A 31 by 31 check in

So my 30 day warranty is up on being thirty. There is no going back (not that I could have if I wanted to).  Maybe it has to with how incredibly difficult my twenties were emotionally and physically. I know that right now is the beginning of the rest of my life. Despite how cheesy that sounds, I believe it. 

My prime is beginning. 


There is so much more I want to do everyday, but I realize a few of my projects that I have been working on the last few months have gone by the way side. So to keep me in line, I use my birthday list.

Here is my list so far... 

CE's 31 by 31 List

Health

1. Compete in a 5K - Looking at my Calendar and Prices, I won't be able to do one properly, but I have been Run/Walking 3 miles in the morning and finishing in 50 mins so 16 minutes mile pace! 

2. Compete in a 10K - Disney on August 30th

3. Get to ideal “pre baby weight/fitness level” - First Achievement unlocked with 5 pounds down! 4 pounds to my next goal.   

Creativity

1. Finish Honeymoon Scrapbook

2. Make an Autumn Garland

3. Make Halloween Wreath

Just Cuz

1. Participate in a Group Cosplay – Wondercon 2014

2. Visit 6 places on my personally made “I-haven’t-done-these-touristy-must-dos-yet” list:

MUSEUMS:
Museum of Death

California Science Center to see the Endeavour

Natural History Museum

Queen Mary

Annenberg space for photography

LACMA

Watts Towers

Getty Villa

MOCA

Japanese American National Museum

Holocaust Museum

Huntington Library

Camera Obscura (Santa Monica)

FOOD/SHOPPING:

Eat a meal at the rotating restaurant (Bonaventure’s Bona Vista at the Westin)

The Ivy

Bar Marmont

Pink’s

Eat some dim sum

Eat some Ethiopian

Domaine LA (wine tastings)

Huntington Library Rose Garden for afternoon tea

The Original Pantry

The Dresden

Philippe’s

Tito’s Tacos

California Doughnuts

Amoeba

The Grove
The Original LA Farmer's Market

Altadena’s Wednesday Farmers Market

Grand Central Market

OUTDOOR:

Venice Beach/Venice Canals

LA County Arboretum & Botanic Garden

Malibu Pier

Mildred E Mathais Botanical Garden

Descanso Gardens

Self-Realization Fellowship Shrine

SITES:

Universal Studios

Chinatown

County Poor Farm, Rancho Los Amigos Hospital

City Hall (to see a view of the LA Skyline)

Little Tokyo

THEATRE:

Independent Shakespeare Co

see a TV show taping

Walt Disney Concert Hall

Bob Baker Marionette theatre

Upright Citizen’s Brigade

Groundlings

LA Opera

3. Visit 4 of the following Local Craft Breweries:

Angel City Brewing (Los Angeles)

Eagle Rock Brewery (Eagle RocK)

Ladyface Ale Companie (Agoura Hills)

Golden Road Brewery (Glendale)

Haven Brewery (Pasadena)

Smog City Brewing (Torrance)

Craftsman Brewing Co (Long Beach)

Monkish Brewing Co (Torrance)

The Dudes’ Brewing Co (Torrance)

Gentleman Scholar Brewing Co (Los Angeles)

The Lab Brewing (Agoura Hills)

Firemans’s Brew Inc (Woodland Hills)

Cooking

1. Learn to make bread

2. Make Beef Bourguignon (a la Julia Child)

3. Make something in the Wellington tradition

Adventure

1. See the Rest of the California Missions:

San Fernando Rey de España – LA

Santa Barbara  - Santa Barbara

Santa Ynez - Solvang

La Purísima Concepción  - Lompoc

San Juan Bautista – 406 2nd St, San Juan Bautista, CA 95045

Santa Cruz – 144 School St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Santa Clara de Asís – 500 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95053

San José –43300 Mission Blvd, Fremont, CA 9453

San Francisco de Asís (Mission Dolores)– in the San Francisco City

San Francisco Solano –114 E Spain St, Sonoma, CA 95476

2. Take a Mud Bath

3. Go Ziplining

Travel

1. Walk the Freedom Trail in Boston

2. Weekend trip Sonoma and/or Napa

3. Weekend trip Sunnyvale to visit the Yosts (and see the surrounding Missions)

Learning

1. Take Disney Tour

2. Stream line Mommy School Binder/Ready myself for that door to open

3. Read 31 books including 2 classics I keep putting off

1 – Gilead – Marilynne Robinson

2 – The Princess Bride – William Goldman

3 – The One and Future King – T. H. White

4 – Mere Christianity – C. S. Lewis

5 – Surprised by Joy – C. S. Lewis

6 – Divergent- Veronica Roth

7 – Insurgent - Veronica Roth

8 – Speaker For The Dead - Orson Scott Card

9 – A Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy- Douglas Adams

10 – Summer Knight - Dresden Files

11 – Death Masks - Dresden Files

12 – Blood Rites - Dresden Files

13 – Dead Beat - Dresden Files

14 – Proven Guilty - Dresden Files

15 – White Night - Dresden Files

16 – Small Favor - Dresden Files

17 – Turn Coat - Dresden Files

18 – Changes - Dresden Files

19 – Ghost Story - Dresden Files

20 – Cold Days - Dresden Files

21 – The Maze Runner - James Dashner

22 – The Scorch Trails - James Dashner

23 – The Death Cure - James Dashner

24 – The Kill Order - James Dashner 

25 – Living Dead In Dallas – Charlaine Harris 

26 – Club Dead – Charlaine Harris 

27 – Dead to the World – Charlaine Harris 

28 – Dead as a Doornail – Charlaine Harris 

29 – Redwall – Brain Jacques

30 – Classic – A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens

31 – Classic – Lady Chatterley's Lover - D.H. Lawerence

AND THE WHOLE NEW SECTION: Quarters!

1. 3 things in any category TBD on my quarter birthday July 10^th

            a) TBD

            b) TBD

            c) TBD

2. 4 things in any category TBD on my half birthday October 10^th

            a) TBD

            b) TBD

            c) TBD

            d) TBD

3. 3 things in any category TBD on my three quarter birthday January 10^th

            a) TBD

            b) TBD

            c) TBD