31 Goals for my 31st Year Final End

Every year I make a list of goals for myself to accomplish in that year (I don't do New Year's Resolutions).

Here's the 31 Goals for my 31st Year final end.

31 Goals for my 31st Year

1. weigh 175 lbs or less

            * start weight is 215

            * end weight is 189

2. make a career decision and go for it

            * finishing up Alternative Teaching Certificate

                        * classes completed 12/28/12 

                        * now just studying for the test

                        * passed Generalist 4 - 8 test (7/6/13)

3. Photo Safari at Fossil Rim for my 7th year SI free -- didn't do
4. take a sketching/drawing/paint class
5. do well in the Coursera classes I've enrolled in

      *I've opted to put the Coursera classes on hold until I get the teaching test

                  completed.

6. get a tattoo
7. return visit to Wolf Park
8. return visit to the Houston Zoo
9. Project Life for 2013 -- still working on this
10. make a wish at 12:12 on December 12th, 2012

            * done!

11. photos in the bluebonnets
12. 12 new recipes

            1. Red Velvet Cake Dip = 11/17/12

            2. Cheesy Ranch Chicken = 12/17/12

            3. Mashed Baked Potatoes = 1/12/13

            4. Shoyu Tamago (soy sauce eggs) = 4/28/13

            5. Lofat Alfredo Sauce = 6/15/13

13. make the beaded wrap/case for my athame

            * lost that athame, got a new one, don't need the case

14. send in a secret to Post Secret
15. go to 3 DFW Herpetological Society meetings
16. go to the big reptile expo in February  -- didn't do
17. take a photography class/course
18. make 6 of the crafts I've found on Pinterest

            1. Alternative Xmas Tree

            2. Christmas Card album

            3. Tipped Nail Polish

            4. Cardboard House (for my students)

            5. Grid Painting (art journal)

            6. Tea Staining Paper (art journal)

19. deep clean my art territory
20. get nice photos done of David and I
21. do something nice for David's birthday

            Batman cookies and Joe's Crab Shack

22. 365 Photo Challenge -- still working on this
23. good photos of Leviathan every month

            Nov = Xmas photos for Xmas card

            Dec =  New Year photos with antlers

            Jan = didn't do

            Feb = Leviathan & Antlers

            stopped at this point

24. enter 3 photography contests
25. find my Sir Bob the Chicken Knight Story and work on getting it published
26. have my fortune read
27. visit the Japanese Botanical Gardens in the Spring (didn't do) and Fall nope
28. pay down the Firestone credit card to zero by my 32nd birthday
29. start a savings account

            11/10/13 = $420

30. treat myself to the Zoo, lilies, and a nice dinner for my 32nd birthday
31. visit the Ultimate Reptile Shop in Hockley and feed their Gaboon Viper.