The Official 33 in 33 List!

When I turned 30 I decided to do a 30 in 30 list for fun! I accomplished all 30 things on my list in my 30th year. This year, I decided to do the same thing. . .I will do a 33 in 33 list! I'm super-excited about this year's list and cannot wait to complete it! So, without further ado, the list and their explanations:

1. Run 11 Races - Why 11? It's a 1/3 of 33! Races are a blast but they are expensive. So I thought I would run 11 of them :) My first one is April 18th. I'm so excited and nervous at the same time! this is the first time running a race post-surgeries!
2. Go to an Opera - Never been, curious to go . . .
3. Loose 50 lbs - That'd be 30 pregnancy left to go and then 20 to get to my weight in Junior High. Don't worry, it's well within my "Normal" range.
4. Give up Soda - When I turned 30 I gave up alcohol for a year. This will be 500X tougher for me. I love soda. I could drink this and nothing else. My hope is that I will actually drink more water if I give up my carbonated heaven.
5. Go on a spiritual retreat - I'm not sure what this will look lilke. If I go alone, if I find a guided retreat to go on. I just need to get away with Jesus and have some good-ol-fashioned 1 on 1 time!
6. Read the entire Bible - Never done it. . .
7. Institute Thankful Thursdays - For 52 Thursdays I will write a letter to a special someone thanking them for what they mean to me.
8. Institute Weigh in Wednesdays - to help me with #3
9. Wear my Wedding dress Dec. 15^{th -} If I hold true to my weight-loss plan, I should be at/below my wedding weight by our anniversary. It'd be fun to haul that thing out :)
10. Go on a Girlfriend’s Getaway - Just me and my besties somewhere for a night or two
11. Read 33 books - Sit down and read? What's that? Yeah, this actually may be my toughest! I NEVER get time to sit and read. I'll try though!
12. Cook 33 new recipes - This is just fun for me! I never cook the same thing twice. Really, it's rare I repeat a recipe. I love finding new recipes to try!
13. Try Zumba - I am laughing at myself already! I mean at the Rec Plex, they turn off the lights and have a disco ball! Oh my gosh I'm the worlds most uncoordinated person ever. . .this will make me laugh my head off or puke a bit in my mouth!
14. Run 3 Half Marathons - Why 3? Well 33 is too much. . .heck 11 is too much. . .let's go for 3!
15. Run further than I’ve ever run before - That'd be 13.1 miles. . .how far can I go? 14? Too be seen!
16. Try a climbing wall - I hate heights. HATE THEM. Climbing walls really intimidate me! I think I'll give it a go!!!
17. Karaoke - Yeah, I sound like a dying frog BUT if I get a group of my drunk MR friends to go with me, maybe I might be able to do it! I seriously laugh out loud every time I think of myself singing in public! Have y'all ever seen Cameron Diaz sing in "My Best Friends Wedding?" Yeah, that's me!
18. Shoot a gun - Never done it! 'Nuf said. Anyone want to take me?
19. Run the Katy Trail - How have I never run on the Katy Trail before? I've biked it once but I've never taken my headphones and took off!
20. Try Russian and Dutch food - Okay, I have a 2 beautiful sisters in law who's families are from Beleruse and the Netherlands. I've never had a Russian or Dutch MEAL. I have had tid-bits from teh cultures but never actually eaten a meal. Sounds like fun right! I think it'll have to count towards my 33 new recipes!
21. Give up chips - Oh crap. This is my kryptonite. One of my besties always says she'll give me a salt lick for my b-day. . .I seriously have no self control with chips. . . .What have I done?
22. Do 11 pull ups - 11 being that magic 1/3 of 33 number. Currently I can do 1. Only 10 more to go!!!
23. Accomplish 11 new Yoga poses - I find yoga getting boring sometimes. . .I want to do some of these more advanced poses! My yoga teacher challenged me with Bird of Paradise. I thought it was so beautiful. I haven't got to work on it yet. . .it made me think of these 11 new ones to try to master as well!
1. Sage half bound lotus
2. Handstand Scorpion
3. Hummingbird
4. Eight Crooked limbs
5. Bird of paradise
6. Vasisthasana – side plank with toe raise
7. Full Bow Pose
8. Lord of the Dance
9. Standing splits
10. One legged king pigeon Pose
11. Albatross Eka Pada Koundinyasana II
24. Save $333 - Do you know how many starbucks that is?
25. Plan and go on a vacation as a family - We need this.
26. Be able to do 33 pushups - I currently can do 20. This one shouldn't be too tough.
27. Participate in a city dinner crawl, which means having cocktails, appetizer, dinner, dessert and post-dinner cocktails each at a different place in one city in one night.
28. Institute Friday Family Fun Night – have a family fun jar full of fun ideas to accomplish as a family!
29. Go out to dinner and a movie by myself - this intimidates me. I am nervous already!
30. Watch every AFI’s 100 Years of 100 Movies 10^th Anniversary Edition List - I've actually seen some of these but a lot I've never seen before or it's been so long. I think I'll have to have a few movie-marathon days :)
31. Take a photo every day of the year - dunno. sounds fun.
32. Do not cut my hair and donate again to Locks of Love - Did this in 30 and I had a blast. I'm going to see who I can recruit to do it with me! Cyndi, Belinda, are you up for this again? *
33. Pay for a photo shoot with my family - My family has never had a professional photo taken together.

