30 by 30 update {9 months}

9 months left in my 20's????  GET OUT!!!  Where is time going?  I just cannot accept that I'm about to be 30!  This list doesn't look much different than it did last month, but I'm making plans...  I'm still at 3/30 but I should have a few more to checked off next month!

Health/Fitness {0/5}

1} take a yoga class {I made a new friend recently who is really into yoga, we will be going together soon}

2} complete a 5K {race day: 07APR12.  Training starts as soon as I return from the US}

3} climb Mt Fuji

4} do 1 unassisted pull up

5} pass the Army PT test for my gender/age group

Food {1/6}

6} learn to cook lobster {cooking my mom and sister lobster while I'm home next week}

7} make gnocchi from scratch DONE {did this last week!}

8} learn to make grandma's relish

9} try 5 new foods {3/5} 1. natto beans.  2. umeboshi.  3. ratatouille (I know, I know, I'd never had it before and now I'm obsessed).  2 more to go

10} make Pioneer Woman's homemade cinnamon rolls 

11} learn to make 5 traditional Japanese dishes, including sushi {3/5}  1.sushi rolls. 2. inarizushi. 3. omelet (they're slightly different than the omelets we eat in the States) 

Travel {1/8}

12} drink the Absynth we bought in Prague 3 years ago maybe on New Years??

13} visit at least 3 new countries {2/3} 1. Taipei. 2. Australia

14} learn enough Japanese to carry on at least a 5 minute conversationworking on this one

15} visit Disney (Tokyo Disney will have to do)

16} visit Hiroshima

17} scuba/snorkle the Great Barrier Reef {DONE}

18} ride an elephant in Thailand (this and #17 are trips that will help knock off # 13 as well and are sort of in the early planning stage.  If our vacation locations change, these will have to be changed as well)

19} visit a Japanese Onsen (hot spring) {planned for 31 Dec}

Random {1/11}

20} get out of debt (ALMOST THERE!  STUPID STUDENT LOANS!) still working on this one but we're on track to be done 4 months before I turn 30 =}

21} get caught up on my scrapbooks and stay current

22} read 50 books {24/50}

23} find out my blood type

24} design a logo for BleuDress (or pay someone else to)

25} MASTER all the functions on my camera {DONE thanks to this class}

26} solve the Rubik's cube or complete a crossword puzzle without any help {I can't even figure out the Rubik's cube using the cheat sheet they include!  I'm working on some crossword puzzles!}

27} save $20K {I have come to terms with the idea that this one is not going to happen thanks to the 3 trips we will be making to the US next year.  I'm not happy about it, but it's a fact}

28} watch all of the Star Wars movies (I've only seen the newest one)

29} renew my CPR certification and keep it current

30} complete a photography project

I hope all of you have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!  Tomorrow I take off for 2 weeks in America and probably won't blog again until 2012.