31 fOr 31

last year a little too far after my 30th birthday i ran across my friend Megan's goal list for her 30th year.  she posted it over at megsweetazlife.blogspot.com and i thought it was a fantastic idea.  in fact i was a little bummed i hadn't seen it sooner because i would have loved to start it right on my 30th birthday as well.  her list contained 30 goals she wanted to accomplish during the year, each were numbered and allowed her to then post quickly about them as they progressed or were completed.  i was super excited when i saw that she was doing it for her 31st birthday.  i was then sufficiently inspired to make a list for myself this year.  as a family our we have some goals for the next year, one of which was no gigantic projects.  i think this was the hubs referring to me starting a business or something that would become slightly overwhelming.  we just wanted to enjoy life here and focus on cutting back on self induced stress.  with this in mind i decided to make up my list of things i wanted to do this year.  i knew that i wanted some of my list to be year long goals, and some of them to be short, get it done in a day or weekend goals.  some may seem silly but writing them down as a goal will help me to not act impulsively.  so without much further ado i give you my 31 for 31....

(these are in no particular order and i will be posting about them as they are completed!)

#1 read all of my half finished books....ever start a book and life gets in the way and then you lose interest or something else becomes more interesting and then 3 years have gone by and you are only half way done...well it has happened to me a lot over the last 3-4 years and i'm determined to get these books finished!
#2 complete Couch-to-5K program!
#3 complete all out standing craft projects!  i have tons that are in various stages of completion and for my sanity they must be done!
#4  create a schedule for my crazy schedule...working nights and being married is a  little more of challenge than i imagined and my single girl schedule that i thought i could fall back into doesn't really work, so its time to find something else that works.
#5 follow a weekly cleaning schedule
#6 convert, at least for a few months, to a Paleo diet.
#7 Attend the temple every other month.
#8 DO NOT CUT OFF HAIR
#9 finish the four Gospels by Easter
#10 Reupholster our old sleeper sofa into a chesterfield style sleeper sofa.
#11 actually get Christmas cards sent on time.
#12 refashion one old outfit
#13 frame wedding and family pictures
#14 start meal planning monthly
#15 keep up a journal
#16 decorate for each holiday to keep house cheery and happy
#17 eat dinner at dinner table  2x/week
#18 establish a morning and evening yoga ritual
#19 keep up with sunday school and relief society lessons (study before)
#20 find a good eyebrow waxer
#21 read a classic
#22 learn to really embroider
#23 go camping at the beach
#24 get cupcake blog up to date
#25 finish mission scrapbook
#26 hike once a month, new trail each time
#27 make a quilt
#28 start or join a book club.
#29 complete closet and dresser redo
#30 create blog topics and schedule for cupcake blog
#31 get all of our paper work organized into the filing cabinets and binders.

as you can see there are a few that are kind a giant projects but i'm hoping that they will be fun and enjoyable.  i'm super excited to be tackling this year with all of my  goals.  can't wait to see how they turn out!