1. Visit the ocean. Big plans for this towards the end of the year. Scheduled for March, so it’ll be a couple of days past the deadline.
2. Lose 30 pounds. Down 10.
3. Volunteer in my community. I started a program where I tutor recent immigrants in reading. I’ve moved to a new city, and I volunteer at a charter school on Saturdays.
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. Done. Finally : )
5. Read 30 books. Hmmm. . . I’ve read about 10 books since my birthday. Passed 30 books.
6. Make a terrarium. Damn, I still need/want to do this.
7. Visit Yellow Springs, Ohio. Sadly, I didn’t have a chance to do this one.
8. Organize my living room. Work-in-progress. Fail. New digs in a new city, and the living room is organized!
9. Organize my bedroom. Work-in-progress. Fail Done!
10. Drink water. Everyday. Lots of it. Working on this! Done!
11. Wear lipstick or lip gloss more often. Winning! Everyday, friends, I wear some! Having Birchbox helps a lot too! Done!
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. I was able to do this while I lived within an hour of her, since moving, I’ve visited her October, she visited in December, and she’ll be back in the spring.
13. Take my grandma to visit her sister-in-law in the spring. Fail. My grandmother's SIL passed away a few months ago. :(
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. I didn’t get this one accomplished. But I took her to ballet lessons and threw her a wonderful 5th birthday party, so we’re going to count that as being accomplished.
18. Go to an art museum.
19. See a 3-D movie. How did I not accomplish this one? But I did see the opera!
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. Fail.
22. Give Charles an amazing birthday present. Oh, I did that, alright.
23. Wash and vacuum my car at least once month. So far, so good! Done.
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 Yep, a fail.
26. Use the crockpot 12 times. Fail
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)! Love my Scooter!
29. Host a brunch at my apartment. Fail. Hmmm. . didn’t get this one done.
30. Go to a comedy club. Yes! Last weekend!
Thirty items, minus # 13, so twenty-nine items, and completed twenty things: 69% completion rate! That’s a “D” grade, right? Plus, technically, I still have about 2 weeks to knock off one or two more things off of my list, and to start on my 31 list. Yikes, 31?
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