THE FINTONS

30 Before 30 – #10, & #11

Dec 212011

Well, I know I mentioned before that I had already gotten one thing done, and since I actually had to take pictures of myself in that one thing, one thing turned into two things. To make myself clear, I had bought myself a new coat with my birthday money from my mother, and then I bought myself some new boots with my Christmas money from my mother. So go mother for helping me get my 30 before 30 list done.

I finally broke down a purchased myself that was something other than a North Face jacket. Surprising to say the least. It’s very cute, and it’s from alloy: http://store.alloy.com/item.do?categoryID=1822&itemID=53779

Problem is, there is a tiny hole in the pocket, so I never wear it. So I bought it back in October, but I’ve worn it maybe once. It’s wicked cute though.

Sorry, but my husband isn’t the best photographer. Sorry dear.

Since it took me so long to get pictures of myself in the coat, I’m wearing the new boots I bought as well. These were none other than Roxy, which I guess isn’t so strange for me after all. But, I love them. And, they’re like nothing I own. So there, they’re different.

I have only gotten to wear these once, and it was to a 5 year old’s birthday party. I don’t think I get points for being stylish there. But they require skinny jeans, and skinny jeans are not so fun. At least not to me. I like loose, and comfortable. In other words, my North Face jacket and my Ugg boots. I should have put on here that I need to actually wear them to complete the task. Ha.

Alright, I’m off to yell at Erik for not napping. I mean, of course I wouldn’t yell at my cute innocent child. Of course.

Happy Holidays!

Crypticness

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Dec 042011

OK so I haven’t forgotten about my list (it’s been over 2 months since I turned 29! what the hell!!), but it is the end of the semester so I have no life. I really should be studying for a final that I have on Tuesday, but alas, I am taking a break. I still haven’t posted about one of the 30 things that I did finish. I haven’t taken pictures yet, so that hinders things. It requires like showering and brushing my hair. All far too much effort.

So as this semester comes to a close, I realize that I have something on here that I have to do in a semester – the paper or project done a week before it’s due. That means that I HAVE to do that next semester because by golly, I didn’t even get close this semester. Ha. I’m so proud of myself. Here’s to hoping next semester isn’t too rough for me.

I will sadly have to adjust some of my 30 before 30 list because of some recent developments, but I will update more about it later. I am actually quite sad over having to change it, but it’s ok. It’s worth it.

Cryptic cyrptic.

And I’m all about hating when people are cryptic. Sorry!

30 before 30 – #12

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Nov 092011

As Brandon would say, this is one of the “easier ones.” It didn’t take too much effort on my part, but, it’s not something that I’ve ever done, and wouldn’t have done if I hadn’t put it on this list. It’s not that I don’t think voting is useful, but I have never found a reason to vote in a non-presidential election year. On the Preble ballot this year, there was only 4 different categories to actually vote for. And honestly, is that really worth my time?

But, it really is. And as we so quickly realized as I was laying in bed with a pounding headache insisting that I could wait until another time to get this task done, if I didn’t do it on election day this year, I would have missed the boat. Brandon graciously pointed out that would mean I failed. Thanks Husband.

So, I voted.

It was the first time I had been in the Preble Fire Hall because the last time I voted we lived in Binghamton. I voted for county legislator, town justice, town council, and town highway superintendent. As Brandon expressed his admiration for me finally voting, I rolled my eyes and though to myself, I should be doing this every year. I will from now on.

I feel like the roaming gnome.

I had to include this picture because my kid is cute.

I’m getting these tasks done quickly! Then again, it seems like I’m getting the easy ones done first. Slacker.

30 before 30 – #18

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Nov 022011

On the scale of listening to a lecture on fungi to attending a screamo concert, the excitement of this achievement ranks around, well ….. around cleaning out clutter.

My desk has been a mess for years. This mess has moved from house to house with me. Each time I moved the entire drawer was pulled out and nothing in them touched because of the level of disaster they were. I acquired this desk about 9 years ago and with the exception of having a drawer full of Invisalign retainers that are no longer there, it’s been pretty much the same these 9 years. To prove just how bad it was, I honestly didn’t know what was in most of the drawers. The contents were never used. They looked like this:

(yes, that’s a baby mozart c.d. right there on top, and considering Erik is almost 5….)

So really, who knew what was in the bottom of those things. And my dear husband’s desk, with no drawers, looked like this:

Yea, my laptop was buried on Brandon’s desk because mine was just so bad. Because apparently I think buried is better than having to sit at my bomb of a desk.

Now, we all know Patti is anti clutter. We all know Patti is pretty much a neat freak and walks around after her family cleaning pretty much her entire day. You can always tell when Patti doesn’t feel good (why the third person??) because the house is inevitably messy.

So I think that living in this miniature house has prohibited my need for empty drawers and no clutter. I’m starting to feel bad about throwing things away. We have almost nothing left in this house! But…this is why cleaning out my desk was on this list. It had to happen. So I went to Wal-Mart (gack!) and purchased this:

Amazing concept right?

Now, who ever thought cleaning out a desk would be such a stressful process? Well, if you didn’t think it would, think again, because it was. Brandon and I kept snipping at each other and he got up and left a few times. It’s quite funny to think about it now. Funny now, not then.

Well we persevered and I accomplished my goal after many hours and a almost an entire weekend day used. It was worth it, because now my life is a little bit less stressful and cluttered. And, viola, I have a place to do my work. Such a concept.

And I even cleaned husband’s desk while I was at it.

My sanity surrounding my desk and working at it has been restored. And it’ll be a great thing to leave behind in this house when we leave since it is pretty beat up and I need a new one, anyway.