thirty before thirty

I love making lists and dreaming up plans for the future. And since I'm turning 29 today, I'd love to share my "thirty before thirty" list.

These are thirty things that I hope and plan to do in the year ahead. Some big, some small. A few challenges and a few things just for me. It's a list that I hope brings me joy and growth. So here we go...


1. finish reading the booker prize winners from 2000-2010
2. collect and scan my grandma's photos
3. take a cake decorating class
4. find two new musicians to love
5. see a play
6. run a ten-minute mile
7. buy a diana or holga and experiment with lomography
8. visit the modern wing of the art institute of chicago
9. go to church
10. create a high school scrapbook
11. make a pie
12. watch the top ten of afi's top 100 movies
13. refinish a piece of furniture
14. organize the basement
15. visit the apostle islands
16. learn more about my parents' childhoods and love story
17. find a new perfume
18. search for an affordable vintage typewriter
19. take my grandma on a date, just us
20. lose twenty pounds
21. take a digital scrapbooking class
22. raise money for breast cancer research
23. try indian food
24. attend the milwaukee film festival
25. eat veggies grown in our backyard
26. go to jazz in the park
27. organize our recipe collection
28. plan a trip with my bestie (and maybe hubbies, too)
29. sew something that's not paper
30. renew my passport

I'm hoping for a wonderful last year in my twenties before I enjoy everything being a thirty-something has to offer :)