This week is my birthday week. As much as I’ve tried to shake it, it is in my nature to acknowledge it. It’s what I’ve done all my life. Why stop now.
Last year I created a list of 30 things to do while I was 30. I will not be crossing everything off that list by Thursday. But I’m not really that sad about it. So much has happened in the past year, so many things I have to be grateful for. It’s hard to feel sad about not doing every single thing I thought I wanted to. I still plan on finishing my list, even if it wasn’t in the time frame I initially planned. I learned a long time ago that things usually don’t go as planned. It’s easier to go with it than fight it.
Here is where I am so far.
- Spray paint something teal
- Pick one ancestor and learn all I can about him/her
- Make Beef Wellington for David
- Plan and take a family vacation. Just us 5.
Go antiquing- