Kick That Bucket & I Heart Clinton

So after mentioning a few million times about my Bucket List and a big thing I have crossed off of it, today is the day!   

The biggest thing ever?  

SEE BILL CLINTON IN PERSON!!!

That's right, Former freaken President Bill Clinton!!!

I have loved him forever.  He is number one on my "list"  Ok yah, you can say that's gross!  That's ok.  I probably don't like the number one on your "list" either!  (unless it's Ryan Gosling, Ryan Reynolds, or Johnny Depp, then I'm sorry)

So Bill (we are on a first name basis - he actually shook hands with my mom years ago at an Air Force base) was in town to talk up Obama.  Wisconsin is a battleground state.  It was also Halloween (Thanks Aunt Jennifer for taking Mason), We got there at 5pm (freezing!) and doors didn't open till 7:15.  

We thankfully got there early enough, but for 3 blocks of people, they got turned away! (Bill was nice enough that when he got there, he talked to all the people outside though)

Ok enough gushing.   Below, some pictures.  (i got within 2 feet of him!) and then my Bucket List. It's pretty short and simple and important to me!

The Romney crasher

Our Congressman Ron Kind.  He's not too bad either.

I know it's blurry but I SAW HIM!!!

He did awesome at the DNC. 

The rest of the list:

Or just touch one.

Memoir, fiction, non-fiction, etc.

I have one in my town and have never went.

I used to own a horse but have never rode one on a beach/in the ocean.

I was almost there once.  Need to get back at it.

Any of these on your bucket list? 

 Or what's your number one?  

Have you crossed anything off?  

Do you love Bill Clinton?   

If you do, back off.  He's mine...(or Hilary's but that's nothing.)

All that stuff I forgot to share about the Holidays !

Hi lovies.

So Christmas has come and gone,

 however I forgot to share with you a

 few things.

 

 Like Mason helping the tree.  Every Christmas he has been around he has put on the star.  (with a little help)

Then I made my own DIY Christmas Banner.  Here is how I did it.

Braided some string to make it thick enough to hold the letters, then made triangles to cut out for each letter (It is going to say Joyful)

Cut the triangles using a scrapbook scissors to make it more cute, then used a black sharpie, hoped for my best handwriting, and then wrote down the letters.

 I then hole punched each triangle twice, used thread to tie to the string and taped it up.  Sorry for the bad picture, but I love it, and am proud of myself for actually doing something crafty!

I also forgot to share the Christmas 

centerpiece that goes on my table.  I 

used a cloth napkin

 and plastic plate from Target for a few 

bucks and put

 my all time favorite Christmas 

decoration on top of it.  It's an Eeyore

 from Jim Shore.

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Finally, I have seen this around this New

 Years.  13 things to do in 2013.  Last

 year I made "goals" that didn't really 

happen, shocking.  But I hope to make

 this years goals possible and have a great

 year!

1. Take care of my face better.  I have fallen to the 'don't wash every night' routine and it's bad.  Fortunately my family has pretty good skin so I should be able to make up for it.

2. Take more photos. I took so many when M was a baby but now that I'm chasing him around, I've slacked.

3. Turn off the TV for background noise and play more music.

4. Take a mini-family trip.  Somewhere Mason hasn't been.

5. Do more activities with Mason.  Such as painting, playing, etc.

6. Reply to all blog post comments.  I have been really bad, and I hate it.  

7. Keep up on cleaning, so I don't have to do a big clean every few weeks.

8. Read 25 books, using Goodreads.

9. Eat more healthy. I actually have been doing way better for breakfast and lunch, now to tackle dinner.

10. Do a letter/number a day for Mason. He knows all his letters and numbers 1-9.  Plus can recite 1-5 in English & German.  I just want to keep the learning going.

11. Take a tour of Lambeau Field. I've been there but I need to do it again.

12. Go to a Milwaukee Brewer & Green Bay Packer game.

13. Have one on one time with Guss at least once a month.  I know to some that may not seem not enough but with our budget and limits on babysitters it's the best we can do.

So there you go.  I really hope to keep up with these goals this year.  And good luck to you who have made some yourself!

Love to your mothers.