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30 Before 30 – Zombie Game Night

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Up next on the 30 Before 30 list is Zombie Game Night.

On July 7, 2012, Zombie Game Night Finally arrived.  While we did not make it through all the games, a good time was had by all.  The always popular “Zombie Dice” started the night for us.  While Erin made a valiant attempt in the last round (10 brains before she got her 3rd shotgun), Amy came out on top!

Following that was a little “Munchkin Zombies.”  For most people at the table, this was their first experience with Munchkin, but it was a hit.  Crystal had the big win, beating everyone else to level 10.

There will have to be another game night since we didn’t get to the survival games, “Last Night on Earth” and “The Walking Dead.”

30 Before 30 – Try some local cuisine

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I’ve done several things on my 30 Before 30 list now, but I haven’t written up anything yet, so it’s time to get going on it!  Up first is trying local cuisine on vacation.

Unfortunately I didn’t get any pictures, but I can tell you all about the crazy stuff we ate while in Louisiana.  Josh and I both had it in mind to just try all sorts of things while we were there.  He was a bit more adventurous than I was, but I thought I did pretty good.  The first night in Baton Rouge we got some appetizers of alligator and catfish at Parrains.  For dinner I didn’t go too crazy, getting The Vermillion, which is fish (I think it was Mahi) with shrimp and vegetables.

Once we hit New Orleans we went to a place called Deanies in the French Quarter.  One of the neatest things about this place is they brought out potatoes to the table.  Not bread or chips or anything, but red potatoes.  Oh, and they were freaking delicious!  Josh went with the oyster Poboy and I had the Crawfish etouffee.  A bit more of a fish taste than I’m used to, but it was pretty good.

The next morning we headed out to Cafe Du Monde to have some beignets.  To give you an idea what we thought of it, we went back for more at the end of the night, got more to go for breakfast the next morning, and bought a box of the mix to take home.  So yeah, beignets are freaking amazing.  Lunch was a lot more tame.  We went to a place called The Camellia Grill.  Much more traditional “American” food here.  Sandwiches and the like. It was nice to have something I was more used to, but the best part was the setup.  The whole place was counter seating with servers taking care of each row.  The guys who worked there were a lot of fun, one of them started up a round of “If you’re happy and you know it” and introduced me as the celebrity from the “Clear Eyes” ads, Mr. Ben Stein!  I dunno, I don’t think I have quite as much grey hair as he does!  But it was lots of fun.

Finally, the last night we wanted some good Cajun food.  The guy at the hotel recommended the Oceana Grill, and a good recommendation it was!  Josh had the turtle soup along with alligator sausage.  I had the Jambalaya with alligator sausage.

So I definitely met the goal of trying the local cuisine and I loved it!  And I need to send thanks to the folks at the hotels who sent us to all these places!

30 Before 30

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What is this?  I’m turning 30 in about 4 months, on October 22, so I figured I’d put together a slightly gimmicky list of things to accomplish before then!  I don’t have a lot of time, so some of these things are pretty simple and some of them are connected.

As I accomplish each goal, I’ll add a little blog post about it, with links at the main “30 before 30” page at http://www.jaimeh.com/30-before-30/

So what kinds of things are on here?  Some related to reading, some involve yard work that I just need to get done.  Some have a little more to them, like losing some weight in order to get in a little better shape.  One of the more exciting things I’ve added is that I want to publish something.

The reasoning behind the “publish” goal is that I have several short story ideas, so this is my way of forcing me to finish those up.  Then the goal will be to get those self-published in the Kindle store!

As for “potty train the kitties,” I’m serious.  Check this out: http://www.jaimeh.com/2012/06/22/potty-training-for-cats/.  Maybe I won’t have the cats using the toilet by the time I turn 30, but I want to be well into the training at that point.

Check back in for more updates as I start getting through some of these things!