1. Visit Greece.
2. Finish my master’s degree.
3. Get a job as a librarian.
4. Visit every brewery in WNC.
5. Attend a book signing.
6. Read 50 books.
7. Get my own apartment.
8. Get another tattoo.
9. Write a Happiness 365 post daily.
10. Lose weight.
More than half accomplished. Not bad! I didn’t visit nearly enough breweries and read only 40 books. Gave up on the Happiness 365 posts but they lasted for awhile! On to 2014…
I turned 31 last month and here are the goals I accomplished during the year I was 30…
I didn’t accomplish all of my goals so these are some I will continue to work on until I turn 32! 🙂
I haven’t done this link-up in a few months so there’s no recap… Here’s what I hope to accomplish this month!
3 Favorite Quotes
June Recap:
July Goals:
1. What is your favorite summer activity?
Swimming!
yep that’s me about to go down the waterslide
2. Do you have a “honey do” list? Or a to do list of your own?
I don’t have a honey but my own to do list is very long!!
3. Would you go for a massage? Facial? Spa treatment?
All of the above… It’s about time to find a good Groupon special again.
4. What was the last song you danced to?
I danced to A LOT of songs on Saturday night… “The Wobble” is the one that sticks out in my head!
Bonus question for blog hoppers to answer:
5. Do you collect anything?
Starting weight: 208 pounds
Last week’s weight: 187 pounds
Current weight: 185 pounds
Weekly weight loss: 2 pounds
Total weight loss: 23 pounds
Weeks on Weight Watchers: 24
1. When you have to cut back on spending for a time, what are the niceties you’re least likely to give up even though you could (or should)?
Traveling. It’s my passion and I will never give it up!!
2. In leaner times, what are your go-to “famine foods?”
Ramen noodles, the value menus at fast food restaurants, boxed macaroni and cheese…
3. How do you keep yourself amused or entertained in times requiring great frugality?
The library… Free books and DVDs! Downloading TV shows and movies. Doing free outdoorsy things (swimming, hiking). Board game night with friends.
4. When was the last time you had to go into austerity mode?
Right now. I am choosing to live with my mom rather than be poor!
5. What’s a necessary expenditure others might consider an extravagance?
Going out to dinner with friends!
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1. What are a few things on your bucket list that you hope to accomplish this year?
Go to Greece and get my master’s degree.
2. What would you rather have, a short order cook or a maid?
Maid… I like cooking. I had a woman who cleaned my apartment weekly when I lived in Korea and it was AWESOME!
3. Are there any projects you hope to do this summer?
Nope, I just want to focus on my job, classes, and having fun!
4. What do you want your next big purchase to be?
Plane tickets to Peru for 2014.
5. Why did you start blogging?
So my family and friends could keep up with me when I lived in Korea.
1. Summertime is a season of reunions, weddings, and other family celebrations and gatherings… Are any of the above on your calendar in the next two months?
Only a 4th of July party.
2. June is National Iced Tea Month… Are you an iced tea drinker? If so, how do you like yours (sweet, flavored, etc.)?
Not an iced tea drinker… Although iced sweet tea is delicious.
3. When were you last nervous? Looking back, was the ‘event’ actually nerve-worthy?
The public speaking I’ve had to do in my new job as a children’s librarian… It hasn’t been so bad!
4. The bristle toothbrush was invented in China on June 26, 1498… Not sure how that date was pinned down so precisely but, on a scale of 1-10, with 10 being sick to your stomach and 1 being not at all, how nervous do you feel when you’re headed to the dentist? Do you see your dentist twice a year?
1… Yep!
5. What’s making news in your town this week?
The front page of the paper today is about a house fire… Two cats died 😦
6. Curtains, drapes, blinds… Your window treatment of choice? Are there any bare windows in your house? Is that by choice or because you haven’t gotten around to covering them?
I could care less about that stuff… I have curtains in my room that match my pillows, chair, and nightstand.
7. Summertime is officially here (in the Northern hemisphere anyway)… What one song is a must-have on your summer playlist?
Sail by AWOLNATION.
8. Insert your own random thought here.
I woke up to a frog in my bed yesterday morning… Here was my attempt at cat shaming.
Grown in Southern Ground 