Into 2012

Time to give an update on this list I set for myself shortly after I turned 29. Just as a reminder, the black bolded items I had completed before my 29th birthday. The items in bold blue I completed this year, and I’m pretty pleased with the accomplishments! I put quite a bit of effort toward a few other items on the list, but haven’t reached those goals quite yet.
Thank you sooo much to the awesome friends who helped me complete items on the list this year!
Meina Moo, thank you for your cooking expertise! Your help with the dinner party was sooo appreciated and a ton of fun!
Dom, thank you for taking me to Cinci and enduring my penguin fetish to pet a penguin!
Meli, thank you for flying thousands of feet in the air so that I wouldn’t have to face hang gliding alone!
Kevin, thank you for taking me to the ‘conservatory’ to see the moon, Jupiter, and many more nightsky wonders through telescopes!
Experiencing crazy new things with good friends is one of the greatest blessings in the world! For this and many other reasons, I’ve found this goal setting experience to be a positive and fulfilling one. Thus, I plan to keep it going!
I’ve added a couple more items to the bottom of the list that stuck out to me as good goals during my journey from 29 to 30. If you see an item on the list that you would like to help with, or experience too, let me know! It’s fun, I promise!
So, here’s to the next year and to crossing more items off the list before I turn 31!

01. Swam with dolphins
02. Climbed a mountain
03. Said “I love you” and meant it
04. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
05. Gone to a huge sports game
06. Slept under the stars
07. Changed a baby’s diaper
08. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
09. Watched a meteor shower
10. Given more than you can afford to charity
11. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
12. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
13. Had a snowball fight
14. Seen a total eclipse
15. Ridden a roller coaster
16. Watched whales
17. Taken a road-trip
18. Taken a midnight walk on the beach
19. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
20. Milked a cow
21. Alphabetized your CDs
22. Lounged around in bed all day
23. Kissed in the rain
24. Played in the rain
25. Gone to a drive-in theatre
26. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
27. Gone without food for a day
28. Made cookies from scratch
29. Gotten flowers for no reason
30. Been to Las Vegas
31. Done some type of construction work
32. Been on a cruise ship
33. Learned to speak more than one language fluently
34. Made a pointless modification to your house
35. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
36. Ridden a horse
37. Gone back to school
38. Hang glided
39. Attended at least one school reunion
40. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
41. Had a booth at a craft fair
42. Dyed your hair
43. Driven a wickedly cool car, even if you had to rent it
44. Dated against type
45. Traveled overseas
46 Taken a risk with your job
47. Taken your parents to dinner
48. Did volunteer work
49. Started a blog or website, with regular updates
50. Invented something
51. Held a themed dinner party
52. Gone to the cinema alone, and enjoyed it
53. Done punctuation and grammar guerilla attacks, (corrected posters, billboards, advertisements with a black marker) or corrected your boss
54. Earned a Masters Degree
55. Learned how to cook
56. Kept a plant alive for over a year
57. Bought an expensive piece of jewlery for myself
58. Bought a home
59. Published an article
60. Presented at a conference
61. Began (or steadily added to) a retirement savings.
62. Done something nice for someone without their knowing it
63. Petted a penguin
64. Mastered one particular style of dance
65. Gone on a blind date
66. Taken a road trip across the U.S.
67. Ridden on a sailboat
68. Saw a Broadway show
69. Paid off student loans
70. Led a ministry team
71. Asked a guy out
72. Read the Bible from front to back
73. Got invited to a ‘cool’ work party
74. Read every novel written by an accomplished author
75. Taken a trip to visit a friend you haven’t seen since college
76. Zip lined
77. Visited all of the Columbus/Central Ohio Metro Parks