My Thirty-four.

So, about a month ago, I found myself turning 34. What the heck? Where have the past 10 years gone? I mean wasn’t it just yesterday that I turned 24? Wow, 24, I thought that I knew everything! I had no idea! Every year time flies by just a little bit faster than the previous. Before I know it, I will be 35 and wondering how in the world I got there so fast! I want to make this year count. Make 34 a little bit different then the rest. So, I have made a list of 34 things that I want to accomplish in my 34th year.

• 1. Start college (as of January 25th, I am a full-time college student).

• 2. Sew something, anything.

• 3. Learn to play an instrument.

• 4. Read the bible in its’ entirety.

• 5. Stop the excuses and start having date nights with my husband (we always feel so guilty, and bring the kids).

• 6. Lose the “Amelia weight.”

• 7. Stop calling it the “Amelia weight.”

• 8. Live in a foreign country for at least a year (okay, so this is sort of cheating but I have always wanted to do this, so it counts right)?

• 9. Finish my photography class and organize the thousands of photos I took last year.

• 10. Learn to be comfortable in my skin.

• 11. Give up my coke habit (or any other soda pop for that matter, gee what kind of “coke” were you guys thinking)!

• 12. Be more consistent with my blogging. This is my “free-therapy” after all!

• 13. Laugh more often (I am entirely too serious most of the time).

• 14. Go to a karaoke lounge and sing (I absolutely love to sing but am too terrified to actually do it in public)!

• 15. Run another marathon.

• 16. Make a monthly date with my son, just me and my boy, doing something together that we have never done before.

• 17. Take more pictures of me with my kids (lots of the kids, hardly any of me and the kids)!

• 18. Try going vegetarian or vegan for an entire month and see how it makes me feel!

• 19. Look in the mirror every morning and say something positive about myself.

• 20. Exercise everyday, even if it is just going for a walk.

• 21. Stop wasting energy on things that have happened in the past, no regrets!

• 22. Make more time for prayer.

• 23. More effectively communicate with my husband. (I tend to do the hold it all in and brood thing)!

• 24. Learn how to cook something complicated that I have never made before.

• 25. Print out and frame some of the pictures that I love for our walls.

• 26. Send more snail mail to friends/family, after all, in these days of technology, who doesn’t love to open up the mailbox and get a sweet little postcard or note?

• 27. Start and finish all of my re-finishing projects (old table, old bench, etc.) and take lots of pictures in the process!

• 28. Get rid of all the clothes that I am honestly never going to wear again, therefore creating WAY more space in my closet!

• 29. Learn at least a little conversational Japanese.

• 30. Wear my hair down more often and take pictures for proof!

• 31. Get a fabulous new haircut, therefore making it much easier to accomplish previous number!

• 32. Treat everyday as if it were a Monday. Every day can be a fresh start.

• 33. Dance a little bit everyday, even if it’s only in the shower!

• 34. Don’t beat myself up if everything does not get accomplished!

So, there you have it. My crazy little list of things that I want to accomplish in my 34th year. This will be interesting to see how many of these that I will actually accomplish and just maybe I will learn something new about myself in the process!

Happy Friday blog world!

Me, in all of my freckle-faced, sans-makeup, glory!