list 30 things I want to do before I turn 30...and DO them!

I have now worked under my own employ, only to discover I don’t like it much.

But I tried it, and I know how it feels, and I may revisit it when my children are old enough to understand that just ‘cause mama’s at her dest at HOME, doesn’t mean she’s not working.

Cross off #17. I died my hair kind of a fun mahogany color. I’m keeping it this way for awhile. I quite like it.

I’m working actively on #15. I just got basically a new wardrobe. Much better than my previous wardrobe. I’m getting there.

And today I spent an hour by the shores of Lake Minnetonka, skipping stones until I got it right. I’m 99.999995% sure I’ll be able to duplicate my skip in other, similar conditions. Cross off #18.

25. Successfully grow a large vegetable garden. Spend a whole summer/autumn eating fresh yummies I’ve grown myself.
26. Compile my grandmother’s recipes into a cookbook. Distribute it to the extended family.
27. Win some kind of contest.
28. Visit the states I haven’t visited.
29. Get really, really, really lost in an unfamiliar place. Enjoy the time I’m there, and let the way back to familiarity find me.
30. Coach a sport or lead an activity for each of my kids.

19. Become the kind of friend who doesn’t expect her buddies to knock, and routinely finds a friend snatching food out of her fridge when she gets home from work.
20. Become the kind of mom whose children bring friends home as often as they can, because it feels good to be there.
21. Pet a tiger cub, again.
22. Fall asleep in a hammock on a beach.
23. Buy a bottle of wine that should be consumed only for a monumentally celebratory occasion. Drink it on a Tuesday night, for no reason.
24. Learn to surf.

13. Join the mile high club already, for Pete’s sake…
14. Read 100 books.
15. Learn a thing or two about dressing fashionably.
16. Appear regularly at the beach in a bikini. Feel no shame.
17. Dye my hair a color it’s never been before.
18. Learn to skip stones well.

7. Go back to Hawaii.
8. Get in the habit of excersising. Every. Single. Day. Enjoy it.
9. Ride in the Minnesota AIDS Ride.
10. Either get a boob job or get over being flat chested.
11. Buy a home with some curb appeal. Finally.
12. Try improv theater.

1. Go Hang Gliding.
2. Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
3. Pay off the rest of my debt. Every cent.
4. Get the tattoo I’ve wanted for years.
5. Renew my wedding vows.
6. Work for myself.