Goals

Along with writing more "how to" and "review" posts for the blog, I'd like to have an on-going set of goals which are documented here. For now, I'll focus on two datelines: Before I'm 30, and Before Baby #2, and for each one I'll keep an updated list following my progress.

Before I'm 30:

1. Run at least one marathon (my fourth overall)
2. Complete an Olympic distance triathlon (my first)
3. Start a garden in the backyard and re-landscape our front yard
4. Take a writing course on social media and/or blogging
5. Try my hand at several home improvement/DIY projects
• Refinish my bedroom furniture set
• Paint and wallpaper our built-in bookcase
• Learn to sew curtains and pillows

Before Baby #2:

1. Weed, mulch, and choose some plants for around the front lampost
2. Clear the flower beds in the backyard
3. Help Jesse paint the awnings and siding
4. Trim and/or remove the front bushes
5. Create a baby book documenting Little Guy's first year
6. Blog 3x/week
7. Workout 3x/week
8. Create a meal plan calendar
9. Organize and host my first ever yard sale!
10. Read at least 6 books

• "Emma" by Jane Austen (finished Jan. 31, 2012)
• "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy (finished March 4, 2012)
• "The Beautiful and Damned" by F. Scott Fitzgerald (finished March 18, 2012)
• "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collin (currently reading)