016. Visit home at least 2 times a year (1/6) 7/17/2009-7/20/2009

After our wedding, we have been busy and hadn't planned on going home until July to celebrate my parents 25th wedding anniversary. We celebrated my little siblings' birthday (a month late) on Friday night when we got there, then Saturday we took my parents, siblings, and grandma to Lanesboro for a walk through the town, dinner, and a play, on Sunday I went to my sister-in-law's wedding shower, and Monday we headed back home. It was a jam packed weekend and we saw a lot of our relatives that we had not seen since the wedding two months prior.

078. Go to a winery - completed (7/18/09)

So I've been busy with moving and everything, but I still have been completing tasks. Woo! When we went home to visit Minnesota, we took my parents out for their 25th wedding anniversary. We took them to Lanesboro and low and behold the small town of Lanesboro had their own winery. Mom was pretty excited to go to the winery. It was a quaint little winery.

029. Buy a house (7/15/2009)

Everything went through! We are now homeowners and in debt for the next 30 years of our lives. It is very exciting to finally own our own home and to be able to have a much larger space to live in. Now the process of moving comes into play (second time in 2 months for me). Fun!

093. Take a multivitamin every day for a month completed 7/12/2009

For the past couple of years, I have been on a kick to take a multivitamin and to continue taking it. Most often, I would take it for a few weeks and then quit. Originally, the reason I wanted to take a vitamin was because I wanted to donate blood at a blood drive and was rejected twice because my iron was too low. This has been one of those goals that I have kicked around, but never actually went through with for an entire month. Hopefully, the habit will continue.

065. Watch 5 new movies in the theater (2/5) 2. My Sister's Keeper

On Friday, I went with two friends to see the highly anticipated adaptation of one of my favorite books: My Sister's Keeper. With all movies that come from books, the books seem to always be better, but I thought that this movie did a good job with the storyline that it presented. I was a bit disappointed that they changed the ending from the book, but overall I really enjoyed the movie and it was as bittersweet as the book.

011. Update my family tree. completed 7/8/09

Family genealogy is one of those hobbies that I do hard core for a little bit and then I put it away for awhile and come back to it. I have not touched my family tree since early this year, so I thought it was a good time to update the tree. I also did not have it installed on my new computer that I got back in May - so what better time? I am always amazed to look through it though and see the different relatives and how many of them that there are. This is definitely one of those hobbies that will stick with me through the rest of my life because I have always been curious about my family (and others') and I love learning about history too. The next step in doing my family tree is to combine my tree and the husband's tree (his mom is really into genealogy too) into one huge tree. That may take a little while longer.

037. Tie up loose ends with parade at the end of the summer. completed 7/5/2009

This is another one of those tasks that I have been figuring out for about a month. I have addressed the last envelopes to send out to kids will music and all information about the parade in August. I am going to drop them off tomorrow morning to get sent out. Who would have thought that planning for a small parade in town would be so much work? I'm glad that the stuff has gotten figured out.

075. Go on a double date with friends. completed 7/4/2009

The women on the date as our hubbys figure out where we're going next.

We went out to eat at Whiskey Creek and then attended the "Big, Bang, Boom" festival with one of our favorite 'couple' friends for the Fourth of July. It was a very nice evening and we got to catch up with our friends who we haven't seen in over a month. Also, the fireworks show was quite excellent.

The men getting it all figured it out.

040. Order new music and supplies for the classroom. completed 6/30/2009

This task has also been one that I have been picking away at for the better part of a month. I knew that I needed some new music for both the Junior High and Senior High band for their two concerts this year, but I had no idea where to even start. I wonder if other band directors put as much thought into the music they order. I'm thinking that as the years progress, it will become easier to figure out what to order and what not to order. Why order now, you ask? Well we are in the process of getting a new superintendent and principal and I had already submitted a rough budget for the music that I wanted to order, but no specifics. I wanted to make sure that I had at least some new music for the kids to play.

I'm pretty pumped about the selections and I hope that the kids will like them too!

033. Clean out my new classroom and organize it the way I want it. completed 6/30/2009

This goal seemed like it was going to be a pain in the butt, however, working along with the choir director who I share the room with, it went a lot better than I thought. Last night we brought our husbands with us to help move stuff around the room and I must say that the room itself looks presentable. Now the office, the music library, and the instrument storage room are a different story all together and will be an ongoing process throughout the summer. It is nice to have the room they way that we want it for the students.