I will post the list here and cross off items as I complete them. And who knows, maybe you'll even hear about the adventures along the way! Let's cut to the chase, shall we? Here they are:
donate blood- 9/7/12 - American Red Cross (Oregon)
adopt a petearn a Master's degreevisit one new state- Kansas
- Oklahoma
- Ohio
- Georgia
complete a half marathon- LIVESTRONG Austin Half Marathon 2012
- Angie's Half Crazy Half Marathon
- AthHalf
- 2013 Craziness Kickoff
pay off a significant debt- Zoom Zoom!
crochet something awesome- Practice patch. The dogs love it, therefore it is awesome.
- go on a girls-only camping trip
- create a daily photo journal for one month
- float the river
try a new recipe once a month- January - red potato soup
- February - quiche lorraine
- March - beef pasta bake
- April - cilantro lime quinoa and asparagus (to go with chicken a la Casey)
- May - roasted eggplant and butternut squash
- June - greek yogurt deliciousness (plain yogurt flavored with fruit and honey); green goddess dip.
- July - Tequila Jazz. Tip: mixing blue curacao and orange... anything results in a drink that should only be consumed on St. Patrick's day.
- August - Green tea mint mojito
- September - Cauliflower Rice plus chicken.
- October - Vietnamese vermicelli
- November - Cranberry apple stuffing
- December - the "Christine" salad (spinach, arugula, beets, corn, avocado, tuna and olive oil / balsalmic dressing)
- visit a new state or national park in Texas
get cholesterol below 200- 204 (on 8/30/12) So close!
Here's the deal: My "bad" cholesterol and triglycerides are in the good/normal range. My total score is over the goal of 200 because my "good" heart protector cholesterol is really high (which is also good). I say this is a win despite being 4 points off. - decorate the apartment
update my name on voter registration card- Check! I'm even an official organ donor now too.
- have a party for no particular reason
- go geocaching
- This has been on more than one of my "to do" lists. I clearly don't actually want to go geocaching.
read 10 novels of my choice- Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
- Heaven is for Real: A Little Boy's Astounding Story of His Trip to Heaven and Back
- Inside of a Dog: What Dogs See, Smell, and Know
- The Secret Life of Bees
- The Help
- Street of the Five Moons
- Anil's Ghost
- The Black Dahlia
- The Thief
- The Lacuna
plan a surprise date- Texans game on Casey's birthday
- do 25 consecutive push-ups
- I may not be able to do lots of push-ups, but I can run pretty far!
replace point & shoot camera- Cannon PowerShot with lens malfunction - it
will probably behas been returned. - Sony Cybershot for the win!
- go to the Texas state fair
- write down my dreams for 30 days
- I started this one more than once, but didn't make it 30 days.
- go to the museum of natural science in Houston
attend a pro sports game- 4/1/12 - Rockets vs. Pacers (NBA)
- 8/30/12 - Texans vs. Vikings (NFL)
- take a Pinot's Palette painting class
- The Groupon has been purchased.
try a new type of cuisine
Final assessment: I may not have gotten around to all 27 items in my 27th year, but I did complete most of them! It seems I may have even gone overboard on a few (see running a half marathon, visiting new states, and adopting a pet). I'm sure I will fill in the missing pieces in the future, and it was fun doing these. Maybe I will make a similar list again in the future. Thirty seems like a nice, round number (that hopefully has nothing to do with full marathons!)
The Museum of Natural Science in Houston is FREE on Thursdays from 3-6pm. You're welcome :)
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