I was completely inspired when I read Susan Yee’s 26 things before I turn 27 list! So here it is…my list of things I HOPE to do before Christmas. I will update you as I cross things off the list. Wish me luck!

1. finish reading one of the three books i have started: audition, four hour work week, or marley & me
2. go through box of shoes sitting in the garage from my move (in jan!); outta site outta mind
3. organize closet
4. finish wedding scrapbook
5. take my kitty for his annual vet visit
6. join webpr
7. clean off nightstand and pile of notes/papers/mags
8. get back into gym routine
9. girls night out
10. choose who i want to make our wedding xmas postcards with and fast
11. add all of the blogs that inspire me to my blogroll
12. do some sort of portrait session with a professional photog
13. go on another hike w/ hubby
14. actually wear this necklace i bought at the encinitas bazaar (i always buy and never wear costume jewelry)
15. make a meal in the crockpot we got as a wedding gift
16. use the panini press we got as a wedding gift
17. go to a ballet performance…maybe the nutcracker for the holiday season
18. go to a concert
19. get my husband to ski with me (he does not like cold, snow or skiing) lol, he prefers the lodge
20. play bingo at that little place in encinitas
21. download a cd for our roadtrip to redding for thanksgiving
22. adopt a meerkat, since i couldnt even watch the special on meerkat manor without balling hysterically
23. try the phill & mel veggie roll at masuo’s in solana beach
24. do some sort of charitable work for animals, aids or cancer

Another one of my best friends just had her baby boy last night at 8:08pm. Kayden Cash weighed in at 5lbs and 11oz and is 19in long. He is going to be tall just like his mom & dad! I had to brag…AGAIN!

Kayden and Me

Were these dorky self portraits…not sure what we were so happy about…we had just lost all of our money at the blackjack tables! Ahhh to be newlyweds!

One of my best friends since high school just had her first baby!!! Kingston Oliver was born on 06/18/08 and was 7 lbs and 21″ long. He is absolutely perfect! I had to brag a little =)

Kingston and me

So I got this idea from the ten thousand dollar blog to give you a list of ”fun facts” about my new husband…he he. I still feel weird saying husband!

1. He makes us coffee every morning before work…yes, I am spoiled. He calls me “spoily”.

2. If we watch a tv show that he likes and I dont…I get a head massage or an arm scratching while he watches!

3. His shoes all have shoe trees in them…mine are buried under my laundry.

4. He cuts his own hair…I am still amazed at how straight the back is.

5. He collects dollar bills and stacks them under books so that they are super straight and then wraps stacks of them like they are from a bank.

This is a pic of us in Cabo a few years ago!

P.S. This post shows you what a newbie I was to blogging back in June ‘08. I am assuming I meant A $10,000 Wedding! I told ya that was one of my favorite blogs! xoxo, Jennifer…March ‘09