29 by 29...

At the beginning of the year I decided I wanted to do 29 things by the time I turned 29. The time has come and gone and here is my list of what I got done! I tried to blog about most of the things as I did them. I completed 15 of the 29 (some of them are halfway done). So... not wonderful, but not bad! Better than not getting anything done all year. I discovered that it's hard to know at the beginning of the year what your year is going to be like. When I made this list I was living in my in laws basement, no knowing where I would be living or what I would be doing for sure. Some of my priorities changed during the year. Such as.... I don't have "plant a garden and learn to can" on this list but that has taken up a majority of my time this past summer/fall. Either way, I feel very accomplished for doing some of these things. Some of them have been in the works for a long time or were on my bucket list and are now done. So I'm happy with it!

1- Go on a hike to Lake Mary
2- Make a hexagon quilt - bought the stuff for it... but haven't started sewing
3- Make a quiet book for my boy
4- Run in a race (5K or half marathon... either way!)
5- Grow my own basil and make homemade pesto from it
6- Make an apron for myself (I've honestly never done this) - nope
7- Lose 30 lbs or get pregnant (cause if I get preggo I probably wont be losing the weight this year) - I'm checking this off... because I did get pregnant, just didn't work out. I only lost 5 measly pounds though.
8- Do all of the temple work for 5 ancestors (I'll explain this better when I do it) - halfway there
9- Find a great lipstick shade I really love Cover Girls outlast lipstain. That's my go to everyday.
10- Add 5 new items to my Etsy shop - sadly no...
11- Participate in a craft fair - nope
12- Finish the quilt for our bed - Halleluja!
13- Organize and re-label all of our files - halfway there
14- Build a toy barn for my boy
15- Go on a date to The Little Acorn, where I first met my husband - We did it but we went through the drive through... does that still count? Sure!

16- Do a 30 day sugar fast - HA! No...
17- Organize all of my recipes into a binder - nope
18- Take my boy to see the Buffalo's
19- Take a yoga class - As fate would have it my bff invited me to go to a class with her a few weeks ago and I did! It was wonderful and I hope to go again soon.
20- Write more consistently in my personal journal - funny story here. I hid my journal in a super sneeky place so that nobody would find it and read it (we had a few babysitters come over and I just didn't want to chance it) but then I couldn't remember where I hid it and couldn't find it until last week. So no...
21- Get some house plants, and not kill them - I have one plant and it's not dead yet... so I'm counting it!

22- Pay off all my medical bills - sigh... no. We did pay off our car though.
23- Learn how to use different saws and get more into woodworking
24- Organize a "command center" for my home
25- Go to Yellowstone for our 10th year of marriage (this is where we honeymooned) - nope, maybe this year!
26- Finish the stupid Santa cross stitch that I've been working on for the past 8 years!!! - and frame it for Christmas - NO!!! DARN!
27- Exercise at least 4 days per week - Yes... until I hurt my knee. So for half the year I did.
28- Organize my pantry better - I don't have pantry so no
29- Do my hair in different ways other than straight down at least once a week - Well, I decided a few months ago that I was sick and tired of washing my hair everyday and waiting for it to dry. So I started washing it every other day... and it's going pretty well. On the days that I don't wash it it's usually in a ponytail, messy bun, braid, or I curl it. So I'm counting this as a yes.