Git-R-Done

As I was sitting at the Jimmy Buffett concert last night and he played my favorite song, "Son of a Son of a Sailor,"  it struck me that I have not accomplished as much this year as I had hoped to complete and it is high time to revisit my Living Life List for 2012.

I have done a few things so far this year and they are in no particular order:

• Paid down my car down by $1,000.
• Paid down short term debt by $817.89
• Increased my investment portfolio by $1,314.13
• Volunteered to help a friend with the KC Relay for Life in June 2012.
• Taking girls to Canada in July with grandparents for vacation.
• Found a new hair gal here in Bonner at Bangz Salon.
• Purchased tickets to take girls to T-Bones Game
• Signed up to help with the 48 Hour Film Project here in KC which will take place in August.
• Lost a total of 10 pounds

Goals for April/May:

• Register for a 5K race.
• Attend T-Bones game
• Plant front flower bed
• Plant hanging deck baskets
• Increase my KC Blue getting healthy/gift card by $20.
• Bring my lunch to work every day.
• Find a part-time job to help with debt reduction.
• Work out consistently 4 times per week starting today.
• Blog more.

As I watched Jimmy perform all my favorite songs, I realized that here was a man living his dream and doing what he loves....dressed in my favorite attire consisting of t-shirt, shorts, and flip flops.

What am I going to do today to make MY dreams a reality? 

What are you going to do to make YOUR dreams a reality?

Here's to getting off the comfort couch and living life ~ Lisa

100 Quirky Things About Me

I recently read a blog where the blogger listed 100 interesting facts about herself and it was quite informative and entertaining to read.  I have been at a quandary about what to blog about so I decided to see if I could come up with 100 interesting (or quirky) facts about myself.   It was actually a lot harder than you may think, but here is what I came up with and they are in no specific order.....

1.  I love my job teaching children with special needs in a self-contained classroom setting.
2.  I am the oldest child.  I have a younger brother and sister.
3.  My mom died on March 30, two days before my 19th birthday.
4.  My best friends in college were Colleen, Wendy, and Judy...we were inseparable.
5.  I am obsessed with the Apple App called Fashion City...my store rocks!
6.  I am always early and I get really nervous when I am running late.....for anything.
7.  My piano teacher's name was Sister Gertrude and she was a mean nun who made my fingers bleed when I played the wrong keys.
8.  I love sushi.
9.  I was a candy striper while in junior high at St. Mary's Hospital with my BFF Dawn.
10. My first job was a waitress at Perkins...my number was #55.


11.  I love to garden.
12.  I love rollercoasters.  The faster and scarier the better.
13.  I hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon with my family in 1989.
14.  I love to lay by the ocean and work on my tan.
15.  I am dating a great guy.
16.  My girls are the most important people in my life.
17.  I have two tattoos.  I regret the last one because the same tattoo is on my ex-boyfriends calf.  Never get a tattoo when you have had a couple cocktails.
18.  I believe that we don't get older, but we get better.
19.  I love playing blackjack in Vegas.
20.  I owe $71,000 or so in student loans (bad news here).


21.  I use a paper planner versus using my Smartphone calendar app.
22.  I have a BFF and we have been friends since 4th grade.
23.  My favorite drink is a mint mojito.
24.  I love to play tennis.
25.  I am addicted to caffeine and I love my morning coffee.
26.  My favorite movie of all time is Top Gun...I love a man in uniform.
27.  I have a friend who lives in Vicenza, Italy.
28.  I love to ride on a Harley.
29.  In my next life I am going to be a bounty hunter with Dog!!!


30.  My favorite TV series are Mad Man and Army Wives.
31.  I really miss my friends Christina, Heidi, and Lorraine who live in Minneapolis. 
32.  My favorite nickmane, "Auntie Seesha" from my cousin Ian who couldn't say Lisa.
33.  My first date was with a guy named Chad.  He had me over for dinner and his sister, Paula, cooked for us.
34.  I was a cheerleader in 9, 10, and 11th grade.  Football, basketball, and hockey.
35.  My handwriting is terrible and it looks super sloppy.  I prefer not to write.
36.  I need to lose 50 pounds.
37.  I loved my yellow VW beetle, but it spent more time in the shop than out of the shop.
38.  I get car sick if I have to sit in the backseat from too long.
39.  I love the Minnesota State Fair and Cheese Curds.


