Thirty

On Susan’s (at A Slice of Life) birthday, she shared a list of the things she wanted to accomplish in the next year. I thought that was a fun idea, so here I present thirty things I want to do in the next year:

1. Finish the Portland to Coast relay walk in August {Done - August 28, 2009}
2. Lose another 25 pounds
3. Corn row my daughter’s hair
4. Camp on the Oregon coast {Done - June 25-28, 2009}
5. Read the first Harry Potter book {Almost halfway done on May 9}
6. Submit an essay to Segullah {Submitted August 20, 2009}
7. And while I’m at it, one to Mormon Women too {Done - Posted June 21, 2009}
8. Paint our front door and shutters black
9. Get new family pictures {Done - May 1, 2010}
10. Join a volleyball league {Done - September 14, 2009}
11. Get highlights in my hair {Done - July 13, 2009}
12. Write a letter to my daughter’s birthmother {Wrote in December, but didn't mail}
13. Enter some photo contests {Entered one, Oct. 2009, and another in early 2010}
14. Read the Ensign each month (10/12)
15. Attend the temple 12 times (2/12)
16. Invite someone to dinner each month (12/12)
17. See Mt. St. Helens in person
18. Go to Crater Lake, Oregon
19. Read all the Psalms (75/150ish)
20. Volunteer in my kid’s classroom {Done - almost every week thru the school year}
21. Join the Parent-Teacher group at the kid’s school {Done August 5, 2009}
22. Paint the master bedroom
23. Learn to hand quilt
24. Try new recipes once a month (12/12) Blueberry Muffins, Creamy Syrup, 30 min Rolls, 45 min Cinnamon Rolls, PW Pot Roast, PW Pizza Dough, PW Artichoke Dip, Farm Chicks Potato Soup, My mom's fudge sauce, copy cat Applebee's Spinach and Artichoke Dip
25. Send hand written cards/letters {Done!}
26. Start using my scrapbook supplies again {Done - August 2009}
27. Take portraits of my kids {Done!}
28. Grow some of our own food {Done August 2009 - Strawberries}
29. Make my kid’s Christmas pajamas - (uh-oh, I didn't do this!)
30. Enjoy being me {Done! All Year Long!}

Today I am thirty. I’m okay with being thirty. After all, I’m always five and a half years younger than Bryan. :) Really, though, I’m good with it. I feel ready for this decade – the decade in which my kids will be teenagers, the decade in which I’ll learn to fiddle (once youngest is in school), the decade in which I’ll be more comfortable in my own skin.

What do you want to accomplish in the next year?