30 Days of Blogging

Well I need to get back on track with blogging so I'm going to jump on board with my good friend Kelsey!

Thanks to her for this jumpstart on blogging! I'll be catching up so bear with me on a bunch of posts that are up and coming!

300 Before I'm 30 Accomplishments

Here is more detail about what I have ACTUALLY done. :)

26. Make a family calendar every year 

I made the first calendar this year and you can find it any of the 4 households in our family. It is always a lot of work but also a lot of fun pulling up pictures of things that have happened in the past year.

Here are a couple pictures of the photos I put into the calendar this year! :) Love my family!!

38. Quit my part time job
I quit Best Buy in January but started working at Supercuts prior to that. I technically did this but started a new part time job. I’m hoping that I can be down to one job when I’m done with school and not have a full time and a part time job. 

I only got to work one shift at the new store and that was kinda a bummer but it was fun at least to work there and see how it all ran. 

Sure will miss my hunting vest!!

48. Do a bride’s hair for her wedding

I haven’t done this yet but have several in the works. I am scheduled to do Amanda and Chelsea’s hair for their wedding (yes…I have 2 brides in the same day) along with Jessica’s hair for her wedding (which I am the matron of honor in) and also Heather’s hair for her wedding (her hubby to be was the best man in our wedding.) I can’t wait to make all of these gorgeous girls into the bride they always dreamed of being and am so honored that they chose me to help them out!! :) I'll post pictures when these beautiful women are brides! ;)

55. Go to 5 Concerts
So far I have been to 3 of the 5 (if you don’t include the outdoor concert I went to.) I went to the opening show at the Pinnacle Bank Arena with my husband for our anniversary and saw the amazing Michael Buble. Next I went with my friend Jena to see Miranda Lambert and had a blast rocking to some country music. The 3rd and most recent was the Demi Levato concert in Omaha. I went to this with a few classmates of mine from the esthetician program after watching Pitch Perfect and hearing that 5th Harmony was opening for her. I honestly wanted to see them but I am definitely a fan of Demi after the concert. 

56. Go to an Outdoor Concert
I wrote all about this in a previous post…check it out here!

63. Go to a Husker Basketball Game
I’ve actually been to 2 games. I went to the first exhibition game with my dad where UNL played UNK. It was fun but we were in the nosebleed section and it was just an exhibition.

The 2nd game I went to with my husband when he got tickets from work. We watched Nebraska take down Ohio State in an unexpected win and the team seemed to keep up the good work through the season after that. 

67. Learn to Play One Song with Both Hands on Piano

I taught myself to play “Say Something” by A Great Big World on the piano by using a YouTube video. I posted my own YouTube video of me singing and playing it. Not too shabby for the small amount of time that I spent to learn and create it. View the Video Here

69. Graduate with My Cosmetology License at College of Hair Design

I finished several weeks ahead of my class in January and started working a week or so later. I then began the Esthetician program at the end of January and am working part time doing hair and going to school full time for skincare. 

It's Official!!!

70. Get My Cozy License
I took my test a few days after I finished my hours and passed with flying colors. It was so scary but it felt good to have it done. I still find it very odd that we go into an airplane hangar (yes…waking through the planes and being told to be careful as I am tall and they didn’t want me to hit my head on one of the wings of the plane.) But it’s over and for that I’m thankful…only have to do that one or 2 more times…ugh!

Look Out Nebraska...Here I Come!!

76. Go to a Chiropractor

This has been a LIFESAVER! My back was bad enough but after finishing school and transitioning into a new job and now a new program at school I don’t think I would be walking if it weren’t for the chiropractor. I’m gonna go ahead and give a HUGE shoutout to Advanced Chiropractic Solutions for everything they have done for me. I LOVE everyone in the office and look forward to whenever I can make it in for an adjustment. http://www.advancedchiropracticsolutions.com

97. See a Comedian Live

I got to go see Jeff Dunham live with my family and ran into extended family there. We had a blast eating before the show and laughing our butts off together at the show. :) I have actually seen him once before and if you haven’t I definitely say you should go for it. 

He is HILARIOUS!!

122. Be in a Wedding

I’m looking forward to being in my friends Jess & Scott’s wedding in September where I am honored to be the Matron of Honor. :) It is going to be a blast (PLUS we are wearing black dresses and cowboy boots so I get to buy a pair!!)

155. Be a Scentsy Director

I have the most amazing team ever and promoted to Director this year because of all of them. We are officially the Royal DeSCENTants since we could register our team name after I promoted. I’m so thankful and so proud of everyone in my downline. :) 

I couldn't be a part of this amazing company if they didn't own and run it all! LOVE THEM!!

