24 While 24 and Making It Count

I'm a firm believer in making your days count.  We only get so many chances, so many breaths, so many opportunities and well...I'm all about making them memorable.  :)

Therefore, for my 24th birthday I decided that I would pick 24 things that I wanted to accomplish within the year.  I wanted it to be possible to document them in photo form so that I could share my progress and keep myself accountable.  Some of them require very little preparation and others require quite a bit of planning and creative thought.  I tried to choose from a variety of ideas that I brainstormed before I began and tried to choose what would be the top 24 for me personally.  After quite a bit of debate my final list came down to….drum roll please….this lovely list: 

1.    Get a Compassion Child

2.  Run a 5k

3.  Start a blog

4.  Go to a Needtobreathe concert

5.  Go on a road trip

6.  Get involved with a ministry in my church

7.  Visit a new state

8.  Go to a Major League Baseball Game 

9.  Go to a Drive-In Movie

10.  Plant a geocache

11.   Go tubing or white water rafting

12.  Hike part of the Appalachian Trail

13.  Go Camping

14. Have a picnic :)

15.  Fly a kite

16.  Go to the Farmer’s Market

17. Visit a lighthouse

18.  Go fruit picking

19. Go to a country concert

20. Go to a rodeo

21.   Go to a monster truck show

22.     Make a scarecrow and carve a pumpkin in the fall

23.     Make a tie dye shirt

24.    Play the lottery one time

What could you do with your year?  40 while 40?  15 while 15?  All that matters is that you are being purposeful with your time.

Happy Memory Making!

Katie

Happy Birthday, Adorable Mess!

Welcome!

Today marks the beginning of a new adventure for me.  One that I have been dreaming about and hoping for for quite some time...starting a blog.  I guess you could say that it started with a deep addiction to Pinterest, or maybe a love of creating and decorating my own space, but ultimately it comes down to the opportunity to share my love of life and the joy of living that I have with others around me.  Thus, today marks the birthday of The Adorable Mess and the many adventures that it may entail.  

So, why the title, Adorable Mess?  Well, it's simple.  Life is a mess, some more than others, but most of us are trying to make the most of the life that we have been blessed with.  My life has felt like it has been a mess since I began teaching and it has taken every ounce of my energy to learn to live with the "mess" that has become my everyday.  Whether it is small messy second graders in my classroom, the fact that I can't keep my car clean for the life of me because I practically live in it or the random mishaps of my day...there is always something beautiful to be found in those moments.  This blog is dedicated to sharing those moments of my life and to remind those who read that in the midst of a messy, chaotic life there is always joy and beauty to be found.  

Happy Reading!

Katie