Two more down!

Another update 

ps- the ones in gray are the ones that I will most likely not be able to complete. but who knows, sometimes life surprises us...

1. Buy a car on my own

2. Reach my goal weight

3. Go to Greece

4. Learn a new language

5. Design a quilt with all my college t-shirts

6. Go on a blind date

7. Learn how to make gnocchi

8. Attend a St. Patrick's Day parade

9. Survive a zip line through the forest

10. Have some of my writing published

11. Learn how to play guitar

12. Take a cooking class

13. Attend a live session at the Salt Lake Temple

14. Make homemade sushi 

15. Go to Chicago and Boston

16. Attend a live broadcast of a talk show

17. Stand in the middle of The Swamp and take it all in

18. Go to Vizcaya

19. Own my own temple dress

 20. Have the perfect kiss

21. Spend a month in a European city, just living 

22. Attend a Jane Austen event 

23. Read more books for pleasure (this is a work in progress, but I am doing really well!!) 

24. Volunteer at Miriam's Kitchen 

25. Pay off my credit cards

 26. Visit the Adriatic Sea

27. Be a vegetarian for a month

I lasted two weeks and one day. I just found that I didn't like the lack of options. The entire time I had to keep reminding myself (one day I completely forgot and ate a chicken salad gyro. I was like five bites in and realized what I was doing. And let me tell you, that gyro was delish!). But the point of this was to figure out if it was something I could do. While I don't eat a lot of meat anyway, again, I just like to have options.

28. Run a 5K

Kate and I did the Warrior Dash. We are awesome!

29. Learn how to do The Rueda 

30. Get Tim Tebow's autograph

pps- Wedding countdown: 58 days!!

30 Before Thirty: Will I finish the list?

I have been seriously slacking on this list. 

I will be honest with you: secretly #32 on this list was get married (but who dares write that on a public goal list?). #31 was to kiss a Canadian (yes, Richard added that one). With 31 and 32 taken care of, I was feeling pretty good about myself. 

And then I remembered why I put this list together. I wanted to improve myself, in all of aspects of my life. So, I am starting to pick things up again. I have six months before I turn thirty (did I really just type that?), and I have a lot of work to do! 

Here is an update:

1. Buy a car on my own

2. Reach my goal weight

(slowly, so slowly, making progress)

3. Go to Greece

(Probably not going to happen, as I am honeymooning in New Brunswick and moving to Ontario)

4. Learn a new language

(Maybe I can pick up learning French again)

5. Design a quilt with all my college t-shirts

6. Go on a blind date

7. Learn how to make gnocchi

8. Attend a St. Patrick's Day parade

9. Survive a zip line through the forest

10. Have some of my writing published

(Does my blog count?? What if I publish my blog into a book?)

11. Learn how to play guitar

(I can tell you this will not happen, as I just sold my guitar)

12. Take a cooking class

13. Attend a live session at the Salt Lake Temple

(I highly doubt this will happen)

14. Make homemade sushi 

(Have you seen this little gadget?? My cousin has it and he loves it!)

15. Go to Chicago and Boston

(Quick trip? Anyone??)

16. Attend a live broadcast of a talk show

17. Stand in the middle of The Swamp and take it all in

(Happening in July!)

18. Go to Vizcaya

(Happening in July!) 

19. Own my own temple dress

Arriving in the mail in about a week!

 20. Have the perfect kiss

21. Spend a month in a European city, just living 

22. Attend a Jane Austen event 

23. Read more books for pleasure (this is a work in progress, but I am doing really well!!) 

24. Volunteer at Miriam's Kitchen 

25. Pay off my credit cards

26. Visit the Adriatic Sea

(see #3 for explanation)

27. Be a vegetarian for a month

(started today!!)

28. Learn how to box

(Maybe I can change this one to run a 5K. Which I will be doing next Saturday)

29. Learn how to do The Rueda 

30. Get Tim Tebow's autograph

(Can someone help me with this? Please?!?)

I have completed twelve on this list. I think I can complete at least six more.

It happened again...

...my birthday.

I am pretty sure I had a conversation with Heavenly Father last year about my birthday. I thought we had a clear understanding that I had no interest in getting older.

Obviously someone is not listening.

Anywho-

As it so happens, I turned twenty-nine yesterday. The last year in my twenties. Thirty is staring at me, and kinda mocking me.

