31 Before 31 List


1.  Ride a roller coaster
2.  Go to either a professional football or basketball game
- Does football aka soccer count? Go Railhawks!
3.  Go camping with Aaron (in a tent camping) for at least 2 nights...baby steps
4.  Make creme brulee
5. Read 3 books from my compilation list of “100 Best Books” list
- Atonement by Ian McEwan, 10/28/11
- The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells, 3/8/12 6. Visit a state I have never been to
- I set my feet in the lovely state of Kentucky for my cousin's wedding.
7. Take Amtrak with Aaron for a weekend getaway
8. Follow Run Tex or Couch to 5K training and run in a 5K (try, try again!)
9. Make my grandmother’s rump roast for a group of friends
10. Throw a movie-themed party (all food and fun a play on movie to be watched)
11. Figure out how to play Wii Golf
12. Watch 4 movies from my American Film Institute Top 100 movies list
- Bringing Up Baby
- Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 13.  Go to the Outer Banks
14.  Read the Old Testament in a year
15.   Read biographies of George Washington and John Adams
- George Washington is completed, if by the skin of my teeth16.  Spend Christmas and Aaron’s birthday with Aaron - for the first time!
17.  Eat dessert at Hayes-Barton Cafe
18.  Try one new recipe/dish a month
- Chicken Cacciatore (11/11)
- Corn and Cheese Chowder (12/11)
- Oatmeal Pie (1/12)
- Brunswick Stew (2/12)
- S'mores Brownies (3/12)
- Southern Fried Chicken Saltimbocca with Country Ham and Mushroom Marsala Sauce (4/12)
- Molasses Pork Loin with Jalapeno Sauce and Apple Salsa (5/12)
- Chocolate Ice Cream (6/12)
- Salty Honey Pie, Refrigerator Pie (7/12)
19.  Read 26 books - eep!
1. Where Men Win Glory, by Jon Krakauer, 9/20/11
2. A Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin, 10/3/11
3. Admission, by Jean Hanff Korelitz, 10/13/11
4. Atonement, by Ian McEwan, 10/28/11
5. Mystic River, by Dennis Lahane, 11/6/11
6. The Cookbook Collector, by Allegra Goodman, 11/16/11
7. The Pioneer Woman, by Ree Drummond, 11/25/11
8. A Clash of Kings, by George R.R. Martin, 12/10/11
9. The Weird Sisters, by Eleanor Brown, 12/16/11
10. A Storm of Swords, by George R.R. Martin, 1/2/12
11. In the Garden of Beasts, by Erik Larson, 1/14/12
12. The Cradle in the Grave, by Sophie Hannah, 2/13/12
13. Dash and Lily's Book of Dares, by Rachel Cohn and David Levithan, 3/1/12
14. Sad Monsters, by Frank Lesser, 3/2/12
15. Dexter by Design, by Jeff Lindsay. 3/6/12
16. The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells, 3/24/12
17. Headhunters, by Jo Nesbo, 3/26/12
18. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins, 5/9/12
19. The Autobiography of Mrs. Tom Thumb, by Melanie Benjamin, 5/12/12
20. The Snowman, by Jo Nesbo, 5/21/12
21. The Leopard, by Jo Nesbo, 5/29/12
22. If You Were Here, by Jen Lancaster, 5/31/12
23. Strange Flesh, by Michael Olson, 6/12/12
24. Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, by John Berendt, 6/13/12
25. Zone One, by Colson Whitehead, 6/30/12
26. Flawless, by Scott Andrew Selby, 8/14/12
27. Catching Fire, by Suzanne Collins, 8/15/12
28. Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline, 8/23/12
29. Anne of Green Gables, by L.M. Montgomery, 9/3/12
30. Kill Decision, by Daniel Suarez, 9/8/12
31. His Excellency George Washington, by Joseph Ells, 9/8/12
20. Have people over for dinner 4 times
21. Floss regularly
22. Reach 75 Geocaches found (5 down, at 50)
23. Make different homemade breads 6 times
24. Figure out a workable monthly budget for groceries
25. Put together a jigsaw puzzle of more than 1000 pieces
26. Give Blood (This is easily the scariest on the list)
27. Go to the Farmers Market once a month for fresh food
28. Make a dish with mussels
29.  Aaron’s choice: Write a 6,000 word short story where a key plot point involves a chair.
30.  Make paella
31. Create an Easter Egg Hunt for Aaron (He suggested it; I loved it, and so it is)
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