25for25: August

This is my last month before the big 2-5!

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.
Reading The Purpose Driven Life. And I’ve been going to an Anglican church here.

2. Lose 25 pounds and keep it off.
Nope. Not even close.

3. Read 25 new books (I’ll give myself until the end of the year for this one).
I’ve finished 20 so far.

4. Move at least once (possibly twice!).
One down, one to go (once we find out where we’re going)!

5. Visit somewhere I’ve never been before.
Done. Savannah and Charleston.

6. Start graduate school.
Done. Starting semester #2 next week.

7. Organize our house and get us in better shape to move.
Done.

8. Grow my blog to a point where it can make me some monies.
Working on it. I’ve gained a lot of followers over this past year.

9. Celebrate our first wedding anniversary on June 9.
Done!

10. Figure out our budget, stick to it, and pay off some of my loans.
Working on it. We’ve been much better with controlling the spending this past month.

11. Complete an organized run (at least a 5K).
Registered for Run or Dye on November 9!

12. Work out 3 days a week.
Ehh, kind of? Lately, I’ve been going every day I haven’t been working. But I did have a lull before we moved where I didn’t work out.

13. Cook a new recipe at least once a week.
Pretty much.

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.
No. We really don’t have the space for some of them 🙁

15. Watch our Hokies play.
I suppose I need to buy tickets for August 31.

16. Hike part of the Appalachian Trail.

17. Design a Hokie room in our next house.
Check out the walk-through of our Hokie home office!

18. Actually finish a blog project I start for myself.
Well, I have one more month of this.

19. Learn how to properly apply eyeliner.
Done.

20. Do some pins from Pinterest.
Done.

21. Host link-up parties on my blog.
Meal Planning Monday and co-hosted several link ups.

22. Be pen pals with my college friends.

23. Make new friends.
One of Mac’s classmates lives on the floor above us. I have my first Junior League of Augusta meeting tomorrow!

24. Keep the house and garage clean.

25. Enjoy turning 25!