#55–go to a New “Place to See”

One of the books that I think is really neat is 1,000 Places to See Before You Die.  I have the U.S. and Canada edition, and one of my goals was #55–go to ten new places on that list.  This week Jeremy and I went to go visit Shirley Plantation, one of the places on the list.   It was neat, although I was disappointed that we could only go on the first floor of the house.  The family that originally owned the plantation has passed it down through eleven generations, so they still use parts of the house today.

Complete–buy a house!

There are a few items on my list that are complete because Jeremy and I bought our first house in November.  I can cross off #49–save for a down payment for a house.  Done! And spent!  I can also obviously cross off #48–buy a house.  I am also going to cross off #17–go to a home buying seminar.  Although I intended to go to an actual seminar, it turns out it wasn’t really necessary.  I did go talk to a mortgage specialist to figure out our good price range and learn about mortgages, and I contacted our realtor.  I’m going to count those buying a house prep things in lieu of a seminar.  It turns out that since Jeremy has already bought and sold a house, I didn’t really need to spend the whole day in a seminar.

I just got a new computer, so I have no pictures of our new house.  I’ll work on transferring the files so I can post our beautiful new place!

Picking apples–complete!

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted, but I’ve continued to work on the things on the list.  School always takes over my life for the fall, but hopefully the posts will continue more frequently now.

Carrie and I went to Carter’s Mountain in November to pick apples.  We picked pink lady apples, which I had never had before.  They are really delicious–but the best part about Carter’s Mountain is always the fresh apple cider donuts.   #14–complete!

I also worked on number 68, get an angel from the angel tree.  Jeremy and I had fun shopping for a little boy this year.  He wanted spiderman and batman stuff, which is pretty easy to find.  We got him a remote control car and a sword that makes noises as well as the typical clothes.  I meant to find him some spiderman and batman books, but I didn’t end up doing that–definitely something I want to include with our next angel tree kid.