Category: ‘Personal’
Even though it is already February (and almost March!) I wanted to post my New Year Resolutions for 2011. This year, I’ve decided to do a 30B430 mad sprint – that is I want to accomplish 30 goals before I turn 30 years old. I stumbled across the 30B430 idea sometime last year and thought it would be a fun challenge to do.
So without further ado, here’s my list (note there’s actually 36 items – I added extras to improve my chances of success):
Make a 30B430 goal poster(Here’s how the final image turned out)Have 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 best week chainsDo 7 “Weeks of Cool”- Paint the kitchen cabinets
Make a personal and family mission statement- Build a shed in the back yard
- Create a large painting
- Hike from Snowbird to Lone Peak
Make a custom chain calendarGo camping 4 timesVolunteer at the Road HomeMake tikka masala and pad thai- Write the first 25 pages of Dark War
Participate in 4 endurance sporting events- Go skydiving
Redo blogClean up music, contact, and photo collections- Rebuild savings
- Learn 2 new programming languages
- Read 20 books
- Get a technical certification
Learn 10 new software programsRecreate first dateGo on a road tripHike Timpanogos at night- Finish the garage
- Sell artwork online
- Make a video game
Invest in the stock market- Begin the adoption process
Improve Kommand- Finish the laundry room
Grow a garden- Make an arcade machine
Create an iPhone icon set- Dunk a basketball
A couple weeks ago, Mindy was telling me how her body was acting all weird and that she thought she might be pregnant. I told her that if she was pregnant, I’d buy her lunch – you know, give her an incentive to be pregnant or something. Plus we go on too many dinner dates and not enough lunch dates. We bought a pregnancy test and this is what I found in the bathroom the next morning:
That’s right – I’m gonna be a dad, again! Yeah! I am very excited. I think the timing is perfect and everything else seems to be in order for a new member to be added to our family. I also think this is a great time to renew my determination to be the best father and husband that I can be. I know that the little tyke that’s coming will be brought into a family that will love and take care of him/her. It’s going to be great!
Now, if we could just do something about the pesky nine month ordeal that is ahead of us…