{"id":20,"date":"2014-05-11T15:22:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T15:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jenniferpaddackhyde.com\/?p=20"},"modified":"2014-05-13T22:38:25","modified_gmt":"2014-05-14T05:38:25","slug":"list-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jenniferpaddackhyde.com\/?p=20","title":{"rendered":"List 44"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Dahlia<\/a>Every year leading up to my birthday I make a list, \u00a0like a small bucket list, of things I want to accomplish that year. It usually includes personal goals, travel, places to eat and the such. The \u00a0list is made from items on my big life list and then other small goals from other lists I’ve made. \u00a0I like lists and I like having goals, this is how I operate best. Truthfully though I never even get half of the list done. For example, for List 43 I did 9.5 of my goals. 9.5<\/strong>!!\u00a0And this was one of my better years. I have a couple of years where I didn’t do anything on the list. Often the goals were too big. Often times I would forget about the list until I only had 2 months to get everything done. I tend to put lots of travel goals on the list but for a couple of years we struggled financially and so they just weren’t possible. Two of the items on list 43 were goals I’ve included on every \u00a0list since List 38. I did them this year though and they were probably the most satisfying for the simple reason that I FINALLY did them!<\/p>\n

Anyway.<\/p>\n

I tried to be smarter about this year’s list. I started making the list in January so that I could give my goals a little more thought. ( Trying to plan 7 trips in a 12 month period when you only have 3 weeks vacation a year is one way of not getting anything on a list done). The one I’m about to post is actually the 5 or 6th version. Also, I was suppose to post this on my birthday as the first post on my new blog. \u00a0Only 10 days late!<\/p>\n

P.S. I have also already done 2 of the goals on my list and it’s only 11 days in…woohoo…go me!<\/p>\n

1. Treat myself to an afternoon at a spa
\n2. Do a beer tour Fort Bragg to Petaluma (the idea came from this article<\/a> in Sunset magazine)
\n3. host an Ugly Sweater Xmas party
\n4. attend the 2015 \u00a0Chinese New Year Parade<\/a> in San Francisco
\n5. have a big 10 year anniversary party
\n6. go to a roller derby game
\n7. do a #100 mile challenge (100 miles walked in 6 months)
\n8. go to the Moss Landing Antique Fair<\/a> in July
\n9. take a weekend trip to San Diego<\/a>
\n10. bike the boardwalk in San Diego
\n11. throw an 80’s themed party
\n12. plan a bonfire on Carmel Beach
\n13. do my first 5K
\n14. participate in a Color Run<\/a>
\n15. Visit Buellton<\/a>
\n16. make a piece of art for our house
\n17. do the movie\/dinner night that Montrio’s and the Osio<\/a>\u00a0holds each Tuesday
\n18. officially change name
\n19. visit the San Francisco MOMA<\/a>\u00a0( I chose this right as they were closing for renovations but I still have a year so we’ll see if it gets done in time)
\n20. get to my goal weight
\n21. Hike Mount Sutro in SF <\/a>(specifically the south ridge trail & historic trail)
\n22. Visit Point Reyes Lighthouse<\/a>
\n23. Hike in Montana de Oro State Park<\/a> in SLO
\n24. Breakfast at Deetjen’s<\/a>
\n25. spend a weekend in Los Angeles (3 day)
\n26. see a drive-in movie at Sunset Drive-In (SLO)
\n27. read 50 books
\n28. have a breakfast pizza at the Big Sur Bakery<\/a> in Big Sur
\n29. eat at The Hart and the Hunter<\/a> in LA
\n30. do 12 things (1 each month) off my Pinterest account (recipe, art project, decorating idea, etc.)
\n31. Camp at Pinnacles National Park<\/a>
\n32. go kayaking with Nate again
\n33. see Golden Gate Bridge at the Battery Spencer View in Marin Headlands<\/a>
\n34. bike ride along the American River Parkway in Sacramento<\/a>
\n35. have a drink on the Delta King in Sacramento<\/a>
\n36. go whale watching
\n37. camp at Big Basin<\/a> in Santa Cruz
\n38. learn to weave<\/a> (wall weavings)
\n39. visit the rooftop bar at the new ACE hotel in LA<\/a>
\n40. eat at Dona Thomas<\/a> for brunch in Oakland
\n41. get a new dining room sideboard
\n42. do wine tour of Santa Cruz Mountains<\/a>
\n43. make cinnamon rolls from scratch
\n44. make buffalo wings (a friend of mine’s recipe in particular)<\/p>\n

Looking forward to tackling the list this year. Some of them are already in the works to happen so I have high hopes for this year:)<\/p>\n

What are some of your goals for the next year?<\/p>\n

-jen<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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