There you go! Ask me about it often! I'll be posting my progress throughout the year! I'm really looking forward to doing this!

* Mike would like everyone to know he has lodged a formal complaint about this one and has thus threatened that "If you cut your hair off up to here (indicating his scalp with his hand) then I am shaving off my goatee." Challenged accepted Michael Dean!

It's planting time again!

I have to shamelessly admit that every year I'm extremely jealous of my Girlfriend's garden. I mean this chick has this amazing green thumb. Last year she had dill plants as tall as me! She's always saying, "I have so much ___________ and I don't know what to do with it!" Me on the other hand have a black thumb of death when it comes to plants and gardens. Not this year though. I'm bound and determined to have a good crop! So, I started my garden today with my herbs! I bought Basil, Greek Basil, Greek Oregano, Dill, Lemon Thyme, chives, Parsley and cilantro. Look how pretty they are on my deck!
Then I got my traditional Begonias to put in my flower box Bob made for me years ago. These flowers do AMAZING because I pretend I dont know they exist. I ignore them and WOW! :)


Then I transplanted this hosta from my side yard to under my deck stairs. It's an ugly muddy mess there and I am hoping that this hosta grows and fills out under there.
I even planted a few Begonias in Loren's play house. She'll be so excited!!!
Now I'm going to show you what I am good at growing: Weeds! Look at the size of that mother out there!

My husband accidentally shattered a Sliding glass door out there and I was vacuuming up the safety glass and noticed this weed. In fairness, I NEVER go over to that side of the house. I mean, HOLY WEED BATMAN! Between that weed and vacuuming grass, can you say BUMPKIN! Let's play "Who is more Hoosier than the Rozema's" Go!

Summer Organization

Found this

Made this:

Printing it at Costco on a 12X12. . .Laminating it at Office Depot. . .using dry erase markers to plan.
Easy
Peasy

Cauliflower Pizza Crust?

Okay, really? Crust from Cauliflower? It can't be good, can it? I saw this recipe on Pinterest and decided to be adventurous.

First you have to rice a head of cauliflower in a food processor. Just don't "over-rice" it because it becomes mush. I read (when I looked up how in the H* you "rice" cauliflower) that the "rice" can be used as a base in anything you would use rice: Chicken ala King, Chinese, etc. The only thing is that it won't absorb so anywhere you use rice as an absorbent (stuffed peppers) it it can't be substituted.

Anyway, then you microwave the "rice" for 8 minutes. Add 1 cup Mozzarella Cheese (I used the Target Mozzarella Parmesan mixture), 1 egg, 1/2 of a teaspoon of Garlic and 1 tsp Garlic Salt. Mix it up Then you form it into a crust. It was easier to do than using regular pizza dough. It was so perfectly round! Oh, and the smell was incredible!
Now, drizzle LIGHTLY with olive oil and use your fingers to spread it all over the crust. This helps it to brown. Pop it into a 450 degree oven for 15 -20 - until it's firm and browned.
Meanwhile get your toppings going . . .Yeah look at the outright gorgeousness of those Baby Bellas from Trader Joes! They were on sale and looked beautiful! We had ground Jenny-O turkey, Mushrooms and Onion on our pizza.
Okay, looks good right? I feel like Cookie Monster - "Smell like pizza crust, Look like pizza crust, feel like pizza crust . . .but do you TASTE like pizza crust?" We shall see!

So top it with Marinara or pizza sauce, add 4 oz of Goat cheese YES DO IT. It's good! Top with your toppings of choice. Use the remaining cup of Mozzarella Cheese and pop it under a HIGH broiler 3 -5 minutes. Whatch it, that broiler can get away from you! A great Racheal Ray tip is to leave the oven door open a crack so you can watch it at alll times.
Yep! It was awesome! Mike declared that it was the best homemade pizza he'd ever had . . .no lie. It was that good!

*Special note is to make sure that the ingredients are cooked and warm as it will only be under a broiler for a short amount of time!

Our New Floors

Thanks to Birthday gifts, Work Pride Points, etc, we were able to put in our new hardwood floors! It feels so great to do such a wonderful home improvement! Ahhh! Time to relax!

Breakfast Nook Move in Day:
Phase One:
Now:
Kitchen:
Move In Day:
Phase 1:
Now (We need to purchase my island! I need it!)
Living Room:
Move In Day:
Phase 1 (Sorry about the crazy little girls running wild, but it's the best picture of the room I could find today. I'm pooped. I could look harder buuuuuut. . . .)
Now:

"Pretty Room" Move in Day:


Now (this is phase 1):
Front Entryway and Formal Living room:
Move in day - Mom says all of the gold and brass made her sick!
Phase1:
Now (The only carpet left is on those stairs and in toy room! I need to get rid of that ash-wood - gag!)
I love my new bamboo flooring! We worked like DOGS for 2 weeks solid - Through sick kids, sick us, pulled backs and millions of slivers!