the big 2-5

Well, it happened. I turned 25! Halfway through my 20's! The birthday was nice; full of mom-ish activities and Panera. 

When I was in high school, I wrote this list of goals for myself. Apparantly, I chose the ripe age of 25 as the cut-off point to have met said goals. At the time, I'm sure it sounded old and matronly and forever away. At any rate, I gave myself several years to accomplish these goals and now I'm 25, so I'd better re-assess! Shall we? A HIT is accomplished and a MISS is, well, a miss.

*Black belt in tyk-won-do, MISS (Um, ok, this was a summer fling. I took classes once, never to take them again. I think I got to 2 stripes yellow. It was fun, but not I-can-do-this-every-day-and-get-a-black-belt kind of fun)
*Go on a mission, MISS (Matt and I would love to go on a mission one day but I was married by age 21 so....)
*Be fluent in sign language, MISS (I can sign 'Love one Another' but so can you, so it doesn't count)
*Be fluent in spanish, MISS (I actually really want to learn Spanish still so maybe I should have asked for Rosetta Stone for my birthday)
*Become a Registered Nurse, HIT! (Sweeeet! 1 for 5)
*Be an aerobics instructor, MISS (This is also something I still want to do, hopefully in the very near future)
*Build a home in a 3rd world country, MISS (You can tell who my role model was at this point in my life. Kara Oates is my cousin and she was currently doing this. I wanted to be just like her apparantly! I would still like to travel to a 3rd world country and give medical service one day. Now that we can fly there for free this is not a bad idea....)
*Married in the temple, HIT! (I love that I even specified exactly what temple I wanted to be married in, too. Because Bakersfield is so close to Washington DC it makes perfect sense to get married there. I am so glad we got married in the St. George temple and it has become my favorite one.)
*sell products, MISS (WHY I ever wanted to sell stuff to my future friends is a mystery to me. Lame goal.)
*Do another pageant, MISS (no. no. no. not again.)
*Take voice lessons, MISS (I like it when Matt sings. He has a really good voice. We will let him take the voice lessons.)
*Have a pottery wheel and black room, MISS (I must have just watched 'Ghost' and thought pottery was cool because when I wrote these goals I had never actually worked on a wheel. I guess the thought of my future self throwing clay pots was enough to land a spot on the goals list. And the black room....it's just not practical now with digital everything. Sorry old self, but no.)
*Make a baby blanket for my kids, HIT (I made Jake and James each a baby blanket among other things. I like this goal and I think I'll keep it.)
*Hike Mount Timp, MISS (This would be awesome. And difficult. I would love to one day.)
*Be in the Oprah Audience, MISS (I'm still bummed about this one. I gave it an honest effort! I have the Oprah show's number saved in my phone but it's nearly impossible to get through! Now that it's her farwell season I think the chances are looking even bleaker.)
*Be on the Price is Right, MISS (Now that Bob Barker is gone, who cares?)
*Go on a cruise, HIT! (This was so much fun. A must-do-again vacation!)
*Learn to sew well, HIT! (I'm a decent sewer and actually love it. Yea for another HIT)
*Learn to play the organ, MISS (The piano would be a practical start....)
*Go skydiving, Uh, MISS (Excuse me, old self. You couldn't pay me to do that nowadays. I have kids and they need a mom.)
*Run a marathon with my husband, HIT! (St. George Marathon, wahoo! but seirously I'm never doing that again.)

6 out of 21. I think the moral of this post is to make shorter term goals. I have changed a lot since my high school days and as you can tell many of the things I thought were cool back then aren't really my thing anymore. Cheers for 25!