Three years ago I posted a "must do" list on this exact blog.
Here it is, and on the eve of my 30th birthday, I provide updates!
Things To-Do
(Before I’m Thirty!)
1. Learn to play a musical instrument (a tambourine does NOT count)
-->Okay - I learned three chords on a baby blue guitar and promptly forgot it - but i counts - right???
2. Learn to speak a foreign language - conversationally
-->um, Three years is a really short time to learn the language of a whole other culture...
3. Own at least one pair of shoes that are comfortable at all times.
-->I own six! My Coach Valeri ballet flats are so great that I own two pairs of each style!
4. Be able to shop at a grocery store without fear and anxiety of produce and soccer moms.
-->I still maintain that grocery stores, and their ever-increasing size, are scary places to go alone... One can get lost in the frozen foods section alone!
5. Find that perfect shade of lipstick.
-->Kat VonDee from "Miami Ink" (tv show) came out with a line of cosmetics and a perfect shade of rust that worked with my lighter and now my darker hair! Score one for Holly!
6. Learn yoga.
-->I did pilates. Once.
7. Read at least one best-seller a week.
-->Meh. Maybe one a month!
8. Designate one corner of one room as "all mine."
-->I took the third floor instead. Booyah!
9. Write a book.
-->Wrote, re-wrote, started, re-started and re-re-wrote... I'm too picky...
10. Learn to burn a dvd.
-->I haven't yet, but I know I can. Same difference.
11. Learn to work my pink Ipod Mini.
-->Got a new one and stuck my pink mini in the bottom of a deep, dark drawer.
12. Learn to knit/crochet/needlepoint - and have end results recognizable.
-->No, but I just bought a new sweater!
13. Grow a tomato.
-->I had some home-grown tomatoes the other day. With home-grown worms in them. I'm good for a bit...
14. Figure out what I want to be when I "Grow-up"
-->A fairy princess?
15. Watch the Indiana Jones movies.
-->I now completely see the draw of Harrison "I'm a hottie with no shirt on" Ford.
16. Be able to wear a tank top in public without fear of others seeing my jigglies and jubblies.
-->Nope. I just don't care if my jigglies and jubblies are seen now.
17. Go to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />London - see Big Ben.
-->Nope. So sad.
18. Pet a koala bear.
-->A stuffed one?
19. Volunteer.
-->I do stuff for my mom for free all the time. That's GOTTA count for something...
20. Make Harry Kirby, a cartoon based on my hubby, into a real comic strip.
-->I made Harry a Harry Kirby for our anniversary. Good 'nuff.
21. Quit my job.
-->oh HELL YEAH I quit that job!!!!
22. Find a new job that doesn’t require an IQ in the gray area to exceed at it.
-->I'd be doing a lot better at my current job if my IQ was a little higher and my memory was a little longer and my patience was a lot longer... :)
23. Paint a mural on a wall in my house - make sure hubby is still breathing - finish said mural.
-->I painted three bricks of color on either side of my fireplace. I think that counts!
24. Face a fear (ex: heights, falling, grocery stores, organized fun, wal-mart, spiders, bees, lawn-care…)
-->I may have faced a fear or two - but I'm not sure if any of them are worthy of blog-time...
25. Learn to make my own pasta.
-->Go to grocery store. Avoid Soccer Moms and Cart-toting Grannies. Grab pasta from shelf. Run through Uscan. Run like the wind! :)
26. Learn to bake a cake - from scratch.
27. Learn to decorate a cake - with all the tricks and tools of the trade.
-->I can now bake a cake from scratch - but I don't see the point. And as for icing it - it's never been easier: "Harrrrrrryyyyyyy! I neeeeeeed your hellllllllllllp!"
28. Learn to do crosswords - without cheating.
-->Why on earth did I find this important???
29. Watch at least one foreign film a month.
-->I watched "The Dreamers" the other night. It was shot in France. There were a few subtitles and a bit too much genetalia for a normal film that didn't have Jenna Jameson on the cover!
30. Learn to be happy with who I am, ‘cause I am what I am ( Popeye?)
--> Still working on this one. Maybe by the time I'm forty???
:)
4 comments:
Oh and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!
Urgh I cant believe I left that off.
Great list! Maybe I should do one. But I'm to pessimistic.
So...ummm.... what are you going to do w/ that old Ipod Mini in a deep, dark drawer? I think you should donate it...... to me! :-)
Rhianna
Hey, don't rush things, you're only thirty. What'll you do with the rest of your life?
Happy Birthday.
B. x
'Once' was a foreign film. Remember? We had to put on the subtitles!
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