Bucket List

5 GOALS:

1) Go to Alaska

I haven't done much traveling and I love snow and winter, it looks so nice there! I'd love to take an Alaskan cruise or something, too.

2) Watch the ball drop in Times Square

Yes, its a cliche New Years tradition but it would be quite an experience to go and be part of all the hype just for one year.

3) Try a pint of Butterbeer

I've seen many different recipes that I'd like to try (some alcoholic, and non-alcoholic) or I could just get some if I visit the theme park. Either way, this is a must try.

4) See the Grand Canyon

Another travel to do that I want to accomplish. This natural wonder is amazing and I can't wait until I get to see it!

5) Have a perfect Christmas tree

Seeing that my parents use a fake one, this cannot be accomplished until I'm living on my own. Perfect to me is a nice variety of ornaments that each have a story, popcorn strings, garland, white lights, and of course a star on top. :) I sure do love Christmas

ACCOMPLISHMENT

Have ice cream cake at my birthday

Oh yes, this probably sounds super silly but my family prefers the traditional style cakes. When it comes to birthdays, I LOVE ice cream cake. So I demanded it for the first time, on my 20th birthday this year and got it. Huzzah. It was delicious.

Bucket List

Hi! One thing I love doing is organizing and adding goals to my Bucket List. I would LOVE to share my list with you and update my readers on my progress. Because I have well over 1,500 goals on it, I am going to do it in segments. Each Saturday, I will show you 5 Goals I have and then 1 I have already accomplished. Contribute by commenting with your goals! Enjoy!

FIVE GOALS:

1) Graduate College

Currently in the process of completing! I'm an Exercise and Sport Science major with a minor in Biology. After graduating from Fitchburg State, my goal is to continue onto Grad School to become a PA (Physician Assistant)

2) See a blue whale

I live right next to "Whaling City" and I have yet to see a whale! Maybe if I take a whale watch in the right location, I can fulfill this!

3) Have a baby

Obviously NO time soon, haha but definitely in the future! I would love a girl. I love the names Olivia, Madeline, Violet, Alice, Sophia, Emma, and Lily.

4) Be a homeowner

I'm hoping that by saving some money, I will be abe to do this after Grad School. Even just a small townhouse, I can't wait for my own place!

5) Own every color of OPI Nail Polish

Even though there are like 300 some odd colors, I'd love to, way in the future, own them all. The quality of this nail polish is awesome and I love them!

ACCOMPLISHMENT:

1) Build something at Build-a-Bear

I made Charlie, a panda bear, at Build a Bear about two years ago. I freaking love that store! Definitely going back :)

NOTE :: All the photos I include in my Bucket List posts are generally from this blog and this one, unless otherwise noted.

What did I do on Sunday?

I ran my first 5k!!

It was awesome! I didn't really complete it in my goal time. I took 51 minutes and 25.5 seconds. :( But I finished and for barely training due to the craziness of finals, I am super proud of myself. It was the Falcon 5K at my school and it was fun! I won a beach chair at the raffle at the end too. My legs felt like someone took an axe to them until Tuesday, no big deal. 

I am definitely going to do this again soon! A few of my friends and I are forming a group to do the Color Run in Boston this summer and potentially a red dress run for heart disease. (I don't think we run in dresses). Not to mention the Warrior Dash is coming up but I'm going to do the September one instead of June. (June = chaos for me)

Have a nice weekend and stay healthy =)

Book Review: PUSH

I've been reading a ton lately and also just finished this book:

I really enjoyed this. The novel is written from the points of view of Precious, a girl who goes through extreme sexual abuse throughout her life and decides to start a new life for herself and signs herself up for an alternative school after she is thrown out of her high school for being pregnant. Illiterate, Precious learns skills at the school and meets other students who have been abused and learns how to begin her new, and happy lifestyle. This book was very good and you can see her writing skills slowly improve throughout the novel. She starts off by spelling ask "ax" and mother "muver" but you watch her grow through her journal entries. Although this book is great, it was very graphic when it came to her sexual abuse so I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone under 14/15(depending on maturity). Overall, I loved it.

Book Review :: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

I just finished this book and it was amazing!

The story is told through the journal of Christopher Boone, a teenage boy who has autism. It is a very interesting read because he speaks very literally and analytically and its captivating to read how an autistic mind perceives and understands things. I read the book in about a week. It was an easy, light read that left me wanting to find out more. The storyline is that Christopher find his neighbors dog murdered with a garden fork. He begins the novel with the intention of writing a murder novel to find out the killer but he finds out much more than that and learns a lot about himself, his past, and his family. An amazing book, I recommend it to everyone.