Six Month Update on 30 While 30

1. Visit the ocean. Big plans for this towards the end of the year. 
2. Lose 30 pounds.
3. Volunteer in my community. I started a program where I tutor recent immigrants in reading.
4. Forgive and forget about Ken. Work-in-progress. Great strides here. I've received calls and emails from him and I just ignore.  It.feels.so.good.
5. Read 30 books. Hmmm. . . I’ve read about 10 books since my birthday. Passed 30 books.
6. Make a terrarium.
7. Visit Yellow Springs, Ohio.
8. Organize my living room. Work-in-progress. Fail.
9. Organize my bedroom. Work-in-progress. Fail
10. Drink water. Everyday. Lots of it. Working on this!
11. Wear lipstick or lip gloss more often. Winning! Everyday, friends, I wear some! Having Birchbox helps a lot too!
12. Spend (at least) one weekend a month with my mom. So far, I’ve accomplished at least twice-a-month visits. Big changes on the horizon, so I've been spending EVERY weekend in Cincinnati.
13. Take my grandma to visit her sister-in-law in the spring. Fail. My grandmother's SIL passed away a few months ago.  :(
14. Visit my cousin's special education class.
15. Load lots of music onto my mom's MP3 player. I downloaded lots of music, I just need to put it on her MP3 player. Done and done.
16. See at least one opera. Done! Saw La Traviata in July. 
17. Take Katie to see a play.
18. Go to an art museum.
19. See a 3-D movie.
20. Go to a play. Done! Saw a play in July (same weekend I went to the Opera).
21. Buy a bottle of the wine I had on vacation.
22. Give Charles an amazing birthday present.
23. Wash and vacuum my car at least once month. So far, so good!
24. Visit at least one city park. I’ve visited several city parks, and I take Scooter to the dog park at least once a week. My favorite is a metro park with a boat dock and stone bridges and the children's garden downtown. 
25. Pack my lunch for an entire month. April is the month to do this! So far, so good. Fail
26. Use the crockpot 12 times.
27. Celebrate my mom's 60th birthday with something special. I don't know how special it was, but I'm planning a trip to Savannah over Christmas holiday. Does that count?
28. Adopt a rescue dog. Scooter was adopted in March 2012!!Love me some Scoot! Things are going so well with him, he's stopped the accidents in the house and hasn't chewed up a shoe in a months (knock on wood)!
29. Host a brunch at my apartment. Fail. 
30. Go to a comedy club. 

Okay, so nine out of 30, that makes a completion rate of 30%. Six months left to finish the list!