Oh, I've Done That: Life is an occasion, rise to it

Hello world! Welcome to the "Oh, I've Done That" blog. The blog started by us, the Go Getters, so we could say, "Oh, I've done that." Allow me to introduce ourselves. I'm Sam. This was my idea. It all started a few years ago when I bought my mom the book "2,001 Things To Do Before You Die" by Dane Sherwood. Since then I've gone through the book a few times a year to check off things that I've done. I've come to a grand total of 580 things, but I still have a long way to go. So I enlisted my best friend Becky to help me go through the list and, not to be out done by a book, we've also added our own ideas. So I know what you're thinking, "this sounds just like that show The Buried Life." Well, it's not! We have a blog, not a TV show. We're girls, not boys. Our list is longer, about three times the size of theirs. And they weren't the first to follow their dreams and we won't be the last. So without further ado, let us begin.

1. Find out what Auld Lang Syne really means
I did this one at work with the help of my co-worker Kali. She looked it up on her iPhone while I took a picture with my iPhone. So the answer? Auld Lang Syne roughly translates to "times gone by." So, as the song suggests, drink a cup of kindness for times gone by. (The kindness in my cup is alcoholic.)

2. Write “If only I had a…” on a piece of paper and flush it down the toilet

We decided to start small with our first task. After a lengthy discussion of what other goals we wanted to add, what we should call our blog and how we should refer to ourselves, we had little energy left over to do anything crazy. After a quick brainstorming session, we wrote what we wished we had.

I want a boat.

Becky wants some moolah.

Then we sent them to a higher power, the sewer gods. I’m not sure if the point was to motivate us or to dissuade us from our delusions. Either way, I’m getting a boat one day. And I hope Becky gets a million buckaroos. (And shares with her bestie!)

Success!

Since our first task went so well, we decided to do another!

3. Eat only the green M&Ms

Unfortunately, we did not have any M&Ms on hand. So we took a trip to everyone’s favorite convenience store, Wawa!

We are huge fans of the new pretzel M&Ms, so even though we knew we would be getting less individual candies, and therefore lower our chances of getting greens, we splurged on the pretzel candy anyway. One bag per person of course. However, much to our dismay, our bags only contained 2 green M&Ms each.

But we cheers’ed, yes cheers’ed, our M&Ms anyway and crossed off another task on our list.

Afterwards we tried exercising self-control and NOT eating the rest of the bag. That lasted about 5 minutes. Who could blame us? Have you tried the pretzel M&Ms? If you have, then you understand. If you haven’t, what are you waiting for?! Get off your butt, grab life by the horns and go get some! That way you, like us, can say, “Oh, I’ve done that.”

Look for another post this weekend when special guest Lindsay joins me to cross off another task on our list. Becky will be in Delaware and is therefore disqualified from this weekend’s goals.

So until next time, good luck exploring the infinite abyss.

Love always,

The Go Getters