Walk #1- to the Century Tree

We walked yesterday morning, leaving our condo around 8am and not returning till 10am. We didn't walk for the full two hours, we walked to campus to the Century Tree and sat and chatted for a lot of the time. But I felt accomplished having actually woken up and gone to campus. We only walked which made me feel like I should jog or do high legs or something, to make it more worth my while- but it was a wonderful start to our Sunday! I came back from it feeling good and proud that we actually did what we had set out to do. I won't be back in our apartment officially for another two weeks, but I think that if we remind each other about our goals we'll actually do them :)

Begining with Fifty-Seven

Here are the restaurants I've already been to (in my two year's of living in this area) before I came up with the idea to visit all the restaurants in my area:
(in alphabetical order)

Antonio's

Applebee's Ben & Jerry's

Blue Baker Boston's

Buffalo Wild Wings

Casa Ole

Cheddar's

Chickfila

Chili's

Coldstone

Cotton Patch Denny's

Domino's Fazoli's Fish Daddy's

Free Birds

Gumby's

Haiku Happy Yogurt

Hebert's Cajan Food

IHOP Jamba Juice

Jin's Asian Cafe Long John Silver's

McAlister's

McDonald's

Must Be Heaven

Old Time Soda Shop

Olive Garden

On The Border

Panda Express

Papa John's

Papa Perez

Pei Wei Asian Diner Pie R Squared (on campus)

Pita Pit

Pizza Hut

Potbelly Sandwich Shop

Raising Cane's

Rosa's Cafe Sbisa (on campus)

Schlotzsky's

Shake's

Sodolak's

Sonic

Souper Salad Spoons

Starbucks

Subway

Taco Bell

Taco Cabana

Taste of China

Texas Roadhouse

TGI Friday's

Whataburger

Wings N More

According to the online Yellow Pages there are 545 restaurants near my area. So far I've been to 57 :)

Let's Do It!

In the past 2 years I've used this blog as just an archive of my favorite quotes, but as of now I have THREE goals I want to accomplish this semester (and perhaps continue to do- but I'm starting with a semester) and I think a good way to stay motivated is to record how I'm doing :)

ONE: Restaurants

I have this idea that instead of visiting the same restaurants over and over again, I want to eat at all the restaurants in my area at least once. The fast food joints, the chain restaurants, and the hole in the wall's. I'll keep track of the places I've visited and perhaps give a review of whether I'd consider going back.

TWO: Cooking

My roommate and I have decided that starting once a week we will prepare a legit meal. Both of us do not have much practice in the art of cooking, so it should be an adventure :) We'll decide on the recipe for the week, buy the ingredients, and prepare the meal. I'll keep progress of how it goes concerning our cooking skills and the recipes we use.

THREE: Walking

My roommate and I are not the athletic types, but feel we want to be active in some way to keep ourselves healthy. We have decided to walk at least 3 times a week (start with small goals). This might move up to more times in the week, we might alternate between walking in the morning and walking at night, or we might move up to jogging or biking. We'll just try to keep it up and see where time takes us :) . This semester I'll be taking a swimming and a scuba diving advanced rescue course, and I walk/bike to all my classes already, but adding an additional time of day for exercise I think will be a good thing.

Wish me luck! :)