January Dare Count

16 dares recieved
3 dares accomplished

I will admit these are not impressive numbers. However, I plead my case that I am fully committed to my dares. I am actively working on completing the 10K dare. I have been out in the frigid weather, avoiding ice and slush, and cursing the first 5 or 10 or sometimes 25 minutes. Sickness was a set back, but I am moving forward. Other dares are waiting for warming weather and some I am researching how to make it happen.

Stay tuned... more to come...
And, send in your dares if you haven't already!

Come with me to a drag show (Teri Linardos) with bonus dare

Hello, ladies! Um, yeah, Mis-Leading Ladies!

Thank you Jaques Caberet and Teri! Every Saturday night the Mis-Leading Ladies wow with two shows. I was definately wowed. We settled down at the end of the stage. In our group we had a couple of show virgins and a few old timers. I was a show virgin, but am no more. These gals are dirty and fantastic. I've been to drag shows before, but this one by far was the best.

If you haven't been there, check it out.

BONUS DARE - I had to take it one step further and dare myself to wear a Bump It to the drag show. After sitting througha whole meal with Laura in Rustic Kitchen terrified that the waiter would actually see the Bump It, I made it to drag show with the Bump It in place. Truly rockin' a Jeresy poof is all in the attitude. I can put the poof in the hair, but I can't fake the 'tude. I'll keep working on it kids.

Relax and sample new adventures that won't make you broke (Jewell Burke)

I am going to break this one down:

1) Relax - that says something spa like to me

2) Sample new adventures - never taken advantage of my jetted tub, yes even though I lived in the house for 9 months

3) That won't make you broke - I think I can do this on the cheap

So it may seem simple on the surface to make this dare happen, but for me, it's not. I am wound pretty tight and given current circumstances, I have been wound even tighter. If I don't take some time to relax, I might pop or least it feels that way.

Dennis was to be moving out this weekend... but his plans have been delayed. I need relaxation, and it is not easy to relax when something life changing is happening. Yes, yes, I know, I ended it weeks ago when the life changing thing actually happened. However, this has been dragging on until the official move out.

I wanted to exercise this dare now. I need to relax; I need to let go to find my new adventures; and I need to do it within budget. For at least an hour, it was pur relaxation. The jetted tub is amazing and so perfect. It should not have taken thislong to pamper myself and take a bath. I learnewd my lesson; I won't be going another 9 months without spending some time to pamper myself.

Don't worry, there are no in progress dare pictures, but mission accomplished, prune fingers and all:

Wake up everyday and smile and stretch (Tonya Russ Price)

Do a charity fundraiser walk (Sharon Napier)

Ok, any charity suggestions?

Create a blog to share the dares (Schafers)

Done! Phew, one down... so many to go. Thanks for lobbing this one to me. I hope y'all like the blog.

Hike the AT or Skydive (Eliza Sparkes)

I've been given a choice between two exhilarating experiences. Weighing my options:

1) Hike the Appalachian Trail. I'd love to; I have hoped to for a long time. In fact, the boots on the right I bought in 1997 in hopes to hike the trail between high school graduation and my first college class. My heart beats a little faster thinking about it!

However, a thru hike is a commitment and Deval has not gotten quite that scary with the furlough days. If this does happen, it would need to be in stages. Would this work? Can I hike the AT over several long weekends?

2) Skydive. Whoa! I would never do it without this challenge. It would be over quickly. And y'all could get a great youtube video out of it. But, geez, that is scary.

So, I am undecided...
                      if you want to express your opinion, comment or take the poll.

Courtney Curran, I dare you to...

Inspiration

Here is the genesis,

my 2009 holiday card:

2009 was a great and disappointing year. At the end of a long relationship left me puzzling, what do I do with myself now, and I needed some help looking forward.

I have always had wonderful, creative, and intelligent family and friends with a good sense of humor. With their uncanny knowledge of how my life has gone horribly wrong or right; who knows/cares, I wanted to rely on them to have some fun.

I am at a point that I accomplished my early adulthood big ticket items. I want to shake it up:

1) to remember what it was like to do something totally stupid just because,

2) to commit where I haven't been able to commit before,

3) to reconnect,

4) to enjoy myself and others, and
5) who knows why (I'm not in control of this one)

Let's get started. A toast to 2010 -

Here's to making me pleasantly uncomfortable doing the things I always wanted to do, but just didn't know it yet!

Thank you,

Courtney