252. Start My First Job as a Cosmetologist
I started my first job doing hair at Supercuts in January right after I got my license. I am so thankful to Amy for making me more aware of this company. I have had so many opportunities to learn and grow in my short time working there due to her and all of the other wonderful women I work with. This transition could have been a lot harder without them!

My Apron, License, and New Clippers to Get Me Up and Running at My Job!!

253. Get Cable Again
We got Time Warner again but unfortunately it was right after we moved to our new house. I haven’t had much time to watch it with the busy days of moving, working, and going to school all the time. Maybe some day I’ll get back on track with all of my favorite shows! :) 

265. Go Blonde
I highlighted my hair until it was blonde…as my dad said…so my true colors could come through. GRR! Just kidding! The worst part of it was keeping up with it. Since my hair is naturally very dark it was barely a day or 2 and you could already see that my color needed to be retouched.

Last Few Minutes as a Blonde!

272. Go to the Chicago Hair Show Again
I actually just got back late Monday evening. It was a blast as it was last year and I bought something besides product this year. I could walk around there for DAYS and never get bored…and I did! :) Meeting celebrities of the hair world, stylists of celebrity, and people that could inspire anyone to be great. I love every minute of my time there and can’t wait to go back again next year as a licensed cosmetologist and licensed esthetician!

Me and some of the lovely ladies I spent the weekend!

273. Get My Hair Cut on Stage at a Hair Show
While I was in Chicago I set out to accomplish this one and got my hair cut in the Big Sexy Hair booth. Since this was one of my favorite product lines I figured it was fitting. I got it cut on Sunday afternoon. Here is a few pictures of me getting it cut and after it was cut. To be honest…2 days after I got it done I had a friend of mine cut it for me again. LOL! I just wanted it to to be either more asymmetrical or even and I went ahead and chickened out on having something different and went with an even cut. 

Here I am on stage! Photo proof!

300 Before I'm 30 - Check In

Yes...I am still alive and well. Just wanted to check in and let everyone know I've been busy but have been accomplishing lots of things in the past few weeks. I've crossed out the things which are complete and underlined things that I am working on currently or are partially done! Here are the things that are complete: 

