Updated List

It's going very well so far. I completed 4 goals and I have started 4 others. I have also added a few more things to the list. I still need 8 more ideas though! Suggestions welcome!

1. Learn a dance
2. Make a $30 donation to a charity
3. Make a list of 30 accomplishments done before 30
4. Touch my toes (been stretching, working on it)
5. Write a book \ get an article published
6. Drive a Porsche
7. Do something meaningful for society
8. Volunteer (5 out of 30 done)
9. Get a tattoo
10. Swim with dolphins
11. Invent something
12. Learn sign language
13. Cook 3 meals without a cookbook or my moms help (1 out of 3 done)
14. Earn a shirt with my name on it
15. Go on the field at a professional baseball game
16. Motorcycle to the shore
17. Visit a castle
18. Go to my ancesters town in Italy
19. Skateboard
20. Learn the drums
21. Go to a Union game- which would mean I have seen every Philly pro team
22. Learn AutoCAD (registered for a class)

$30 donation

In my search for more community service, I found myself skipping over anything that had to do with sick people. I'm not very good with hospitals and spending time with the sick makes me very uncomfortable and nervous. So I have decided that helping sick children could be my monetary donation instead. A friend suggested a $30 donation for my 30 birthday and I put it on the list. Today I made the donation to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. I don't know anyone there, I have no connection to it personally, but they help sick children and that's more than enough for me.

Goal accomplished: Make a $30 donation to charity--check! 4 down, 26 to go!

Recipes

In order to learn how to cook I asked my mom for some recipes. Turns out she had been saving some for years for me and my brother, just waiting for the day when we would ask for them. They are kind of hard to read and she puts little commentary notes in some like "you like this" or "you cant mess this one up." Well, clearly she has more hope in my cooking abilities than I do. I can mess anything up. Once in college I burned taco shells in the microwave. Who does that?! Today I attempted some green smoothies. The directions said add a pomegranate... so I did. Apparently you don't eat the skin of a pomegranate. Oops. How was I supposed to know that? If you are supposed to peel a fruit, they need to say that. I know my moms recipes will need some deciphering, but hopefully I will figure out a few. I am attempting the first one this week. I will let you know how it goes. Stay tuned.

I may not be a good cook, but I'm an excellent organizer.
Here is my new cook-binder!

Close but no cigar

My soccer team went to the playoffs this weekend. This was my first time in a playoff. It was very exciting! I was hoping we would win and get the champion sweatshirts with our name... but we lost. :-( I'll have to try again later for this goal.