It’s been three months since I published my list of “32 Things to do Before I Turn 33” and it’s time for an update. Items in progress are bolded; items completed are crossed out.
1. First, a BIG one: Visit my BFF in Germany next summer (and maybe tack a week in Austria on there too). I know this will be a challenge to pull off with a toddler, but we really want to try. Hubby, R and I are all super excited.
2. Write my grandmother at least once a month (I don’t expect replies, just want her to receive letters from me).
3. Visit Frank Lloyd Wright’s Greycliff.
4. Run the 2013 Buffalo-Niagara YMCA Turkey Trot on Thanksgiving Day. Such a fun race with my sisters-in-law! Read my recap here.
5. Read and blog about 20 classic books for The Classics Club. Blogs posted for Anne of Green Gables, Anne of Avonlea, Anne of the Island, Jane Eyre, Middlemarch and Excellent Women. I need to get on top of some of the classics I’ve read but not yet “reviewed” and get posts written ASAP. Look for some of those coming soon.
6. Make refrigerator jam.
7. Re-read Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House series. I can’t believe it took me so long to re-read this series, which I loved as a little girl. My thoughts on experiencing the Little House books as an adult are right here.
8. Join a group at church.
9. Road-trip to Ithaca for a weekend.
10. Knit a dress for Peanut.
11. Learn to play three new piano pieces.
12. Go to see Shakespeare performed in Delaware Park.
13. Have a date night with hubby at Rue Franklin.
14. Knit through 1/4 of my yarn stash. Working on this! I’ve made infinity scarves for myself and my mom, a neck warmer, and I’ve got a wrap on the needles right now, which I’m planning to send to my grandmother (shhhh! nobody spill the beans!). I’ve done it all using stash yarn and I’m working on emptying one of my Rubbermaid tubs of yarn before we move next.
15. Write a guest blog (anyone interested?).
16. Take Peanut for a bike ride in one of those hilarious trailers.
17. Finish Level I of the Rosetta Stone French course.
18. Spend a few days (a week if I can swing it) with my high school BFF and our kids.
19. Knit a lace beret.
20. Go to a Sabres game! (Ideally, I’d also like them to win. C’mon guys, for me?)
21. Overcome my fear of baking bread – a holdover from last year.
22. Get in the habit of better skin care – another holdover from last year. Working on this, too. I’ve gotten into a pretty good moisturizing routine. Next I’d like to make time to exfoliate once or twice every week.
23. Volunteer with Literacy New York – Buffalo-Niagara. I’ve completed volunteer training and been matched with a student, but wild weather has prevented us from meeting yet. I’m hoping to meet with her next week.
24. Knit a cozy shawl for my grandmama. Working on this (see above), but I’m probably going to give the shawl (well, wrap) to my other grandmother. My grandmama is in a skilled nursing facility and a handknit wrap is a bit too much for the laundry to cope with.
25. Go see a movie in the theater.
26. Read South Riding, by Winifred Holtby.
27. Buy a Sabres hockey jersey for Peanut. (She already has a Cornell jersey.)
28. Learn the Tunisian crochet stitch and make myself a scarf.
29. Do some charity knitting. I’m thinking hats for preemies?
30. Read a book by Umberto Eco.
31. Try out five new hikes in WNY. Can I say this is in progress if I’ve been spending lots of time researching hiking trails in the area and comparing models of child carrier backpacks? The weather is way too cold to hike with Peanut at the moment, but I have plenty of ideas for the spring and summer.
32. Another BIG one: buy a house.
Well – not too bad. I could stand to get a little more done, and I really do need to get out for that movie in the theater. (We wanted to see “The Hobbit” on the Friday after Christmas, but we ended up driving back to Buffalo with a sick baby that day.) I’ve certainly got enough knitting and reading on this list to keep me busy until spring comes…
covered in flour 
It looks like you’re making great progress! Congrats! I can’t believe I’m turning 33 in under two months. Where did the time go?
Gah, I know! Does it seem to you like every year gets faster and faster? (I think that’s us getting old…)