In some of my blog-wandering this week, I ran across this lovely and witty blogger (and she's an English teacher! Of course I like her!) and her list of 30 things to accomplish before turning 30. Chronic list-maker that I am, I jumped right on her bandwagon and started making my own 30 Before 30 goals.
Unlike most of my lists, though, I actually want to complete this one, so I left off "become the American Idol blogger for CNN," which is my real heart's desire. I also tried to keep these goals observable and measurable (woot, education terminology!). Some items are a little wild and crazy for me, some are little things I've meant to do for a long time, and some I shamelessly stole from other people's lists. Without any further yammering, I give you, in no particular order, my 30 Before 30 list:
1. Get totally out of debt, except the mortgage
2. Save six months' worth of living expenses
4. Run a shorter, family-friendly race with Ben in a stroller
5. Take a family vacation (just Daniel, me, Ben, and any future babies) to a fun city
6. Finish Ben's baby quilt
7. Take some sort of class just for fun
8. Read 25 books in one year
9. Get a makeover and buy the makeup
10. Shoot a real gun
11. Clear the junk out of our back flower beds and replace it with something edible (tomatoes, peppers, piles of Snickers bars? I don't know)
12. Paint the inside of our house -- no more white walls
14. Make a surprise visit to my parents
15. Memorize a book of the Bible and still remember it a year later
16. Eat out zero times for a full month
17. Beat my friend Susanna at a game of Scrabble
18. Take Ben's picture by something pretty at my alma mater
19. Spend a day at a spa
21. Organize the garage to my satisfaction
22. Go snow skiing
24. Make a pretty cake from scratch
25. Host a tea party (the scone-eating kind, not the political kind)
26. Climb the Manitou Incline
27. Come up with an acceptable system for organizing my recipes
28. Throw my husband a spectacular 30th birthday party
29. Complete another 100 Thing Challenge
You can be sure that I'll keep you posted on my progress over the next three years and eleven months.
EDIT: Making this list was so much fun -- you should all play along! You can pick any milestone you want. Go here for more details.
11 comments:
Micah,
I am SO glad you joined in! I LOVE your blog and your list is excellent!!!
(I keep reading things I wish I could add to mine...)
I'll for sure be back!
E
how fun! i love your ambition! i suppose this one's too late for me, but i can proudly say i have accomplished #s 5, 12, 15, 20, 21, 24, and 27.
31 is also a fun birthday. jessie and i refer to it as the baskin robbins birthday. clark threw me a surprise party at our local B.R. that year. (that was a month after i birthed two babies at once.)
i'm on the road to 40. argh!
I love that you were inspired to do this...and you may just be inspiring me to join in too.
Yay for making lists! I want a red door on my home (the non-existent one cuz I'm still renting) too! See ... yet more proof we English majors/teachers must stick together! :)
But I've gotta say, I LOVE white walls. My goal is to get everything white on white with pops of color in my house ... and yes, piles of cat hair would be considers "pops" of color. :)
Bring it!!!
Love,
Susanna
LOVE this list! And did you post this on the 30th on purpose :) Maybe I could manage 5 by 55...
Re-memorizing "Solfegietto" would be on my list. (I think that's the name of it)
This is great! I love the collage of red doors and I am also inspired by the running skirt. My goal will be more like "run one mile. in anything. in less than an hour." And then maybe I'll just buy the skirt to prance around in.
You are tempting me to create my own 30 before 30 list, but I feel like giving myself almost a full decade to do things would be a little unfair. I should probably do more of a 25 before 25 list to level the playing field...or as you apparently think, a 20 before 20 list...
If you find the Snickers growing tree, let me know! And we're so there for Daniel's big bash (if invited) ;-) !!!
LOVE the list idea! I was on the same lines this weekend, I guess, thinking about some bucket list things I would like to do. I did white water raft last summer, which was #1 on my "list" which isn't real unless I commit in print to it. You may have motivated me!
Micah,
Hey girl! I'm sorry I haven't written to you about Easter traditions. With 2 kiddos now, I am waaaaaay behind on blogging. Excited to read yours now though! So far we don't really have anything different for Easter. We did the whole egg hunting thing (probably 20 times throughout the week before and after Easter!). So if you find something, let me know! Love your 30 something list. Hope to keep in touch!Jennifer Glasgow
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