Get Buckets

I've never written a bucketlist before. My life changed dramatically during my 21st year- I can only imagine what 22 has in store for me.  This morning, I watched an inspiring (like, tearing up while I put makeup on... totally counter productive) video of a man that completely changed his life in a year.  I've found motivation! I've written a bucketlist of 22 things that I want to accomplish before I turn 23. Here we go!

22 AT 22

1. Go an entire week without hitting snooze June 8-June 13, 2015
2. Travel somewhere I've never been   September 11, 2014
3. Have dinner from a food truck   August 28, 2014
4. Train for a half marathon June 12, 2015
5. Go to a Yoga class   September 17, 2014
6. Hike to a waterfall
7. Walk barefoot in the rain
8. Go sledding
9. Do a handstand February 18, 2015
10. Ride a scooter through Provo Canyon
11. Go Latin dancing
12. Visit hot springs
13. Beat my husband in mini golf June 3, 2015
14. Picnic in the park May 29, 2015
15. Survive a corn maze   October 31, 2014
16. Make snow ice cream   December 27, 2014
17. Learn something new every day for 30 days
18. Build a blanket fort    August 21, 2014
19. "Unplug" for 24 hours
20. Catch a fish
21. Create a Ventura tradition   November 7, 2014
22. Learn how to longboard    September 1, 2014

Intro.

I spent my high school years in a suburb west of Chicago.

I ventured to Hawaii for college.

Then to Salt Lake City.

Then to Rexburg, Idaho.

Then to Los Angeles.

Then to Provo, Utah.

I promised myself before I graduated high school that I would never live in Utah.
I was born into a Mormon family and spent my entire life in 10 different states, none of which were The Beehive State.

I didn't want to live in Utah because I grew up in the Beery family.
We are "don't take crap off of anyone" people.
We go out to Asian restaurants on the regular, occasionally on Sundays.
We grew up being superstars of our club sports teams.
We slip a swear word or two into jokes said around the dinner table.
We wear short shorts and tank tops to the gym.
We are money-minded business people.

In my mind, Utah meant:
Women that don't want anything in life other than 8 kids.
The entire state shuts down on Sundays.
Choir nerds.
"Fetch" "dagnabbit" "shiz".
Flared capris and over-sized girls camp t-shirts.
Hair school students.
Normal (common known names) misspelled or "tweaked" in someway or another.

-----> examples: McKynnaleigh, Briyenna, Heavynn, Cambree, Jakab, Tysenn, Braedin

Girls that go to Provo and get engaged after dating a guy for 3 months.

It's amazing how relatively accurate I was in my third-party assessment.
I did go to Provo and get married; but I'm definitely not part of the 3 month stereotype.

Because I only dated my husband for 7 weeks before we got engaged.

So, why do I love it here?
Stay tuned, my friends.

In short, this blog will be about my Midwestern attitude adjusting to life in Happy Valley.

Wish me luck!