UPDATE - I'm Almost Thirty!

In one week I turn thirty!  THIRTY!  Can you believe it?
This past year I've really thought about this list and tried to figure out how to accomplish everything.  What I've realized is that some of these goals were a lot more challenging and time consuming than others.  So here's the update of what I've accomplished, and what I still have yet to do - though looking at the list my thirties should be a ton of fun :)

Cooking/Baking:

Host a big dinner party for friends and prepare the meal myself  My brother and I made Thanksgiving dinner!  I'd like to do another big dinner though 

Make my own wine

Learn how to bbq steaks without overcooking - this I practiced, and I think I'm getting pretty close!

Take a cooking class

Make recipes out of all the cookbooks I’ve never cooked out of - instead of doing this one, I've been utilizing Pinterest a lot!  I've made pretty much everything I've pinned too!

Health/Fitness:

Run a 10K - BAM - did this in Anaheim in January - ran the Tinkerbell 10k through disneyland and had an amazing time!

Complete a ½ marathon - I'm registered for the Seawheeze Half this summer!

Certified YTT 200 hrs completed

Get yoga photos taken of me somewhere tropical

Get my rock hard abs back ;)

Travel:

Visit at least 3 new cities - I went to Mexico this past November and visited Talum, Playa del Carmen and Puerto Mueralos, I went to LA/Anaheim/Huntington Beach - ok so I've visited LA/Anaheim before but I was 10, so I don't really remember, and I also went to Gimli, Manitoba

Go to at least one new country

See at least 2 NHL hockey games in 2 different cities I have not seen games in (so far I've only seen games in Vancouver and Edmonton)  Went to an Anaheim Ducks game in January

Take a trip with just my girlfriends

Go on a hiking trip that lasts longer than a day

Go zip lining - this was completed in Mexico!

Ride in a hot air balloon – dad and I have our tickets purchased, we just need a morning where it’s not so windy

Go on a completely spontaneous road trip - Java and I decided to randomly go visit Courtney one day and I took him to Sylvan Lake.  Not far but it was spontaneous!

Appreciate and travel to local spots that people from all over the world travel to however we locals take advantage of (glaciers, Kananaskis, Drumheller, etc) - I had the opportunity to do a lot of this this past year, as I took some exchange students to a few lakes around  Edmonton as well as visited Drumheller with them!  I'm trying to do this more and more with every walk/weekend trip, etc.

Education:

Complete my CGA designation - just got my marks back and completed the program!  My application for membership has been completed and signed off by a commissioner of Oaths.  Now I just await my letter approving me as a member :)

Re-learn Spanish - I did practice this with my exchange student, though I've lost sooo much of it!  I really need to practice more

Take a photography class

Other:

Complete my “starry night” puzzle – I’m changing this one since I feel like I’ll never have the patience to complete it, and I’m making a t-shirt quilt instead

Get my nose pierced - done

Get another tattoo- My sister and I had an appointment this past summer that we had to cancel... this is still in the works!

Sponsor a child - I'm pretty sure I did this immediately after I wrote up the blog, and I'm still sponsoring Louisiana.

Be in love with someone who is worthy or be happy being single – not settled with the wrong person like I had been - This played over and over in my head every time I met someone new… probably the reason why I was single for so long.  However, 51 weeks ago I started communicating with the love of my life (we were set up and our mutual friend gave him my number) and 10 months ago I started dating him.   I'm crazy in love with him.

Decorate my house with photography of my travels and photographs that I took myself

Learn how to ride a scooter/motorcycle without crashing into a fence - I'm still terrified to drive a scooter

Make my corkboard out of wine corks from bottles I’ve drank/enjoyed with friends – I’m still collecting!