24 Things To Do Before I Turn 25- The Checklist

1. MOVE- for real this time

I moved into the basement.  I think that's going to be good enough this year.

2. Get a tattoo
3. Sky dive
4. Minneapolis skyway food tour

Toured with Jon Wing, April 2012
1. Apple, grape and blue cheese on rosemary flatbread at CRAVE
2. Beer tasting and brewery tour at Rock Bottom Brewery
3. Chicago mix popcorn and "This & That Bar" at Candyland
4. Lemon raspberry cupcake at Cocoa & Fig
5. MN grass fed roast beef, diver scallop, celery root mashed potatoes and asparagus at Hell's Kitchen
Best idea ever.

5. Drive-in movie
6. Create a budget and stick to it (a New Year's resolution)
7. Get skinny- hula hoop and train twice a week (another resolution)
- I may not be hula hooping but I am training twice a week and I feel great!  Skinny indeed!
8. Bake an ombre cake
9. Create an original cupcake flavor
10. Spend a day with NO technology (on purpose)
11. Do something out of my comfort zone
- I rode a Metro Transit bus.  I understand how terrible this makes me sound so I'm only putting this up here until I do something better and more out of my comfort zone.
- I gave two guys my phone number.  That is so out of character for me.
12. Go on a mother daughter date!
- We got our nails done and I think we're going to make it a regular thing.  :)
13. Pay for someone else's coffee in the drive-through
- I finally did this Wednesday, November 21.  My goal is to do it any other time I get coffee now through the end of the year.
14. Talk to Grammy Donna weekly
15. Do something GREAT in Poppa's memory
- I think my Colorado trip counts.  I did it for him.

The view off the deck of the chalet.

16. Downsize and donate
- Mom & I cleaned the basement and came up with like 10 bags of clothes to donate.  I also got rid of stuff in my room as well.
17. See Matt Nathanson again

Oh hey Matt!  The best venue yet- The Cabooze, March 2012

18. SMILE MORE

This baby made it so much easier to smile this year.

19. Road trip to Colorado- experience South Main in Buena Vista

An amazing trip and exactly what I needed for some closure, February 2012

20. Work on my Spanish speaking skills
- I took a Spanish for Medical Professionals course over the summer.  I need to study a little more but I've got information to use!
21. Visit old friends in far away places (i.e. Jaci in Fargo, ha)
- I did visit Jaci in Fargo!  And Jon in Madison.  Success!
22. Read 10 books
* The Pregnancy Project
* Gabby- The Gabrielle Giffords Story
* Through No Fault of My Own
* Let's Pretend This Never Happened
* The Invisible Thread
* The Fault In Our Stars
* Mad Women
* The Chaperone
* Spying in High Heels
* Slaughterhouse Five
23. Walk the dog

I may not have walked him as much as I intended (or as much as he would have liked) but I believe I walked him more this year than in years past.  Yay for the pupperoni!

24. Start and FINISH crafty projects


If you are unaware of where this idea came from, read this post I wrote last year about birthdays and look at my checklist from this past year of my life.