It's almost x-mas time! my the month goes by quickly! I really need to keep up with updating this!!

7. Change out fixtures on the cabinets

Yay! finally did this! Looks soooooo much better don't you think?

BEFORE........ (ugly white and gold handles in the middle of the cabinet)

After...... (stainless steel round knobs in the corner of the cabinet!)

18. Visit family 15 times (10/15)

For thanksgiving this year, Marissa and I continued our new tradition of sister's thanksgiving! :) It was really nice! We made some stuff and bought the others at wholefoods. :-p And of course did our Black Friday shopping!!!

Here is Jinners enjoying Thanksgiving (being bad, but soooooooo cute!):

xmas- I'll be home for Christmas............... :) Here we are spreading a little bit of holiday cheer at the quest Center! :) It's great to be home!!

20. Throw a theme party- of course I had to have a ROCK BAND party! :)

28. Go out for a girls night once a month (6/24)- went to the Lady Gaga concert with my concert groupies!! :) We ended up getting 'pit' seats so we were crazy close up!!!!

77. Try 15 new Restaurants I have never tried before (34/15)- went to a Malaysian Restaurant in Wilmington called Rasa Sayang. DELICIOUS!!!

79. see 101 new movies (43/101)

-the road: wow, super depressing!!!

-Bruno: VERY crude... I enjoyed Borat much more!!

-Slumdog millionaire: sooooooooooooooooo good!

-the proposal: LOL, this movie gives chick flicks a bad name!

80. Try 30 new recipes (9/30)

I made mac and cheese for thanksgiving. Believe it or not, I've never made it other than out of a box before!! :-p it was a little too cheesy if that is possible! haha.

85. Get a trainer for Jin- this has turned out to be amazing!!! he's such a good little boy! :)

100. Buy myself flowers once a month (3/30)

Already mid-november?!?

my goodness! Where has the year gone????


well, since my last entry, I had my 27th birthday! eeks! I can't believe I'm 27! It was a great birthday though! I'm sure I'll be blogging about it later when I have a ROCK BAND party! :-D tee hee hee.


76. Watch 30 documentaries (one a month) (3/30)- just watched the biography on the Dalai Lama. Felt it was fitting after I went to see him just last month in NYC. :) Here I am pictured with the fam and some friends and a couple of my dad's monk friends from NYC and India. :)




77. Try 15 restaurants I have never tried before (one every other month) (34/15)- went to PARC at Rittenhouse for brunch with my newly wed friends Demi and her hubby Taka. :) so cute! <3



79. See 101 new movies (39/101)- I am on a roll!!

- saw: because it was Halloween. Loved the ending and that I wasn't that scared!

-Frailty: lots of twists and turns. A great movie

-Orgazmo: for a silly movie by the makers of south park

-Brotherhood of the wolf: a french movie that has kind of crouching tiger-hidden dragon feel

-Atonement: it was pretty slow and not a whole lot happened......



80. Try 30 new recipes (once a month) (8/30)

-apple crisp: not so crisp! hahaha. it was still pretty good....... still need to work on it a bit! :-p

-Red Lobster cheddar bay biscuits- denser than the ones they make in the actual restaurant. Still need to work on it further, but still really yummy!!



84. Take Jin to the dog park 30 times (once a month) (7/30)- been taking little Jin-man to the Pretzel park in Manayunk. Last week he got beat up by a chihuahua named "bug". Yeah, my dog is really tough. :-p Here he is going after the one guy he can beat up!




89. Take a hot bath 30 times (once a month) (4/30)- took on the eve of my b-day! Unfortunately it was more for medicinal purposes than for "fun" but it was still nice.

So I haven't been so good about keeping this updated!! oops! Hopefully now that busy season is over (and I have time for a life!) I can get back on track! I'm sure I've missed a few, but at least I'll get some of them down and counted. :)

18. Visit family 15 times (8/15)- went to NYC because my parents were there to visit with the Dalai Lama. So got to see them and my sister and Kanu (my sister's BF) so it was nice, but quick visit! :)

76. Watch 30 documentaries (one a month) (2/30)- watched Fahrenheit 911. Eh. It had some interesting points, but it was so incredibly skewed one way that it was hard to take seriously.