1. Date my husband once a week for 2 months
2. Go Camping (in a TENT) with Brad
3. Be a Mommy
4. Take a weekend away with Brad at least once a year
5. Get a “family” photo every year
6. Take a class together
7. Surprise Brad with gifts for a week straight
8. Write a list of 100 reasons that I love Brad and give it to him
9. Wake up and make Brad breakfast every morning for a week
10. No TV in our bedroom for 2 weeks
11. Take over family dinner and cook so mom doesn't have to
12. Have a Mother Daughter Day with Mom
13. Have a Daddy Daughter Day with Dad
14. Spend a day with my older brother Mike
15. Spend a day with my younger Brother Nic
16. Have a Sisters Day with Harleena
17. Go on a trip to visit family in Texas
18. Go on a trip to visit Grandma in South Dakota
19. Go on a trip to visit Brad’s cousin in Minnesota
20. Host a Vocasek party and get all of the Vocaseks together
21. Host a Bowen party and get all of the Bowens together
22. Host a Husak party and get all of the Husaks together
23. Host a Rejda party and get all of the Rejdas together
24. Take Family Pictures with Our Whole Family
25. Create a family tree and make it as in depth as possible
26. Make a family calendar every year (1 Down!)
27. Go to church every weekend for 3 months
28. Do daily devotions every day for a month
29. Volunteer at church
30. Join a small group at church
31. Attend 3 Mix social events at church
32. Pray every day for a month
33. Redecorate our bedroom (using wedding photos)
34. Have a week long staycation
35. Go skydiving
36. Cook 10 pinterest meals
37. Get and complete a wreck this journal
38. Quit my part time job
39. Sing the national anthem at a sporting event
40. Complete 10 pinterest crafts
41. Organize laundry room to be blog post-worthy
42. Find a way to make guest room work well as a guest room AND Scentsy office
43. Learn how to crochet
44. Sell at least one home made craft and sell it
45. Get another tattoo
46. Get another piercing
47. Sing with a live band (polka band NOT included)
48. Do a bride's hair for her wedding
49. Go on a real vacation
50. Change out all photos in frames in our house
51. Read 30 new books
52. Watch 50 new movies
53. Send out a Christmas newsletter
54. Create a “life binder”
55. Go to 5 concerts
56. Go to an outdoor concert
57. Sew something and use it or wear it
58. Go to 3 Husker Football Games
59. Go to 6 Lincoln Stars Hockey Games
60. Go to 3 Lincoln Saltdogs Games
61. Go to a Husker Volleyball Game
62. Go to a Husker Baseball Game
63. Go to a Husker Basketball Game
64. Take a photography class
65. Take piano lessons
66. Learn to play 2 songs on guitar
67. Learn to play one song with both hands on piano
68. Learn how to drive a stick...well
69. Graduate with my Cosmetology degree at College of Hair Design
70. Get my Cozy license
71. Volunteer somewhere new
72. Walk in a walk for a cause
73. Perform 10 random acts of kindness
74. Read every night before bed for 2 weeks
75. Learn to play chess
76. Go to a chiropractor 
77. Visit a theme park
78. Ride a new roller coaster
79. Go mini golfing
80. Go bowling
81. Learn to golf (or at least try)
82. Go fishing
83. Go snowboarding
84. Apply to be on a reality show
85. Join a sand volleyball team
86. Paint something
87. Go horseback riding
88. Write in a journal for a month
89. Get CPR certified again
90. Go shooting enough to have good aim
91. Visit the Mall of America again
92. Go see Mount Rushmore & Crazy Horse again
93. See the Stockyards in Fort Worth again
94. Go to a NASCAR race
95. Go to a NFL game
96. Go to a live musical
97. See a comedian live
98. Mail a secret to Post Secret (postsecret.com)
99. Leave 10 random notes to others (scentsy-theone.com)
100. Visit the Lincoln Zoo
101. Visit the Omaha Zoo
102. Go Deer Hunting again
103. Shoot a deer on my own
104. Go to the circus
105. Go on a picnic
106. Embroider something on my own
107. Sing in a choir again
108. Learn to play the bass hand of the accordion
109. Learn to sing 10 new Czech songs
110. Be a part of the Miss Czech-Slovak US Pageant Committee
111. Host another "Czech It Out" childrens’ Czech festival
112. Crown YCN royalty
113. Host a Nebraska Polka Festival at Pla Mor
114. Learn more Czech
115. Own another full vintage kroj
116. Sew a kroj on my own
117. Learn how to bake kolace well and bake a batch on my own
118. Judge a Czech/Slovak Pageant
119. Learn to play Taroks
120. Add a Czech tradition to a holiday celebration
121. Get together with our wedding party every year for our anniversary
122. Be in a wedding
123. Reconnect with 10 friends that I haven't "had time for"
124. Have a girls weekend away with friends
125. Buy a new house
126. Buy a new car
127. Get a digital SLR camera
128. Get a new couch/couches for our living room
129. Lose the baby weight from pregnancy
130. Be a vegeterian for 2 weeks (and try to get my husband to do it too!)
131. Home make all meals for one week
132. No eating out for 1 month
133. No soda for 1 month
134. Lose 10 lbs
135. Lose 20 lbs
136. Lose 30 lbs
137. Lose 40 lbs
138. Shop outside of the plus size section
139. Drink 9 cups of water every day for 2 weeks
140. Walk the dogs 3 times a week for a month
141. Take a dance class
142. Join a gym
143. No alcohol for 2 months
144. Run in a 5k
145. Do 3 more photo a day challenges
146. Blog every day for 2 weeks straight
147. Blog 3 times per week for 2 months
148. Have 250 views on my blog in one day
149. Have 100 fans on my blog
