UPDATE 12/31/24: Failed pretty miserably. Going to reassess my bucket list procedures before tackling a list for next year, because I want to be more successful at this and not feel so bad about what I DID accomplish haha. I downsized this year, but many were multi-part, so I guess not really. I did a…
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Hawaiian Superlatives – Hawai’i & Oahu
I returned from our 10th anniversary trip to two of the Hawaiian islands this winter with nearly 2500 photos and videos. It wouldn’t make sense to share all of those with an audience, because I’m sure most of you could care less haha. But when I was doing my massive research for this trip, I…
Bucket List 2023
Update 12/23/23 – I know the year isn’t technically over yet, but I likely won’t make any more progress on my list than I have up until now. I’m pretty disappointed in the lack of effort I made on this year’s list, but it was a bit of a trying year and I was able to…
2022 Bucket List!
Update 1/1/23 – Made decent progress this year! I took a few liberties with the list, but I think I gave it an okay effort 🙂 Plus we were able to complete TWO things from a previous year’s list – visit the Mormon Temple while it was open to the public, and used that for…
40 Before 40 (2021 Bucket List)
UPDATE 12/30/21 – I ended up extending this to the rest of the year, since I couldn’t complete everything by my birthday. I still didn’t complete all 40 items, but I got as close as possible and will try to get these accomplished after I tackle 2022’s list!! Instead of doing a Bucket List for…
2020 Bucket List!
While searching for ideas of what to cover in my first blog post of 2020, I was reminded of an awesome tradition a co-worker of mine started with his wife eight years ago…an annual bucket list! So I did a little research and narrowed it down to 10 different categories of focus and even added…
Out with the Old, in with the New!
Often, when a new year is about to begin, we see and hear people talking about “New Year, New Me!” And just as often, we make the same resolutions that we did the previous year(s). Then around now, at the end of the year, we beat ourselves up for not achieving everything that we thought…
Marathon Recap (yes, finally)
So since I’ve had some time to let it settle, I figured it was time to give the full run-down of my first Marathon experience. It’s long, detailed, and probably boring for most of you. But I wanted to get it down 🙂 If you have any questions or anything, let me know! You know…
Week #1 Marathon Training
UPDATE: I decided it was too much to start training this early for a marathon and pushed it off until July. I didn’t keep up with posting here, but updated everything on Social Media. Check out my Marathon Recap from December for the full story! April 17 – So the first day was a scheduled…
Half Marathon #3 Recap
I figure since it’s been a month, I can finally do the recap for my third half marathon. As disappointing as it was, I also learned a lot and it hasn’t scarred me permanently 😛 Thanks for following my journey! Training: I had planned on doing the 12 week Hal Higdon plan, like I did for…