30 Before 30

Start Date: July 2010
Everything must be completed by September 29, 2013

Key:
In Progress
Accomplished

1. Read the Harry Potter Series.
The Sorcerer’s Stone, finished July 28th 2010
The Chamber of Secrets, finished December 8th 2010
The Prisoner of Azkaban finished February 2011
The Goblet of Fire, finished April 2011
The Order of the Phoenix, in progress August 2011

~~2. Conquer my fear of heights.~~
Accomplished twofold in 2011- firstly on the ferris wheel on top of a 16 story building in the Lou during my engagement photos with Knight and again on the Santa Monica Pier with Katelin, Matt & Knight on the Ferris Wheel there.

3. Self-host my blog.

4. Go to Italy & France.

5. Donate my hair to Locks of Love.

6. Take French classes (again).

7. Run a handful of 10ks.
Scheduled the first 10K for October 17th, 2010 in St. Louis. Read about it!

8. Become a homeowner.

9. Make at least ten cupcake recipes from scratch.
One Bowl Chocolate Cupcakes with Fluffy Vanilla Frosting (Martha Stewart Cupcakes)
Black & White Cupcakes from Paula Deen

10. Vacation to Alaska.

~~11. Get up early enough to watch the sun rise. Completed on November 22nd, 2010~~

12. Be a vegetarian for a month.

13. Go camping.

14. Read Gone with the Wind.

15. Go to the new New York Yankee Stadium, hopefully before Derek Jeter retires.

16. Watch at least 50 of the Oscar’s Best Movies from the last 75 years. (As of 12/30/2010, 19 movies watched. Upping challenge to 50 of the Best Movies). As of 8/12/2011, 20 movies watched.
(Casablanca 1943; Hamlet 1948; An American in Paris 1951; On the Waterfront 1954; Gigi 1958; My Fair Lady 1964; The Sound of Music 1965; The Godfather 1972; One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest 1975; Terms of Endearment, 1983; Forrest Gump from 1994; Shakespeare in Love, 1998; American Beauty, 1999; Gladiator, 2001; Chicago, 2002; Crash, 2006; The Departed 2007; No Country for Old Men, 2008; Slumdog Millionaire, 2009; The King’s Speech 2011;

17. Sing karaoke.

18. Make a scrapbook of all the letters and postcards from my grandfather and great grandmother.

19. Take myself on a solo vacation.

20. Plant a garden and keep it alive for an entire season.

21. Learn how to knit.

22. Finish the cross-stitch baby blanket that I started.

23. Read all of the books that I own today.
I have over 40 books in my possession that I have yet to read, so I may start another page for this.

24. Get back to my goal weight and stay there.
As of 8/25/10 I’m two pounds closer to my goal weight!
As of 10/5/2010 I’m only five pounds away from my goal weight.
As of 11/8/2010 I’m four pounds away from my goal weight.
As of 1/1/2011 I’m back up to six pounds away from my goal weight. Thank you holiday season.
As of 8/12/2011 it’s kind of sad that I’m not close again. Probably about 10 pounds away. Restarting all efforts.

25. Take one each of the following classes: Dance Class, Cooking Class, Baking Class, Writing class.
Writing/Creative Journaling Class September -December 2010 (read about it.)

26. Meet at least 15 bloggers I haven’t met before.
Ashley as Aurora, August 2010 (Read about it.)
Lisa from Lisa’s Yarns, August 2010 (Read about it.)
Whitney from Barbetti, October 2010
LovelyAnomaly, December 2010.
Lacey of Perks of Being a Jap, March 2011
Rachel, of Mom in Real Life , March 2011
Molly of Stratejoy, March 2011
Melissa of OperationNice, March 2011
Amy of Just a Titch, March 2011