Elise Monte

10/9/09
9lbs, 6oz
21 inches

NIECE

this post will be short, and lacking in information, but it is all i have to share at the moment. i have a niece! she was born today, about an hour and a half ago, and she is BIG. lindsay and baby are fine.

25 things i want to do before i'm 25

ok, so i know i'm not even 24 yet, but my 24th birthday is too soon for me to get through 24 things. so i'm starting with age 25. anyway, here's my list:

1. Finish knitting the scarf for my mom
2. Sew a baby blanket for niece
3. Finish painting the house
4. Leave my job
   
5. Start graduate school
6. Get a dog (this one’s up to Granger)
7. Go to a foreign country I haven’t been to yet
8. Travel somewhere with friends
9. Spend a weekend in NYC
10. Spend a day in Harper’s Ferry
11. Spend a day in Annapolis
12. Visit a vineyard
13. Spend a day photographing DC (black and white film)
14. Go to DC sights I’ve never been to before
15. Exercise at least 4 times per week
16. Eat healthier
17. Learn how to cook one new dish each month
18. Learn how to shoot
19. Learn how to make really good French bread
20. Take a class on pottery making
21. Type up and organize my poetry into a binder
22. Make a meal for a large group of people (appetizer, main dish, and dessert)
23. See a musical
24. Start writing more (fiction)
25. Go on a cruise