Two months into my 18 for ’18 list and things continue to go well. Here’s an update on what I did this month.
List Item Number 1: Bake Cookies Once a Month
This month, I modified a recipe for Chocolate Kisses (the original is from this Williams-Sonoma cookbook). Another big hit – I think my mom wants me to bring them over again next time I see her!
For my birthday, one of the gifts Paul bought me was The Perfect Cookie, an America’s Test Kitchen cookbook. I’m so excited to try out a ton of the recipes in there.
List Item Number Five: Send Birthday Cards
I don’t have a long list of people to send birthday cards, but I did start doing it in February – there are a couple people coming up in March, so I’ll keep tallying up numbers on this one as the year goes along.
List Item Number Eleven: Get a Painting of Choppy
Paul is responsible for crossing this one off of my list – for my birthday, he got a picture of Choppy blown up. I’m pretty sure you’ll all recognize this one from a Howlidays post just a few weeks ago.
List Item Number Twelve: Go Out to Lunch with Paul Once Per Month
We saved this one until the end of the month – February 27. And we went to the same place we went in January, Bel-Air Cantina. Paul loves tacos, and I love not having to leave my office building for lunch, so it works out great for a lunch spot.
List Item Number Fifteen: Eat at 6 New-to-Me Restaurants
I officially crossed off Number Fifteen on February 8. It turns out, I eat at lots of new restaurants – far more than I thought (I mean, we eat every weeknight meal at home, so it’s not like we eat out every night). Here are the six new restaurants I ate at this month (yes, I could have crossed this one off the list in February alone):
- February 3: Island Fish Company – Marathon, Florida
- February 8: Pescado Fish Truck – Key West, Florida
- February 9: Pepe’s Cafe – Key West, Florida
- We’ve been coming to Key West for years and we somehow had never eaten at Pepe’s. I have no idea how that happened.
- February 9: Seven Fish – Key West, Florida
- February 19: Weary Traveler Freehouse – Madison, Wisconsin
- February 21: La Kitchenette – Madison, Wisconsin
The Verdict
Things continue to go well – here’s the updated list:
On to March!
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Love the Warholesque Choppy!
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It’s going to look great in my office!
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Fine job! I can smell the cookies here.. no, wait… my sister just baked some, that must be it. Those restaurants sound divine. I am a fish fan myself. The painting of Choppy, though, is the winner/winner, chicken soup dinner here.
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I have to say, February worked out well in many categories. March is already shaping up as a good one – I’ve crossed off two list items already.
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Interesting cookies….they look like (chocolate) covered acorns. Chicken Noodle on her noodle photo is great!
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Oh, they do look like acorns – I may have to make them in the fall and call them acorn cookies.
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Of course it had to be Warholian!
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It was an almost instant Choppy classic.
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Great Warhol….really cool.
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Thanks! It was a fun post to do, and it’s going to look great in my office.
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That painting is really cool
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Thanks!
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You are doing great. Love the painting of Choppy too!
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I think posting it here helps a lot – I can’t slack off, because then I will have to admit to everyone that I’m not keeping up.
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I’m impressed you’re sticking to your list. The cookie baking seems to be a big hit so I can see that becoming a regular routine 🙂
Love the painting of Choppy 🙂
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I actually made some cookies last night – it’s easy to do something like that when other people are looking forward to it.
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Yum! Absolutely. Enjoy 🙂
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Doing well on your list. Keep going in March!
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Thanks, Gary – we’ve already crossed off two items for March. Maybe it will get warmer and we could do a bike ride.
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Wow you are doing well Sarah!
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Thanks! March is off to a good start, too.
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Reblogged this on Die Erste Eslarner Zeitung – Aus und über Eslarn, sowie die bayerisch-tschechische Region!.
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Thank you!
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The painting of Choppy is very much Andy Warhole Style. I like that!
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It is definitely an homage to him!
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Wow! well done ! You are doing great on the list !!!
Paul knows what to buy you hey…. Great pic of Choppy….and now yummy cookies 🙂 🙂 🙂
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He does know me well – he did an excellent job with my birthday!
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