Bucket List 2012

In lieu of New Year's Resolutions, I'm making a Bucket List for 2012. I did this last year, and I actually accomplishment a lot of things from my list, but I never blogged about it. Fail. This year, though, I'm committed! So without further ado:

Steph's Bucket List for 2012
22 Things to do in my 22nd year

Blog at least 2 times each week! 

Read at least one book every 2 weeks 

Go to Disneyland!!!!! 

Pay off my car 

Go camping 

Run a 5k 

Date a boy 

Hike Bridal Veil Falls (never done it!!) 

Keep the same job all year! 

Get a 3.5 GPA Winter Semester 

Finish a quilt 

Write a song 

Win a round of Rumble Pit on Halo (Yes that is for real) 

Act in a play 

Go to Las Vegas 

Kiss under mistletoe 

Reach my goal weight 

Go on a picnic 

Stargaze 

See the Grand Canyon 

Sing the National Anthem at a public event 

Ride the Alpine Slide/Alpine Coaster

You can call me Miss Poppins.

Six.

That's how many children I'm now in charge of.
Scary? Of course. Incredible? Absolutely!

I started nannying today.  I'm definitely loving it! It's cuh-razy but so, so fun! I feel like I have gone from
0-60 in 3.5. This morning, I was a lazy college student griping about how her ridiculous roommates feel the need to mess with her laundry and ruin her clothes. Fast forward 10 hours, and I'm coordinating baths, doling out goldfish, reading storybooks, signing off homework, and kissing boo-boos better.

I feel like superwoman.

The house is finally silent, and I'm basking in it. Though I normally have music playing as a background to every moment of my life, I am content to hear the clicking of my keys, and nothing else.  I know it's only 7 short hours before I hit the ground running, but for now I just sit.

I just heard a rustling noise from the general direction of the children's room and I nearly had a heart attack. I. Must. Sleep.

P.S. This is day 2 in a row.... let's see if I can make it 8 more. :)

Resolute.... for now.

I know it's way beyond the socially acceptable time limit for posting your New Year's Resolutions, but I'm pretty good at ignoring those unwritten rules! :) I've never really believed in New Year's Resolutions, because I think they burn people out, and everyone thinks that New Year's Eve/Day gives them some sort of magical superhuman self control. Yeah, right. So I like to take a while, and reflect on my life, and truly decide what will make me happy. Then, I make a bucket list. :) Way more fun than saying "I want to be healthier, exercise more, keep my house cleaner, blah, blah, blah" So here it is!

20 Things to Do in my 20th year

1. Buy a beautiful camera, like this one.

2. Pay off my car.

3. Take and Post pictures with said camera.

4. Bake a homemade cheesecake.

5. Sing the National Anthem at a Utah Jazz game.

6. Go snowboarding (I've lived in Utah for 8 years of my life and never been.)

7. Visit ArizonaLewis at least three times.

8. Act in a play.

9. Do my laundry BEFORE I am perilously close to running out of clean underwear.

10. Write a song.

11. Learn to play the guitar well.

12. Learn to speak fluent Spanish.

13. Go camping.

14. Go fishing and catch a fish.

15. Hike Mount Timpanogos and tour the caves.

16. Go to Disneyland.

17. Visit Washington D.C.

18. Blog every day for 10 days.

19. Go on a road trip.

20. Take a yoga class.

I'll be updating you all each time I complete one of these things. I'm sure some great stories will ensue!