30 before Thirty...

I've been meaning to write this post for awhile now... It is my 30 before Thirty list.  I saw this idea on another blog, and thought, what a great idea.  So I compiled a list of things that I would like to accomplish in the next year.  I turned 29 on July 8th, so I have just under twelve months to cross off everything on the list.  I love lists, and I love crossing things off!  These 30 things are things that I have been wanting to do/finish for quite sometime, they are the things that just keep getting pushed aside or buried under the day-to-day living of play dates, naps and squeezing in a quick workout.  Do these things HAVE to be finished by the time I turn 30?  No, it is just the deadline I issued myself.  I am a total procrastinator and work best under pressure, so July 8, 2012 is the date.  I will be updating the list here, on the blog, as I start to cross things off.  So with out further adieu I give you the list...

30 before Thirty

1. Hang the framed photos/art that is sitting around the house (over 20 pieces)
2. Finish the playroom (paint & decorate)
3. Finish the guestroom (paint & decorate)
4. Make a headboard for the guest bed
5. Finish the office (organize and hang pictures)
6. Refinish bedroom dresser (paint & hardware)
7. Reupholster craigslist chairs
8. Read thirty new books
9. Take one class to support one of my many hobbies
10. Go on a long weekend with just the Jerbear
11. Take a family road trip (3 hours or more)
12. Take the kids to the DMA
13. Take the kids to the Children's Science Museum
14. Take the kids to the Heard Museum
15. Lose 20lbs
16. Run another Half Marathon
17. Sew at least one dress for a little girl
18. Both boys potty trained
19. Be caught up on photo books of the boys (4 for Hutson & 2 for Wheeler)
20. Take a girls weekend
21. Drink no soda for one year
22. Eat no candy for one year
23. Blog redesign
24. Sell something I make
25. Volunteer
26. Kids Volunteer
27. Contribute some kind of income to our family
28. Cook one new meal/dish a month
29. Learn some HTML code
30. Ride a mechanical bull

So that's it.  That is the list.  These things aren't exactly life changing, some are even downright mundane.  But they are things that I would like to get done in the next 12 months, well really 11 months and 1 week.  Some things I have started, like No. 21 & 22.  No candy or soda, it is going well and a little hard, but 21 days in a row makes a habit, right?  So just another few weeks and it should be easy, peasy...ha.  I have 5 books of my thirty read, but I will post on that later. I also need to get crackin' on No. 28 as my month is almost up.. ahhh!  I, of course, have a dinner planned for the last night of the month on Sunday... I told you I was a procrastinator.

I would love to have any of you, ahem ashley ahem, join me in making a list of 30 things that you might want to accomplish in the next year.

And as always, a post isn't a post with out at least one photo...

Here are my boys...