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So many problems:


Meaningless:
1) Watch “Brewsters Millions”
2) Scare someone really badly and get it on film
3) Throw a really fun party.
4) Have a margarita party on a Sunday afternoon.
5) Fashion photoshoot at clothing stores around town
6) Dress up in a DisneyLand style costume and hand out popsicles at the beach on a hot day.
7-9) TBD!

The heart smart category:
10) Interview my grandparents, blog about it, and scan photos.
11) Write one letter per month.
12) Make a family tree
13) Have a sleepover party with my brother and drink margaritas at Chili’s, then play Wii.
14) Leave a server a really big tip in proportion to the ticket
15) Volunteer somewhere
16-19) TBD!

The Healthy Category:
20) Go to Yoga twice a week.
21) Ride my bike to work 3 days a week for the entire year.
22) Join a women’s baseball team
23) Lose 10 pounds
24) Run the Cincinnati Flying Pig Half Marathon
25) Do the Danskin Chicagoland Womens Triathalon.
26) Get my wisdom teeth out
27-29) TBD!

Get Smart:
30) Learn Spanish.
31) Take a knife skills class with Amy
32)Attend the Giants of Science lecture with Robert Krulwich and Jane Goodall
33-39) TBD


Food:
40) Bike to an Ethiopian restaurant with Riki
41) Bike to Veggie Bite on the south side with Amy
42) Bike to Hot Doug’s
43) Make 1 new vegan recipe per week
44) Plant a mini-herb garden.
45) Plant a mini back-deck vegetable garden
46) Vegan pizza party and movie night.
47) Host a fancy-pants dinner party
48) Make this
49) TBD

Financial:
50) Increase what I’m putting into my savings accound by 25% per month.
51) Pay off all of my consumer debt.
52) Invest in a Roth IRA
53) Do a full on written budget
54-59) TBD!

You tell me what to do:
60, Submitted by Minx) Sing karaoke in front of a bunch of people. :(
61-68) TBD
69, Submitted by Aaron D.) Record a hip-hop record (at least 4 songs) with Riki and make a myspace music page for it.

The Culture Vulture:
71) Visit the Museum of Surgical Science
72) Go to the Brooklyn Museum
73) Yankees Game
74) Ride on one of those Double Decker Red buses EDIT: This is $50. Such a rip-off. I'm going to replace it with something better.
75) Top of the Empire State Building
76) Walk the Brooklyn Bridge
77) Ferry ride to the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
78) Visit the MoMA
79) Visit the NY Public Library

Travel:
80) Go to Ecuador Louisiana
81) Go camping with Riki
82) Visit Katie in North Carolina
83) Go to Venezuela Costa Rica
84-89) TBD

Random:
90) Surprise Problem
91) Get new glasses
92) Go to a Cubs game and sit in the skybox
93) Find a place to live in New York
94-99) TBD… lots TBD…

More cupcakes, more snow.

March 9th, 2008

Last night Riki and I had Lance and Liz, who own Permanent Records, over for dinner. Permanent is a local Chicago record store/label. It was really fun hanging out with them, and inspiring to hear their story about starting their own business, and doing something they really love, especially coming from people who are our age. Very cool.

Riki made the best dinner everrrr for the occasion: spinach and potato enchiladas, a side of asparagus, and home made guacamole. Oh man, I wish I was eating an enchilada right this second. I also made Tiramisu cupcakes, of course from Vegan Cupcakes take over the World, as problem #43. Check it out:

Tiramisu cupcakes - Vegan cupcakes take over the world!

These even have booze in them. And coffee. And chocolate. A cupcake trifecta, some might say.

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One more, why not.

And finally, not that this is big news if you live here, but look, it’s snowing in Chicago again today! How absolutely wonderful.

chicago sucks

I curse you!!!


Entry Filed under: Problem Solved, problem #43

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  • 1. smauz  |  March 11th, 2008 at 12:58 am

    snow?! yay!!! I mean, grrrr…

    man, that “7″ in your “97″ looks sharp!

  • 2. Jessi  |  March 11th, 2008 at 12:00 pm

    i know, it’s nuts huh? it looks like its about to start salsa dancing.

  • 3. BWJ  |  March 11th, 2008 at 5:09 pm

    These cupcakes look amazing!

    There is a place in the East Village called Birdbath that sells these vegan banana-sesame-agave cakes that look delicious. I hope I get a chance to stop back by there and try one.

    PS. I’ve been eating veggie for 3 weeks now, but I don’t think being vegan is in the cards. I love my cheese way too much.

  • 4. Jessi, the boss of this blog  |  March 11th, 2008 at 5:50 pm

    i dunno, I used to think the same thing about cheese… :)

  • 5. Amy L.  |  March 17th, 2008 at 11:40 am

    wow, those enchiladas sound really good.. I never would have thought of spinach! and those cupcakes, well, you know what i think of those cupcakes :)


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