Goal List Update

Working On:

#14 Take Vitamins Everyday for 90 Days 35/90

I'm REALLY trying hard with this one! It's like a thorn in my side and it's taken me more effort it seems to remember to take the vitamins than it would have to complete a triathlon. For the love of God I hope I can remember to take these bloody things for 90 days straight. Fingers crossed people!!


#57 Go On A Minimum of 5 Dates 4/5

I already wrote about #4 so let's skip back to #3. I'm not much of a dater (clearly it's taken me like 2.5 years to go on 4 dates). I just find the whole process painful and generally don't like to put myself in such situations. It's funny though as I've only had one experience that I would label interesting in a bad way and the rest over the years have always been lovely (not for this list but just in general). And the "bad" one wasn't bad per se but I certainly wasn't dying to see him again.

Anyway back to date #4, I had a good time albeit I was quite nervous. Of course my insecurities are creeping in....am I smart enough....cute enough....you know the usual list of things that make me want to crawl under a rock. We have however talked about getting together again. We were even going to try for New Year's shenanigans but uncertainties over travel and flights got in the way, I made alternate plans and then found out he was going to be available after all. No worries though, plenty of time to get to know one another and of course with no expectations though I am quite interested in this bloke.

Completed:

#24 Try a New Recipe Once a Week for 4 Months 16/16







Roasted Asparagus with Caramelized Shallot Dressing

Can you say yummmmm! This dish was lovely and flavourful and did I mention yummy! I'm definitely making this side dish again as it was super quick and easy to whip up.

Shrimp Picadillo

This dish was also easy to make granted it was much less flavourful than I had anticipated. Nothing a little Asian Chili Paste couldn't take care of, few squirts of that and my tongue was on fire (in a good way).

I've really enjoyed trying these new dishes and will continue to do so in the future. I've always limited myself with my safe plain veggie dishes (pasta anyone?) so I'm glad that I've branched out and tried to use more lentils and spices. I'd normally just steam some asparagus and eat it blah so it's nice to have a variety of different ways to eat my veggies as well.

#43 Use My Juicer

I can't even tell you when I bought this thing....seriously....like ohhh maybe 10 years ago and I swear I used it once. Since I made this list I've hauled it out on several occasions and have made yummy fresh juice. It's actually really good for using up fruit that's been sitting out a bit too long that you'd otherwise toss out. The only downside is it takes like 3 apples to make this tiny cup of juice.