However, there is some hope. As Jane Austen put it: "It sometimes happens, that a woman is handsomer at twenty-nine than she was ten years before; and, generally speaking, if there has been neither ill health nor anxiety, it is a time of life at which scarcely any charm is lost."- Persuasion

That makes me feel so much better. And it is true. Let us compare

This is at 28

This is at 19.

Not only has my sense of fashion improved (what was I thinking, wearing that skirt with sneakers?), but I now have an overall sense of who I am and where I want to be. From this angle, thirty isn't looking too bad.

This may also have to do with a guy I am seeing. But that is really for another post. Soon. I promise.

And, let's see how my Thirty before 30 list is coming along...

1. Buy a car on my own

2. Reach my goal weight

3. Go to Greece

4. Learn a new language

5. Design a quilt with all my college t-shirts

This is me wrapped in my new quilt, watching the a Gator game. Perfection

6. Go on a blind date

7. Learn how to make gnocchi

8. Attend a St. Patrick's Day parade

9. Survive a zip line through the forest

10. Have some of my writing published

11. Learn how to play guitar

12. Take a cooking class

13. Attend a live session at the Salt Lake Temple

14. Make homemade sushi

15. Go to Chicago and Boston

16. Attend a live broadcast of a talk show

17. Stand in the middle of The Swamp and take it all in

18. Go to Vizcaya

19. Own my own temple dress

20. Have the perfect kiss

More about this in another post

21. Spend a month in a European city, just living 

22. Attend a Jane Austen event 

23. Read more books for pleasure (this is a work in progress, but I am doing really well!!) 

24. Volunteer at Miriam's Kitchen 

25. Pay off my credit cards

26. Visit the Adriatic Sea

27. Be a vegetarian for a month

28. Learn how to box 

29. Learn how to do The Rueda 

30. Get Tim Tebow's autograph

Hmmm, not as much as I wanted. I have nineteen items to complete and one year to complete them. I better get working...

But, I have a feeling this is going to be a great year...

Plugging along...

1. Buy a car on my own

Her name is Cordelia

2. Reach my goal weight

3. Go to Greece

4. Learn a new language

5. Design a quilt with all my college t-shirts

6. Go on a blind date

7. Learn how to make gnocchi

8. Attend a St. Patrick's Day parade

9. Survive a zip line through the forest

10. Have some of my writing published
11. Learn how to play guitar
12. Take a cooking class
13. Attend a live session at the Salt Lake Temple
14. Make homemade sushi
15. Go to Chicago and Boston
16. Attend a live broadcast of a talk show
17. Stand in the middle of The Swamp and take it all in
18. Go to Vizcaya
19. Own my own temple dress
20. Have the perfect kiss
21. Spend a month in a European city, just living 

22. Attend a Jane Austen event 

23. Read more books for pleasure (this is a work in progress, but I am doing really well!!) 

24. Volunteer at Miriam's Kitchen 

25. Pay off my credit cards
On 4/26/11

 

26. Visit the Adriatic Sea

27. Be a vegetarian for a month

28. Learn how to box 

29. Learn how to do The Rueda 

30. Get Tim Tebow's autograph

An update...

A couple more things to cross off the list...

1. Buy a car on my own
2. Reach my goal weight
3. Go to Greece
4. Learn a new language
5. Design a quilt with all my college t-shirts
6. Go on a blind date
7. Learn how to make gnocchi
8. Attend a St. Patrick's Day parade

9. Survive a zip line through the forest
10. Have some of my writing published
11. Learn how to play guitar
12. Take a cooking class
13. Attend a live session at the Salt Lake Temple
14. Make homemade sushi
15. Go to Chicago and Boston
16. Attend a live broadcast of a talk show
17. Stand in the middle of The Swamp and take it all in
18. Go to Vizcaya
19. Own my own temple dress
20. Have the perfect kiss
21. Spend a month in a European city, just living

22. Attend a Jane Austen event
I am not in the photo, but these people were very obliging and allowed me to take a picture of them. Truly, I was not dressed for the event...

23. Read more books for pleasure (this is a work in progress, but I am doing really well!!)
24. Volunteer at Miriam's Kitchen
25. Pay off my credit cards
26. Visit the Adriatic Sea
27. Be a vegetarian for a month
28. Learn how to box
29. Learn how to do The Rueda
30. Get Tim Tebow's autograph

A small change

So, I have been looking at my Thirty before 30 list. Apparently I was feeling very ambitious when I wrote it. After some thought, I have come to the conclusion that some of the items on my list may cause more injuries to my poor knees, may cost more money than I make, or take more time than I actually have.

