25for25: May

How is it May already? What happened to April?

In honor of my 25th birthday this year (umm, what?), I’ve decided against traditional new year’s resolutions and am hopping on the 25 for 25 bandwagon. Basically, 25 goals I want to accomplish by my 25th birthday on September 18.

1. Be a better Christian: attend church regularly, finish The Purpose Driven Life, read the Bible.
I’ve fallen off the church bandwagon. Going tomorrow.

2. Lose 25 pounds and keep it off.
Ughhh, not even.

3. Read 25 new books (I’ll give myself until the end of the year for this one).
I think I’m on 15. Go me!

4. Move at least once (possibly twice!).
We’re moving in like a month. OMGsomuchtodo. And we have nowhere to live.

5. Visit somewhere I’ve never been before.
Savannah and Charleston for vacation! Followed by moving. OMGsomuchtodo.

6. Start graduate school. Virginia Tech has made this attempt quite dramatic already.
Done with my first semester!

7. Organize our house and get us in better shape to move.
OMGsomuchtodo. We have some piles of stuff for Goodwill. Need to finish our household goods inventory.

8. Grow my blog to a point where it can make me some monies.
I’ve been contacted to do some sponsored posts! Those will be posted soon.

9. Celebrate our first wedding anniversary on June 9.
Wow, we’re about three weeks out from our first wedding anniversary. Time flies when you’re having fun!

10. Figure out our budget, stick to it, and pay off some of my loans.
I’ve been making extra payments each month. Hopefully, I’ll start working more in Georgia and be able to pay more than $100 a month.

11. Complete an organized run (at least a 5K).
Yeah, no. I’m going to see what sort of runs are scheduled for Augusta in September when it’s cooler.

12. Work out 3 days a week.
Been getting better with this. The past few weeks, I’ve been right on track. But no weight loss.

13. Cook a new recipe at least once a week.
I think so? Some days, I don’t even know what day of the week it is much less if I’m cooking a new recipe for dinner.

14. Try out all of the kitchen gadgets we received as wedding gifts. A good many of them are still in their boxes in our garage. Whoops.
I busted out a milkshake blender we received and have been using it to make breakfast smoothies with fresh fruit and Activia.

15. Watch our Hokies play.
AUGUST 31.

16. Hike part of the Appalachian Trail.
Hmm, this might not happen.

17. Design a Hokie room in our next house.
Office / craft room.

18. Actually finish a blog project I start for myself.
5 / 5 with this one. Am in the process of putting together the moving series. You can still contribute if you want!

19. Learn how to properly apply eyeliner.
Dunzo.

20. Do some pins from Pinterest.
I’ve tried out a few recipes.

21. Host link-up parties on my blog.
Meal planning Monday. Coming soon: moving.

22. Be pen pals with my college friends.
Yeah, no.

23. Make new friends.

24. Keep the house and garage clean.
Been pretty good on this. Just need to keep the kitchen table cleared off.

25. Enjoy turning 25!