40.  I like Coke, not Pepsi.
41.  I dislike raisins and beets.
42.  I want to start an online business and write a book.
43.  I want to get married again someday.
44.  I dislike cleaning, but I love a clean house.
45.  I almost swam into a Moray Eel while scuba diving in Grand Cayman.
46.  I would rather be outdoors than indoors.
47.  I have a lot of patience at work, but not so much at home.
48.  My blood type is B+
49.  I had a tumor removed in my back that was the size of a large porkchop and a tumor removed in my arm that was the size of a golf ball.


50.  I have read every Nancy Drew book published.
51.  I believe that toilet paper should go over and not under.
52.  I do not know how to whistle.
53.  I went to my first R rated movie with my friend Cindy T. and we had a forged note from her mom to say we could go.  The Movie was Cheech and Chong's Up In Smoke.
54.  Growing up the price for a movie ticket was .50 cents.
55.  I flunked the parallel parking portion of my driving test (I was more than 12 inches from curb).
56.  I have a motorcyle endorsement on my drivers license.
57.  I never went anywhere for spring break in college.
58.  I have been river rafting in Colorado.
59.  I have been skiing at Vail, Beaver Creek, Keystone, Copper Mountain, A-Basin, Steamboat Springs, Loveland, and Beckenridge all in Colorado.


60.  My ex-husband and I are great friends.
61.  I love to garage sale and love to get great deals.
62.  I ran the mile in track back in high school.
63.  I would love to win the lottery and travel the world.
64.  I have ran three half-marathon races.
65.  I have completed two MS 150 bike events.
66.  I have a goal to visit every state in the USA and to visit all seven continents.
67.  I have an awesome older daughter (according to Caroline) :)
68.  In 1990 I was hit by a Ford Bronco as I was walking across the street.  This hit left painful arthritis in my right hip.
69.  I attended We Fest in 1990 and had an interesting time.


70.  Kraut and pig hocks is my favorite meal that my dad cooks.
71.  I have a cousin, Anthony, who is an international model.
72.  My dream car would be a BMW 7-series.
73.  I have never purchased anything on Ebay.
74.  I discovered I really am a dog person.
75.  I really hate to bake.
76.  I have a passport with no stamps :(
77.  I got my first speeding ticket in 2010.
78.  I lost all my pictures (and I mean all) when our basement flooded in 2001.
79.  I think my best feature is my smile.


80.  My worst feature is my feet.
81.  I hate drama.
82.  I have no tolerance for people who lie and cheat.
83.  My wardrobe consists of "teacher clothes" and comes with holiday sweaters!!!!!!
84.  I saw the Grateful Dead at Soldier Field in Chicago....interesting show!
85.  I learned to type on a Selectric Typewriter (we did have the option of using a manual typewriter).
86.  When I was pregnant with Cate, I craved and ate Taco Bell soft shell tacos every day (really).
87.  I am legally blind without corrective lenses.
88.  I use to polish my dad's boots for .50 cents a pair back in high school.
89.  I used to work part-time at Target and I started at 4am.


90.  My ex-boyfriend is on a mission to find his wife on a Russian Mail Order Bride website.
91.  I was an April Fools baby.
92.  My first kiss was in first grade with a boy named Clint Anderson (he kissed me and it was in the coat closet).
93.  I am addicted to Facebook.
94.  My first pet was a bunny named Benjamin.
95.  Our first house in Shawnee, KS was struck by lightening within the first three weeks of us owning it. 
96.  I saw Lyle Lovett in the car rental line at the Aspen Airport.  He smiled at me.
97.  My hollywood crushes in my youth were:  Shaun Cassidy, David Cassidy, and Leif Garrett.
98.  I live on a tight (and I mean tight) budget.
99.  I prefer the sunrise to sunset.
100.  I love my life and believe that God has a plan for everything.  We just need to have faith and trust in Him.

Okay, so there you have it.  I could have added a couple more things, but I needed to keep this G rated.

Here's to getting off the comfort couch and living life ~ Lisa