30 by 30

Last year I got 16/29 done... perhaps I can beat that this year! Already better than the 11/28 from the year before.

I love 1, 2, 3, and 4 so much I think they'll probably be on my list every year. :)

1) Learn/Create 30 new recipes.

1	Whole wheat tortillas
2	Mustard Greens
3	"Waffle" hashbrowns
4	Garlic cheddar biscuits
5	Crock pot chicken
6	Quiche with whole wheat crust
7	Whole wheat mac n' cheese
8	Mint Julep
9	Peach Crisp (a re-master)
10	Blueberry Muffins with streusel topping
11	Chicken leg quarters
12	Baked Loaded Sweet Potatoes
13	Butternut Squash Risotto
14	Crockpot Refried Beans
15	Pumpkin Muffins (whole wheat)
16	Poached Eggs (silicon shortcut)
17	Crusty French Bread
18	Maple Donut Bars
19	Pumpkin Sauce with Spaghetti Squash
20	Banana Pancakes
21	Caramelized Bananas
22	BBQ Chicken Wings
23	Homemade Chex Mix
24	Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Mushrooms with Caramelized Onions
25	Mustard and Apple Sauce (for Sous Vide Chicken)
26	Homemade Butternut Squash Ravioli
27	Sous Vide Eggs
28	Sausage, Kale, and Couscous Soup
29	German Chocolate Cake
30	Pulled Pork Nachos
31	Beer Cheese Sauce (for nachos)
32	Breakfast Nests
33	Whole Wheat Cobblestone Trail Pancakes (think: oatmeal raisin cookies meet banana bread in pancake form)
34	Chocolate Stout Cake
35	Irish Cream Mousse
36	Peanut Noodles
37	Soft Shell Crab
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2) Post 30 blog posts. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30.

3) Read 12 books (at least 5 from the 339 books referenced in Gilmore Girls. XD). I know I got 44 books read last year, but I don't want to aim crazy high and have it bite me in the butt, so sticking with 12 again this year. Especially since some of the ones I want to read right now are behemoths. XD

