Another Crazy Week

#28: Watch every Best Picture winner from 1960-2013.
I watched The Silence of the Lambs on Sunday afternoon. I wanted something to watch while frosting cupcakes for a party we were going to that evening. I know, not your typical frosting-cupcakes-on-a-Sunday-afternoon kinda movie, but Tom was in another room reading for his class, and that was one movie he was pretty adamant about not seeing...plus I didn't want to watch it at night. But it wasn't as scary as I thought it would be...just really twisted and weird.

#57: Keep a new plant alive for a month.

Well, the month of June is over...and my plant is still alive and well! I decided to take her to work, because she can actually get more sunlight there. Here she is! (Excuse the lack of quality produced by my phone's camera.)

I named her Dorothy, by the way. :)

And I recently found out that Dorothy is a golden pothos. Good to know; I've been calling her "you know, one of those plants that lives forever."

#12: See a doctor about my incessant heartburn.
Those of you who've known me for awhile know that heartburn has been a constant part of my life for several years. I've tried lots of different things on my own, and I've been to doctors and had different kinds of tests done and been prescribed different medications, and nothing's ever seemed to work. Plus, I get heartburn from just about everything, including bread, cereal, bananas, and yogurt. Weird, right? Well, I went for my physical on Tuesday. I asked the doctor what could be done about it, and she referred me to a GI specialist. We'll see what happens. Prayers would certainly be appreciated, though!

#51: Choose walking over driving 5 times.
#58: Order fish at a restaurant 5 times.
This great new place just opened up practically across the street from where we live. It's called Bluegrass Burgers, and everything they serve is local: the beef, the chicken, the bison (yes, bison)...everything except maybe the ahi tuna steak burger. Well, we walked there this evening with our friends Scott and Amanda (and their sweet little baby girl, Cambria), and I got the tuna steak. I had it with lettuce, tomato, and some wasabi mayo from the kerazy toppings bar. It was great! My hopes of liking fish continue to rise...!

Weekend in Charleston

#10: Read 30 non-academic books.
OK, so I didn't literally read an entire book the other day, but I did hear one, word for word, in its entirety. Several years ago, I bought The Firm by John Grisham, on CD; my friend Megan and I were getting ready to go on a road trip, and we decided to get one audiobook each, as an alternative to listening to music...but we never used them (I think maybe we ran into some bad weather, which made it hard to hear in the car). Anyway, I've been listening to music at work lately, but I was in the mood for a little something different on Thursday, so I popped that in. Ooh, it was good. Helped the workday go by more quickly too, which was great because it was my last day before going to Charleston for Memorial Day weekend!

#57: Keep a new plant alive for at least a month.

My mom gave me this plant while we were at home! (Don't hate on my Aqua Globe; you know you love it.) It's one of those plants that grows roots on the stem if you cut it off and put it in water. I was worried about it not surviving the trip back to Louisville while sitting in a cup of water, but I'm pretty sure these things are impossible to kill. (Heather, if you're reading this, I think it's the same kind you and I were talking about the other day.) We'll find out!

#50: Take photos of/for a friend or relative.

My parents are celebrating their 30th wedding anniversary next month! As their gift, I offered to take some pictures of them together while we were in town, provided the weather was good. Thank God, Saturday was a beautiful day! I think we got some pretty good shots; I've posted just a few of my favorites. I hope Mom and Dad had as much fun with this as I did! I definitely want to give this photography thing another try sometime.

The matching outfits were definitely not my idea, by the way; that was all Mom.

I think this one's my favorite. Dad was being very silly!