If you recall, last year I made a 30x30 list - a list of 30 goals I wanted to complete by my 30th birthday. I've been working on them all year, and I've been updating my list on the blog as I went along, for anyone interested in my progress --->
Well, I've come to the point where I'm as done as I'm going to be before my birthday, so I thought I would do a little review.
So here's the list:
(all CAPS = completed; red lower case letters = didn't accomplish)
1. GROW MY HAIR LONG
2. PLAN A BEACH VACATION (Heading out soon!)
3. PLAN A BIG PARTY (Jake's SURPRISE 30th Birthday Party)
4. READ 5 BOOKS
5. GET A BACK-TO-SCHOOL PLAN (Pretty much figured out that now is not a good time for me to go back to school, and I'll revisit the thought in another decade or something)
6. BUDGET FOR A CAMERA (This involves next year's tax returns and using up all of our Christmas budget for me AND for Jake. Don't feel bad for Jake, I did it a couple years ago when he wanted a big TV)
7. WEEKEND GETAWAY WITH JAKE (Scottsdale resort over Memorial Day)
8. READ THE BOOK OF MORMON
9. Make a good friend. Here's the first goal on my list that I didn't complete. BUT, I do have some good once-a-month girls night girls, and Jake made a good friend this year, which I think counts for something good.
10. MAKE & SELL SOMETHING (new art listed in my shop)
11. VISIT GRANDMA WEEKLY
12. Write a book. Non-finished goal #2. I worked on this a little in the spring, but nothing good came to me, so I put it on hold.
13. DECORATE MY MASTER BEDROOM (seen here)
14. Be stronger. #3. There's no excuse for this. I started an exercise program TWICE in the last year, but I was lazy and gave up both times.
15. Plant an orange tree. #4 - Our back yard was never ready for a new tree in the last year. It's getting closer. The pool is gone and we are brewing up great ideas for the space. We just need the funds for it.
16. PLANT A FLOWER GARDEN (Oh, I planted it alright. I worked really hard on it too. That doesn't mean anything grew.)
17. HAVE ONLY ONE MORTGAGE
18. ATTEND THE TEMPLE REGULARLY
19. GET LIFE INSURANCE
20. HAVE A WILL
21. PLAN A 3-MONTH SUPPLY MENU
22. TEACH THE DOG A NEW TRICK (Ah, no more dog jumping up on the bed at night. Next "trick": stop barking when the doorbell rings!)
23. HELP SOPHIE READ A BOOK (She's a smarty pants. This one was easy.)
24. EAT AN EXPENSIVE DESSERT (Crème Brûlée from Ruth's Chris. Mmmm)
25. BE PREGNANT (I'll be 6 months along on my birthday)
26. BUY A SCANNER (thanks, Jake)
27. EXPAND MY BUSINESS (They're both doing great)
28. SEW SOMETHING AWESOME (new pregnancy skirt)
29. Find Temple Art. And #5 of the non-finishers. But believe me, this one was not for the lack of trying. I have SCOURED the internet looking for something I like. I wanted art, not photography. I almost bought this a couple of times, but I think I can do better. This is nice too. I need a talented cousin or something to come up with a solution for me. Or try something myself.
30. FINISH THE FILING
And there you have it. My 30 by 30 list. Too bad I'm not turning 25 this year, cause then I would have completed it. Oh well, 25 out of 30 goals is not bad. And I did TRY to complete all 30, so I think I did pretty good.
Here's to my 30's!
9 comments:
I hope you find your temple art. My parents had the prettiest painting of the Oakland temple hanging in our house growing up. There has to be something out there!
I'd say 25 out of 30 is pretty great.
Way to go! 1 mortgage? Did you sell your Tucson home? Great list. Hope you are feeling good these hot summer months.
I think 25/30 is very impressive. Nicely done.
So Impressive! I am the worst at goals!
I too have been trying to find a good art temple picture. I think I'll just resort to going down there and taking a picture myself. Let me know if you ever have any luck in finding one.
Would you mind sending me those hair bow instructions that you made for the shower you threw! I would love you forever!
My email is tiffanymhaynes at gmail dot com
Is that how people do it so weirdos can't trace it? Who knows, I'm stupid when it comes to that stuff!
Go, you! I love that you finished so much on your list. And I love the Mesa Temple print by ashmae—partly because I love ashmae herself. She's a very lovely person. Such a small world.
Here's another option. Not an Arizona temple for sure, but... http://www.etsy.com/listing/56836176/art-print-zion-salt-lake-city-temple
I think as the years pass we'll develop a pretty close friendship, you can't just make a really good friend in one year, it takes years of encounters and memories to develop that. So you can count #9 as "in the process". Even if it's simply for convenience sake!
But congrats on everything else, that's certainly a reason to celebrate!
I think you did great! I remember thinking I was not brave enough to post a list like this because I always take much longer to do things than I plan to. I appreciate being called talented and have been wanting a good temple print myself. Let me get working on that!
Bravo!!!
Hi Abbie..
Totally random, we went to school together for a little while and I followed the link here from Lisa's blog. Anyway... I just so happened to be looking up temple art since we are going next week and found this link. Don't know if it's what you are looking for but couldn't pass up the coincidence. He's got quite a few.
http://fineartamerica.com/featured/detroit-michigan-temple-jeff-brimley.html
Stephanie Spratt ( Kellis)
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