30 Before 30

I have been intrigued by this idea as soon as I read about it in the blog world.  I think everyone has a list of things they would like to do, but always put it off because something more urgent gets in the way.  That's life, isn't it?

This was a picture of my brother's 30th birthday cake.

This year I'd like to put those things in the forefront of my mind.  I'd like to give big and little things importance.   

So here's my goal.  Complete 30 things on my {bucket-type} list before I'm 30 years old.

Here's my list in no particular order.  

1.  Enjoy a trip with Hank

2.  Cook dinner for my grandparents

3.  Take a photography class

4.  Sell our condo

5.  Lose at least 5 lbs {10 would be ideal}

6.  Read the New Testament 

7.  Take Henry to the Georgia Aquarium or the Children's Museum

8.  Try to wake board - with my brother's help, of course

9.  Read a Jane Austen book

10. Make 10 recipes from a new cookbook

11. Buy a glass top for my black table {It's a table I made in college, using one of the doors in my great-grandmother's house.  I've yet to finish it.}

12. Make homemade ice cream.

13. Move into a house

14. Go horseback riding

15. Do a service project

16. Complete a new painting or drawing

17. Have dinner with all my girlfriends

18. Take Henry to his first Auburn football game

19. Go to an Off-Broadway show

20. Spend quality time with all of our siblings

21. Write a heart-felt letter to someone I love

22. Learn a new song on the piano

23. Find a babysitter {non-family member!}

24. Go to a concert

25. Take Henry off his pacifier

26. Plant an herb garden

27. Finish my 1000 gifts list {from the book One Thousand Gifts, by Ann Voskamp}

28. Have professional photos of our family taken

29. Go see a Monet 

30. Learn to play chess

I'm looking forward to the upcoming year!  If I can cross off half of these goals, my last year in the 20s will be a great one!