13 things in 2013

My 2012 list was SO much fun to work towards and accomplish (still finishing Life of Pi...) so I thought I would post my list of 13 things to do in 2013! I have not been over thinking this, but wanted to try new experiences or get back into doing something.

So here we go...

1. Do one all-local thing in Columbia each month! (Eating at a local restaurant doesn't count unless it's a brand new experience)
2. Make my mom's macaroni and cheese recipe for a friend.
3. Get an hour-long massage.
4. Go to a dermatologist. 
5. Drive to the country, take a blanket, and lay out to gaze at the stars.
6. Carry someone's groceries out to the car for them.
7. Volunteer at a place or with an organization I have never volunteered with before.
8. Dance in a rainstorm.
9. Watch every episode of The O.C. sequentially until the episode where Marisa dies. (let's be honest, the series goes downhill after this moment)
10. Walk into a nail salon and choose a color with my eyes closed for my nails and toes.
11. Buy peanuts and cracker jacks at a baseball game.
12. Do the drive-thru difference to someone.
13. Go to the Great Wolf Lodge for a weekend and play like kids! (this is what I want to do for my 26th birthday party, but if not then...then I want to do it at some point this year!)

This list is full of random things I would like to try.  I hope I will make it through all of these and, either way, I hope that 2013 is one of the best years YET!!!!

Okayyyy party people, it's 2013!! HORRAY!

I cannot believe it is already here!!

It's been a while (October 1st if my blog history is accurate) since I've revved up the old blog, but I have been having a busy fall and winter and have not taken the time to write.  If THINKING about blogging was as easy as actually keeping up with it, I would have written 200 new posts in my absence.

Last year, I did a blog post called "12 in 2012" where I challenged myself to try twelve new  experiences in 2012.  I was talking to some friends about New Years resolutions and how I think they are not the best ideas, and this list was formed as a way to try new things and remember them!!  Well, some of the experiences were not brand new, but I did revisit a few things I had not done in quite some time (high fiving someone, doing a 5k and flying).  I am happy to announce that I completed 11 and 1/2 of the items on the list.  I could, on a technicality, say that all twelve items were completed because the number 1 item was to "read a book..." and I have read half of it.  The list doesn't say "complete a book"...but whatever.  I would still argue that eleven and a half things still made for a pretty awesome year.

And with that....onto 2013.  Stay tuned for my 13 list for 2013.