so, how'd i do?

1. Finish knitting the scarf for my mom
2. Visit Monica in Charlottesville
3. Visit Eric & Beth in Alaska
4. Visit Granger in North Carolina
5. Spend a day in Annapolis
6. Spend a day in Harper’s Ferry
7. Travel to a foreign country
8. Read at least 5 books for pleasure
9. Learn and master a new dish (just ONE!)
10. Start learning French
11. Take a class in something fun (read: not school related! something like pottery, wine tasting, or cooking
12. Be a photographer for a day
13. Go to a cultural event each month
14. Expand my musical horizons
15. Work out 2-3 times per week
16. Lose 10 lbs
17. Finish my MA from American University
18. Get an awesome job that I love
19. Get my own place (where I can have a dog)
20. Get a dog

11 out of 20. not great, but not bad all things considered (grad school, anyone?). i think i'm going to do this again in 2012. and, in the hopes of actually finishing it this year, i'm going to try to make them all legitimately accomplishable. here goes:

1. Finish knitting the scarf for my mom
2. Get an awesome job that i love
3. Learn how to coupon
4. Practice my Spanish
5. Start learning French
6. Travel to a foreign country i haven't visited yet - Turks and Caicos!!!
7. Write poetry/fiction
8. Make something (scarf, quilt...)
9. Take pottery classes
10. Take a class in photoshop
11. Get an apartment
12. Make artwork for the apartment
13. Visit Annapolis
14. Visit Monica in Charlottesville
15. Visit a state i haven't been to before
16. Volunteer at least 6 times
17. Read at least 12 books for fun (8 so far: The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Mockingjay, The Missing Person's Guide to Love, Dracula, Pawn of Prophecy, Queen of Sorcery, Magician's Gambit)
18. Consolidate, organize, and get rid of excess stuff
19. Pay off my grad school loans
20. Lose 20 lbs (current weight: 170; goal weight: 150)