30 by 30

Let's see how I've done the past 6 months!!

1. snow ski (I'm terrifed of dying)
2. Go to Hawaii
3. ride in a helicopter
4. go to a nude beach
5. parasail in the ocean
6. run a 5K
7. serve in a food kitchen
8. do a Bible study in a prison
9. Buy a tahoe
10. pay off student loans
11. backpack through Europe
12. lose three inches off entire body
13. play a song on the guitar (at least one but no wishful thinking)
14. fly fish
15. shoot and clean a deer
16. dive off a diving board without holding my nose
17. watch the mini series Pillars of the Earth and The Tudors
18. Date outside of type (someone with a tattoo or piercing)
19. Get a Macbook
20. Drive a really expensive car (one that turns heads) Note I didn't say own. I will probably have to rent it.
21. Study at a language school in Spain
22. body wrap
23. see Dave Barnes, Matt Nathanson, Ingrid Michaelson, Joshua Radin, Amos Lee, and/or Ben Harper live in concert
24. stay in a hostel
25. ride in a hotair balloon
26. play tennis (on the most basic level--that means having contact between racquet and ball which might be impossible for me)
27. go to California
28. go to Jackson Hole, WY
29. go to a dude ranch
30. rock climb

I've knocked a few off the list!

I've had to make a few changes thanks to the comments from some of you. And also from my abstract thoughts...thoughts that I had once had but that were stuffed in the back of my brain somewhere. They've resurfaced.

1. snow ski (I'm terrifed of dying)
2. Go to Hawaii
3. ride in a helicopter
4. go to a nude beach
5. parasail in the ocean
6. run a 5K
7. serve in a food kitchen
8. do a Bible study in a prison
9. Buy a tahoe
10. pay off student loans
11. backpack through Europe
12. lose three inches off entire body
13. play a song on the guitar (at least one but no wishful thinking)
14. fly fish
15. shoot and clean a deer
16. dive off a diving board without holding my nose
17. watch the mini series Pillars of the Earth and The Tudors
18. Date outside of type (someone with a tattoo or piercing)
19. Get a Macbook
20. Drive a really expensive car (one that turns heads) Note I didn't say own. I will probably have to rent it.
21. Study at a language school in Spain
22. body wrap
23. see Dave Barnes, Matt Nathanson, Ingrid Michaelson, Joshua Radin, Amos Lee, and/or Ben Harper live in concert
24. stay in a hostel
25. ride in a hotair balloon
26. play tennis (on the most basic level--that means having contact between racquet and ball which might be impossible for me)
27. go to California
28. go to Jackson Hole, WY
29. go to a dude ranch
30. rock climb 

This is so hard but here goes...

I thought it would be so easy to complete this 30 by 30. I was so WRONG! Here are the twelve things I've come up with so far (please note that these are in no particular order):

1. snow ski (I'm terrifed of dying)
2. go to Hawaii
3. ride in a helicopter
4. go to a nude beach
5. parasail in the ocean
6. run a 5K
7. serve in a food kitchen
8. do a Bible study in a prison
9. Buy a tahoe
10. pay off student loans
11. travel to 5 different European countries
12. lose three inches off entire body
13. play a song on the guitar (at least one but no wishful thinking)
14. fly fish
15. shoot and clean a deer
16. dive off a diving board without holding my nose
17. watch the mini series Pillars of the Earth and The Tudors
18. Buy a Clarisonic from Sephora
19. Get a Macbook
20. Get an airbrush tan
21. Study at a language school in Spain
22. body wrap
23. see Dave Barnes, Matt Nathanson, Ingrid Michaelson, Joshua Radin, Amos Lee, and/or Ben Harper live in concert
24. stay in a hostel
25. ride in a hotair balloon
26. play tennis (on the most basic level)
27. go to California
28. go to Jackson Hole, WY
29. go to a dude ranch
30. rock climb

Woohoo! Yes, it was late. I'm still waiting to see everyone's so get busy!!

Back to school, back to school

Everytime I return to school from a break, whether it's summer, Thanksgiving, or Christmas, I think of Billy Madison singing "Back to School". Weird, I know, but I'm weird. We had a teacher work day today. I was so glad not to have students, but I KNOW that on Wednesday when the little toots return, I will look like the picture below.

Where did the holidays go? It makes me want to burst out in song, "Where are you Christmas? Why can't I find you? Why have you gone away?" Wish me luck everyone...I'm ready to pop, drop and lock it. And REMEMBER to work on your 30 by 30. I forgot to add in yesterday, but your 30 things must be things you can control. For instance, I can't put on there that I want to be married by 30. I can't control that. But can I control what I eat? Heck yes. Control.