The original list is in black. The ones I have completed are crossed off. The new list is in orange.

1. Go skydiving (replaced with buy a car on my own)
2. Reach my goal weight
3. Go to Greece
4. Learn a new language
5. Take a cake decorating class (replaced with design a quilt with all my college t-shirts)
6. Go on a blind date
7. Learn how to make gnocchi
8. Go to Northern Ireland (replaced with attend a St. Patrick's Day parade)
9. Survive a zip line through the forest
10. Have some of my writing published
11. Learn how to play guitar
12. Take a cooking class
13. Attend a live session at the Salt Lake Temple
14. Make homemade sushi
15. Go to Chicago and Boston
16. Attend a live broadcast of a talk show
17. Stand in the middle of The Swamp and take it all in
18. Go to Vizcaya
19. Own my own temple dress
20. Have the perfect kiss
21. Spend a month in a European city, just living

22. Try snowblading again (replaced with attend a Jane Austen event)
23. Read more books for pleasure (this is a work in progress, but I am doing really well!!)
24. Volunteer at Miriam's Kitchen
25. Refinish a piece of furniture (replaced with pay off my credit cards)
26. Visit the Adriatic Sea
27. Be a vegetarian for a month
28. Become a Zumba instructor (replaced with learn how to box)
29. Learn how to do The Rueda
30. Get Tim Tebow's autograph

An update

Just letting you know how I am doing on my Thirty Before 30 list...
Here we go:

1. Go skydiving
2. Reach my goal weight
3. Go to Greece
4. Learn a new language
5. Take a cake decorating class
6. Go on a blind date
7. Learn how to make gnocchi
8. Go to Northern Ireland

9. Survive a zip line through the forest10. Have some of my writing published

11. Learn how to play guitar (for real this time)
12. Take a cooking class
13. Attend a live session at the Salt Lake Temple
14. Make homemade sushi (and not die)
15. Go to Chicago and Boston
16. Attend a live broadcast of a talk show
17. Stand in the middle of The Swamp and take it all in
18. Go to Vizcaya
19. Own my own temple dress
20. Have the perfect kiss
21. Spend a month in a European city, just living (I am currently in Barcelona)In front of La Sagrada Familia

22. Try snowblading again (I fell and tore my ACL the last time I did it)
23. Read more books for pleasure (this is a work in progress, but I am doing really well!!)
24. Volunteer at Miriam's Kitchen
25. Refinish a piece of furniture
26. Visit the Adriatic Sea
27. Be a vegetarian for a month
28. Become a Zumba instructor
29. Learn how to do The Rueda
30. Get Tim Tebow's autograph

Slowly but surely...

30 Before Thirty

I am not thirty years old. Heck, I am not even twenty eight (when I turn twenty eight, you will hear the wailing).
But I have several friends who are thirty or near there. One friend created a list of 30 things that she wants to do before she turns thirty. This made me sit back and think about all the things that I am not doing, but could be.

Therefore, I too have created a 30 Before Thirty List. Some of them are a little more labor intensive than others, but I think that I will learn a lot about myself as I embark on this journey.

So without further ado, this is my 30 Before Thirty List:

1. Go skydiving
2. Reach my goal weight
3. Go to Greece
4. Learn a new language
5. Take a cake decorating class
6. Go on a blind date
7. Learn how to make gnocchi
8. Go to Northern Ireland
9. Survive a zip line through the forest
10. Have some of my writing published
11. Learn how to play guitar (for real this time)
12. Take a cooking class
13. Attend a live session at the Salt Lake Temple
14. Make homemade sushi (and not die)
15. Go to Chicago and Boston
16. Attend a live broadcast of a talk show
17. Stand in the middle of The Swamp and take it all in
18. Go to Vizcaya
19. Own my own temple dress
20. Have the perfect kiss
21. Spend a month in a European city, just living
22. Try snowblading again (I fell and tore my ACL the last time I did it)
23. Read more books for pleasure
24. Volunteer at Miriam's Kitchen
25. Refinish a piece of furniture
26. Visit the Adriatic Sea
27. Be a vegetarian for a month
28. Become a Zumba instructor
29. Learn how to do The Rueda
30. Get Tim Tebow's autograph

I will update you periodically to let you know how I am doing...should be fun!