My Year of Firsts

Day 275 - Visit a U-Pick Fruit Farm

I'll let the pictures do the talking. Let me just say, the raspberry bushes were taller than my boys.

We ate more than we picked

These were so yummy

Day 274 - Pilates Reformer

I have wanted to try this for years. I'm totally hooked and am even thinking how fun it would be to be certified.

Day 272 - Grout and Caulk the Bathroom

If you can change it, change it. If you can't change it, change your attitude.

Today I recaulked and regrouted my bathroom. yeah me!

There have been some fantastic thunderstorms in Utah this month. While my boys were playing at a park I was looking at the clouds, mostly to see what they were doing and how soon we would have to leave. I noticed that they look like water, if you change the coloring to blue.

Dark Clouds

Coloring changed to Blue. Looks like water and sunlight.

Day 270 - Greek Yogurt

Yumm. Loved the pineapple one.

Day 269 - Replace a Vacuum Belt

Holy Cow! I replaced a vacuum belt all by myself. I'm really super proud of myself, especially since I have a child that repeatedly breaks vacuum belts and I'm so tired of paying someone to do it. I was super mad so I took the machine apart and started moving things till I figured it out. I'm sure I could have looked online at a youtube video or something, but I was too ornery for that.

So Proud!

Day 268 - Flow Free

Really fun game!

Day 267 - Study a Mushroom

This mushroom is as big as my hand. It was the first time I've ever really studied a mushroom.

Day 266 - To IFLY or Not

"You miss 100% of the shots you don't take."
-Wayne Gretzky

Went up to IFLY today. Got all suited up. Went through the training. And the machine broke. So I didn't get to fly. Sad.

First time I've ever gone and first time the machine has ever broken there. Could be worse, one couple was celebrating their 1st yr anniversary. Hopefully they have a good year…

Day 265 - Shop at Savers

Shopped at Savers. It's been years since I did some shopping for myself. I found some really nice things and my total was under $20.

Yeah me.

Day 264 - Do my Hair Curly

“Some of the worst mistakes in my life were haircuts”
― Jim Morrison

I have seen teenagers wear their hair like this during the past year, and it's so cute, but I could never figure it out. Until today!

horrible picture, I know, but you get the idea. It held pretty well throughout the day.

Day 263 - Saw Poison Ivy

I still don't know if I could identify poison ivy if it was not marked and taped off. There is a great hike by our house, that is roped off by caution tape and marked with signs that say POISON IVY. Of course I avoided the area, but to see the plants up close was really amazing. They are taller than I thought.

Day 262 - Fish Tacos at Sonora Grill

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

I have never had fish tacos before. So Yummy!

Day 261 - Ogden Temple

"A temple is a place in which those whom He has chosen are endowed with power from on high—a power which enables us to use our gifts and capabilities—to bring to pass our Heavenly Father's purposes in our own lives and the lives of those we love."

—David B. Haight

I've never seen the Ogden Temple before. They just redid it, and it's beautiful!

Day 260 - See a Camouflaged Animal

“Think about Praying Mantis. The deadliest ninja predator."

Saw this little guy on a walk today. Most praying mantises I've seen are green. But the area we were in had a lot of yellow. Very interesting that the coloring of the mantis matched the coloring of the area around it. Like a chameleon.