Hello 1.1.11

So instead of calling it a my New Year Resolution, I've created a 2011 To Do List. I feel like that is an easier way to accomplish my goals when I am able to check it off a to do list. So...

2011 To Do List

#1. get my head around my finances/budget/saving $$$
#2. train for a race/run a race
#3. reread all of the Harry Potter Series before the last movie comes out
#4. take the GRE/ apply to P.T.A program
#5. travel for my 30th bday (need ideas)
#6. move to Durham! (June)
#7. cook
#8. visit Heather & the girls in London.
#9. Find myself Spiritually
#10. 8 hours of Sleep per night (I don't know if this will be accomplished, but I'm going to try.)
#11. Declutter

I've already started to work on #2. I got up this morning and walked 3.2 mi. I figured I need to slowly work my way up to running because I don't want to burn out early on. I've joined this walk a marathon in 30 days challenge for January..so, I figure thats a good kick off and then I'll move back to couch to 5k. The only race that I have committed to running so far is the Run for the Money in Gastonia in April. I figure that is enough time to train. I'm on the lookout for a race in ATL as well. The walk was really nice..I walked through a neighborhood near my apt...it really reminded me of the town that I grew up in, Sleepy Hollow. There were minimal sidewalks, all the houses were at least 10-15 years old, actual yards surrounding the houses, and funny enough some of the streets were named the same as Sleep Hollow. Hickory Hollow, Laurel Hollow..if I saw Hillcrest Dr, I was going to have to check to make sure that I was actually in North Carolina and not Illinois..

The other one that I've started is Harry Potter. Its nice to go back to the beginning. I figure this will get me back into the swing of wanting to read for pleasure.

Going to go work on #11.