#	Book	Author	Date finished
1	Memoirs of a Geisha	Arthur Golden	June 15
2	Slaughterhouse-Five	Kurt Vonnegut	June 18
3	Green Rider: Blackveil	Kristen Britain	June 25, a re-read
4	Green Rider: Mirror Sight	Kristen Britain	July 1
5	A Game of Thrones	George R. R. Martin	July 12
6	I am Number Four	Pittacus Lore	August 4
7	Clash of Kings	George R. R. Martin	September 13
8	The Runaway King	Jennifer A. Nielsen	September 18
9	Soy Sauce for Beginners	Kirstin Chen	September 21
10	Storm of Swords	George R. R. Martin	November 9
11	A Feast for Crows	George R. R. Martin	December 19
12	Dress Rehearsal	Jennifer O'Connell	December 22
13	Ticker	Lisa Mantchev	December 23
14	Anthem	Ayn Rand	December 24
15	32 Third Graders and One Class Bunny: Life Lessons from Teaching	Phillip Done	December 27
16	The Martian	Andy Weir	December 30
17	The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt	Kara Cooney	January 11
18	A Dance with Dragons	George R. R. Martin	February 17
19	Wreckage	Emily Bleeker	March 1
20	Rocket Boys	Homer Hickham	March 15
21	Candide	Voltaire	March 21
22	The First Rule	Robert Crais	March 21
23	Northanger Abbey	Jane Austen	March 29
24	Macbeth	William Shakespeare	March 29
25	Austenland	Shannon Hale	April 1
26	Sabriel	Garth Nix	April 1, a re-read
27	Hissy Fit	Mary Kay Andrews	April 9
28	Lirael	Garth Nix	April 13, a re-read
29	Abhorsen	Garth Nix	April 16, a re-read
30	Gone Girl	Gillian Flynn	April 26
31	Across the Wall: A Tale of the Abhorsen and Other Stories	Garth Nix	May 9
32	Clariel	Garth Nix	May 12
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4) Visit a new state. 9/20-9/28/14 Went to Minnesota to visit family and attend a wedding.
5) Take dance classes or lessons again.
6) Learn to do the three beat weave. (Poi)
7) Finish 12 scrapbook pages (Trying to be more realistic this year... let's start small.) 1/19/15 Finished my christmas scrapbook for 2009, 2010, and 2011! Journaling and all! Well technically have to journal the last three pages still, but its well over 12 pages long. 20ish, I think. :)
8) Run a 5k that I actually have to register for (not just on the treadmill...)
9) Take a crafty class (cake decorating, painting, knitting, scrapbooking... something!)
10) Try Zumba.
11) Make Christmas ornaments.  1/17/15 Well I made one anyways. But I really love it, and it incorporates some of my leftover wedding supplies in a non-dust-gathering way.
12) Transcribe the first of my Farmor's journals and share it with the family.
13) Clean out the pantry. 4/28/15 Our hand was forced by the hot water heater leaking, but it is well progressed, finally.
14) Play the violin again.
15) Get more pictures off the computer and out where I can see them regularly. (Print photos, photobooks, scrapbooks.) 8/16/14 Printed a bunch of wedding, engagement, and casual pictures. Framed and hung in living room and bedroom. Updated some casual pictures in collage frames. Bringing a few to work to put in magnet frames next to my desk. Engagement and honeymoon photo books designed, ordered, and added to a shelf on the wall in living room. I'd call that success!!
16) Finish painting the house.
17) Make some art I'm proud to hang in my home. 7/22/14 I made a his/her hometown heart piece that joins my hometown with my husband's and has our wedding date. This is now framed above the fireplace.
18) Do the 52 Questions in 52 weeks challenge.
19) Apply to grad school.
20) Pay it forward - at least 5 random acts of kindness. 1(75¢),
21) Find a renter for our spare room. 10/30/14 Yay! New guy seems nice, has a bearded dragon.
22) Clean out yard sale stuff (hold a yard sale, or do it online).  5/1/15 Calling it done. Of course there is always more that can be sorted down, but I got rid of old teacher supplies and cleaned out the storage unit, and I'm happy with the progress I made this year.
23) Eat food out of my own garden. 7/17/14 Had our first tomato on some rockin fajitas. YUM. Can't wait for the heirloom tomatoes!
24) Start composting. 6/24/14. Made a 5 gallon bucket composter in the small pantry of our kitchen. Super excited about the nutrients we'll get to add to the garden and the waste we're not adding to a landfill!
25) Have a spontaneous weekend trip (pick a city and drive!).
26) Plan a major vacation. Dec: Working on planning Germany and Italy! That's pretty major to me! Feb: Ticket booked for Germany! Just need Italy... 5/20/15 Calling it done! Both legs of the trip booked, most hotels and visits in between done. Just need to finish the packing list!
27) Make ice cream from scratch.  7/23/14 Put it in the fridge 7/22, putting it in the freezer bowl 7/23! French Vanilla with Heath bar pieces and pecans.
28) Make bread from scratch.  11/15/14 Crusty french bread... a no-knead recipe, and it turned out just like the picture! Our company didn't even realize it was homemade.
29) Make an appointment to get a Lasik consultation.
30) Increase savings by 30%. Thanks to a raise and a payroll error that has been corrected, I have increased my amount saved monthly by 550%. o.0 I kinda forgot to write down a starting amount, so I can't tell if the final number will be 30% higher, but monthly wise definitely met this goal, and I'm pretty certain that my savings account will be miles beyond what I hoped, which is epicly helpful for both goal #26 and generally having my life together as an adult.

9/28/14: 6 complete, serious progress on two big ones.
12/24/14: 9 done, one a big one. :) I could probably count #22 done too, but I want to make some more progress here. At least a trip to the re-store or something.
2/1/15: 12 done, several that I thought might be stretch goals!!
4/4/15: 13 done!
5/20: 16 done!