30 Before 30

This is the year that I go from being young, fun, and attractive to being old, and bitter, and wrinkly.  To make this transition a little more fun and less depressing I decided to make a list of 30 things I want to do before I turn 30 in November.  I got the idea from my friend Joanna who did this a couple of years ago when she was turning 25.  Some of them are small and easily accomplished, some are things I've never done before and I've always wanted to, and some are going to cost a lot of money.  But I've got to live it up now because as soon as I'm 30 I'm just going to be boring and middle-aged!

Swim in the Atlantic Ocean

Read 5 classics

Repaint my coat rack and shoe bench

Go fruit picking

Host a tea party

Learn to knit

Hike Mt. Wachusetts

Learn a difficult piano piece

Stand Up Paddle Board on Walden Pond

Sew a dress

Go to the temple once a month

Visit MA's top swimming holes

Plant a flower garden

Index 500 batches (I've never indexed so I don't know if this is a lot)

Make homemade ice cream

Visit a foreign country

Take a dance class

Go skinny dipping

Host a karaoke party

See a musical on Broadway

Read the Book of Mormon

Go rock climbing

Build something out of wood

Take a road trip

Visit Boston's historical sites

Journal once a week

Go to Palmyra

Take a class

Make homemade bread

Go to a drive-in movie

Goings On

We saw this "Joel Rubbish" trash can after we had a few weeks of frustrating experiences after moving to MA.  It just felt like the universe was telling us, hey you guys, don't expect much, your life is going to be just rubbish now.

My cute little girl

Oskar and Ivy during knowledge time.

I found Oskar out here "fishing" on the log.  What he really was doing was pulling trash out of the water with a stick.  But at least he had a helmet on.

SNOW ... and Ivy's snowsuit.  She looks so fat and ridiculous, I love it.

Oskar's t-ball parade

Paddle boarding with Sarah.  Oskar was so calm and happy the entire time we were out out on the water.  I can't wait to get some of these boards, we're going to be out on the lake all the time.

Ivy in front of Ralph Waldo Emerson's home.

Thoreau

Louisa May Alcott

Ralph Waldo Emerson

My two cheeses

Our First Visitors

Joel went to Israel for work so Grandma and Grandpa came to babysit me and the kids.  They helped with the kids and helped fix things around the house.  It was great to have them here and we all missed after they left.

Presenting the CUSTOM made window seat.  Mom did and A+ excellent job making this beautiful seat and Dad did a great job modeling it.