Update: My bucket list

This is my bucket list. All the things I'd like to do before I die. Some are silly, some are unrealistic, but all of them are things I'd to get around to doing before I die.

1. Be a mother
2. Go to Naples Italy
   
3. Skydive
4. Take a road trip to CA
5. Stay at Disney's Wilderness Lodge
6. Learn to play the piano
7. Learn Italian
8. Bake a cake from scratch
9. Go to Vegas (Planning a trip next year)
10. See Beatles Love (Planning to see it on the above trip)
11. Attend a taping of the Martha Steward Show.
12. Go to a Sun's game
13. Do a mission's trip.
14. Learn to fly a plane
15. Knit a scarf
16. Learn First Aid and CPR(again)
17. Take Daniel to DC
18. Take a cruise (Done)
    
19. Take a trip on a train
20. Dress up for a costume party
21. See the cherry blossoms in Japan
22. Sleep in a hammock
23. Go camping
24. Go snorkeling
25. Sit on a jury
26. Own a Louis Vuitton
27. Kiss the Blarney Stone
28. Take ballroom dancing lessons
29. Do fire walking
30. See the Northern Lights
31. See the Fjords of Norway
32. Go to the Pike Place Market in Seattle
33. Read the Bible cover to cover
34. Learn to let go of anger
35. Unplug the TV for a month
36. Dye my hair red
37. Take a vacation without a camera
38. Buy something nauseatingly extravagant
39. Go to a film premiere
40. Travel to Ireland
41. Renew my vows with Daniel on a beach just the two of us
42. Do a Polar Plunge
43. Visit the White House
44. Visit Buckingham Palace
45. Have a reason to wear a ball gown
46. Own a really good camera
47. Ride in a Limo (Might do the Limo xfer from airport on the LV trip)
48. Ride the London Eye
49. Watch the sunrise at a beach
50. Watch the sunset at a beach
51. Achieve my ideal weight
52. Play a round of Golf
53. Take a social etiquette class
54. Fly First Class
55. Learn sign language
56. Take a trip with my Mom
57. Take a carriage ride in Central Park
58. Watch all 6 Star Wars movies back-to-back
59. Try and "In & Out" burger
60. Log 100 hours on the Wii Fit
61. Use a metal detector at the beach
62. Spend the day at a spa
63. Go canoeing
64. See Phantom of the Opera on Broadway
65. Drive a wickedly cool car
66. Take my parents to dinner
67. Play Poker at The Orange Park Poker Room
68. Wear a bikini in public
69. See the Taj Mahal
70. Receive flowers for no reason
71. Toured the UN
72. Rent the Hermes Vintage Crocodile Kelly Handbag
73. Attend at least one major sporting event: the Super Bowl, the Olympics, the U.S. Open.
    
74. Go back to college and graduate
75. Meet my half-brother
76. Live in New Orleans
77. Be on Jeopardy
78. Have over 1,000 entries on my blog
79. Forgive
80. Be admired by at least someone other than Daniel
81. Paint more
82. Sell one of my paintings
83. Meet either of the two remaining Beatles
84. Stop drinking soda
85. Go on a full-blown Shopping Spree at a Mall
86. Finish my year in photo's
87. Raise my children as my mother did me.
88. Buy a "little black dress"
89. Have a beach bonfire
90. Score a YouTube hit
91. Touch a pyramid in Egypt
92. Go fishing on a boat
    
93. Go completely organic
    
94. Finish reading Devil Wears Prada (Done)
95. Be in a movie
96. Rent a house at the beach
97. Own a copy of Dance in the City and Dance in the Country by Renoir
98. Buy two more pairs of Tom's shoes
99. Learn proper posture
100. Own an expensive piece of jewelry
101. Never make a list like this again. 101 things? Man it's harder then it looks.
     

Wow time flies

I know we've kinda been MIA again but December kinda crept up on us. We got back from the cruise and then had to throw ourselves into getting ready for Christmas. The cruise was a blast and I'm going to write about that next and then finally Christmas. So check back later.

HAHAH They're out there....

So I donno what's come over me the last few days but I've been obsessed with fashion, but more specifically plus sized fashion blogs. I've gone crazy reading about 6 different ones in the past two days. It's been really reaffirming to know that there is such a thing as plus size fashion.

Growing up my mother wasn't very supportive of my weight and would constantly harp on me to lose it. She would tell me over and over again how there wasn't any cute clothes for girls my size. I bought that hook line and sinker. I never thought even into my teen years that I could find cute plus sized clothes so I didn't bother looking. I never looked at fashion magazines other then to actually  read the articles. I never looked around online. I just gave up and lived with the ugly, bland, yuck clothes.

In the recent years I've gotten a little more involved with fashion but it wasn't until I started selling mark. that I really started looking around for proof that I could be as cute as my slender friends. Then with the help of Google's new Instant Search I was awakened to the truth. I found other plus size women....and they look good. Seeing pages after pages of photo's of them being themselves, wearing cute clothes and feeling good about themselves made me feel good about myself.

It's a new day....and I want to go shopping....now I just need a job.

Here's the blogs I've been checking out.

The Curvy Girl's Guide to Fashion

Diary of a Fatshionista

Sound Bites

Young, Fat & Fabulous

Musings of a Fatshionista

Nothing intentional

So we've kinda taken a break from blogging. Nothing intentional, it just kinda happened. Life got in the way. Plus we're kinda boring.

Here's what you missed.

We went to the zoo with our nephew.

I got the shoes I've been wanting for two years and I LOVE them.

Got some super exciting news about our next trip.

Our business have taken off.

I've fallen in love with Coolata from Dunkin Donuts and I'm brazen enough to drink them in Starbucks parking lots. 

Been hanging out with my peeps.

Daniel and I have been going to Marriage on the Rock. It's been pretty good.

My new obsession is the move (500) days of Summer. I've must have seen like like 3 times this month.

I bought a dress that makes me look divine.

Another thing that has been an interesting change is that I've gotten more involved with make-up. I'm not a pro at it but I've been trying out different colors that I wouldn't normally. I got three mark. flip it's and they have a nice variety of colors I wouldn't normally buy for myself. 

Another thing I've fallen in love with has been TLC's "Say Yes to the Dress: Big Bliss". It's a show that is about plus size ladies looking for wedding dresses. As a plus size woman who has gone though the wedding dress shopping ordeal I  understand what it's like. There are so few shows on tv today that are about plus sizes let alone the oxymoron that is plus size fashion. I've seen every episode and there is a good buzz about it. I just hope it stays for a while. As I've always said, "Big girls need love too".

So far nothing....

So I started selling mark. online and hosting giveaways and I haven't got a single sale to show for it. I've been working really hard on getting my name out there and letting everyone I know about mark and about how great the products really are. I've been wearing the eye shadows and the lipsticks and for a girl that isn't very girlie they are really at makeing me look good with minimum effort.

I don't know what more I could be doing to get my name out there and to drum up sales. I guess not having any friends is a bad thing when it comes to getting people to buy things you're selling.

I'm going to keep going as Daniel is being really supportive as is my parents. I know that it's going to take time and it's going to be work but it would be nice to just see one new comment on my mark. blog. It would be nice to see at least one sale, just so I know I'm not wasting my time....and money.