Sunday, January 16, 2011

27 Things to Do While 27

Happy Birthday to me! 27 years old. There is something refreshing about January birthdays. If you didn't quite get off to a great new year's start you can use your birthday to begin again fresh. And that is always a good feeling for me :)

So here it is, my new and improved:
27 Things to Do While 27! 

  • be in my sister's wedding 10/8 Ann Arbor, MI No baby H or Jon due to sickness :(
  • complete my first marathon
  • pay off 1 credit card
  • travel to a new destination Traverse City 7/10
  • throw an awesome 1 year bday party for the baby Both sets of grandparents and our friends including Bridget come over to the house
  • babysit for a friend Bridget T on a Wednesday afternoon in December
  • go on our first family vacation cancelled due to H having the croup 
  • visit NYC
  • take a Spanish language course
  • fix/finalize my Michigan teaching certificate
  • audition for a local play
  • move to a nice apartment We move to our first house in April!
  • participate in a team sport:coaching soccer at RP 6-8th grade
  • volunteer regularly
  • friend vacation
  • camping trip 7/9- 7/10 Sleeping Bear Dunes!
  • be involved with something musical
  • be involved with something artistic
  • get Harrison baptized
  • read two classic books I have never read before: Mansfield Park 9/1/11
  • complain less Jon verified this on 1/15/12, I did in fact curb this behavior from last year :)
  • alter my work schedule to more evenly accomodate the baby
  • make a new girlfriend
  • open Baby a savings account
  • Project 365, picture/caption daily  
  • Do an improvement on the house painted the dining room red curtesy of Katie, October
  • try something new Jan 7, Ivenger Yoga @Cherry Street Yoga, interesting but quite slow
There it is! I am missing 2 things. Any thoughts on what to do this year?
Oh, and if you're wondering how I did on my 26 Things to Do While 26 , I finished 12 of them. Let's hope I can do better this year!



3 comments:

Julie said...

I love your list Laura. :) I hope you accomplish all of those things this year!

Jennifer said...

I can offer up my baby for your : Babysit for a friend.

Idea 25: Visit Jen in Chicago

Unknown said...

:) Jon is actually going to Naperville in 2 weeks for work. Maybe I could come with Harrison and babysit J. I'll let you know the date and see!