Overdue update

I started off my new year with this slightly overeager list of things to do by my birthday in May. Some people are a little skeptical, yet others are encouraging.

I've scratched a few items off my list. On Sunday, with the encouragement of a few friends I made cannoli and homemade pizza for the first time.


21. Make cannoli The cannoli, while edible they weren't quite right. It was definitely a learning experience. Gearing up to try again this weekend.
23. Make pizza dough from scratch, and then the pizza of course. The pizza was the second item made from scratch in the same day. Thank T for the use of your awesome Kitchen Aid stand mixer. Maybe I should just call her my sponsor for these two adventures. Anyway...the pizza was just okay. It too could use a little work, and I intend to try again.









During our recent snowpocalypse I decide to knock out another item on the list. I giggled my way through 19. Watch Some Like It Hot. I'm curious if a remake of the movie would be as charming. This was my first Marilyn movie and now I'm anxious to catch up on some of her others.

Three down, 29 to go and some of them seem a little daunting. Anyone interested in sponsoring one? I give "shout outs". Thanks for the encouragement, keep it coming!

My resolution....32 New Things

We're almost a full week into the year and I still haven't published my New Year's resolution. This year I thought I'd try something a little different. I'm borrowing an idea from Yes and Yes. I'm going to complete (er...attempt) 32 new things by my 32nd birthday on May 14th. Feel free to poke, prod and encourage me along over the next few months. I'll make an effort to post a follow-up blog to each one completed. I know...contain your enthusiasm. It's about to get pretty exciting. Ha!

1. Cook something with red wine
2. Obtain a paid marketing position/role
3. Skydive
4. Attend a water aerobics class
5. Take a dance class
6. Explore a new city
7. Purchase a more fuel efficient car
8. Bake a pie from scratch
9. Finish reading I Was Told There'd Be Cake (a book I've had for almost two years and keep putting off finishing)
10. Attend an event at The Lincoln Theatre
11. Walk the Olentangy trail from start to finish (13 miles, someone will need to pick me up and drive me back to the start)
12. Start learning a new language (Italian or Spanish)
13. Do a set of 50 push ups.
14. Start a business (finally)
15. Learn a design program/software
16. Take a belly dancing class
17. Go to a bar and have a drink by myself
18. Write article on customer service
19. Watch Some Like It Hot
20. Play paintball
21. Make cannoli
22. Take a (dreaded) spin class
23. Make pizza dough from scratch, and then the pizza of course.
24. Go ice skating
25. Play the lottery
26. Take Sammy horseback riding
27. Eat vegan for a day
28. Go on a blind date (friend set up, grrrr....)
29. Find a mentor
30. Tutor/mentor at a school
31. Plant/grow herbs
32. Ride in a helicopter