Emily Marie is Me

93. Save $10 for every item completed (3/31/20) We have enough in savings to count this as complete based on what I've accomplished. It's really Jonathan who made this one one possible though. He manages our savings really well :) Last one complete and last one I needed to write up! Hooray for being finished!!

1. Learn a style of lettering and create a piece of decor (6/15/19) Another late post, but I realized I totally did this! I have it in our kitchen and it's really the only form of decoration hanging up in our house. I'm referring to the blue "Meals" and "To-Do" things, by the way. The middle quote was done by Sara and it's my favorite and it's amazing, but I didn't do it haha :) And I did the "meals" one back in January 2019, and the "to-do" one later. Buuuut I'm not quite sure when, so I just picked a date in the middle of that year because I know it took a while to finish it up :) This is an insanely simple style of lettering, but it still counts even if it wasn't what I had in mind when I made this goal. But I used my brush pens and made it cute along the edge and everything! So yay! Done :)

70. Attend 5 new museums (3/31/20) 1. BYU Art Museum (12/2/17) - Went with Jonathan, Daisy, and Mike to see the M.C. Escher exhibit. Super cool and so fun to go with my artist brother! 2. Bean Museum (3/12/19) - Took Daisy to look at animals, but she just thought most of them were scary and wanted to play on the slide. 3. White Bluffs Quilt Museum (4/26/19) - This was more a place for quilting enthusiasts to sew together, take classes, and sell/display their work. They did have a few quilting and sewing artifacts, but the real joy was three lovely old ladies telling us about quilting, looms, and spinning. They were a delight. What an experience it was haha :) 4. Museum of Natural Curiosity (8/1/19) - Daisy and I got invited to this museum by our lovely neighbors Chantelle and Kenadie! Kenadie and Daisy are best friends, they are SO cute together. Chantelle and I talked while the girls just ran around playing with things. It was such a cool museum, and I wish there was...

36. Prepare something I would say to 3-5 famous people I would like to meet (10/10/19) For this, I really had to think about who I thought was "famous". I ended up picking three people/groups that have affected me a lot, while most might not think of them as famous. I chose Shannon Hale (my favorite author), Rhett and Link (my favorite YouTubers), and The Arcadian Wild (one of my new favorite bands). I'm not going to put exactly what I wrote/prepared for them here, but I was able to actually "tell" two of them the things I wanted to say! I sent an Instagram message to The Arcadian Wild, essentially saying thank you for their lyrics and music. When I was introduced to them, their lyrics made such a huge impact on me and just made me feel seen and safe and so happy. For Shannon Hale, I wrote her a thank you card! I was able to hear her speak, but figured I wouldn't be able to actually talk with her. When I got to the "photo-op" portion I just h...

94. First aid kit in home and car (4/10/19) I had basically everything I needed, I just finally got it all organized and put away. There are a few things I think I should add, replace, and maybe even remove, but I'm going to call this good! Later I even organized the closet more and it's so much easier to know what we have. I kept forgetting to write up this one, and I finished it so long ago! Glad I took photos so I could figure out when it actually was haha :)   This one went in the car... ...and this one is in our hall closet! :)

85.  Watch 51 new movies, at least 15 award-winning (3/15/20) I originally had this at 51 with 15 award-winning, then I switched to 101 with 20 award-winning, and now that I'm done with my list, I'm going back to the original goal haha :) I watched some really good movies, and I've learned that there are lots of awards that can be won. When I finally started researching some at the end, I think I could have found at least 5 more movies I watched that have won awards. I thought I didn't have enough and went all the way to 61 movies (although I'm sure I missed some too) but I think I could have finished this one sooner. Anywhoooo! Here are the movies I watched over the last few years! 1. Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter (7/9/17) 2. Hidden Fortress (7/12/17) 3. Sanjuro (7/20/17) 4. The Lego Batman Movie (7/22/17) 5. Cinderella - Live Action (7/23/17) *1 - 2016 Saturn Award for Best Fantasy Film 6. Beauty and the Beast - Live Action (7/29/17) 7. Shin Godzilla (8...

40. Go camping (7/17/19) I wasn't sure if I would be able to pass this one off, but then I got invited to go to Girl's Camp with my ward! Honestly, girl's camp was the main reason I ever went camping in the past, so it was fitting that this was how I completed this one. And I even had to borrow camping gear from my parents - the same stuff I used at girl's camp growing up! Even more ironic, we went to the camp my mom went to as a girl's camper: Mia Shalom. Cute, right? I don't think I'm going to go into lots of details, besides one story, but I really enjoyed this camping trip! Something different for me was that we were in CABINS. It was weird to not have to set up a tent, but definitely very nice to stay warm and free from bugs! Because there were a LOT of bugs. We even had lots of tick warnings, so we didn't get to go on any hikes. (Which was fine with me because, health problems.) We jokingly called bug spray "Shalom No. 5" because we wo...

88. Go kayaking/canoeing (7/18/19) I tried getting pictures of this, but there were hundreds of photos that someone else had to sift through. I didn't want to bug someone with that, so unfortunately no pictures. But! I did it! I went canoeing :D It was the best. It was at girl's camp, and I was one of the only leaders who was like "I'M DOING THIS". I was so surprised that there was a chance for canoeing at girl's camp, and it was such a fun surprise! I love canoeing. I love being able to glide through the water and just feel the breeze and be in nature. Getting an arm workout is fine too haha :) I would like to be able to do this with my family - I think Daisy would LOVE it - but I was glad I was able to get this one done! It had been way too long.