150. No social media for one week
151. No cell phone for 3 days
152. Be a part of 3 more Cara Box exchanges
153. Write a review on 3 products on my blog
154. Do a giveaway on my blog
155. Be a Scentsy Director
156. Have 20 people in my direct dowline with Scentsy
157. Have a team of 50 in my Scentsy business
158. Be a Grace Adele Trendsetter
159. Be on stage for Scentsy Annual Mentor Award
160. Help someone in my downline promote to Director
161. Have someone join my team as a Grace Adele Consultant
162. Have someone join my team as a Velata Consultant
163. Have a Re-Launch Party
164. Host a multi-vendor event
165. Hit $50,000 in Lifetime PRV
166. Earn an incentive trip
167. Go to Scentsy Director Boot Camp
168. Go on a bike ride
169. Publish a book
170. Put a 500+ piece puzzle together 
171. Send 20 birthday cards
172. Send 20 thank you cards
173. Participate in a snowball fight
174. Build a snowman
175. Write something in the sand
176. Donate blood again
177. Bake cookies from scratch
178. Bake cupcakes from scratch
179. Learn to play the Dudy
180. Own a Dudy
181. Jump in puddles after or while it rains
182. Own chickens
183. Own a goat
184. Kiss under mistletoe
185. Take a train somewhere
186. Go on a hike
187. Stand on the Skydeck in Chicago
188. Ride the ferris wheel on Navy Pier in Chicago
189. Spend the night somewhere that is haunted
190. Go to a Casino and spend $100
191. Visit a water park
192. Go to Hot Springs and swim again
193. Start YCN dance group
194. Create YCN bylaws
195. Hold one fundraiser for YCN
196. Start YCN classes for heritage, language, etc.
197. Go go-carting
198. Go on a cruise
199. Visit carhenge
200. Sell something on Craigslist or LinConsign
201. Buy something on Craigslist or LinConsign
202. Post my 100th Blog Post
203. Try a restaurant that looks totally sketchy on the outside
204. Eat at a restaurant I’ve heard nothing about
205. Be able to do 20 pushups at one time
206. Be able to do 100 situps at one time
207. Travel outside of the US
208. Post a YouTube video worthy of 1,000 or more views
209. Buy a lottery ticket
210. Write a love letter to my husband
211. Write a poem
212. Dress up in a costume
213. Fly a kite
214. Tour the Nebraska State Capital
215. Visit Morrill Hall
216. Visit the Sheldon Art Museum
217. Attend a play at the Lincoln Community Playhouse
218. Test drive a car
219. Walk through a house during an open house
220. Grow out my hair for a year
221. Ride in a small airplane or helicopter
222. Stand on pointe in pointe shoes
223. Rent and stay in a cabin
224. Take a sign language class
225. Take my first child on a playdate
226. Get my first child baptized
227. Go to the races in Eagle
228. Try raw oysters
229. Grow vegetables in my own garden
230. Go skiiing
231. Fly somewhere
232. Go to a movie by myself
233. Go to the Pioneers Park nature center again
234. Go paintballing
235. Participate in a flash mob
236. Be in a musical
237. Have a caricature of me drawn
238. Dye easter eggs
239. Carve a pumpkin
240. Teach each of my dogs a new trick
241. Ride a mechanical bull
242. Go to the Renaissance fair
243. Record a CD
244. Visit Vala’s Pumpkin Patch again
245. Visit Roca Berry Farms again
246. Throw someone a surprise party
247. Vote!
248. Enter something into the State Fair
249. Go to a drive in movie theater
250. Be within the healthy weight range for my height
251. Go to the city library
252. Start at my first job as a cosmetologist
253. Get cable again
254. Try to play a violin again
255. Let go of something I’m holding on to because of the memories and realize the memories aren’t within an item
256. Order room service at a hotel
257. Leave on a trip with no destination in mind and see where we end up
258. Send out 100 compliments on Facebook in one day
259. Make a donation to an organization I believe in
260. Help build something (a structure etc.)
261. Help host a radio show
262. Write a will
263. Take an old-time photo with Brad
264. Go to a horse race
265. Go blonde
266. Attend a UFC or UFC style fight
267. Move to the country
268. Own a cat
269. Find a 4 leaf clover
270. Watch the sun rise and set in the same day
271. Re-paint my nails every day for a week
272. Go to the Chicago Hair Show again
273. Get my hair cut or styled on stage at a hair show
274. Play a prank on someone
275. Write a list of 100 things that make me happy
276. Add a fun color to my hair (blue, green, pink, purple, etc.)
277. Do a burnout in a car
278. Ride on a horse drawn carriage
279. Run every day for a week
280. Paint a wall in my house a bright or dark color (not neutral)
281. Attend the Nebraska state fair
282. Attend the Iowa state fair
283. Win a contest
284. Sew a quilt with old t-shirts
285. Visit teachers at each of my schools again
286. Plan meals for a month
287. Have a housewarming party
288. Meet a celebrity
289. Go to a wine tasting somewhere new
290. Learn to drink coffee
291. Have a board game night with friends
292. Have a card night with friends
293. Buy food for a homeless person
294. Do the polar bear plunge
295. Go to a Rodeo
296. Do a butterfly release
297. Own a hammock
298. Have a slumber party with girlfriends at my house
299. Inspire someone to start a list of goals
300. Start a new list

I'll be posting again soon with more information about the things I have accomplished during this journey so far! Don't give up on me and my sad little blog...I'm going to come back in full force soon...I promise!