One of my big goals for this year is to complete my 28 at 28 list. I heard about this project a few years ago after seeing it on both Elise and Kelly Purkey‘s blogs.

For those that haven’t heard about this before, it’s really simple. Around your birthday, you make a list of goals equal to the age you are turning that year. You then have until your next birthday the following year to complete your list.

I chose to make my list full of fun things that I’ve been wanting to do for awhile but you could easily make a list of crafty projects, scrapbooking layouts, etc. It’s totally up to you and it’s an awesome way to get yourself into your scrapbooks a bit more too.

My original plan had been to create a list in 2009 for my 27 birthday. But as Adam deployed to Afghanistan just a week after my birthday, I had other things on my mind at the time and just never got around to writing out a list. So when my 28th birthday rolled around last May, I was determined that this year would be the year.

I’ll be turning 29 (eek!) on May 24th, so with just under three months to go, now seemed like a good time to share an update on my progress and what my plans are for the rest of the unfinished items. So without further ado, my 28 at 28 list as it stands right now:

1. Go on a picnic

   Done. Adam and I took advantage of the gorgeous weather last weekend to knock this one off the list.

2. Bake something from scratch

   Not yet, but I love to bake so this one should be fairly easy.

3. Start a blog

   Done. Obviously, haha.

4. Visit a state I’ve never been to

   Done. Not only did I visit one new-to-me state but I knocked this one out of the park by visiting THREE new states in ONE day: Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. Take that item number 4.

5. Complete 3 mini-albums

   No, but I do have plans for this one. We’ll see how it goes.

6. Go on a dressy, romantic date night once a month

   Once a month sadly didn’t happen. So unless someone invents a time machine in the next 3 months, I think I’m out of luck, haha.

7. Keep a positive attitude during our move

   Done. Military moves are always stressful but I’m going to give myself an A+ on this one because I think I actually handled everything really really well. Certainly a lot better than our last few moves which was my goal.

8. Sew something pretty

   Technically I completed two projects that would count for this but I’m not ready to call this one done just yet. I’m going to see if I can fit in the project I really meant when I added this to my list.

9. Start my own business

   Done. A little something called NettioDesigns.

10. Complete a December Daily 2010 album

    Sadly, not done. I honestly don’t know how Ali Edwards does it. Maybe she has scrapbooking elves who come in the dark of night and create her pages for her? I managed to get through about day 16 so it is more than half done. Maybe if I get a second-wind of Christmas-yness in the next three months, I’ll try to finish mine up.

11. Take a weekend trip to a new city

    Done. Adam and I took a weekend trip to Houston last October to see the Houston Texas play the New York Giants.

12. Visit a new National Park

    Done. We stopped at Carlsbad Caverns National Park on our way from Colorado to Texas. If you’ve never been there you should go. It is AMAZING.

13. Go on a bike ride

    Not yet, but I’m thinking it needs to happen soon – preferably before it gets super ridiculously hot here in Texas.

14. Make three new friends

    I largely put this on the list because I knew it would be a big challenge for me. But I’m going to try to make this more of a priority over the next few months and see what happens.

15. Learn to shoot in Manual mode

    I’m kind of undecided about this one but we’ll see.

16. Read five non-fiction books

    I’ve read 4 so far: The Happiness Project, Craft Inc., The Art of Nonconformity and Eat, Pray, Love. With just one book to go, I’m thinking this one should get done fairly easily.

17. Do something that scares me

    Done. Adam and I went ziplining in Hawaii and even up to the morning of I was tempted to back out. But I went and I LOVED it. It was a highlight of our trip for sure.

18. Complete at least one themed scrapbook album

    Definitely a no. I’m kind of scared at the idea of tackling this large of a scrapbook project. So we’ll see how it goes. If I do, you can be sure I’ll share it here.

19. Go on a romantic vacation for our 5th anniversary

    Done. We went to Hawaii for 14 days. It was awesome.

20. Expand my jewelry collection

    Well if going from zero to two counts then yes, haha, but I’d still like to work on this one a bit more.

21. Create a system for my photos & scrap supplies

    Not yet, but this is on my list to work on this month and I will be sharing my progress here on the blog.

22. Go local more often

    Done. And we’ve found some really great places that we love.

23. Go to a professional football game

    Done. This one goes hand in hand with Number 11 when we went to Houston and watched the Texans play the Giants. It’s definitely a difference experience from watching on TV!

24. Watch 5 classic movies

    1 of 5. We watched The Wizard of Oz a few weeks ago because Adam had never seen it. Crazy, right?

25. Create an art/scrap canvas

    I actually forgot this one was on the list, haha. Oops.

26. Go on a train ride

    Done. Adam and I rode on the Royal Gorge Railroad just before we left Colorado Springs.

27. Start a new tradition

    Done. Although next year will really be the test to see if we keep them up.

28. Document this list

    Technically done. As evidenced by the layout above, I have documented my list. But I would like to put together some kind of album documenting more of what I did for each item so for now I’m going to call this one 50% done.

So that brings my grand total to 13 items completed – 15 to go. So about half-way done? I think that’s good-ish considering how busy we’ve been since my birthday. I do find it kind of funny that pretty much all the travel/adventure type items are done and pretty much all the crafty ones remain. Not sure what that says about me, haha.

So what about you…anyone ever tackled a list project like this before? Were you able to actually complete your list? And is anyone thinking it would be fun to make a list for their next birthday? Adam’s birthday is on Friday so I’m trying to convince him he should make a list in honor of his 28th birthday too – we’ll see what happens!

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