30 before 30 - the list is complete!

get excited.

the list is complete.

some exciting, some mundane, some cost $$, some are free... just a wide variety of things that I'd like to have "notched" off my belt by the time I turn the big 3-0. I'll keep the list here permanently for you to be able to check in on my progress as I go. There are a few things on the list I've already done [travel outside the country, skydiving] but I want to experience those WITH my Danny J - he just makes everything that much better.  

To be honest, I realized as I  made the list there are a lot of things that I'm really lucky to have accomplished at a young age that are on a lot of people's bucket lists [four continents, held a baby kangaroo, spent a month in Italy, snorkeled at the Great Barrier Reef, spent time in Wine country, lived at the beach, been all over the country, and so on] and of course there are many other things that I would LOVE to have accomplished by the time I was 30, but let's be real - I'm not rich [humble state servant pleased to meet your acquaintance]. So, some of these adventures are definitely costly and I tried to keep those to a minimum.


let's just hope the "rapture" doesn't happen at 6pm tonight and I can actually work on this list for the next year and half!

well, anyways.

I know, you're on the edge of your seat...

so here it is...

Thirty before Thirty

1. Travel outside of the country with DJ

2. Make a quilt

3. Make a rainbow cake

4. Run a 5K

5. Run a 10K

6. Run a Half-Marathon

7. Take a cooking class

8. Bake a pie (from scratch)

9. Start working towards my pHd [or another degree]

10. Eat carb-free for two weeks [or longer if I can take it]

11. Sew something as a gift for someone else

12. See BNL in concert

13. Visit my father's grave in Iowa

14. Visit the Biltmore

15. Visit 101 places from the 1001 Places to See Before You Die book

16. Family Photo Shoot [DJ & Ollie]

17. Go Skydiving with DJ

18. Go to a professional baseball game

19. Go to a professional football game

20. Go to a college bowl game

21. Eat vegetarian for a month

22. Go on a honeymoon 

23. Go to Las Vegas 

24. Try 30 new recipes

25. Visit Harry Potter World at IOA

26. Visit the Atlanta Botanical Gardens

27. Visit the Coca Cola factory 

28. Visit Sweetwater Brewery 

29. Change a diaper

30. Take steps towards having a baby

I know, #30 is crazy, but don't get all excited - I don't turn 30 for almost two years and it states "take STEPS" not procreate. woof.

thoughts? 

what's on your list?