Goals for 2014
1. Read 27 books
2. See 50 movies
3. Lose 80 pounds
4. Get on a budget and STAY on budget
5. Take more pictures
6. Cook and bake more
7. Do well in school
8. Level up Holden to 55
9. Go on a road trip
10. Get a passport
11. Make friends at school
12. Apply to substitute teach and tutor
13. Write more
14. Watch more horror movies
15. Organize my closet
16. Be more confident
17. Love myself more
18. Get more sleep
19. Go out dancing
20. Get dressed up and go somewhere fancy
NOW LET'S SEE HOW I DID! :D
1. Read 27 books. I may have over done it on this one :P
Now 15 of these books were read for school and I have to say, I enjoyed almost everything I read this year, here is the full list:
I can't really pick a favorite book because I LOVED everything I read by Rainbow Rowell. I also loved most of the books I had to read for school... but I guess I'll go ahead and say that Attachments by Rainbow Rowell was my favorite book this year. It was just SO SO GOOD!
My least favorite book(s) is a bit easier to narrow down. I wasn't all that impressed with The Maze Runner series by James Dashner. It had so much potential and really failed to live up to what it could have been.
My favorite book I had to read for school is a tie between Dante and Aristotle Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz and Bluefish by Pat Schmatz. Both of these books had very powerful messages and I think they are must reads for English teachers (especially Bluefish).
2. See 50 Movies. This totally didn't happen. I saw 16 movies this year. Here is the list:
Paranormal Activity: The Marked Ones
Frozen
The Lego Movie (x2)
Divergent
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Jodorowsky's Dune
Fault in Our Stars
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Guardians of the Galaxy (x3)
The Giver
The Maze Runner
Annabelle
Big Hero 6
Interstellar
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
The Hobbit: Battle of the Five Armies
BEST MOVIE OF THE YEAR: Guardians of the Galaxy
WORST MOVIE OF THE YEAR: Annabelle
3. Lose 80 Pounds. Yeah, this didn't happen either, but I have figured out why and what I'm going to do about it. More on that in tomorrow's post.
4. Get on a Budget and stay on a budget. I did okay on this at the beginning of the year, but then I splurged on my new niece and then the holidays happened. Once again I'm going to work on this next year. More details, tomorrow.
5. Take more pictures. I do think I accomplished that! Here are some of my favorites from this year! (I didn't take some of them, but I'm in all of them :P)
6. Cook and bake more. Yes. I totally did this. I learned so many yummy recipes this year. I can't wait to try out new ones! My four favorites can be found here:
Whore Brownies... Slut Brownies... or Diabetic Coma Brownies. Call them what you want :)
Another variation I did was with a Rolo instead of a Reese Cup or Oreo. I've also done them with BOTH a Reese cup and an Oreo!
Spicy Sausage Pasta. I think of all of these recipes, this is the one I made the most. I actually made it last night! So easy and yummy.
Taco Lasagna. I made this a couple of times. The second time I made it I mixed some refried beans with the ricotta. It was yummy.
Mexican Quinoa. I loved this! Great dish for meatless Monday! I used a can of Rotel instead of buying chopped tomatoes and jalapenos separately.
Let me know if you try any of these recipes!
7. Do well in school. This year began with my first semester of Grad School, which has been an amazing experience, I've learned a lot and I have made so many new friends. I think I managed to keep my grades up :)
8. Level up Holden to 55. This is did accomplish and since we got a new game expansion, now I'm working on getting him up to level 60! ALMOST THERE!
9. Go on a road trip. I rode a bus from Boston to DC. Does that count? What about coming home from Dragon*Con? *shrugs* Maybe I'll go on a real one next year.
10. Get a passport. Nope. Not this year. :(
11. Make friends at school. YES! I did this and I am so happy I did. I love my new friends! I am actually about to go spend New Year's Eve with one of them! YAY!
12. Apply to substitute and tutor. This didn't happen because I didn't have the time. I ended up babysitting a lot (which was AWESOME) and was able to do extra work at the Juvenile Detention Center. Which was a fantastic experience. I don't regret not doing this because of everything else I managed to do.
13. Write More. As you can tell from my failed November drabble posts. I did not write more. This is another goal I'm going to work on next year.
14. Watch more Horror movies. Meh. Movies didn't really happen this year. Doctor Who did though... and some of those episodes were scary!
15. Organize my closet. I don't think this is going to happen until I move out.. seriously.
16. Be more confident and 17. Love myself more. These both go together and I will admit, I do think I've managed to be more confident and love myself more this year. I'm going to continue to work on this into next year.
18. Get more sleep. HA! HA! HA!
19. Go out dancing. Nope didn't happen this year.
20. Get dressed up and go somewhere fancy. Does Hibachi in a dress count? Preston and I dressed up for our 4th anniversary!
And that is that. I think I did pretty well with my goals this year. One I definitely didn't reach was updating this blog weekly. I have some ideas to help myself update MONTHLY, that I will go over in tomorrow's post.
That's it from me in 2014!
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