After going back to school and then discovering I was pregnant with baby #3, my 30 x 30 had to change. We had a lot of vacations we wanted to do and I really wanted to be debt free besides the house but there's no way that's going to happen now! And probably won't happen for awhile and I'm 100% ok with that. My new career and our PERFECT family of FIVE are totally worth it. But I still have to have a 30 x 30. I just have to! ;-) So here's an updated version. The only changes I made were getting rid of the vacations and being debt free. But this is it. No more changes. Just have to get to work!
Here we go:
1) Run a half marathon - DONE!
2) Watch the Star Wars Trilogy - This is another one of those that everyone talks about and I don't know what is going on. Nick says it's kind of like a futuristic Lord of the Rings. I hope he's right because I liked that. So maybe I'll like this too!
3) Learn a foreign language - ok this will be hard and I may be pushing it with this one, but I really want to do this!!
4) Have 2 of my 4 children - DONE!
5) Take up golf - still need to do this. No time. Between school, work and apparently always being pregnant, golf takes a back seat. Maybe next summer...
6) Write a short story - I don't know why I want to do this but I do...I love writing. I'm not great at it, but I think it would be fun and I want to give it a try. Nothing big, obviously, but a nice SHORT story. Maybe...
7) Complete an indoor triathlon - DONE!
8) Watch Gone with the Wind - DONE! And I loved it!!
9) Watch the Godfather - DONE!
10) Play in a poker tournament at a casino - still need to do this. I can do this anytime really...just need to practice a bit and go do it!
11) Decorate the kids rooms - This is a new one. The kids rooms in this house are so plain! I'd love to let them pick out something fun and do it for them! Whether it be paint, posters, stickers, whatever. Maybe by the time I'm 30!
12) Shoot a gun - DONE! I went to a shooting course with my neighbor Jeff. I wasn't any good at it. At all honestly. But I shot a gun and can cross it off my list. And I don't need to do it again. :)
13) Go back to school - DONE!
14) Learn to drive a stick shift - really need to do this...it would be so helpful if I knew how!
15) Learn to french braid hair - DONE-ish...needs a little work but does look like a french braid!
16) Get into cooking - I love to cook but don't do it consistently. Need to do it regularly...
17) Finish entertainment center - DONE!
18) Register to vote in St. Louis City - DONE!
19) Consistently dedicated one night a month to a date night - We NEED this...between school and work and kids and life we never see each other. We need this and I'm looking forward to it!
20) Start a savings account - Don't get me wrong, we have investments and a 401K and life insurance and a Roth IRA but no savings account. I'd like to have a savings account, even if it's small.
21) Make my own recipe - maybe I'll do this over maternity leave...
22) Go back to Signature Room in Chicago - I left this trip on there because I think this one is doable. and I REALLY want to go!
23) Go on a family vacation with my whole family - I left this one too because I think this one is important and I really want to do this one too!
24) Start college funds for the kids - totally need to start this as soon as I graduate (which is before I'm 30!!)
25) Consistently have a clean house - ok, I'm horrible at this. Downright horrible. My house isn't DIRTY, it's just cluttered. All the time. But with Dom getting older and being able to help a bit more, we should be able to make this work. We need to since we're about to expand our family!
26) Get into exercising 3x a week - can't wait to start exercising again...
27) Reach my goal weight - can't wait to join Weight Watchers again!!
28) Try every beer on the list at Growlers - But I hear Growlers is under new management and that it kind of sucks these days...I hope I heard wrong...Either way, I've got 49 down and just 82 to go! :)
29) Read the Lord of the Rings trilogy - still at the same spot in the Fellowship!! Have a long way to go!
30) Become a nurse!! - April 20, 2013 I hope!!!!!
(Blue is done and Green is in progress....I have to count all that I can at this point!! I'm down to a year and some change!)
So there's my list. Not too many changes, but more doable I think. And more realistic. And more beneficial! So here's to my 30x30. I hope I can get to work and finish. I have 16 months. I can do, right??
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