30 things while 30

I also want to set 30 goals to accomplish from September 12, 2011 to September 11, 2012.
I tried to make them hard yet attainable.
We’ll see if I can do it.  I would put money on it that I will procrastinate through the year and scramble to be able to cross off some of these bitches come September 2012.  Stupid need to procra…

1. Run 4 half marathons (Churchill’s Half Marathon on March 18, 2012 (CHECK), Towpath Half Marathon on 4.1.2012 (CHECK))
2. Run a marathon or 2 (I am signed up for the Glass City Marathon on 4.22.2012 and I have a fall marathon on my radar as well!)
3. Paint the inside of the house (90% finished as of March 23!)
4. Take a family vacation (taking one in APril!)
5. Take a tropical vacation with just Jeff (taking one in JUNE!)
6. Pay off all (or 75% of) personal debts (except for my car and obviously the house because I’ll pay on that until I die)
7. Start building an emergency fund
8. Buy myself 1 Coach purse (even better, got one for my birthday! THEN I bought some small items from a Coach Outlet Sale, hehe)
9. Continue to purge stuff from the house
10. Hang all pictures in the house (after #3 is completed)
11. Tone stomach so I feel comfortable with my mid section
12. Take a race-cation
13. Run in 30 races (#1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #9, #10, #11, #12, #13, #14, #15, #16 , #17 , #18)
14. Get regular oil changes for my car (November-check!)
15. Read 30 books (2.7.2012 – 19 books down)
16. PR a 5K with a sub 30 goal
17. Reach my ideal/goal weight
18. Take a sporadic weekend road trip
19. Renew passport and travel out of the country (this ties in with #5!)
20. Grow a successful garden in the back yard this summer (I am growing some seedlings now in the kitchen, I’m on my way!)
21. Meet some of my fellow Ohio/Michigan running bloggers (I met Holly!)
22. Send cards to random friends and family members for no reason
23. Try out 15 new recipes (tried: cube steak in the crockpot, steak w/orange stir fry)
24. Visit with my bestie, Michele, over 4 times
25. Have a weekend dedicated to a Harry Potter movie marathon or Lord of the Rings movie marathon or something equally as nerdy, yet fun
26. Be a better friend, stop saying no whenever I am invited out, IF I ever get invited out again
27.  Have a date night with Jeff at least once a month, just the two of us
28. Spend more quality time with my brother, Karl. (Sorry, Karl!)
29. Start keeping in contact with my sisters, Chris & Carrie, more often.  It would be nice to know what is going on in their lives…
30. Be happy with the fact that I am 30 a ‘finally old enough’ (says my friend Michele R.).  Aging means I am alive and the lines on my face are from smiling a lot (and minor sun damage)!!!