30 before 30

My handsome husband is turning the B-I-G (and apparently dirty) 30 today and I just cannot contain my excitement. He, on the other hand, is not loving life, is not excited and strategically not answering my phone calls or any of my 30 texts. (I've really only sent 2 but my goal is to send 30 today, one for every year of his wonderful life.....). My celebration on his behalf has made me think about my last two glorious years in my twenties and what 30 things I can and should accomplish between now and then. I have two years and 6 days to make this happen. Some of these I will drag Husband along for since you know, he's 30 (older, wiser, richer, smarter as he should be) and would love to participate in making all my twenties dreams come true. (I made the part up about him loving participating in ALL of this.)

1.  Join a book club, read the books and then actually attend the get together where you discuss them.

2. Go back to England for a visit (or move. Either one needs to happen though).

3. Paint the inside of our house so that every room is no longer "Bachelor Pad Cream" complete with pasta stains and fly tying feathers super glued to the base boards.

4. Read "The Great Gatsby".

5. Go on a girls trip. Leaving the state or country is mandatory.

6. Become a successful living on a budget and building a savings person rather than failing with all things money almost all the time.

7. Train for and complete a half marathon.

8. Try hot yoga.

9. Grow a garden with a variety of herbs, veggies and maybe some berries.

10. Learn to knit.

11. Speak at a women's dinner or conference or something.

12. Be published in some sort of way outside the internet.

13. Have a baby or at least be pregnant with one.

14. Brush up on my memory verses from years gone by.

15. Go on a hunting trip with hubs and not hate more than 80% of it.

16. Volunteer at a local retirement home, soak up the wisdom of those who have lived massive amounts of life.

17. Make peace with my brother.

18. To pray with someone who needs hope.

19. To be at ease with who I see when I look in the mirror and not wish I was different in so many ways.

20. Keep our house pet free. (this goal I hope is the case when I'm on my death bed).

21. Get at least two stamps in my passport.

22. Give juicing a chance, it's really got to be so healthy for me.

23. Pay off my car.

24. Write letters to whomever I choose once a month, try to at least detach myself from my Apple product oriented world.

25. Be less fearful in general. Embrace who I am at any given moment without judgement.

26. Watch less crap television, read more and converse more.

27. Host a holiday dinner, complete with pie crusts made from scratch.

28. Give more, expect less and embrace adventures in the every day.

29. Learn more than 3 players names on the New York Jet's football team so that my "cool football wife" status is far more valid than my current mediocre mumbling of players names while yelling at the tv.

30. Build my own in house library bookshelves.

Now, where to begin????