Thirty Before Thirty: Update. Life Happens, and that's ok

Hey Guys, I Haven't done this in awhile, huh? I hope you're all doing well. So as most of you know I published a list of 30 items to accomplish before I turned 30. I was doing good at keeping everyone updated, then unfortunately, life happened. Here's a repost of the list, with dates completed to refresh everyone's memory(mine included)

  30 before Thirty

1. Top Golf - (not yet)

2. Complete one Pinterest project a week(building something, cooking a recipe', craft project, plan an outfit, hairstyle..etc) - Ok Guys, I tried, I really did! I did really well the first month and a half 2 moths and Ihad to work 6 days, and didn't get a chance to do one, then homecoming hit, and well. I failed this one!LOL

3. Read at least 100 books(new. Re-reading doesn't count) Follow along with my progress, here's my reading  list  - (Again, I tried, I really did! I was doing great and on track thread more than that then I started working 2 jobs and was lucky to finish 2 books a month as opposed to the 4+ I had been)

4.  Start saving money for a house - ( I managed to save $3000.00, then Reba took $2000.00 of it and Disney took the rest)

5. Read the entire Bible straight through - (again, I did good until i started 2 jobs. I'm really going to work on this this year)

6. Go to balloons in Granary - I Missed this - I had to work, and one day it was too windy so they didn't do it

7. Visit at least one new MLB Field - (Failed. No Money or time) 

8. DISNEY!! And WIZARDING WORLD OF HARRY POTTER!!! - (10-20-2016 to 10-30-2016. I know i was already 30 but I;m counting it because it was planned well before my birthday this was just the only time we could get off. I will do a separate post on this when I can.)

9. Take a creative class (Another art class, dance, pottery, cooking, something) - (failed) 

10. Ride in a hot air balloon - (again, missed this due to it being too windy for them to take the balloons up)

11. Penguin experience at Sea World San Antonio (no time or money due to saving for Disney

12. Learn some Spanish(eventually become fluent in it, but I'm giving myself longer than a year for this one) - (I'm not sure wether to say I accomplished this one or not. I'll consider it a work in progress)

13. Have an actual SPA day(massage, mani, pedi, all of it) - (failed. Yeah, I worked too much!LOL)

14. Go to Round Top and go to Gypsyville World Headquarters  - Done! 8-20-15  Visit to Gypsyville 

15. Go on at least 10 random adventures - (These can't be planned more than a week out or it doesn't count) - (I go on a lot of random adventures, i think I accomplished this one) 

16. Spend an entire day watching Disney movies - ( I have concluded I cannot spend an entire day watching tv. Fail.LOL)

17.  Go to a Mav's game - (we went to a cowboys game. that count?LOL)

18. Visit Dealy Plaza and the 6th floor museum -  (visited Dealey but never made to to the museum)

19. Go to the Children's Health Christmas Parade  - (Done! 12-5-15  Children's Health Holiday Parade)

20.  Go to the Ft. worth Aviation Museum - (Nope, not yet)

21. Get in the habit of drinking at least 2 bottles of water a day (I did great at this for awhile then just kinda lost steam, I'm still working on it)

22. Go rock climbing at Summit rock climbing gym

23. Go horseback riding(haven't been since I was 16) 

24. Get in the habit of working out at least twice a week - (again, I was doing fantastic, working out at least 4 nights a week doing things like push ups, crunches and jumping rope in my room, then work and life happened)

25. Organize my pictures into albums(seriously, I have a lot!) -  (umm, work in progress?)

26. Be in more pictures instead of being the one that takes them - (I'll chalk this one up to a partial win, I was in more pictures this year, but i can still improve on this ;) )

27. Re-vamp my wardrobe and make-up supply - (I'll chalk this up to a win as well)

28. Go Back to Camp Moss - (6-27 through 7-1-2016)

29. TBD 

30. TBD 

As you can see I didn't accomplish everything. Not even a lot of it by some people's standards. in April i started helping out at Ketzler's, the Greman restaurant here in Granbury. Some weeks I worked every day so spare time was spent decompressing from both jobs and doing essential tasks such as the dreaded laundry pile that seems to always grow back no matter how fast I defeat it. My main goal became saving for a house so when the opportunity to work at Ketzler's was literally dropped in my lap by Dad I jumped at the chance. I'm learning that life happens, our plans don't always work out, and that's OK! I'm actually "ok" with where I'm at right now. I may not be where I want but I am closer to it than I've ever been. And even though the money I had saved was used at Dosney, and on the Truck and for Christmas that's ok. I saved up just over $3000 in a matter of months and this summer we will be slammed. With the lake being up and being featured on daytrippers as well as an article next month in Texas Highways there's no way we won't be. I know I'll build it back up. I still plan on completing this list. it may not happen this year, or next but eventually it will. I feel that the main point of these is to help you grow as a person anyway, and I can say without a doubt that that was accomplished last year. I can say that even though it didn't go exactly as I wanted it to the last year was pretty awesome! I mean, we went to flipping Disney world and The Wizarding World of Harry Potter. And I didn't have to go in to debt when Reba needed new tires and a new AC, I was able to pay for it all. In cash. Which before this last year NEVER would have happened. So here's to turning 30. Here's to buying a new house this year. And here's to Life happening, and THAT'S OK!

Thirty Before 30: Pinterest project - shower bombs (Project 7)

For those of you who don't know, I love bath products. Gels, body scrubs, facial masks, you name it! I also recently discovered lush(hello new addiction and good bye extra cash!lol) Well, in order to hopefully save a little money I decided the other day that I wanted to try and make shower bombs. I found a really simple recipe on Pinterest and I have to say I am extremely happy with the way these turned out. My only complaint is that they do dissolve really quick, but the smell lingers so it's not a total loss. I think I'm going to add a few more drops of the essential oil next time though just to make it even more powerful. 

You will need citric acid(found at Wal-Mart), baking soda, an essential oil of your choice, and if you want colored shower bombs food coloring. You will also need a mold of some sort. I used a colic one heart mild as well as a cupcake pan

To make: 

• 2 cups Baking Soda
• 1/2 cup Citric Acid
• 20 drops essential oil(or more depending on how strong you want the smell)
• 1 1/2 Tbsp water

Combine the baking soda and citric acid in one dish, and the water and essential oil in another. 

Mix in the water/essential oil blend slowly, a few drops at a time(I used a medicine dropper I got for free from the pharmacy). It needs to be "damp" when you're done mixing everything, not soaking wet.

*tip - if you have an actual mixer use that, I just used a whisk and it took a while.  

When it's mixed together put it into the molds and compact it down as much as possible. Allow to set for a few hours to harden up.

I chose cheer up buttercup for my essential oil because it has a strong citrusy smell that I love! But any will work 

And yes... I made a mess. Pretty much par for the course with me ;)

Find cute way to store and display them and done!lol 

Let me know what you think, and what color and essential oil you use if you try these! :) 

Thirty Before 30: Children's Health Holiday Parade 2015

This Past Saturday Mom and I along with probably 400,000 others descended on Dallas for the annual Children's Health Holiday Parade. I have never been to a parade of this caliber before and It did NOT disappoint! The balloons were awesome as well as all of the floats and Marching Bands. It was also AWESOME to see the WHS Blue Belles, the drill team from my High School as one of the first drill teams out of the gate. We loved it and are already talking about going again next year. Check this one off the list! ;)