The List

Lists help me to not forget the hand soap when grocery shopping, make sure I pack my bathing suit for a trip, procrastinate when I don't want to do something, etc. I'm a lister and make multiple a day. Evidently there are lot of people who love lists too. On 12-16-2012 I will turn 30. I was inspired by my co-worker who made a list of 40 things she was going to do this last year when she turned 40. It is quite possible that jumping out of a plane with her was even more of a motivator to make a list so she can help me do something crazy. Anyways, if she could do 40 things in a year I figured I could at least do 30 things by my 30th. So here it is in no particular order:

1.      Run the Chicago Marathon

2.      Go to Iceland

3.      Do a half ironman signed up for Austin 70.3 on 10/23/11

4.      Make a fun party dress

5.      Visit at least 5 of the following states: Hawaii, Alaska, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, New Mexico, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Mississippi, Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Rhode Island, Maine

6.      Buy 3 spices I have never heard of and make a recipe with each of them

7.      Attend the Ground Hog’s Day celebration

8.      Send Mom and Dad on a trip for their 40th anniversary on 8-26-12

9.      Make and send cookies/gift/surprise to a friend or family each month for a year(0/12)

10.  Read Lord of the Rings then watch all of the Lord of the Rings

11.  Memorize and play AND sing a song on the guitar in front of people I know

12.  Get another tattoo

13.  Read 30 books: The Reliable Wife, Monique and the Mango Rains,

14.  Create a list of things that make me happy at least once a month (0/25)

15.  Splurge on a pair of boots or jeans

16.  Run in the snow12/5/2010 Cross Country Challenge (not only was it in snow but 7 degree windchill, that was my limit)

17.  Go on a food tour in Chicago

18.  Pretend to be a tourist once a month and visit a local attraction

19.  Go to the dentist-twice

20.  Donate blood

21.  Get at least 8 hours of sleep for a full 14 days

22.  Own up to my library fine and pay it off, then use it

23.  Throw 3 parties just for fun

24.  Make a quilt

25.  Eat 5 things I have never eaten before

26.  Create a picture, frame and hang it on the wall

27.  Work a week from 9-5

28.  Write a letter instead of calling 10 friends

29.  Eat at a restaurant alone

30.  Give $10 to charity for everything not completed

I'm not sure what shape this blog is going to take if any at all. I do hope to share the adventures, fun, and hysterical times of the final years of a twenty-something. Plus, if you have a follower before posting your first post you gotta at least write something.