tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6028099990519649152024-03-05T02:59:24.325-08:00Jenn's 30 for 30Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17859459826409916504noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-602809999051964915.post-19056017877670880222011-06-07T09:32:00.000-07:002011-06-07T09:32:57.496-07:002 weeks deep "I just had a baby"It is amazing how confident you feel the older you get 2 weeks into my 30's and I feel better than the characters on "Sex in The City." I am also amazed by the things I am accomplishing on my list. I had no idea how they would make me feel. I feel productive and alive. Recently I had complained to my husband about excuses and didn't want to continue to use the excuse<span style="color: cyan;"> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong>"I just had a baby,"</strong></span> I don't want that to hold me back from volunteering, getting in shape and enjoying friends. I want the fact that "I just had a baby" to enrich all of those things. So in the spirit of my excuse I will update what I have been doing on my list of 30.....<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">1. Volunteer</span> - <em><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><strong>"I just had a baby"</strong></span> now I am volunteering to help low income teenagers learn about nutrition and healthy cooking. I want my son to be proud of his mother and learn about service to those less fortunate.</em><br />
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I attended the volunteer orientation this week for "Cooking Matters." They are amazing and I am even more amazed that just 2 wonderful ladies organize it all with the help of volunteers. I learned about food insecurity and how hunger looks different in America than it does globally. Our low income communities are suffering from obesity from eating food that lacks the nutrition they need to live a healthful life. Using government programs like SNAP (food stamps) presents challenges for the recipients when shopping for food to prepare meals. Cooking Matters and Share our Strength provides these communities with the tools they need to cook, budget and understand nutrition. I am excited to share my strength with the knowledge I have learned in culinary school and at the restaurant and corporation I have cooked for and become a chef instructor.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">2. Learn how to play the Mandolin-</span><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> " I Just had a baby</span>" and would love to share music I love with him. I also value my own time and interests.<br />
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My first lesson is Thursday and I am very excited a little nervous too. I hope I can get over the adult learning curve. I wish I would have stuck with the violin, guitar or even the recorder that I played when I was younger ;)<br />
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<span style="color: blue;">20. Get back to my pre-baby no pre-relationship weight :)</span> - <em><span style="color: #3d85c6;">" I Just had a baby"</span> and I am tired but motivated to eat healthy and exercise. I want to be able to take care of myself, husband and son also wearing a bikini again wouldn't be too shabby either.</em><br />
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I added weight training this last week and I am down 2 more pounds and I feel great! 15 lbs to go :)Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17859459826409916504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-602809999051964915.post-51478882441457086892011-05-30T10:37:00.000-07:002011-05-30T10:37:46.657-07:00Week 1 of my 30 in my year 30<em>I began this week with an energized sense of motivation. It is my year let's do it! It was a week of preparation for my list of 30. Everything from here on out will flow into solid blog posts and a photo journey of my checklist. </em><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">My journey and check list:</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><strong><u>1. Volunteer: </u></strong></span><br />
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I have signed up for a volunteer orientation for "Cooking Matters" to become a Chef instructor. I am hoping to get the Childcare Class and teach those that care for children in low income areas to cook healthy and affordable food. This is an amazing group that contributes to the community and I am looking forward to teaching and learning from the community that they serve.<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><strong><u>2. Learn to play the mandolin</u></strong></span><br />
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My amazing friends Curry and Allison gave me a gift certificate for 3 half hour classes at The South Bay School of Music. I am thrilled! I have called the school and I am setting up lessons. <br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><strong><u>7. See a legendary band live</u></strong></span><br />
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We have tickets to Foreigner and Journey at The Hollywood Bowl for this Fall. All I can say is "Don't Stop Beleiving" :) :)<br />
