His 30 before 30

It's so hard to get men to do your honey do list. If you have a hard time getting you man to do your honey do list, try to get him to make a 30 before 30 list.  You might as well "forget about it."(said in funny Italian voice)

I asked and begged Mi to make a 30 before 30 list when I made mine a while back.  He was reluctant at first but then he made one and some of the things he said was so sweet!   I wrote down everything he listed and saved it in my phone. 

Here is his list:
1. Marry Kenya
2. Have a House
3. Wild Cave Tour
4. Finish my Nova
5. Fly on a plane
6. Go to Las Vegas
7. Play a bigger part in the Farm
8. Open my own shop
9. Learn to play the piano
10. Go to cedar point
11. Buy a new car
12.Go Bungee Jumping
13.Do the hot rod power tour in Nova
14. Go to Jack Daniels
15. Go to live game show (price is right or family feud)
16. Become a father
17. Catch up on Justified and Breaking bad
18. Take Kenya to Eastern KY
19. Watch the Wizard of Oz
20. Having Closer relationship with extended family
21. Learn how to tig weld
22. Teach Kenya how to drive and use tractor
23. Race four wheelers one more time
24. Ride in hot air balloon
25. Go biking at state parks
26. Spend night in opry land hotel
27. Check into lasik
28. Buy kayak
29. Try new foods
30. Get conceal and carry licenses


He loves doing a lot of things for me haha.  I'm so glad he does so much for me and I can't wait to start marking some of these off the list.


 

Ocoee River Whitewater Rafting Trip

 This past weekend I was able to check another item off my 30 before 30 list!
Whitewater rafting!!

I had been wanting to go whitewater rafting for a long time, but when my boss went and told these amazing stories about her trip I knew it was time to go.  So M and I took off on our little whitewater rafting adventure. 

I had heard a lot of good things about the Ocoee river and it was decently close to home.  And I must say the drive there was beautiful!  We went with the Ocoee Adventure Center and our Guides name was Gator Man.  He told that he had been rafting for 25+ years and was known for rafting the Ocoee on an inflatable Gator raft from walmart.

They haul the rafts on top of school buses like so.  It's really neat to watch them unload and load these rafts.

 This is where they let your practice before you actually get on the rapids.  They show you basic moves like "forward two" this means paddle forward two times and "Hot Tub" which means get down in the middle of the boat.

This is where we put in at.  In front of a 45 foot waterfall.  I took these pictures after our trip. When it was our time for our trip,  too much water had been let out of the channel and this place was wild!  You can tell how high the water was where the concrete is wet.  At the bottom, where the rafters are standing was covered in about a foot of raging water! It was all we could do to walk our raft out to get into it.

This is where we started, you can see all the rafters at the top waiting their turns to go.

Im in the middle there, and you can tell my by face, I was having a blast.

and then.....

we flip the raft....

 We was rushed downstream in class four rapids hitting rocks and waves over and over.  According to our guide we was out of the raft for about a quarter of a mile.  It was one heck of a ride.  No one was injuried, other than several bruises and a few scrapes!

Thankfully, we was pulled back into another raft, our raft was retrieved along with our paddles and we was able to continue our trip.

Despite our little accident right out of the gate, we had a blast and would go again in a heartbeat.

Big Annoucement!

If you follow me on instagram, you probably already know that I have marked off the second item of my 30 before 30 list!  Yea, that's right...

I'm officially a PROPERTY OWNER!  I can't retain my excitement! I have only been working on this for 9 months now! Yeeah you heard right, 9 months!  The situation went down a lot like a short sale, had a lot of 3 different liens of large amounts that had to be paid off by the previous owner before I could purchase it.  Now the land is free and clear and all mine!!

There is still a whole lot of cleaning that needs to be done (I've been cleaning up on it some before it was actually mine haha.) And once it is all cleaned up and in great shape I plan on building a nice new house, hopefully in the very near future.  So let the cleaning up, and planning begin!

30 before 30

I have seen several 30 before 30 and bucket list posts and it has given me some inspiration to make one of my own. I also thought it would be fun to have my boyfriend to make one as well and compare ours afterwards. So we spent saturday making and sharing our bucket lists with each other. I found out very quickly this is a great way to find out more about your significant other. I've been with my boyfriend for six years and there was several things on his list I never would have thought of.

Ok enough rambling...here is my 30 before 30 in no particular order! Deadline is 2020

1. Get married

2. Buy a piece of land Completed 8/21/13

3. Build a house

4.Become a mother

5. Visit Hawaii

6. Fly on a plane

7. Receive a Master degree in Nursing

8. Run a 5k

9. Complete a quilt

10. Learn to knit

11. Learn to drive a 5-speed

12. Grow a garden

13. Go white water rafting Completed 9/13/14

14. Buy a nice kitchen aid mixer

15. Have a recipe book full of recipes I've tried

16. Go to Europe

17. Learn how to can

18. Complete the 365 picture challenge

19. Have a weekend hiking getaway

20.Visit a winery

21.Ride all the roller coasters at Universal Studios

22.Read the Bible cover to cover

23.Gamble in a Las Vegas casino

24.Pay off a large debt (car or land)

25.Build a piece of furniture

26. Break a habit

27.Get my conceal and carry

28. Go camping

29.Do something that scares me

30. Wild Cave Tour at Mammoth Cave