#300 of 365: 500th Find

Tonight I found my 500th geocache! It is quite a milestone and I am super proud of myself. To commemorate that many finds my friend RJ gave me a geocoin. A geocoin is a small, usually metal, token that has a tracking code on it. You can then place the geocoin in a geocache and other cachers will pick it up and take it to another geocache and log that they placed it there. That way your geocoin can travel and you can track it and see where it goes. My new geocoin is so pretty I don't know if I'm going to be able to part with it though. The coin also came with a smaller pin that looks identical, so maybe I'll use that as my geocoin I send out into the caching world.

Valentine Cookies

I've been waiting months to make sugar cookies for Valentine's Day. I wanted to make conversation heart cookies but put mean, evil, nasty sayings on them. So I made the dough, let it refrigerate, rolled out the dough, cut out the cookies, baked them, let them cool, frosted them...and then I was too tired and it was too late to write the sayings on them. All that work and I didn't even get to do what I originally set out to do. Oh well. The cookies were delicious! My coworkers ate half of them, my dad's coworkers ate a bunch, I gave some away and I pretty much ate the rest. Maybe next year I will get around to writing the sayings on them.

Christina's Shortlist

1. Criminal Minds - This is my new favorite show. Basically I'm obsessed. I watch it every night I can. Usually sacrificing sleep to stay up and watch all the episodes that come on TV. I love everything about the show. The characters are likable and believable. The crimes are psychotic and smart. The whole show is just entertaining and addicting.

2. Reese's Big Cup - I ate one of these for the first time the other day when a friend gave me one. I already love Reese's peanut butter cups but this was incredible. It was like a whole cup of peanut butter in my mouth. And I LOVE peanut butter.

3. Nail Polish - I've been a little neurotic lately about my nail polish. I have to paint my fingernails at least once a week. I used to only paint them reds and pinks but now I'm experimenting and trying every cool color I can find. Blues, greens, yellows, purples, glitters, browns, oranges, everything.

4. Bruno Mars - I totally have a crush on this guy. He should be my boyfriend. Or at least make out with me. His voice is amazing and so is his music. I downloaded his album a couple weeks ago and love every song on it. But "Grenade" is definitely my favorite.

5. Purple - I'm going crazy for everything purple. Shirts, sweaters, tights, socks, shoes, nail polish, makeup, jewelry. Even balloons, hair, flowers, sunglasses, etc.

#299 of 365: Ni Hao, New Year

To celebrate the Chinese New Year I grabbed some dinner at Panda Express tonight. Okay fine, it wasn't to celebrate anything special, I just love Panda Express so much. Especially the orange chicken and chow mein. Mmmmm!

#298 of 365: Hidden Treasures

I found my 400th geocache tonight! Woo hoo! It was camouflaged as a pinecone and hanging in a tree. RJ was with me for my 200th, 300th and now my 400th finds. We're a great geocaching team.