52 books

This year I had a goal to read 52 books. So far it is going great. I am ahead of schedule and there are so many more things I want to read.

I just finished Big Little Lies and it was fantastic. It was on the NYT Bestseller list which I frequently check. It did not disappoint. 5 Stars

Excerpt taken from Amazon:

Big Little Lies follows three women, each at a crossroads:

Madeline is a force to be reckoned with. She’s funny and biting, passionate, she remembers everything and forgives no one. Her ex-husband and his yogi new wife have moved into her beloved beachside community, and their daughter is in the same kindergarten class as Madeline’s youngest (how is this possible?). And to top it all off, Madeline’s teenage daughter seems to be choosing Madeline’s ex-husband over her. (How. Is. This. Possible?).

Celeste is the kind of beautiful woman who makes the world stop and stare. While she may seem a bit flustered at times, who wouldn’t be, with those rambunctious twin boys? Now that the boys are starting school, Celeste and her husband look set to become the king and queen of the school parent body. But royalty often comes at a price, and Celeste is grappling with how much more she is willing to pay.

New to town, single mom Jane is so young that another mother mistakes her for the nanny. Jane is sad beyond her years and harbors secret doubts about her son. But why? While Madeline and Celeste soon take Jane under their wing, none of them realizes how the arrival of Jane and her inscrutable little boy will affect them all.

Big Little Lies is a brilliant take on ex-husbands and second wives, mothers and daughters, schoolyard scandal, and the dangerous little lies we tell ourselves just to survive.

goals and my word of the year

I have probably written countless posts on goals, but I feel it is necessary to hold myself accountable and keep track. Plus I love setting goals and crossing things off my bucket list. Goals often get pushed on the back burner so I also like to choose a word for the year. This year the word is focus. I am always busy and I often fill my schedule with tasks that are not always meaningful. I want to focus on who I am, who I want to be and fulfilling the roles I have to the fullest. I want to love myself more and really focus on what that means. Each task I would focus fully on instead of starting 100 things and getting them done eventually. I want to focus on the things I have rather than the things I think I need and really embrace the life I have right now and not in the future. 

-write in my journal every.single.day.

-read 52 books (including the chronicles of narnia and harry potter again)
-use social media less

-focus on the important things

-choose happy

-be sugar free for a week

Bucket List

a teacher gave an assignment for one of my classes to set 150 goals. they couldn't just be go to paris, go to london, go to scotland. they had to be goals a little more thought consuming. i was able to come up with more that 150 as well as add in a few extra "go to" places. The formatting messed up a little but thats ok. And some of them are silly goals that will help no one but me but thats the beauty of a bucket list.

Life Goals

Spiritual

-Get married in the temple

-Raise children
-Go to the Philadelphia Temple open house
- Visit every temple in Utah
- Couples mission with husband
- Contribute something tangible to the building of a temple
- Read the Book of Mormon in a week
-Do work in 75 temples

-Go to the temple every week for a year
- Support 3 missionaries
- Raise my children in the Gospel
-Volunteer for something incredible

-Work in the temple
- Go to the Kirtland Temple

Fitness

- Run a 5k in under 30 minutes
- Hike mount timp

- Run a half marathon

- Climb to the U
- Do aerial yoga
- Eat healthy

-Home cook my meals every day for a month

Travel
-Visit all 50 states
-Visit Cedar Point in Sandusky, OH

-Go to the Space Needle
-Visit Australia

-Go to Europe

-Tour Asia
- Go to Jerusalem
- Go to India
- Visit all 7 Wonders of the World
- Rent a glass igloo in Finland to see the Northern Lights
- Disney Parks in all the countries –Honk Kong, Shanghai, Paris, California, Florida, Tokyo
-Kiss someone on top of the Eifel Tower
- Buy a plane ticket on the next plane out, no matter where it is going
- Spend a weekend in a tree house

-Listen to jazz in the French Quarters, New Orleans

-Hike the Grand Canyon

-Explore British Columbia
- Visit Niagara Falls
- Visit the four corners monument

-Put a lock on the love bridge
- Take my husband on an adventure around the world.
-Fenway Park

-Go to Greece

-Get into Club 33 at Disneyland

Life
- Have a fulfilling career
- Spend more time with my mom
-Forgive more
-Fall in love

-Smile daily
-Live the gospel till I die

-Find something to be happy about every day of my life.
-Live in the moment

-Be positive

-Find the good
-Say yes to opportunities

-Have a good set of married friends when I am married

Fun
-Hold Disneyland season passes

-Go to a movie premiere

-Stand outside during the Oscar red carpet
- Hot air balloon ride
- Attend the Olympics
-Cook and entire Thanksgiving Dinner from -Scratch

-Sew an entire outfit I would wear

-Do hair for a movie
-Street perform

-Spend a weekend at a spa

-Throw an incredible surprise party
-Backpack and camp somewhere for a weekend
-Ride an elephant

-Ride a camel

-See the Spiral Jetty
-Kiss on a 50 yard line

-Attend the college football playoff game
-Learn to sail
-Times Square on New Years Eve

-Attend the Macy’s Thanksgiving day parade

-Have a garden
-Win a big prize out of luck

-Get kissed in the rain

-Be in the middle of a real live lantern festival (like tangled)
-Chop down my own Christmas tree

-Create a recipe
-Be able to play 10 hymns on the piano

-Learn graphic design

-Write in my journal everyday for a year

-Take one picture every day for a year (not a selfie)

-Make someone’s dream come true

-Zip line through the jungle

-Learn to ski

- Go zorbing
-Send a letter to a random address and see if they write back

-Meet Taylor Swift

-Go on a helicopter ride

-Swim with dolphins

-Have a paint fight

-Attend the festival of colors

-Attend a masquerade
- Scuba dive

-Read 50 books in a year

-Swim in a fountain
-Design and sew a wedding dress

-Attend church in another country
-Bungee Jump

-Work at a Disney Park

-Find something to smile about daily
-Work for an airline

-Watch every single Disney movie ever released

-Parasail
-Bake the perfect cupcake

-Paint a picture I would actually display

-Learn a song on the guitar

 -Take tap lessons
-Learn to play the bagpipes

-Go without Internet for a week
-Do a color run

-Play golf at St. Andrews

-Go to the Masters
-Learn Archery

-Ride a mechanical bull

-Have an etsy shop

-Plan a family reunion

-Camp on the beach

-Keep my room clean every single day

-Be the favorite aunt
-Have 500 instagram followers

-Go to the Ellen Degeneres Show
-Learn how to work my DSLR camera

-Make a quilt

-Jumbo-tron at Utah football game

-Make a perfect Macaron

-Give Christmas away to someone who needs it

-Take Golf lessons
-Learn to surf
- Sky dive
-Work in the financial district in NYC

-Live in NYC

-Study abroad
-Get a Bachelor’s degree

-Learn French

Finance
-Own a house

-Own an Audi

-Have a great retirement fund
- Have a 6 figure income
-Invest in something

-Have stock
- Donate to charity
-Have $20,000 in saving by 30
-Contribute to my family’s income

-Work in Human Resources

Blog

-Have a successful blog

-Guest on Studio 5
- Get 1000 views on blog in one day by the end of 2014