In the works

I found new house numbers last week. I have been searching for new ones since we first moved in. The ones we have now are just boring old black ones like every other house on the street. I was hoping to find some at an antique shop but after a year of searching I have pretty much given up. These are from Paper Source and I really like the font and the size. I think they are going to be orange or maybe blue. Oh it' so hard to decide. Well, for now they are primed and ready for what's next. Check one more off the list.

Ouch

I had a “friend” chew me out the other day and it has taken me a few days to recover from the blow. I don’t feel that I did anything wrong, but I know that in every situation there is something to learn, something that I can take from it to help me be a better individual or a better friend. I think what I learned from this is to listen to my gut and act on how I am feeling sooner rather than later. This friendship should have ended long ago, the only thing we had in common was the age of our children and I knew that from the start but I felt guilty for not giving her a chance. And I felt guilty because she is a single Mom and was struggling. Now I feel guilty for not stopping it sooner to avoid hurt feelings. Another lesson, guilt is not a reason to stay in a relationship. So that is that…now I am leaning on my friends to remind me that I am not all those awful things she said to me because no matter how much confidence you have in yourself taking blow after blow from a person that speaks not in logic but in anger, can do a little damage.
On a more positive note my Week of No TV has been great. I worked on recovering our chairs last night and am almost finished with my book. I do miss The Daily Show and the Cobert Report a little, but it is worth it for the free time. Also, last night I knocked #23 off of the list. I told the story on the bean blog.

30 Things to do in my 30th year

1. Learn how to screen print
2. Swim with Henry in the ocean
3. Tile the kitchen
4. Make a collage each week
5. Fly a kite with Henry
6. Make one new recipe from my veggie cookbooks each month
7. Start a journal
8. Make weekly grocery lists and trips
9. Plant a vegetable garden
10. Read 10 books (textbooks don't count)
11. Practice playing the guitar
12. Make new house numbers
13. Do a painting with Wade for outside our back door
14. Put my dirty clothes in the hamper
15. Improve my CD collection
16. Make weekly deposits into Henry's college fund
17. Plant a lilac bush by our kitchen window
18. Take Henry for morning walks
19. Collect items that remind me of one of my sister for one month and send them to her, do this for each of my sisters.
20. Spend a night with Wade at the Circle S (where we got married)
21. Eat all my daily servings of fruits and veggies (I think that is up to 3 and 4 now)
22. Perfect my red velvet, chocolate and coconut cupcake recipes
23. Catch fireflies with Henry
24. Complete 4 projects from this book
25. Paint my kitchen cabinets
26. Make a Christmas gift for each family member (I should probably start now)
27. Let my hubby win a couple of arguments
28. Take Henry to meet his Great Great Grandmother and, if I can swing it, coordinate our visit with Wade's Mom and Nana so I can take a photo of 5 generations.
29. Come up with a new tradition for our family for every major holiday
30. Relearn how to ride my bike with no hands