77. Try 15 restaurants I have never tried before (one every other month) (33/15)

-Presto (Italian on ridge): DELICIOUS gnocchi!!!!

-Grahm's pub: could be the best chicken quesidilla I have ever had outside of my own kitchen! lol.

-Helium Comedy club: actually really good cheese pizza!!! :)

79. See 101 new movies (34/101)

-Garden state: quirky and fun :)

-say anything: definitely an 80's movie! :-p cute and fun.

-the good girl: Interesting....... very dark and twisted, but a pretty good movie.

-boondock saints: a movie I was told would be too scary for me so I avoided it. Um.... not so much! I thought it was really good!!!!

-where the wild things are: hmmm.... loved the book as a kid, read the book yesterday and couldn't understand why. :-p but either way, it was a disappointing movie unfortunately.

-spaceballs: It was time. lol. Definitely a funny movie and it's nice to finally know where all of the lines come from that I seem to hear all of the time.

-Over her dead body: Hands down, in the top five worst movies I have ever seen! hahaha. This movie is TERRIBLE.

-charlie Wilson's war: very good movie! I love movies based on real people. I feel like I learned a new perspective. :)

80. Try 30 new recipes (once a month) (6/30)- made a salmon with garlic and brown sugar. Sounds so gross, I know, but it was AMAZING!!!!!!!

82. Go to a comedy club- saw Billy Gardel at Helium Comedy Club. HILARIOUS!!!!!!!! Must go back again!!

84. Take Jin to the dog park 30 times (once a month) (5/30): tried out the Pretzel park in Manayunk. Jin-jin had a great time!!! :)

86. Change my name back to HAYES: YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Officially and LEGALLY back to HAYES!!!!!!18. Visit family 15 times (8/15)

1. Obtain my real estate license- not done with it quite yet, but I finished taking my two courses and passed both of those tests! :) So now I just need to sit for the state exam! eeks!

28. Go out for a girl’s night once a month (5/24)- went to the Britney Spears concert! :) tee hee hee!

77. Try 15 restaurants I have never tried before (one every other month) (30/15)

• Estia: very good greek food in a very romantic setting
• XIX: this was a very pretty restaurant, but I felt like it was just expensive to be expensive.

79. See 101 new movies (26/101)

• stardust: kind of like "shrek" in that it is kind of a kids movie, but then has a lot of adult humor.
• Baby Mama: eh, it was ok. Took place in Philly though! :)
• Wolverine: boo!!!!!!!!!!! I had such high hopes for this movie because I love wolverine and Hugh Jackman, but.......... yeah......... it was kind of cheesy and disappointing.
• Hitch: humorous.
  
  

49. Go to a farmers market three times (4/3)- went to the Reading Terminal Market with Matthew! I bought bok choy, cheeses and tried a fresh pretzel. :) Yum, yum! I finally made a bok choy dish that was good too!! (see #80)

50. Support local artists/musicians three times (2/3)- this one is a few weeks overdue, but I forgot to mention....... I went to the piano bar to listen to some local people play. It was a neat place with great atmosphere.

77. Try 15 restaurants I have never tried before (one every other month) (28/15)
- Devil's Alley
- Ruths Chris Steakhouse- clearly this wasn't for me! haha. Happy birthday to my lovey Matthew! :)

79. See 101 new movies (22/101)
- Elizabeth and the golden age- gotta say....... this one was kind of a snore fest. I kept expecting it to heat up.......and it didn't. The poor virgin queen only got a kiss from her hottie love interest.

80. Try 30 new recipes (once a month) (5/30)
-buffalo chicken nachos: yum yum!!
-baby bok choy with cashews (veggie friends- you need to try this!!): super yum! I have tried only once before to make the bok choy, but it failed miserably...... this time, great success!!! :-D

84. Take Jin to the dog park 30 times (once a month) (4/30)
Jin-jin had a lovely "date" with his mommy and daddy at the Schuylkill river park. It was such a hot day, but a lot of fun to be able to go and watch the dogs play. :) Then he got to walk around center city and check out potential new houses. What a fun day!

98. Buy myself a piece of jewelry
Turned my old ring into a beautiful necklace! :) yay!!!!!!!!!!!!