Pentatonix

This past Wednesday, I was able to see an acapella group sing live, with my sisters. The group was Pentatonix. They were the winners of the third season of The Sing-Off. If you don't know who they are, look them up on YouTube.

It was a lot of fun and I feel like I was the only one having fun. Oh well, but it was fun nonetheless!!

Here's a picture of them performing (even though you weren't supposed to be taking them)!

Hudson hot air affair

The other weekend, I was able to go to a hot air balloon festival in Hudson, Wisconsin with my crafting friends (Katie, Lindsay and Janessa). It was amazingly awesome, although it was a bit cold.
I also was able to play the card game Cards Against Humanity with my friends in Culvers. It was a delightful time!!
One more thing checked off!!!
-A

Drama llama

There seems to be some drama that has occurred since starting this blog. I must say that I am in no way trying to cause any more heartache or drama in anybodys life by doing this blog.
This blog was made because I was sick of making one new years resolution and not sticking to it, then feeling guilty that I didn't stick with it past the first few weeks of the year.
In light of some events that happened within the fist week of the new year, I decided to try to really work on this blog and make it into something that my cousin would be proud of, and show her I was living my life to its fullest and not leaving this world with any regrets. That's what she would do. No regrets.
If you at all question why I'm doing this, or what I'm doing this for, look at my post called "in memoriam" and then you will understand.
Thank you for reading.
-A

Saint Paul winter carnival

Went with my friend today, and went to the Saint Paul Winter Carnival. Had a lot of fun! Froze my butt off, and didn't realize that I didn't have my debit card with me until we got there. However, I crossed off 1 thing off of my list!!
In the next few weeks, I will be crossing more stuff off!!
-A

100+ Things I Want To Do In 2014 (the official list)

Here is the OFFICIAL list of the 100+ things I want to do in 2014:
(in no particular order,
in memory of Erin)

1. Celebrate Chinese New Year [1] [2] [3] (failed)
2. Try to trapeze
3. Drink water from an actual coconut (completed in Mexico)
4. Kayak in the sea/large river
5. Ride a Catamaran 
6. Hang out in a tree house
7. Skinny dip (in the sea or lake)
8. Kiss upside-down like Spiderman
9. Make my own paper [1]
10. Canoe a river
11. Try to slackline [1]
12. Hike in a cloud
13. Catch a butterfly (then let it go)
14. Whiten my teeth
15. Yawn bomb [1]
16. Stalk a stranger
17. Send a message in a bottle
18. Hand milk a cow 
19. Hang out in a graveyard
20. Learn to scuba dive
21. Learn to snorkel
22. Dance naked in the rain
23. Try a paleo diet for a week [1]
24. Watch a meteor shower
25. Learn to shoot a gun
26. Fly a box kite
27. Camp on Lake Superior
28. Write a "Letter to the editor"
29. Make a secret hideaway book [1]
30. Bungee jump
31. Learn to dance the Tango
32. Learn to dance the Salsa
33. Send a package to a stranger
34. Go dog sledding
35. Vow a day of silence
36. Roll naked in the snow 
37. Get fortune told
38. Learn to yodel
39. Run a 5K
40. Learn to stand-up paddle board (Completed September 6, 2014)
41. Try actual sushi (or more fish)
42. Go to the St. Paul Winter Carnival [1] (Completed February 1, 2014)
43. Learn to golf
44. Spend a day at the MIA [1]
45. Watch Star Wars: A New Hope (Completed August 7, 2014)
46. Watch Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (Completed August 12, 2014)
47. Watch Star Wars: Return of The Jedi (Completed August 20, 2014)
48. Watch Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
49. Watch Star Wars: Attack of the Clones
50. Watch Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith
51. Watch LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring
52. Watch LOTR: The Two Towers
53. Watch LOTR: The Return of The King
54. Try 25 different (or new) kinds of beer (Completed August, 2014)
55. Go rock climbing
56. Go see an a Capella group live [1] (Completed February 12, 2014)
57. High-five 5 complete strangers
58. Go tailgating 
59. Go on a road trip alone 2+ hours away (Completed June 29, 2014)
60. Go to at least 3 shows at the Minnesota Fringe Festival [1] (Completed August 8, 2014)
61. Learn to make my own salsa [1] (Completed October)
62. Learn to juggle
63. Go to the Como Zoo Japanese Lantern Lighting Festival [1] (Completed August 17, 2014)
64. Ride on a hot air balloon
65. See the Northern Lights
66. Go on a blind date (Completed October 25, 2014
67. Swim with Dolphins
68. Do a color run
69. Go skydiving
70. Spend 1 day at a spa
71. Ride a motorcycle
72. Register with the state for my ordainment (Completed March 19,2014)
73. Officiate my first wedding (Completed March 27,2014)
74. Get an adjustment from a chiropractor
75. Get a tattoo (in progress!)
76. Leave 5 inspirational messages anonymously in public spaces
77. Take a kickboxing class
78. Send a postcard into Post Secret [1]
79. Ride in a horse-drawn carriage
80. Go paint balling
81. Watch all of Pierce Brosnan's "James Bond" movies
82. Get a cream pie thrown in my face
83. Throw a cream pie in someone's face
84. Donate blood (unable to, since I went out of the country)
85. Start a blog and document the whole experience (in progress!)
86. Finish classes to graduate with my Bachelors degree (almost done!)
87. Take a self-defense class
88. Submit a photo to Jones Soda [1]
89. Cherish each moment I get to spend with my nieces (ongoing)
90. Put myself out there more/Take more chances in my personal life (ongoing)
91. Watch all of Firefly
92. Live life the way Erin would- with reckless abandonment (ongoing)
93. Go to a symphony blindfolded
94. Ride a mechanical bull
95. Go water skiing
96. Make 1000 Origami paper cranes [1] (in progress: 500+ done)
97. Make a gingerbread house
98. Watch a sunrise and sunset in the same day (Completed May 5, 2014)
99. Get hypnotized
100. Get a book signed by the author
101. Make a blessings jar and add to it all year [1] (in progress)
102. Take a pole-dancing class
103. Write a letter to myself to open up in 5-10 years
104. Take a Leather Working class (completed March, 1, 2014)
105. Take an aerial fitness class (completed July 15, 2014)

So, that is my list. Some, I'm already in progress. I will update this post whenever I either finish or begin a new part on my list. 

If anyone wants to help, donate or join in any of these events or projects, please let me know!!

-A