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I have chosen a 1/2 Marathon!! The Los Angeles Rock and Roll Half on October 30! Let the training days begin!<br />
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With all the activities I have signed up for this year I believe I will meet a wonderful friend that I have a lot in common with .<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><strong><u>18. Take a Mommy and Me class with Roman</u></strong></span><br />
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Gymboree Learn and Play offered a free class for babies 0-6 months. Roman and I attended the class on Friday. He did not know what to think being surrounded by babies and bright colors. We sang songs and had tummy time. It is a great developmental class and it was great to meet other Moms with new bambinos. I went ahead and signed us up for a month. It will be great exposure for Roman and a good excuse to get out of the house. More pictures and stories to come. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><strong><u><span style="color: blue;">20. Get back to my pre-relationship weight</span></u></strong></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I have just began Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred to jumpstart this fitness goal. Day 1 down and I am super stiff today. I took some before pics as well as measurements to keep motivated. Pictures will be posted at the end when the goal is met or exceeded ;)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">My passion for good and healthful food added to my new role as a mother lead me to this cause of ending childhood hunger. Everyone I know will be hearing about this from me. I am going to take steps to help this group.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy7-d2osravg5Jq8YRJmNWyWPVfpXrFYF9kxn2sG5N9EbsJk5wRB0oTj4tu3CXgqE1tFfVqmR0bXDPeYr9PGw-Tk9dLSg04HdLa-C_U3AauXBqeVK8qn5k_fF8FN5rIQOP-merIFCnTHbG/s1600/nkh_banner_300x250.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhy7-d2osravg5Jq8YRJmNWyWPVfpXrFYF9kxn2sG5N9EbsJk5wRB0oTj4tu3CXgqE1tFfVqmR0bXDPeYr9PGw-Tk9dLSg04HdLa-C_U3AauXBqeVK8qn5k_fF8FN5rIQOP-merIFCnTHbG/s1600/nkh_banner_300x250.jpg" t8="true" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">No Kid Hungry is an unprecedented, five-year effort designed to end childhood hunger in America by connecting children with the nutritious food they need to grow and thrive every day. Taking the pledge is the first step.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="http://nokidhungry.org/">http://nokidhungry.org/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><em>There you have it I have 10 of my goals/adventures/experiences started, 20 more to start and all 30 to finish and document. </em>Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17859459826409916504noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-602809999051964915.post-79361369414087013222011-05-24T18:39:00.000-07:002011-05-24T20:56:32.535-07:00What is 30 for 30?I have reached a milestone birthday. This decade I begin my 30s and I am thrilled at what lies ahead. My life this far has been full and exciting. In The last 5 years I have been divorced, fell in love, moved to California, changed jobs, graduated culinary school, got engaged, married and wrapped it up with the birth of my son. Now that has been a full few years!<br />
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My Mom asked me what I planned on doing this year to top that off. I said I just wanted a year of down time. That being said down time can be boring so I have made a list. <br />
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The list contains 30 things/adventures to experience and accomplish in my year of 30. Some items are for self improvement, some are for self indulgence and all are for the greatest experience of life. I plan on documenting, photographing and sharing these experiences here.<br />
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The list...<br />
1. Volunteer<br />
2. Learn to play the mandolin<br />
3. Visit a state I have never been to<br />
4. Write a cookbook<br />
5. Enter a contest<br />
6. Read a best seller<br />
7. See a legendary band live<br />
8. Buy a pair of cowboy boots<br />
9. Sing karaoke <br />
10. Run a 1/2 marathon<br />
11. Attend a festival<br />
12. Can food<br />
13. Learn to make wine<br />
14. Host a fancy dinner party<br />
15. Make a new friend<br />
16. Paint a canvas<br />
17. Participate in a church activity<br />
18. Take a mommy and me class<br />
19. Try a new cuisine <br />
20. Get back to my pre-baby no pre-relationship weight :)<br />
21. Write a meaningful letter to everyone I love<br />
22. Visit a national park<br />
23. Ride a mechanical bull<br />
24. Get boudoir photos taken<br />
25. Choose a charity to become an advocate for<br />
26. Write a short story or poem and read it in public<br />
27. Make a donation <br />
28. Watch a foreign film<br />
29. Make Roman a sibling (late on the list)<br />
30. Blog 30 for 30Jenniferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17859459826409916504noreply@blogger.com3