NEW GOAL LIST

Introducing the 25 in 25 - In honor of my 25th Birthday, I am on a mission to complete 25 goals from each catergory and giving myself exactly 25 months to do it in! Stay tuned!!!

25 in 25
Starting Date: October 1, 2008
End Date: November 1, 2010

Mind Body and Soul
1. Compete in two half-marathons; improve time
2. Join a running club
3. Participate in at least 5 small runs (5Ks, 10Ks); set personal records for each and try to beat the times
4. Get rid of upper ab fat
5. Tone arms/gain upper body strength
6. Lose 20 lbs (weigh myself once a month to track progress)
7. Get cholesterol tested
8. Play a team sport
9. Have a Supersize Me Night (get all my favorite fast food items, watch the movie, and hopefully become cured of eating fast food at all)
10. Reconnect with 10 of my high school friends and speak to them at least every other month (start with 5 for the first year, 5 the second year)
11. Give up soda for a month
12. Run a 10 minute mile consecutively for two miles
13. Pay ½ credit card debt
14. Pay Dad $1500 for car
15. Wear every single item in my closet; in a year get rid of what I don't wear
16. Become part of a charity organization
17. Do something political
18. Become part of a professional organization
19. Participate in a book club
20. Take a picture of something that interests me every day for a month
21. Take at least 3 classes to learn something new
22. Attend church 5 times
23. At least read five books of the bible if not the entire thing
24. Finally read The World’s Religions (a book assigned to me in college, but never actually read) 25. Grad School by 2010

Books, Movies, and Music

1. Watch 25 movies from list
2. Increase movie collection by 25
3. Increase CD/Music Collection by 25
4. Own 10 Disney Movies
5. Watch 10 Academy Award Films (Best Picture)
6. Own Gilmore Girls Series (6)
7. Own I Love Lucy Series (2 left)
8. Watch at least 7 “President” movies
9. Own 25 Musicals
10. Watch 10 Foreign Films
11. Watch 5 Movies from recommendations from Krissy, Brett, Bri, Amanda, Cindy, and Others
12. Read 5 Travel Books
13. Read Harry Potter
14. Read 5 Books from recommendations from Krissy, Brett, Bri, Amanda, and Other
15. Read Culinaria France
16. Read 3 Shakespeare Plays
17. Read 25 Fiction Books on List
18. Read 25 Non-Fiction Books on List
19. Increase book collection by 25
20. Read Feminine Mystique
21. See three musicals or plays
22. Attend 2 concerts
23. Attend 1 community theater gig (Altar Boyz) (blog post)
24. Watch an Opera
25.Go to the Shakespeare Theater

Projects

1. Organize Recipes
2. Organize Stories
3. Organize Quotes
4. Make at least two cork trays
5. Scrapbook 101
6. Scrapbook Senior Year of College
7. Scrapbook Vegas and NYC
8. Photo Albums for Misc Pictures
9. Finish Katie and Chet’s Gift (Dec 08)
10. Organize French Notes
11. Buy a toolbox
12. Finish Latch hook Rug (Dec 08)
13. Shadowbox for Marathon
14. Plan Mom and Dad’s Ann Party
15. Organize 2 Big Photo Frames
16. Going Away presents for Libin and Uday
17. Print all pictures of Lorelai
18. Print all pictures of Anthony
19. Pageant Book
20. Print off all pictures
21. Write pilot for cooking show
22. Get both blogs (blogger and my space) updated with Goal List
23. Hang all stuff on the walls
24. Start genealogy project
25. Frames for Posters

Travel, Adventure

1. Get Passport
2. Travel to Brazil for New Year’s 2009 (**Reunite with Cris and Aline)
3. Disney World
4. The Beach in VA or Maryland
5. Learn to ballroom Dance
6. Attend 18th Century Ball
7. Do 5 Walking tours of DC
8. Visit 5 tourist areas of Maryland
9. Visit 5 tourist areas of Virginia
10. Attend 10 Embassy Events
11. Sky-dive
12. To take a train somewhere
13. Visit the National Aquarium
14. Visit the Ispy Museum
15. Learn to shoot a gun
16. Have a reunion with my four best friends from senior year of college - Katie, Krissy, Amanda, and Brett
17. Go speed-dating again
18. Go horse-back riding
19. Be an extra in a film
20. Stay in a haunted hotel room OR visit a place that advertises itself as being haunted
21. Audition for a reality tv show
22. Go to Canada for vacation - to Quebec or Nova Scotia or New Foundland (or all three!)
23. Own a pair of Pumas/Own a great pair of walking sandals
24. Go to dinner theater
25. Take a tour of the following places in DC: The Capitol, White House, Library of Congress

Cooking and Eating

1. Try Ethiopian Food
2. Eat at 15 different restaurants that I haven’t been to
3. Make Mom and Dad’s Surprise Gift
4. Try sushi 3 times
5. Take a French Cooking Class
6. Make 5 French recipes
7. Buy Kitchenaid
8. Bake bread from scratch 3 times
9. Make Spaghetti sauce from scratch
10. Host a Make Your Own Pasta Night
11. Martini Party
12. Try four different wines a month: 2 from US; 2 from other countries
13. Try a different cheese a month
14. Attend the Sonoma Wine Country Weekend or another Food and Wine Event (Nationwide)15. Attend two wine events (local)
16. Buy one gourmet food (such as caviar) item a month
17. Make one ethnic dinner a month
18. Go on a limo wine tour
19. Manage to grow at least one herb
20. Make Strawberry Jam
21. Increase Cookbook collection by 5 books
22. Find a great café to have croissants and hot chocolate (and that makes great bread)
23. Eat out for brunch at least 6 times a year for two years
24. Buy at least 10 items off my Kitchen/Dining Room Wish List
25. Cater at least two parties (as a paid caterer)