i swear i've been doing stuff

61. Find 3 perfect pairs of jeans (1/3)
Thanks to all the Gaps advertising, I checked out their new and improved jeans. It wasn't all hype. These things ROCK.
I got 4 pairs and so far chose one as a perfect pair.

53. Watch all of the 100 of AFI's 100 years 100 movies (5/100)
I've hit up the movie in the park twice this summer to see 2 movies on this list.

Psycho with Javi


and then Tootsie with Sarah and Ryan


Which leads directly to checking off Number 3: Watch a Movie in the Park.
DONE.

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the earth IS good

#10. Read 3 classic books. 3/3 done!

it's interesting to me that i only said i'd read 3.
i guess i was reading more of my new yorkers and less actual books when i made this list.
i go through stages.
but now that i've been on a book reading kick, i can't stop myself!
so, soon enough it'll be far more than 3/3, but that's ok.


The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck

# 50. Tailgate

Can this be considered tailgating, I don't know.
No grills were involved, but there was beer, we were in the parking lot (albeit not by our own car) and we hung out ahead of time.
I'll count it for now.



Good time!

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my heart...it feels things

i was gone all last week, and still feel a little gone.
i shouldn't be at work today, but i'm always saving it for some later date.
whatever, it doesn't need to make any sense.
i've been obsessed with the sky lately.
iowa's sky is intense, dramatic, it is always saying something.
maybe it's just storm season.

i'm drinking a mike's hard lemonade and it reminds me of college.
both pleasant, but also making me feel a bit nauseous. (i had to spell check that)

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all things yellow

I'm feeling bored with this blog.
All photos and very little else.

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18. Buy flowers at the farmers market

Last Thursday, Jackie and I walked over to the Daley Center's weekly farmers market and picked up some BEAUTIFUL flowers.

I didn't exactly have a vase that was suitable for them, so I split them up into two glass water pitchers and put some at the back porch table and some in my room.
They're getting prettier and prettier.

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#84. New Restaurant


The Old Whistel Stop Cafe in Fox River, IL.
Delicious!





#6 CAMPING!



This was one of those perfect trips.
It required very little planning (on my part) just happened and was SOOOO fun.
Despite the almost break-up of my sister and I over how to work a canoe and my nearly broken wrists, it could not have gone better.

A nice reminder that sometimes it is just that easy to get away and knock something off your list. aka have fun.

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