the 29 list

 I don't like being 29. 

It's not because it's one year older or one year away from 30.  I don't care about that, although I reserve the right to change my mind at this time next year.  I don't like it because I don't feel any different. 

I don't foresee many milestones this year.  I might have one or two up my sleeve...or uterus (kidding!).  But I want this year to be different.  I don't want to plod along, particularly because I don't want to look back on this time of life before kids and feel like I wasted it.  I want something to show for it.  Of course, there is certainly something to be said for the intangible progress like building a marital foundation and savings account.  But those aren't as fun to scrapbook.  : )

So, I decided to do what I do best: make a list.

I now present (trumpet blaring: dum dum da du-u-um!)...the 29 list.  29 things that I'd like to do while I'm 29.

So here we go.  Embracing 29 and making it memorable.

#1 take a photography class

#2 run a 10K

#3 go to a concert

#4 make mini albums

#5 go on a picnic

#6 get cool handwriting

#7 go on a cruise

#8 fly somewhere

#9 find a great wine

#10 watch 5 foreign films

#11 update the living room (here's the "just kidding" post)

#12 do something with my eye makeup

#13 do something with my hair

#14 submit one page per month

#15 apply to 2 design teams

#16 learn some digital tricks

#17 get a library card and use it

#18 read 12 books

#19 read a classic mystery writer

#20 drink hot tea

#21 try fresh artichoke

#22 make homemade lemonade

#23 learn to make Gratziano's cheese bread

#24 learn to make really good peach cobbler from scratch

#25 sell something

#26 plant something + the update

#27 sew something

#28 indulge in something

#29 splurge on something

the so far, so good update

the half-way point update