091. Find a doctor completed 6/26/09

Okay so this goal to complete was not how I thought I would complete it. On Thursday, I woke up with a slight sore throat and figured that maybe I swallowed something wrong or it was just a bit irritated. Then Friday, I slept restlessly through the night because my throat felt like it was on fire. Needless to say, I needed to find a doctor because I was in pain. I ended up going to one of the clinics in town and found out that I did indeed have strep throat (first time in probably 9 years). Yep, now I have paperwork filled out at a clinic and a doctor to go to! Yay!

065. Watch 5 new movies in the theater (1/5) 1. The Hangover

Yesterday, a good friend and I were bored and in need of something to do. We decided to go to the local movie theater and watch The Hangover. It was an 'R' rated comedy, so my hopes for the movie were not very high. I was pleasantly surprised by the humor of this movie and there were very few parts that were raunchy or dirty. It was a good movie with a decent storyline for what the movie presented itself to be.

054. Eat at 5 new restaurants (3/5) 3. Lincoln Manor Steakhouse

Okay so we really don't eat out that much. At least I didn't think so, but we went down to Central City to meet up with one of the hubby's friends and visit for a bit. The friend is leaving for 5 months on a new job and we needed to pick up a few wedding presents that he had helped transport home.

We went to eat in the small town steakhouse in Central City called Lincoln Manor Steakhouse. It was a very nice and cozy atmosphere with great food.

044. Visit 5 tourist spots in my current state (1/5) 1. Smith Falls

Waterfalls in the Nebraska? Who would have thought that - well they actually do exist and we visited Smith Falls near Sparks, Nebraska. Conveniently, we were staying at Smith Falls State Park and had the privilege of viewing the waterfall more than once.

074. Go tubing down a river. - completed 6/19/2009

As part of our 'mini-moon' adventure, we decided that we wanted to go tubing down the Niobrara River. We were picked up at our campsite early in the morning and were dropped off about 12 miles up river. We were given tubes and sent on our way down the river. It was quite a relaxing ride down the river and very scenic.

072. Watch the sunset. - completed 6/20/2009

The sunset over the Niobrara River - it was gorgeous.

054. Eat at 5 new restaurants (2/5) 2. Cedar Canyon Steakhouse

What better place to experience a new restaurant than in small town Valentine, Nebraska? We went to the Cedar Canyon Steakhouse and feasted on steak. It was quite excellent and the small town atmosphere of the restaurant was great. We also had the privilege of sitting near about 15 ranchers for a rancher meeting where I kid you not - they all arrived with cowboy hats, button up checkered shirts, jeans, and cowboy boots. It was great!

045. Visit a museum I've never been to. - completed on 6/20/2009

While in Valentine, Nebraska - we visited two museums that I've never been to. The Cherry County Historical Society and Centennial Hall. Both museums had artifacts and history from the surrounding area and were equally as interesting. It should be noted that Centennial Hall is the oldest standing high school in Nebraska. It was built in 1897 and housed a number of children from grades K-12 throughout it's tenure as a school before closing its door for the final time in the early 1980s.

042. Camp near the Niobrara River - completed on 6/18-6/21/2009

Being from a city where we lived on the river and moving to a city and a state where there is not nearly enough rivers and lakes, made this goal one that we knew we were thinking about doing. As part of our 'mini-moon' we decided to camp along the Niobrara River in North-Central Nebraska. Our campsite was right along the river in Smith Falls State Park and we stayed there for 3 nights. I was actually quite surprised as to how shallow the river was. We could walk through most of it with the water only coming up to our knees.

055. Make homemade ice cream.

The homemade ice cream experience started with a hose malfunction... Okay it wasn't that dramatic to make homemade ice cream. One of our wedding presents was an ice cream maker and I was pretty pumped to use it. The hose malfunction was in the process to get the wood bucket ready to put ice and salt in it. We decided to make the easy chocolate ice cream recipe found with the manual for the ice cream machine.

It was actually quite easy to do once we got everything we needed to make the ice cream. I think we need to learn how to now ignore directions after we have read them (okay maybe that was just the husband who needs to do that). Our ice cream turned out a little on the runny side, but it was still very tasty. We added fresh raspberries to the mix and it was excellent.