the year of lists

today is my sweet friend ... taylor marie's birthday! she's now twenty-five too! this year will be a special year for her because SHE'S GETTING MARRIED! :) i can't wait to travel to kentucky in october 2012 to be part of their special day!

taylor & i on my last visit to kentucky

taylor's birthday marks one month since my birthday and twenty-five is still GREAT! :) i've been really busy with work lately, but with christmas around the corner i'll have a break to regroup soon!

when i turned twenty-five i decided to make a list of twenty-five things to do while i'm twenty-five. well it took several weeks to complete the list and since then i've also created about 10 other lists ... things to do here, things to do there, things to do by this, things to do by that ... my solution to everything is to make a list! my dear friend, jenny, has decided this is the year of the list.

so i'm now ready to share my list, and i plan to use this blog to keep everyone up to date on where i'm at and what i've accomplished!

this is how the list started

the list:

1. run a 1/2 marathon (crazy i know!)

2. visit CHICAGO (i have a friend who teaches there and i'd love to see the city!)

3. learn to water ski (my aunt and uncle just bought a lakehouse so that's a start!)

4. get passport (just something i need to do!)

5. run a 5K under 25:00 (my best time is 26:27)

6. play in snow (anywhere, but i have a trip planned to new jersey/nyc in january!)

7. visit john at ole miss (my little brother will be a senior)

8. read 5 books (haven't decided what to read yet, ideas?)

9. write hand-written letters, send them snail mail :)

10. throw a REAL dinner party!

11. take the GRE (grad school in the future maybe?)

12. save $2500

13. attend a charity event

14. attend paint your art out (paint class at the visual arts center)

15. volunteer 25 hours at the rescue mission

16. watch a sunrise

17. attend a bar/pub/wine crawl

18. see a broadway show/musical (this may be accomplished on my trip to nyc!)

19. buy addison a gift and hold her at 1 week old (my friends, shana and todd, are having their 1st baby! she added this to my list!)

20. enjoy a night at a dueling piano bar

21. shop for a christmas angel child

22. go paddle-boarding

23. go golfing

24. go camping (never been!)

and ...

25. post a youtube video and get 250 hits! (stay tuned!)