33 While 33 List (3 Month Update)

3 MONTH UPDATE:  I've been doing well so far this year on my list!  The biggest surprise is that while I've made a ton of baked goods over the past few months none of them have been from my list!  I've accomplished 6 things on my list and made progress on 7 of them so I think for 3 months in I'm doing pretty well.  I'll be doing a lot of cooking and baking for the holidays so hopefully I can check a few more things off my list as well.  See below for links to everything I'm accomplished so far. 

It's my birthday!  Yes, today is the day and for the first time EVER in my life I have to work.  Can you believe it?  Being a school teacher I've never had this problem before, even during the other summers that I've worked.  But this year I am working and that's ok.  It's a short day and then my husband and I are going out for dinner.

     I actually had my cake last weekend.  My parents came down to visit and my dad and I both have birthdays in the same week so I made us a Princess Torte to share.  We even let my husband share since his birthday was earlier in the month and he wanted a piece of this incredible cake for his birthday too.

    This birthday I'm 33.  Surprisingly I'm ok with my age this year.  I think it's going to be a lucky year with my double 3's.  The last two years I've made a list of things I wanted to do before my birthday and it really helps me stay on track and reach my goals.  I accomplished a lot of my list from last year and am pretty happy with it.

Ice cream cake from my husband

    This year I'm making a new list.  33 things to get done while I'm 33.  There were only 5 items I didn't accomplish last year and I'm only putting 3 of them back on the list for this year.  So enjoy my list and tell me what YOU hope to accomplish in the next year too!

33 While 33

Things to Cook:

-Risotto

-2 new pizzas -Farmer's Market Pita Pizzas 08/07/13, Buffalo Chicken Pizza 10/06/13,

-Mole Sauce

-Chicken Coq au Vin

-Make 3 new soups- Lamb Stew 08/16/13, Corn and Green Chili Bisque 09/23/13, Beef Noodle Soup 10/9/13,

-Make 2 gourmet burgers- Greek Hummus Burger 09/26/13,

-Wings

Things to Can:

-Peach Butter-10/13/13

-BBQ sauce

-Watermelon Jelly

-Corn Cob Jelly-08/31/13

Things to Bake:

-Creme Brulee

-Zebra Cake

-Flan

-Checkered Cake

-Lemon Chess Pie

-Beignets 

-Bread Pudding

Other Food Related Items to Make:

-Ice Cream

-3 New Beverages-Blueberry Lemonade 09/04/13, Iced Cake Martini 09/07/13, Pumpkin Spice Martini 09/07/13, Apple Sangria 09/28/13,Spike Peppermint White Hot Chocolate 12/3/13,

Crafting:

-Finish our honeymoon scrapbook

-Make 2 crafts I've pinned from Pinterest- Fall Pumpkin and Pinecone Centerpiece 10/1/13,Crayon Wreath 11/23/13,

-Make 2 new crafts with my students

Reading:

-Read 2 books about blogging or food photography-Food Styling and Photography for Dummies 08/06/13,

-Read 3 books outside the genres I normally read-Bel Canto by Ann Patchett 10/6/13,  Coming Through the Fog by Tami A. Goldsteim 10/29/13,The Light Between the Oceans by M.L. Stedman 11/4/13, 

-Go to a book signing

-Read at least 5 books a month-August (9), September (9), October (6), November (9),

Traveling:

-Try at least 2 new restaurants-Red Orchid in Pittsburgh 8/14/13,

-Attend a blog conference- Social Party 2013 (online) 9/15/13-9/18/13, Online Blog Con 2013 (online) 10/8/13-10/10/13,

-Spend a few days in a place we've never been

Health and Fitness:

-Get 4 pedicures-10/5/13,

-Get 2 massages

-Go to aerobics at least once a week