30 by 30: Update

1. Complete my professional certification. Done & Done

 

2. Be Matron of Honor in a wedding. My sister got married this last June and I was the only wedding party attendant & Maid of Honor. I'm not going to check it off yet though. My sweet friend Jeanette is getting married next May and asked me to be MOH. Two is better than one!

 

3. Work from home full time

 

4. Go parasailing

5. Take a hubs & me only trip to Las Vegas

6. Go skydiving

7. Become a mama {number one, most important ever lifetime goal. No pressure...}

 

8. Go stand up paddle boarding

9. Find our family church

10. See the Grand Canyon at sunset

11. Go on a hot air balloon in Napa - Check! My sweet husband planned a surprise hot air balloon ride in Napa for our anniversary weekend. It was one of the most amazing things I've ever done.

 

12. Become an aunt

 

13. Do yoga on the beach - Check! The resort that we stayed at in Maui offered yoga classes once a week. The morning we went it was raining, so yoga on the beach turned into yoga in the pool cabana instead. I didn't have my camera because, well I was doing yoga.


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14. Go to Disneyland

 

15. Buy our forever home 

16. Go white water rafting

17. Watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade with my kids.

 

18. Become a confirmed Catholic & get baptized

19. Start a new job

 

20. Ride horses on the beach

 

21. Pay off my student loans

 

22. Get my real estate license

 

23. Spend 4th of July with my kids & family in my hometown

 

24. Go camping at the beach

 

25. Visit our friends in Denver in the winter

 

26. Have Thanksgiving with the entire family. {This means mom, dad, sister & BIL, and Nick's family. My parents divorced when I was in 5th grade. My 10 year old self is absolutely beside herself with the idea of this actually happening}

 

27. Visit our friends in Dallas & eat Texas BBQ

 

28. {Still need some ideas...}

 

29. {Need something else to put here... }

 

30. Go somewhere really cool for my 30th birthday

 

I added a few more items and I only have two more to go. In January I'll be 27 and I'm pretty quickly running out of time to make some of these things happen. The next few years look like they're going to be pretty fun!

See the original 30 by 30 post here.
 

30 By 30

We have established that I am a list maker. I have so much going on that a lot of times I can't keep track of anything unless it's on a list. I also have a thing for cute note pads so.. there's that too.
 

 This year Nick's cousin created a list of things he wanted to do before he turns 40. A midlife bucket list of sorts. This made me think about the things that I want to see, do, and accomplish in the next few years. I decided that rather then give myself only a year, I'm going to give myself 4.

 

 I can feel 30 quickly creeping up. I'm only 26, but I'm dramatic and 30 feels really close.
With so many major life changes in the near future I know we are going to be even busier. Which is why I've opted to give myself so much longer. I'd like to be able to actually finish all of the things on the list and that just won't happen if I only give myself until my next birthday.
I actually started my list a while ago and kept it running on my iphone. A lot of my items are trips and travel related, but my goal is for most of them to be personal enrichment type things.

 

I think I will do this as an on-going list that I can add to and cross off as we go along.
 

1. Complete my professional certification. Done! I received my certificate this week!
2. Be Maid of Honor in a friend's wedding. {This was an old item, now that I'm married I suppose I have to go by Matron? Ugh. Old.} I can't quite check this one off yet, but my sweet friend Jeanette asked me to be her MOH in her wedding next May. Eeeep!
3. Work from home full time
4. Go parasailing
5. Take a hubs & me only trip to Las Vegas
6. Go skydiving
7. Become a mama {number one, most important ever lifetime goal. No pressure...}
8. Go stand up paddle boarding
9. Find our church home/family
10. See the Grand Canyon at Sunset
11. Go on a hot air balloon in Napa
12. Become an aunt {I realize this is completely out of my control, I just can't wait to love on my sister's little red heads.}
13. Do yoga on the beach
14. Go to Disneyland {I haven't been since I was 7. It's tragic.}
15. Buy our forever home 
16. Go white water rafting
17. Watch the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade with my kids. {Doesn't necessarily have to be in person. I just love waking up Thanksgiving morning and watching the parade snuggled on the couch while the food cooks!}
18. Become a confirmed Catholic & get baptized {I was always a little sad that my parents didn't have me baptized like they did my older sister. But I'm actually glad that this is a choice that I'm able to make now as an adult.}
19. Spend New Years Eve in Times Square

So, as we can see I'm just getting started here. Anyone have any must do's that I should add?