Never Watch Harry Potter Again!

Thanks Pat, now you ruined it!
I was so excited to watch the first part of the Harry Potter final! I was totally going to watch it and be definante against the Christian norm and enjoy the movie. (for the record, i feel there are some really great things in Harry Potter!)

But now i've competely missed the first installement and can go at least the year till i see it. Thanks Pat!

Buy Coffee for the next person in line

I'm still plugging away at this ridiculously long list! This is insane!

So, i did the starbucks drive through after picking up Brooklyn from the babysitters and ordered myself a banana chocolate chip cake slice (SOOO GOOD) and then told the lady that i'll buy whatever the person behind me is having. I'll be honest i was afraid that they would order something super expensive or the cashier would tell them and i would then order something expensive...either way...i was afraid (a common emotion in my life). They ended up getting
7 dollars worth and it all worked out.

the big build up for this is...we aren't doing great financially. My wife and I are busting our butts and it seems that there just isn't enough money to take care of everything. I sorta feel like a failure saying this cause it sucks not having enough money. But...i need to not be so caught up in the worry part and trust that God knows what we need and He will provide...like he always has! So, in faith, i bought that other family starbucks believing God will take care of my family and as generosity has been shown to us, i can show generosity to others.

Take that money troubles!

Go to a Yoga Class

Well, its been a long time. Its going to be amazing if i finish this list in time. But i'm holding on to it being possible...just got to get creative!

i've been afriad of yoga class. Seriously. for the last couple of weeks i would go to the class at 9:01, and see all the people in their chairs or mats and i would totally freak out and run in the other direction. Literally. My staff was starting to think i was insane. What about a yoga class could be so scary.

Today i mentioned it to my friend and co-worker and she laughed at first and then hit it on the head. Its really intimate. Its strangers in a dark room moving very slowly and breathing. Sometimes there is farting, there is normally no talking, and its super introspective. I'm not really good at most of thoes things (farting included...i don't do it very often and get so embarrased when i do!)

So, this teen who has been in the teen center the last few weeks told me to get over it and he'll come with me! He sat on the other side of the room so he didn't even feel like he was there (which was sorta nice) then i did all the moves, got a cramp in my bum and foot and leg, then totally FELL ASLEEP ON THE MAT! IT WAS WONDERFUL! i was so relaxed out i could of slept forever. It took me a long time to really concentrate on my breathing but once i got into it, i was really relaxed. now it seems silly that i was so afraid. Now i just need to prepare myself for hot yoga...oh gosh...i'm gonna sweat so much i'm gonna be disgusting...wait....i'm freaking myself out already...

Make a Quillow

YAY...I MADE A QUILLOW!

I tired to make this once before, for my baby brother Darnell and it was a crying shame. It looked so sad. My wife had made me one for christmas before we were married and it blew my mind. 8 years later, I have finally made a real Quillow and its all MINE!!! (sorry Darnell).

I'm really excited to take it on my mid-winter break trip when i take the YMCA teens snowboarding for a long weekend. Last year i ended up sleeping on the floor in my jacket and i was miserable. This year, i'm going to have my awesome snowboarding quillow.

If you are interested in getting one, it will cost you $35. (and maybe you'll get it in a year...i still have so much stuff to do!)

Decorate your car for Christmas

This one didn't work out so well. : (

I really need to work on doing this quicker if i'm going to be done by 30, so i decided to have my teen center kids decorate my car for Christmas...BIG MISTAKE! well, i'm sure some of my teens would of done a really great job...just not the two 15 year old boys I let destroy my car!

I was working and gave them some instructions and then went back to see how they did. The not only wrote on the windows but on the car itself with the window paint! And the part about Christmas decorations got forgotten (how?!) except for the tag line on my bumper "santa is not real kidz!". I laughed, then drove to the nearest car wash...WHICH WAS BROKEN! I then had to go home with my car looking ridiculous. I then wasn't able to get to a car was until FRIDAY which by this time, had dried pretty hard on my car. Pink Elephant (the car wash place) tried their hardest and got out a lot but not all!!! my car still looks like a coloring page!

You can only imagine the looks (and stares and disapproving finger wags) i got the whole week. The best was driving infront of my wife, who is cracking up because she is seeing all the people laughing and pointing. If i had any self esteem issues before they are now fully in the open. Everywhere i went people laughed and pointed or glared (with their kids in the passenger sit). I did feel bad about the santa comment but i mean, if your kid can read, they should know the truth : )

So, i'm still going to REALLY decorate my car for Christmas but wanted to let everyone on in the fun adventure i've had this week. Oh, and AJ loved my painted car. Good thing he can't read...but he also knows santa is just pretend!

make a cheesecake

I finally did it! I made my own cheesecake. And it wasn't even that hard! This whole time, i've loved cheesecake for so long and its not even that hard to make. This was a eggnog cheesecake care of Martha Stewart (whom really, i'm just going to stick to her) and it tasted delicious. Sorry that the picture is sorta junkie...if i'm going to get through this whole list, sometimes the pictures are going to suck. And martha would be totally disappointed that I'm displaying my work like this (its all about presentation) but sometimes you just gotta "get 'er done".

I'm set for making this again, for thanksgiving sooo, hopefully this wasn't a first timers luck fluke. I did redo the graham cracker crust. The first time i baked it too long and it had a little burnt taste and i knew if i used it, it would ruin it! Felt bad wasting graham cracker crust but it was worth it!

YAY CHEESECAKE!

Wear Suspenders For A Day

I did it! I finally wore the suspenders i bought about 2 years ago! Now, one wouldn't think that wearing suspenders is a big issue, especially in comparison to skinny dipping but you don't know the whole picture.

I had the unfortunate timing of being in elementary school when the show Family Matters was popular. Family Matters might not mean much to you but the name "Steve Erkle" may ring a bell. Being skinny and nerdy like, it was an easy comparison, taunt, constant reference. To strangers, i was Steve Erkle. To children on the bus, to adults in the grocery store, "did i do that?" was requested.

15 years later, I was still unsure of wearing suspenders, lest i bring back the horrible name calling from childhood...good thing i have "make fun of me" tattooed onto my forehead!

A couple of weeks before i decided to wear the suspenders a co-worker thought it would be funny to call me Steve erkle. This has now developed into full out playground flashback, with sometimes, NO LIE, 5 people laughing at me saying, "did i do that" in the YMCA lobby! And I hadn't even put on the suspenders yet! All this time i was afraid people would make fun of me...and they do it anyways!

All that to say, its sad how i let things like people laughing at me stop me from trying out new things, like wearing suspenders. I hope i get better at doing things i like because i like them and not what everyone else thinks or will say. Wasn't i supposed to work through those issues in high school? Amazing...at 29 i still am working that this!