It's been a great year. It was a lot of fun doing this challenge - I highly recommend it to all of you out there. It forces you to do things you always say you will do but never get around to doing, or to do things that are outside your comfort zone, or that are totally not you, or to do things that you would otherwise never make time for. So go for it! Make a list - and then make a blog so you are held accountable to other people to complete the list :)
So I guess we'll start with the items that I had left to complete from the last blog.
2) Read all the books by the Bronte sisters - which got updated to read 4 others books since I gave up on the Bronte sister books. I read 3 of the 4 books and have started the 4th book. I finished "Eat Pray Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert, "The Prince" by Machiavelli, and "Utopia" by Thomas More. I am about a quarter of the way through Henry James' "Portrait of a Lady"... I just couldn't finish it in time. Almost...
12) Randomly tell people I care about them - Finished doing this.
26) Take Ella ice skating. Unfortunately, time just wasn't in my favor on this one, so I changed it to "Go to a Celtics game" since it is something I've never done before and I did this in December for my sister Erin's 30th birthday. Here is a picture from the game (Celtics won by the way):
5) Give a recital - DONE! Yay! Recital took place February 12 at First Unitarian Church in Worcester. I was very pleased with how it went. I didn't get many pictures, but here is one of my woodwind quintet:
And here is a video from the recital. This is the first movement of the Sonata op. 77 for flute and piano by Joseph Jongen. If you'd like to hear more of the recital, you can visit my YouTube channel - my channel is sarahkflute.
32) Lose 32 pounds: Total weight loss was 43 pounds. Yay! Here are some before and after pics for you (pics are in reverse order for some reason - current pics at top, last 2 are from last Feb):
And last but not least, here are some pics from my 32nd birthday to finish off the year. I made myself a yummy dinner for myself..cheese stuffed chicken with a baked potato sprinkled with a little cheese (totally no no foods for me, but it was my birthday!), and a very yummy french vanilla cake that I made for myself. Then my sisters got me a Ben & Jerry's ice cream cake for when we celebrated the following weekend - yummy!
So there you have it! The 32 by 32 challenge is now complete! Thanks for following along on this journey! I think I'll make more lists for myself each year - although maybe not 33 for next year... 10 might be more realistic giving how busy I am now.
Thanks again and I hope you've enjoyed this journey too!
