30 Before 30

So this is my last year as a 20-something and I decided to make it count.  I've seen a couple of other blogs that have done the 30 before 30 but just in case you aren't familiar with it: you make a list of 30 things you want to do before you turn 30.  Seems simple enough...until you start typing it out.

It's a fine line of not making it an everyday to-do list (paint my bedroom, actually finish a sewing project, etc) and making it so lofty that there is no way I could do it in a decade let alone a year (visit Ireland, go to the Grand Canyon, have a movie made based on my books).  So without further ado here is my list:

1. Get a house and decorate it the way I want it

2. Have family live nearby

3. Get a third book finished (first draft)

4. Do a book signing

5. Do one thing that scares me to death (did a radio interview...thought I'd have a heart attack)

6. Sew something for myself

7. Get a second book published

8. Have a garden (and not kill it)

9. Learn something new

10. Make a cake entirely from scratch

11. Quit soda

12. Throw a party 

13. Finish a quilt

14. Go to a Writers’ Conference

15. Kick the eating out habit

16. Have an entirely handmade Christmas

17. Paint a picture

18. Go to the Grand Canyon

19. Go camping

20. Get back into the FlyLady habit

21. Visit the cliff dwellings

22. Learn to get my migraines under control

23. Organize a filing system

24. Decorate for each holiday (including themed meal for the day)

25. Learn how to blog and do it (clearly still working on this...but I don't think I'm too bad. Right?)

26. Try one new recipe a month, including marshmallows

27. Go on a picnic each month while it’s warm

28. Find a hat I love and actually wear it

29. Learn to budget

30. Learn to reupholster

I've only crossed off a few and I don't have that much longer to go.  Some of them might be right after 30, like going to the Grand Canyon.  We had planned on going this past Spring Break but plans had to change so we'll go this next one.  

I'm hoping to post some pictures of various ones I've gotten to cross off.  Including my first cake from scratch, which by the way, tasted AMAZING....it just kind of fell apart.

So what's your opinion?  Anything you think I should add?