Happy New Year (a wee bit late)!
This year has already been full of all kinds of awesome.
This weekend, I was able to knock two more things off my list. Spontaneous road trip, and spend a night in a hotel for no reason.
We decided to go to South Lake Tahoe. It was snowing, so that was pretty cool. We even got to make a little snowman friend. This was the first, legit, snowman I have ever made. I love the snow. :] We also had a snowball fight, which was awesome! While we were playing, I saw the most perfect, amazing snowflake land on my jacket. I know snowflakes are supposed to look really neat, but I have never seen an actual snowflake more than just a tiny dot. I tried to snap a photo, but it melted too fast. It was really beautiful though.
We also did a little bit of gambling! I turned $20 into $70, then lost it all. It was a magnificent failure.
Overall, the this trip was absolutely amazing!
This weekend, I was able to knock two more things off my list. Spontaneous road trip, and spend a night in a hotel for no reason.
We decided to go to South Lake Tahoe. It was snowing, so that was pretty cool. We even got to make a little snowman friend. This was the first, legit, snowman I have ever made. I love the snow. :] We also had a snowball fight, which was awesome! While we were playing, I saw the most perfect, amazing snowflake land on my jacket. I know snowflakes are supposed to look really neat, but I have never seen an actual snowflake more than just a tiny dot. I tried to snap a photo, but it melted too fast. It was really beautiful though.
We also did a little bit of gambling! I turned $20 into $70, then lost it all. It was a magnificent failure.
Overall, the this trip was absolutely amazing!
Other items we were able to do, from my list: I made ice cream in a bag! The recipe was simple: milk, ice, sugar, salt, and vanilla. We thought it would be fun to make mint ice cream, instead of vanilla, so we used mint and added chocolate chips. Our ice cream turned out ridiculously minty - what else would I have expected. It was insane though. Good, in small amounts. I could not even finish the photo you see above. I would like to try this out again, but with vanilla. Or maybe vanilla and a small amount of mint.I have completed 58 goals! More than half way there!
I started my new puzzle, cats already destroyed it. Nothing new there! Hopefully, my new setup will prevent that from happening in the future. I am doing the puzzle on a piece of cardboard which I cover with more cardboard and set in my closet. I am sure they will figure something out to mess with it though...
Nikki found this photo to describe my life...
Nailed it.
Last Friday, I joined the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District Biologists in the annual Christmas Bird count! Rawge and I got started on an early and frosty morning!
Speaking of early and frosty, he and I also decided we would make a bet! On Instagram, he posts these amazing photos of wildlife, but hardly gets any "likes" at all, while I can post a photo of my cat on the toilet and get dozens of "likes." I told him it was because he was not adding in the right hashtags to get his photos the attention they deserve. We both decided to take a photo, in the frosty morning and see who could get the most "likes." Needless to say, with all my hastags, I won. This was actually one of the nicest photos I have ever taken. I am proud!
Now, back to the bird count! I had a lot of fun seeing all kinds of birds I had never seen before, as well as a few of my favorites, including Killdeer! I did not get to take any photos of them, but Killdeer are perhaps on of my most favorite birds. Not because they are absolutely gorgeous or anything, but because of their personality. If a predator is going after it's nest, Killdeer will fake a broken wing, flop around on the ground, and make a sound of distress in order to get the attention of the predator. If that won't get it's attention, they will come closer to the predator and make a louder noise to draw attention. The predator will see the bird, and think it is an easier target because it is injured. Once it has lured the predator away, Killdeer will suddenly "heal" and fly away. They are just so neat!
The major sight of the day was a Bald Eagle! They had never had an adult Bald Eagle ever make an appearance in the area, so it was really exciting. Hard to photograph though, because we were so far from it. Luckily, we had a scope, so I was able to, carefully, take a photo through the scope with my phone! He was a neat little guy. I had never seen one before (apparently they are rare to see - as they were close to extinction), so it was pretty spectacular. Fun times!
Upcoming goals:
I have decided I need to start classes, to get scuba certified, in the next few weeks. I realized, I need to be scuba certified in order to swim with sharks.
Finally, we are planning a wee trip to New York at the end of the year for New Years Eve!
I have an exciting year planned out!
In other news:
"In 2002, the average user spent 46 minutes on the Internet a day - In 2012, the average user spent 4 hours on the Internet everyday"
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Nailed it.
Last Friday, I joined the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District Biologists in the annual Christmas Bird count! Rawge and I got started on an early and frosty morning! 
Speaking of early and frosty, he and I also decided we would make a bet! On Instagram, he posts these amazing photos of wildlife, but hardly gets any "likes" at all, while I can post a photo of my cat on the toilet and get dozens of "likes." I told him it was because he was not adding in the right hashtags to get his photos the attention they deserve. We both decided to take a photo, in the frosty morning and see who could get the most "likes." Needless to say, with all my hastags, I won. This was actually one of the nicest photos I have ever taken. I am proud!
The major sight of the day was a Bald Eagle! They had never had an adult Bald Eagle ever make an appearance in the area, so it was really exciting. Hard to photograph though, because we were so far from it. Luckily, we had a scope, so I was able to, carefully, take a photo through the scope with my phone! He was a neat little guy. I had never seen one before (apparently they are rare to see - as they were close to extinction), so it was pretty spectacular. Fun times!Upcoming goals:
I have decided I need to start classes, to get scuba certified, in the next few weeks. I realized, I need to be scuba certified in order to swim with sharks.
Finally, we are planning a wee trip to New York at the end of the year for New Years Eve!
I have an exciting year planned out!
In other news:
"In 2002, the average user spent 46 minutes on the Internet a day - In 2012, the average user spent 4 hours on the Internet everyday"
(Follow UberFacts on Twitter)
-jennilea
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