Gone Fishin'

A few of weekends ago, our best friend Dave invited Nick and me to go camping with him.  Now, I’m not that much of a camper…I’ve only been like twice, but, as a general rule, I really enjoy it.  He picked out a really fun place that wasn’t too far away.  We played horseshoes, I got my first ever chance to play shuffleboard, and I got to cross another item off of my list, number 51, “Go Fishing.”  You see, there was this small pond at the campgrounds where you could “catch and release.”  I did not know this before we left, so I was not prepared for the possibility of fishing.  Because of this, we had to shell out about ten bucks for the world’s worst fishing rod, so I could try my hand at fishing.  Unfortunately, this fishing trip was a major fail…  It was kinda windy, so my line kept blowing all around and getting tangled up, plus, I didn’t catch anything at all!  Technically speaking though, I did go fishing, so I am going to count this list item as complete, but I’m hoping to have a chance to try it  again sometime…I’ll keep you updated…:)

~Blevins - out!

Water, Water Everywhere…and Lots of Drops to Drink…

Well, so far, I’ve not been that great at blogging since starting my list, but I have been working hard to try and get some tasks knocked out…

The first major task I chose to tackle was number 66, “Drink only water for month.”  I began this journey on  Monday, April 12 and sadly, I have nothing all that monumental or exciting to report.  I made it all the way until May 12, without drinking a single “non-water” beverage.  You may be thinking, “Surely you saw many benefits from drinking all that water,” and I am here to say, no, I did not.  The only thing it did was make me pee…a lot.  I was hoping to maybe drop a few pounds…not so much…I thought that it might help with my constant dry skin and adult onset acne…nope, not a bit…The good thing is, that I realized I wasn’t quite as addicted to caffeine as I thought I was.  I’m gonna be honest here and say that I was really worried about the sheer quantity of caffeine consumed by me each day.  Every morning I had a diet soda on the way to work.  I would typically have one for lunch and then normally at least one at night with my dinner.  That’s a lot of soda.  I’ve recently been reading about the negative effects of the unnatural sweeteners used in diet sodas, so I thought that perhaps this “water break” would do my body good.  When I think about this experiment that way, I know it helped me.  I think I really do feel better knowing that at least what I’m drinking is good for me.  I’ve actually kept on drinking tons of water, even though my month is over (I average about 80-100 oz per day).  Since May 12, I’ve only had maybe three or four diet sodas, three or four Chick-fil-a sweet teas, a (very, very small) glass of milk, and a Coke Slushy (my jam!).  I think that’s pretty good.  Before you worry about the fact that I’ve only had one small glass of milk in two months, let me assure you that I do take calcium supplements as a part of my daily vitamin regimen.  I detest the taste of milk…chocolate milk is not so bad, but in general I think milk is pretty gross.  I also eat lots of ice cream…so I get some calcium from that right?

So, there you have it…number 66 on my list is now a memory…

~Blevins - out!

Amendments to The List

So, after looking over my list, I realized that there are a few items on it that cannot exactly be measured...therefore, I have decided to make some amendments...

I, the Jennifer Blevins, in order to form a more perfect list, establish items that can be documented and verified, and secure the blessings of this list, establish the following amendments:  (my attempt at a humorous preamble...lame, I know...)

31.  Make my front yard presentable.
Well...this is difficult to assess, because what I say is presentable, might not necessarily be so to anyone else.  So, I am going to make a new #31...here it is...
31.  Weed the flower bed in the front yard and spread mulch in the spring.  (0/2)

80.  Give more hugs.
Hmm...how do I measure this...well, in short, I can't...so, here's my new #80
80.  Give blood.

And there you have it folks...all better...:)

~Blevins - out!