24/24

About a week before I turned 24 (a month and a little bit ago) I began working on a list of things I wanted to do while I was 24. Four weeks later, I made myself focus on my list and have now finally finished it.

Drumroll please . . .

The list!

1. Read Harry Potter 1-7 in French. And understand it.
2. Read 200 books I haven't read before. (I've got about 70 stacked by my bed. Just need to find another 130. Suggestions encouraged. )
3. Run a 5k in less than 30 minutes
4. Be able to wear all the skirts I could wear two years ago and still have but can't wear anymore cause I was exploring new shapes.
5. Read the entire Bible beginning to end, Old and New Testament.
6. Get one of my novels in good enough shape so I can start looking for an agent.
7. Take art lessons.
8. Conquer my fear of yeast breads.
9. Fall in love with something I didn't know existed.
10. Visit at least five amazing, natural places (e.g., Grand Canyon, Redwood Forest).
11. Make a jean quilt.
12. Try a food I have never eaten before.
13. Do something disgustingly touristy.
14. Have an amazing conversation with someone I don't know and will probably never see again.
15. Watch the sun rise from the top of Mount Timpanogos.
16. Build a kite from scratch and fly it.
17. Make homemade butter.
18. Fill a family cookbook with all our favorite recipes.
19. Buy a gorgeous, impractical dress that I have no reason to own let alone wear, and then wear it.
20. Acquire a complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach and listen to each piece.
21. Place 500 pennies strategically where they will either grant wishes or bring good luck.
22. Learn how to fly down the mountain on one fat stick or two thin sticks.
23. Make a three-course dinner and a dessert meant to be eaten with fingers only.
24. Go somewhere awesome I have never been before to celebrate making it to year 25.

Basically this year, er, eleven months, is going to rock!