#1.) It is crazy that it took me this long to accomplish my number one.....This took me about a month of running to finally get to 5 miles. I did it in under 50 minutes which is crazy because as of late I have been running 10 minute miles so my pace was awesome. The weather is finally warming up and I finally have running shoes so that all made it a lot easier. I smell like trash right now so I need to get myself into this shower.

#31.) I have a guilty pleasure watching "my life as liz". She sang a song in a talent show by "Band of Horses" that I enjoyed.

#16.) Just finished up donating my blood. Apparently I have huge veins and I bleed very fast. Or I am just good at everything.

I also found out that I am type O+ blood- I can donate to anybody with a positive blood type and I can receive from anybody with O+ or O-.

O+ Is one of the most common so I shouldn't ever die.

#9.) I have to give myself a slight mulligan here. When I put together this list, I was working for a company in which I was out at bars and clubs almost every night. Liquor and beer was a constant flow especially living only blocks away from all of these drunk filled establishments. Every year I liked taking a month off from drinking. Usually I would pick February since it is the shortest month.

Since I do not work for them anymore and have moved to the other side of Wilmington, I very rarely drink anything. I might have a beer a month and honestly cannot remember the last time I was even drunk.

My goal with this was to slow my drinking down and in essence I have done just that. So I shall scratch this from my list as an accomplished goal.

#41.) Finished reading up one of my grandfather's books. 'Tales of an Octogenarian' has some great stories from his 80th year in life. I happen to be included which is pretty sick. There is a short story on my graduation form UNCW. There was a story about how he needed to visit my grandma while she was in the hospital butt the nurses only allowed one guest at a time. He explains how he snuck in and then fussed about finding her purse realizing that if he was complaining about something missing, they wouldn't kick him out even though there was another visitor. It is just funny that at 80, he is still hustling.

The five I have read so far:

1. The Chinese Walking Stick
2. Lazarus: From Seven to Seventy-Seven
3. The Edge at Beach Head
4. Tales of an Octogenarian
5. The Purse in the Muff

#43.) Just finished reading my 3rd out of 3rd motivational book. It is entitled "Strengths Finder 2.0" and focuses on having somebody focus their mind onto their strengths to improve on those talents instead of attempting to create a talent. I am terrible at selling butt great at numbers and organization so I should focus my energy into a field where those are the main characteristics you need.

During reading this book, I am honestly considering getting some extra schooling and pursuing a career in the accounting and finance field. I would say this book motivated me quite a bit.

My 3 motivational books were:

1. Think and Grow Rich
2. Real Estate Investing in your 20's
3. Strengths Finder 2.0
   
   
   

#31.) As for some music, I have been playing through Pandora pretty intensely. I think that will be the only way I find any music on my own because I do not really read about the bands I like and I do not talk music with any friends. My first pick for music that I found on my own is:

-Regina Spektor

She has such a relaxing tone and reminds me of Feist who had that happy song on one of the IPod commercials a while back.

#23.) I have actually already scratched this one off butt I remade my Excel document to be more efficient both visually and operationally. It took me a few hours butt my Excel finance document is sick. I have data bars on each column so I can see where I spend the most in each category. I have icons that tell me if I am over my budget in a certain category. I have nice looking tables that total up each category plus add to the totals of the month. It looks real jazzy and I am considering replugging in my data from the past few years. I think Ima have to be real bored to do that though.

#70.) Taylor had a 1920's themed birthday party the other night so I was able to dress up in a costume on a day other than Halloween. I really wanted to dress up in one of those old fashioned 1920's one piece bathing suits that the dudes used to wear; maybe throwing on a thick mustache. I think for putting my costume together in one night, it came out pretty jazzy.