Wednesday, July 30, 2014

It's happening....

It's happening!  I have approximately 4 months left before I hit the BIG 3-0.  Believe it or not I'm feeling pretty good about where my life is as I say goodbye to my 20s.  Is my life what I pictured it would be 10 years ago? No.  Would I give up any of the memories I have made or the people I have met in the past 10 years? No Way!  Life has a funny way of turning out just the way we need it to even if it takes a different path than we anticipated.

This blog was inspired by my friend Susie.  She started a blog to chronicle her summer adventures as she completed 127 things in 90 days.  One night I came across a post of Susie's latest adventures (some I even got to participate in) and came up with the idea of making my own list.  Since summer is basically over for me, mine turned into a list of things I want to accomplish before I turn 30.  I stayed up way too late that night thinking of things I wanted to add to my list.  After coming up with a list of about 80 items, I decided it was way past my bedtime and I needed to call it a night.  Unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, my mind wouldn't turn off and I add a few more items to the list as I tried to fall asleep.

Items have been added to that original list while others didn't quite make the cut.  I think I have finally come up with The List of things I want to do/learn/see/make/experience in the next 126 days (deadline 11:59 p.m. December 4th).  Nothing will be taken off the list but please don't hate me if things get added within the first week of embarking on this crazy adventure.

This is where you come in my friend!  I need adventure buddies to help make this endeavor a reality. Because everything is better if you have a buddy, right? Who's with me for some fun? No seriously, there are a few of these items that will never be accomplished on my own (see item #20, #64, #79, #80 and you will understand).

Here is a complete list of my 100+ adventures to thirty, flirty, & thriving....

1. Paint a picture
2. Read 10 new books
3. Go camping
4. Take a roadtrip
5. Visit Antelope Island
6. Eat at 10 new restaurants
7. Go to a Farmers Market
8. Learn & plan 5 new games
9. Read Book of Mormon
10. Visit 10 temples
11. Refinish a piece of furniture
12. Puddle jumping
13. Make jam
14. Drive-in Movie
15. Run 5k
16. Go to a concert
17. Watch Lord of the Rings
18. Grow a plant
19. Work on Family history
20. Go on a date
21. Try yoga
22. Take a Zumba class
23. Go tubing
24. Start & finish a quilt
25. Do a puzzle
26. Go on a hike
27. Go canoeing
28. Write 10 Thank You cards
29. Finish knitting scarf
30. Get a massage
31. Spend time in a hot tub
32. Learn how to tat
33. Go dancing
34. Play cemetery games
35. Learn to make Grandma' rolls
36. Learn how to bottle/can
37. Watch a football game
38. Learn a piano piece
39. Go snowshoeing
40. Practice viola
41. Go to a cabin
42. Visit Wyoming
43. Play at a park
44. Go shooting
45. Ride a bike
46. Make a Tortilla Espanola
47. Carve a pumpkin
48. Do an act of service
49. Visit a haunted house/corn maze
50. Tour the Utah State Capital
51. Go to a museum
52. Edit and print original landscape
53. Make a baby blanket
54. See a play
55. Donate platelets
56. Canyon drive to see leaves change
57. Make a cheesecake
58. Write a missionary
59. Do Karaoke
60. Make a green smoothie
61. Read grandparents’ life histories
62. Drink hot chocolate
63. Go sledding
64. Go fishing
65. Take a cooking class
66. Go to a rodeo
67. Swim in a lake
68. Play Bunko
69. Create a running playlist
70. Go to a hockey game
71. Cook 5 new dishes
72. Make jewelry
73. Go snorkeling
74. Create a Pinterest craft
75. Go to a Jazz game
76. Eat fish
77. Create a mission book
78. Go to a college basketball game
79. Throw a party
80. Drive/ride in a Jeep
81. Have a bonfire
82. Go on a picnic
83. Fly a kite
84. Donate blood
85. Dirty Dash
86. Read Anne of Green Gables series
87. Do temple work found during #19
88. Make soap
89. Go to Peach Days
90. Stand in two states at once
91. Go to the dermatologist
92. Learn how to play poker
93. De-clutter room
94. Make a snow angel
95. Discover one new place in Utah
96. Play Bingo
97. Ride a horse
98. Host a Pinterest night
99. Volunteer at a new place
100. Visit 3 national parks in UT
101. Have a snowball fight
102. Get a mani/pedi
103. Learn a new skill
104. Get a Henna tattoo
105. Watch a documentary
106. 30 by 30
107. Go mini-golfing


Let the adventures begin!  Seriously though, come join me.  Lets make memories and have some fun while we do it! :)

- Em