Now that we're in the New Year, I think it is the perfect time to post the list that I've been working on. Some of my co-workers were talking about reaching milestone birthdays and creating lists of things that they want to do before they reach that age. It sounds really weird to say, but in the middle of this new decade I will be turning thirty years old. I still have 6 years before that birthday comes but already it is freaking me out. I remember my mom being a "thirty-something," so the idea that I am nearing that age is almost unbelievable.

I don't know what my future will hold and I'm excited to see what will happen. I decided to make this list of 30 things that I would like to accomplish before I turn 30. Some of them are small, some big, some costly, and some scary, but all of them are things that I am interested in seeing if I can complete before December 2015 when I turn 30 years old.
1. Learn how to crochet
2. Ride a roller coaster that goes upside down (Yikes!)
3. Read “The Classics” (Moby Dick, Les Misérables, War & Peace, The Count of Monte Cristo…)
4. Get a piercing or tattoo
5. Make a quilt for myself
6. Get Joe on an airplane
7. Visit Tara in Idaho
8. Ride in a hot air balloon
9. Move out of my parents’ house
10. Explore Europe
11. Go back to Brno and Praha, Czech Republic
12. Get a full body massage
13. Reach goal weight
14. Write a children’s book
15. Cook Czech food
16. Learn Spanish
17. Go to Japan
18. Get a Master’s Degree
19. Learn fancy calligraphy
20. Put together a book of family recipes
21. Get back into volunteering with local organizations
22. Set up a mutual fund
23. Get married
24. Start a family
25. Pay off student loans
26. Start giving blood again
27. Sell something on Etsy
28. Print out all the digital pictures on my computer
29. Pet an elephant
30. Make homemade marshmallows
Of course this list is in no particular order. We'll see how it goes!