30 Before 30

Today marks exactly six months before I am no longer a twenty something.  *sigh*  I know it's ridiculous to say that I feel old because logically, I know that thirty is definitely not old, I have still been struggling with this approaching birthday.

I feel like my life, especially since getting married nearly seven years ago has flown by at a rapid pace leaving me in the dust.  There are days when I look around and wonder, "How did I get here?"  

How is my oldest child closing in on SEVEN?!

How did already come time for me to celebrate a ten year reunion for high school?

My "baby" brother is about to turn TWENTY! Say what?

It's amazing how quickly the time has passed.

Combining my shock of be alive for three decades with my recent determination to regain some ground in being me and not just mom, I decided to make this bucket list of sorts of things to accomplish before I hit the big 3-0 in January.

This list was harder to make than I anticipated!  I really struggled with coming up with things that would be enjoyable to me, yet challenging.  I also didn't put any really exotic things like traveling to foreign countries or bungee jumping because I only have a six month window, limited finances, and quite frankly, my sense of adventure isn't THAT big. :)

So, without further ado, here it is:

 30 Before 30

1. Read the Bible in its entirety
2. Spend an entire day in jammies watching classic black and white movies
3. Make my own laundry detergent
4. Get a manicure and a pedicure
5. Lose 5-8lbs and tone up Revised :)
6. Learn how to knit or crochet
7. Dye my hair( I haven't done this since I've been married!)
8. Sponsor a child
9. Kick my soda habit
10. Buy a new sewing machine sew a dress for one of my girls
11. Go screen free for a week
12. Go to a musical
13. Clean out the attic
14. Read the big six Jane Austen books (Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, and Persuasion).  No, I've never read any of these.  Shocking, I know. 
15. Go hiking Read about it here
16. Learn how to make sourdough bread
17. Create and execute a workable daily schedule
18. Learn how to french braid  Read about it here
19. Wean Lydia Read about it here
20. Go on an all day date with the hubby  Read about it here
21. Visit a lighthouse
22. Relearn how to type correctly( I don't hunt and peck, but I do have my own eccentric way of typing)
23. Start menu planning again
24. Start and maintain a 1000 gifts gratitude journal
25. Try an exotic food I've never eaten before
26.  Start getting up earlier and having a set quiet time
27. Finish reading aloud The Chronicles of Narnia to the children (we're completed the first two books already)
28. Visit Grandfather Mountain and walk on the Mile High Swinging Bridge
    
Read about it here
29. Buy a fancy dress (it's been ages and ages since I've owned anything outside the territory of mom clothes)
30. Go gem mining

There it is folks, in all its semi-intimidating glory!  I plan to blog about the tasks once I've completed them and I'm excited to give the ol' college try! 

Did you do anything to ring in a special birthday?

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