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

While in Boston last weekend for Mike and Julie's wedding (CONGRATS on ONE WEEK OF MARRIAGE!!!)  J and I spent a morning together exploring The Old State House.

I should also mention, J and I love history, true stories, and John Adams.  So I apologize in advance for the history nerdy-ness to follow :)

Built in 1712, it served as a market exchanged, meeting place, and an assembly location for elected officials.

The bottom floor houses a vast collection of artifacts from the events leading up and from the Revolutionary War.  One of the coolest parts of the museum was the "phone tour" - where you could call from your phone, and listen to an audio tour and as you moved through the exhibits. Very cool.

Afterwards, we went upstairs to the balcony where the Declaration of Independence was read on July 18th, 1776.

This was also the same balcony which overlooked the events in which the Boston Massacre transpired from.  The little circle inside the traffic triangle is the marker for the massacre.

Afterwards, we walked around Boston for a bit and then met back up with K and L to head back to NYC - what a way to end a perfect weekend in Boston!

60. Figure out what to do with desk.

For months J and I have labor back and forth about what to do with our old desk.

Do we sell it?

Do we paint it?

Do we move it into the living room?

Finally, we figured out an ingenious way to create more storage in our bedroom and to "pretty-it-up" beyond a normal desk.

Enter, curtains.  Yes, curtains.  The perfect solution to the problem.  With a set of curtains and some velcro, we were able to create an area to store all the clutter in our bedroom.

God bless you velcro.

All done!

I am so glad we thought of this solution.  With minimal financial input - we were able to maximize our storage and save a piece of furniture. Score!

94. Take a sailing lesson / Date Day July 2010

Over 4th of July weekend, J and I took a sailing lesson to celebrate J's birthday.  (Happy 25th & <3)  We had fantastic weather.

We were placed on a smaller 20 foot boat along with two other sailors and our instructor, Reilly.

After raising the sails - we headed out.

Love you!

We even got to steer the boat!

We learned to jib, tac, raise the sails, adjust for wind and currents, steer the boat - we had a fantastic time and learned so much!

Us with our boat.  Happy Birthday J!

72. Bake 10 kinds of sweet treats.

I recently became involved with a wonderful organization Operation Baking GALS, which is a group of volunteers who stir, pour, and bake homemade treats to be sent oversees to our heroic military men and women.  We GALS, which stands for Give A Little Support, bake to show support and send a little bit of the USA to remind them how much we appreciate all they do for us everyday.

For my first package, I included some store bought goodies as well as Brown Sugar Cookies and a loaf of homemade Zucchini Bread. (I even made another loaf with chocolate chips for J!)

Both turned out fantastic!

Yummy cookie batter.

All the cookies - packed and ready to go.

Packed and ready to go - Zucchini Bread, cookies, 

trail mix bars, tuna packs, oatmeal, and hot chocolate packs.