30 Before 30

i wrote this about 7 months ago and found it in my drafts. here you go!

my blogger friend, mrs. dexter, inspired me. i call her my blogger friend because i really don't know her other than her totally rad blog. which i think is kind-of cool. 

anyway, she inspired me to write a list of things i'd like to do before i'm thirty. i'm 23 (shocking, i know) shoot, i'm 24 now, is that still shocking? and i have approximately 6 5.5 years left to accomplish these things. so, because i've been dreaming and scheming about a lot of these things anyway, here you go. 

in no particular order...

1. ride in a hot air balloon
2. travel overseas to another country CHINA 2012 BABY!
3. develop my (limited) graphic design skills and design a website/blog
4. create my own craft blog/shop
5. become proficient at five new craft skills (such as quilting, needle-point, crochet, etc.)
6. design and develop at least one unique, from-my-own-brain craft
7. pay off all debt
8. pay off our mortgage for our mobile home
9. pay cash for a second car DONESKIES
10. save 6 months of expenses
11. buy a house (one that has a foundation and everything!)
12. run a 5K
13. meet my goal weight and maintain
14. become a mother (Lord-willing)
15. develop a home management system that works for me
16. plant a garden
17. eat more food it it's most natural form
18. study the entire bible in depth
19. research and form my own opinions about birth, vaccinations, child-rearing
20. learn how to french braid my hair
21. become more hilarious (while trying to curb any offending sarcasm at the same time)
22. buy my husband a new musical instrument
23. read 60 books (approx. one per month)
24. attend a birth
25. buy a cow or a half cow (not alive, to eat, from a real farm)
26. learn how to play an instrument (even if it's the kazoo)
27. share the gospel with someone
28. work up to giving 20% of our income away
29. make my children their own clothes
30. plant a tree