Friday Lists #2

"Life is what happens when we're busy making other plans."

Hello friends and happy Thursday to ya! I know it's not Friday, but I've been screwed up on dates this week ever since I posted What I'm Loving Wednesday on Tuesday. Whatev.

You'll be happy to know that I am headed back home tonight (yay for sleeping in my own bed!) and hopefully my life will get back to a "normal" schedule next week. I tell you what, it's hard running around all over the country for holiday weekends and work trips. This girl's exhausted! I'm going to remedy this by spending some time in the ol' sheep barn with my Dad this weekend. Should do the trick.


In the meantime, I thought I'd share some of the things on my never ending to-do list and link up with Friday Lists this week. So as not to have a 50 page blog, I'm not going to put everything down! Here's a few of the items staring me in the face every time I open up my planner:

1. Laundry. (I swear, why do I even bother crossing this off? The minute you cross it off, you throw something in the hamper and start all over again. For me, this is a constant on the to do list.)

2. Dishes. (Same story as above. Sheesh.)

3. Find out if I can pay my mortgage on my credit card. (I'm thinking that as much money is that is every month, I could get a heckofalot of frequent flyer points....anyone else do this?)

4. Work on photo book. (Okay...confession time. It's possible that starting back in 2010 I decided to do a digital photo book for each year. And that was great. Except I didn't get around to it in 2011. And now we're almost 1/4 of the way done with 2012 and I've got nothing there either. Time to get serious.)

5. Go to the store. (My list so far consists of: Archer Farms fruit strips--get them at Target--I eat these things like nobody's business; Dove body wash--don't want to be smelly; Clorox wipes--I've got slight germophobe tendancies.)

6. Post bog about St. Patrick's Day in Chicago. (I have so many pictures that I just have not had time to get it up yet...and now there is a lot of pressure for it to be worth this week-long wait. I'll do my best!

7. Make a CD for Tiny Dancer. (Last weekend in Chicago I met a new friend, Tiny Dancer--you'll know why he got his name if I ever accomplish #6, and we agreed that he would burn me a cd of Irish music and I'd burn him a cd of Red Dirt music. It's going to change his life!)

8. Keep reading The Help. (I'm so far behind the pop culture train here that I'll never catch up, but I am loving this book! I already finished my two books for March...you'll read about them tomorrow, but I plan to finish this one in April.)

Costa Rica List

"Life is all about risks and it requires you to jump. Don't be a person who has to look back and wonder what they would have or could have had."

For the first time tomorrow, I'm linking up with Friday Lists! If you know me, you know that I'm a girl who LOVES me some list making.

As I announced to the blog world yesterday, I'll be off to the beautiful jungles and beaches of Costa Rica in T minus 84 days! I could not be more excited about this trip---I mean every. single. detail. But today, I'm sharing you the 5 things I am most looking forward to!

1. Time with three of my favorite folks! I love nothing more than hanging out with my friends, and love it even more then I can get people from different parts of my life together in one place. In Costa Rica, I'll be joined by a cousin, a friend from high school and a friend from college. And I cannot wait to spend a week with these people! The four of us together anywhere would be awesome, but in paradise...I think the word epic comes to mind.
2. Ziplining and canopy tour. I've heard people rave about ziplining in the jungle and it's a bucket list item, so this was one of the first activities we signed up for. Last week, my brother calls me. Here's that conversation.

Little Brother: You're going to Costa Rica?

Me: Yep.

Little Brother: You're ziplining?

Me: Yep.

Little Brother: That's stupid, you're scared of heights.

Me: Yep.

Ha! A girl only lives once Bring it on, ziplines and rickety bridges! Bring. It. On.

3. Parasaing. This was one of the very first items that I put on my bucket list, and what better place to do it than paradise, right? The rest of the crew seems a little iffy on this one, but I don't care, I'm doing it! They can watch from the safety of the beach if they want to. This girl will be in the air. (Little Brother didn't know about this yet, but I'm pretty sure his comment about ziplining will be made a second time!) 4. Volcano tour and hot springs. I'll be honest, this would probably not have been on my list had I not heard several other people I know rave about how great it was. Apparently at night (when we'll be doing the tour) you can actually see the lava flowing off the volcano. You can't pass up a chance like that, right?

5. White water rafting. You might remember that I have already crossed this item off the ol' Bucket List. And after having as much fun as I did the first time, I was definately game to try it again through the jungle. I'm super excited about this part of the trip. (Cousin Swiss Mister is a bit nervous thanks to Blonde Oklahoma Girl's comment about anacondas or some other giant snake in the river....remember his insane snake phobia? We're trying to calm him down in the next 84 days.)So....that's the plan so far! If you guys have additional ideas or suggestions, please please please let me know! I'm all ears and I plan to do and see as much as I can while I'm there.