Hey everyone. It’s been a little while since I update you guys on the progress of these goals, so here goes!
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Food (and cooking food)
16. Cook two new things in the same month
I kind of forgot to keep track of this one, but I’m pretty sure I’ve completed it multiple times. The two most recent “new” things I’ve cooked this month are boiled potatoes and corn on the cob. Previously, the only type of potatoes I really ate were loaded baked potatoes or mashed cream-potatoes. (Or, you know, french fries.) This month I bought a bag of potatoes, boiled them on the stove, and served them with a little butter, salt, and pepper. Much healthier and SO easy. (Pretty tasty too!) I’ve also always been a frozen corn kind of girl. While I love corn, it’s unfortunately not really one of Chris’s top choices. During our first week here I bought a bag of half corn-ears and made them as a side at dinner. Chris really likes them, so now it’s one of our go-to sides!
26. Eat something I’ve grown myself
This is going to be sort of a cop-out for me, but since our flat doesn’t have ANY outside space, it’s going to have to suffice: I have a potted rosemary plant that I use anytime a recipe calls for rosemary (and even sometimes when it doesn’t.) To be fair, I have managed to keep it alive, so I would say that counts for me growing it myself. 
Hobbies
36. Read at least one book a month for 6 months straight
I was starting to get stressed out about finishing my current book before the end of September when I realized that the six months ended in August! Whew! Here is what I read:
March -Black Heels and Tractor Wheels, by Ree Drummond
April – The Wise Man’s Fear, by Patrick Rothfuss
May – Water for Elephants, by Sara Gruen
June – The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
July – The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini,
August – The Bird Sisters, by Rebecca Rasmussen
42. Adopt a puppy
This is also a cop-out answer. (I’m sorry! Moving to another country changes what’s actually possible!) We were in desperate need of door-stops for two of our main doors in our flat when we came across these:
We have named them after Chris’s dogs back in Richmond, TX and decided that they will have to do as “pets” until we get to a place in our lives where real dogs are an option.
43. Dye my hair
Not a cop-out! I did this! I used Clairol Natural Instincts hair color to dye my hair brown for a few weeks. Unfortunately, it was more of a dark auburn and not quite as brown as I would have liked. (The sciency-answer behind this has something to do with the amount of color already present in red-hair and how that makes it harder for red-hair to accept dyes.) I debated leaving the dye in for an extra long time to be sure it took, but, I may or may not have had a terrible experience with that my freshman year of high school. I didn’t really want to repeat the days of permanently brown hair with red roots. Trust me, those weren’t fun days. Anyways. I had brownish hair. But the kicker: no one noticed at all. At least it made my hair extra soft!
Life/Chores
86. Get my name changed on my pre-marriage bank accounts (and credit cards)
I think this is now complete. I had a few store credit cards that I never changed, but since I cancelled them all when I moved across the ocean, I don’t think they count anymore. Awesome!
Twenty- one goals down, only eighty more to go!
