77. Go on a date with J once a month. (June 2010)

Seriously - June flew by.  J and I escaped the New York City heat by heading to Canada for a few days - but I wouldn't count that as a "date".  We did however score tickets to the King Tut Exhibit in Times Square through Groupon - perfect for our June date day.

I would classify this a much more of a date - minus the whole eating-in-McDonald's-because-it's-the-only-place-without-a-5967838 person-wait-for-dinner thing :)

The exhibit was seriously awesome.  Like nerdy awesome. It was well put together with lots of fantastic artifacts and tons of information about them. 

It was more of this...

Less of this...darn.

For instance - when Tut was King the pyramids were ALREADY 1,000 years old.  Ridiculous, I know. 

Some of the artifacts, particularity the one's found in Tut's tomb were so well preserved it was hard to grasp that they were actually THOUSANDS of years old.  Seriously, if you have the chance to see this exhibit - do it - you will not be disappointed.  Now, if you excuse me, I need to go google Steve Martin's King Tut skit.

32. Take a yoga class.

A few months ago, I was lucky enough to score a Groupon (if you do not know what this is - you MUST check it out!) for 5 yoga classes at Prana Mandir Studio.  I had my first class earlier in the week and I am still sore. 

hmm...I don't look like this quite yet.

I chose to do the Beginning Vinyasa class because it fit my schedule best and well, I am a beginner.  It was a great workout and we ended the class with a little meditation, just my style.  I was so pleased with the studio and look forward to my next class there, oh, and the soreness that will follow.

22. Run a 5k.

On May 1st - I ran my first ever 5k at the EIF Revlon 5k.  About 30,000 people took part in the charity run/walk which raised money for research, education, and awareness of women's cancers.

J was nice enough to come with me and be my supporter along with these fine people...

Jessica Alba, Dr. Oz, and Jessica Biel.

oh 

Halle Berry.

You know, just some friends.

Me and the ladies!

After an awesome speech by Halle - I set off on my run.  While the temperature and humidity climbed - I stuck through and completed the 5k in a little under 30 minutes - a total win for me.  

Run, run, running!

So proud of myself!

73. Pop my own popcorn.

While spending the weekend in PA a few weeks ago, J's best friend M and I decided to pop our own popcorn.  It was very easy and tasted just as good (of not better!) than microwave popcorn.

We opted for the stove-top and oil method.

After the lid was on - the kernels really started to POP!

The finished product.

With the addition of a little salt and pepper, our snack was complete.  So easy and light!