it. This is the fourth year. I just love organizing events!
#24: Quit something I do a lot of. Um, yeah. Try as I might, with all the right reasons ("You can go to the gym early in the morning! It's better for you! You never feel good after you snooze!"), I have not been successful in stopping my finger from pressing the snooze button... HELP!
#25: A picture a day for 30 days. I'm ~28 days!!! Almost done!!!
#29: Read 30 books. Finished #12! The third and final installment of the "Shades of Grey" series. And I'm kinda disappointed in it. It's the same as the last two books - sex, danger, Christian and Ana fighting and making up. Woo. Need something new to read. Suggestions???
Awesome week... don't forget to tell me if you're interested in helping out with the above!!!
Hey Kim! I don't comment a lot, but I love reading your 30 in 30 blog! You're so inspiring.
ReplyDeleteAs the resident bookworm in most of my friends' lives, I think I can definitely help out on #29. I've been cultivating a must-read summer reading list to share with my friends, and have a few recommendations:
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. This is Flynn's 3rd novel and it's getting rave reviews. I read her first book, Sharp Objects, and can attest that she's a great writer. Very good suspense books with enough meet to them to not be discarded as summer beach reading, but it's not like reading The Odyssey or something.
Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones. Again, another book getting really good reviews all over the place with an interesting premise about a girl who discovers her father has a 2nd life. (She also has another book, Leaving Atlanta, that's been on my to-read list for like, 2 years. Need to dust that one off, too.)
Bossypants by Tina Fey or Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy Kaling. The first women of TV comedy writing their debut books? I'm in either way.
I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella. The quality of the Shopaholic series definitely waned with the latter books, but Kinsella has hit her stride again with this one - I literally was that girl laughing out loud at the pool when I read it.
Hope you likey!
Amber - THANK YOU so much for the book suggestions!!! I will definitely add these to my list...
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