5. Go Camping 5 Times (1/5).

This past October, the BF and I camped Bonelli Park in SoCal for Volkswagen show. This is our 3rd time camping in the park and going to the car show and it's always a good time.

Our 1st time we were just poorly prepared in general. The 2nd year it rained NONSTOP, we had to set up camp in the rain and I had to ride around in a convertible with a hole in the top right over my lap. This last year we were burglarized by some very crafty raccoons who managed to unzip part of our tent, reached into our cooler and stole our sandwiches!!!!!

The Beautiful Miss Dara.

I don't think this was the car we took camping...but ohhhhh, isn't it good looking?!?!

Blogger is currently mad at me. I can't figure out how to change any thing , and I can't highlight any thing, post links, change sizes and fonts, and so much more. Any help would be greatly appreciated!!

30. Coachella Dreamin' (and 5. Go camping 5 times 2/5)

On April 12th, The Jace man and I headed out from Las Vegas towards Indio Valley to meet up with all of our West Coast Family for what we now know as "the best weekend of our lives!!!!"

On top of the ferris wheel on day 1.

Sun rise at Coachella day 3.

This Aussie looks WAY to happy to have just had his ass continually kicked in flip cup!

Our crew catching some shade with the parachute.

Swedish House Mafia, Gotye, Florance and The Machine, The Shins,

Childish Gambino, Fitz and the Tantrums,Radio Head

Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, TUPAC, AwolNation, Group Love,

Dat Sick, Gary Clark Jr,The Black Keys.......

AND SO MANY MORE

North 106th St. Family

All the pictures from that weekend are posted on my facebook page. Feel free to take a peak.

Love is in the air......Again!!!

I few weeks ago I went home to be part of one of my very best friends wedding!!

It was in the garden of the Crane Cottage, at the Jekyll Island Club in GA and it

was an absolutely stunning location!

The whole island is gorgeous and so full of character and history.

If you ever get a chance take a look at the website and read up a bit about this place. I had never heard of it, but had such a fantastic time exploring the island and learning about the people who built such a breath taking retreat.

The Harpers

96. Get a fire pit, maake S'mores and hang with friends

This is another long neglected post.

We had a ton of friends staying over with us for Thanksgiving weekend, so I knew I had to get crackin' on the fire pit purchase.

This beauty was on craigslist.com listed for $30.....but the guy took $20!!!!

A good deal makes me appreciate my purchases so much more!!!

Hookah, champagne, s'mores and fire pit!!!

What a fantastic way to spend the night!!!

92. Get new, nice bedding and make the bed every day for a month.

I can proudly say that since moving to the new house I have made the bed every morning!!!!!

With the exception of one very painful hang over which had me occupying the bed for most of the day.

That's almost 2 straight months!!!

It's defiantly a habit that's going to stick.

I've long heard that the bed its the "anchor" of the bedroom, by making it when you first get up, you prevent your self from crawling back in there for a few extra minuets of snooze and it really does help keep the bedroom clear of other clutter and mess.

The empty space above the bed will be filled in ASAP with

our awesome headboard

(I'll post a picture once it's done).

I'm not a huge fan of purple in general, but I am a HUGE fan of 250 thread count and $60 % off at Ross. I like the light lavender and the darker maroon color of the embroidered flowers, they match another sheet and pillow set I have.

I used to make my bed every day in college, and just fell out of the habit when I graduated and moved into a bigger space. It's easy to just get up and not deal with it, but in all reality, it takes me about 90 seconds to fluff up the pillows and straighten up the blanket. So totally worth it!!!

4. Buy a crock pot. Learn to make chili

We got the crock pot last year and learned to make a pretty bomb chili a short time after and as with most of the goals on the list, I just haven't gotten around to posting about them until much later.

For our original attempt with the chili, we followed an actual recipe, but we quickly realized how simple it was if you just follow the basics

Beans + Tomato Sauce +Meat = CHILI

Last weeks chili was as followed.......

1 can black beans

1 can garbanzo beans

1 can corn

2 cans plain tomato sauce

2 lbs ground turkey

2 chopped tomato's

1 chopped bell pepper

1 chopped onion

Jalapenos and garlic to taste.............I use lots of both!!!

On the left : we had some left over spag sauce and salsa from earlier in the week, so I tossed that in there too

I threw it in before work and it was ready when I got home at 5:30. So easy!!!!

At the moment I'm working on learning 2 other easy crock pot dinners, I'll make sure to update.

These boots were made for.......standing?

I wear my boots all year long (shorts, dresses, shirts.......really ALL year long), so they are always on full "display" in my closet. Before I learned this little diddy, my storage method was just a pile-o-boots but now, they are always organized and easy to find.

Save up your wine bottles, then just slide them in the boots and stand up......that's it.

There you have it.

Boots that stand up straight so you can take a peek at them instead of digging through a messy pile at the bottom of the closet.