30 Before 30 Update!

I have been horrible in keeping up with my bucket list so I'm finally doing an update!  If you haven't checked out my bucket list, it's on my tabs or you can find it here.


1. Paint our master bedroom & bathroom.  My mom's birthday gift to me was to paint our master bedroom.  She knew I wanted it done, but didn't want to pay to have it done or do it myself.  (Lazy? Yes.)  She is a great painter and I love how it turned out!  I didn't want to feel TOO lazy so I decided to paint the master bathroom while she did the bedroom.  :)  Enjoy our before & afters:

Master Bath Before

Master Bedroom Before

Master Bedroom Before 2 (hubster helped with our plant ledge...haha!)

Master Bath after!  (Paint is "Autumn Fog" by Valspar)

Master Bedroom after!  I can't remember the paint color but I can get it for you if you want....

6. Get rid of antique dining room furniture. AND 7. Transform our dining room into a living room/playroom.  My husband's grandparents gave us this really ornate antique dining furniture when we moved into our house almost 7 years ago.  It was very nice so that we had something to fill the room, but we NEVER used it (except to store junk).  Once we decided to start our family, I wanted that room to have more of a purpose so I decided it should be a living/play room.  Our family didn't want the furniture back so they said we could consign it.  We used a local consignment shop and got a pretty penny for all 3 pieces!  (The chairs didn't match so I sold those to someone I work with for fairly cheap.)  Here is a picture of the furniture and a picture of our new playroom/living room (no wall decor yet...I'm indecisive)!

Paint color is "Arid Plains" by Valspar.

The only things I had to buy for the living room were the throw pillows and the ottoman!  The chairs were hand-me-downs from my mom and formerly in our loft.  The side table is from our family room and the curtains are from our bedroom.  I love moving things to other rooms to make it feel new again!  Like I said, very indecisive on the wall decor....

10. Start our family. <3 You can read more about it in this post.  Baby Carson is due May 24th and we are SO excited to be starting our family!  I feel so thankful and blessed and we can't wait to meet Carson!  Here is the latest picture we have of him (33w1d):

16. Take a family vacation.  This past October, we went to Hocking Hills with my family.  It was just a weekend trip but it was so fun and relaxing!  We went hiking, sat by the fire outside, relaxed in the hot tub (not me though since I was prego), made s'mores, played games, and had fun!  Here are a few pics from our trip...

18. Pay off my student loans.  This is still a work in progress BUT I did pay off more than half of my loans in the past year.  Thanks to working full-time (and sometimes 2 jobs) while in college, I didn't have a huge amount of loans to re-pay.  I'm happy to say that I could pay off my loans by summer if I wanted.  However, there is an early pay-off penalty (lame!) so I will continue to just make my monthly payments.  Also - I signed up for auto-pay so for every 4 (or 6?) payments, my interest rate decreases!  Very nice! :)

21. Complete a DIY project for our house.  With Carson on his way, I decided I would make something for his room.  I wanted it to be personal so I decided on name art.  You can find my little how-to tutorial here.  Here is a pic of the final product.  I'll do another nursery update soon so you can see where it's hanging in the room!

That's about it for now.  I'm hoping to cross off a lot more soon! 
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Bucket List update!

If you've explored my blog a bit, you might have seen my bucket list a.k.a. my 30 Before 30!  I have been meaning to update this list for quire some time, but never got around to it.........

1. Paint our master bedroom & bathroom.  This is "scheduled" to be done this weekend.  AKA that is when my momma said she would come over to paint our bedroom (it's my birthday gift)!  I plan on painting the bathroom while she does the bedroom.

2. Visit the Grand Canyon.  We went to Sedona, AZ in June 2011 and were able to take a day trip to see the amazing Grand Canyon.  Words cannot describe it.  It looks like a painting even in real life!

3.  Visit Key West and take a picture at the southernmost point.  We visited in March 2011 and had tons of fun.  We spent most of our time "on the mainland" and only 1 night, 2 days in Key West, but we still were able to see a lot!

6. Get rid of antique dining room furniture.  This furniture was handed down to us from my husband's grandparents.  Although it was a nice antique set, it didn't match our decor (AT ALL) and it was way too big for our space.  The dining set was picked up last week to be consigned at a local place and I sold the [non-matching] chairs separately to someone I work with.  Cross your fingers that our dining set sells for a decent price and within the allotted 90 days!

 9. Run a mile.  I finally completed this task in August 2011!  I didn't think I could do it, but I had a great cheerleader, hehe.  That cheerleader would be my hubby and he was very supportive during my slow run!  I'm planning on doing this more often, but so far, I've only gone on two 1-mile runs....

after my first mile run in 8 years!

 11. Try a new food.  This was completed during our trip to Sedona, AZ.  We visited Red Rock BBQ restaurant because it was right down the road from our hotel.  I wasn't planning on trying a new food there, but accidents happen, right?!  My pulled chicken sandwich was served with sweet potato fries (yum!) as well as some sort of deep fried corn.  Obviously the deep fried corn was my new food.  I thought they were hush puppies, but I still don't completely understand what they were...... This pic is courtesy of Google since I didn't have my camera that night.

 
 20. Organize my recipes.  I'm in the process of doing this, but it's close to being done.  I made a cute binder and I'm now in the [long] process of typing up all of my recipes.  I try to remember to do this while I'm just sitting around, but lately I haven't been sitting around very often!  You can see my binder in this post.

22.  Find a new church.  This is on my list because I haven't been going to church lately.  The reason I haven't been going is because I haven't been feeling like I'm going for me...I've felt like I was going as a duty or obligation.  I want to go to church because I am getting something out of it, not because I am supposed to go.  (Do you like that reverse italicizing?  Pretty smart, eh?)  Either way, I went to a church in my area this past Sunday and really enjoyed it.  I'm still going to try a few others, but I'm on the right path!

28. Get highlights in my hair again. This was crossed off my list in June 2011.  I got a coupon in the mail for 50% off any color services at a nice salon near me (where I also had a massage gift certificate) so I made it a spa day and got a massage and highlights!  I wanted my highlights to be a bit more noticeable, but at least you can't see them growing out now!

Before highlights with my sister-friend Kelli!

After highlights with Kel again! :)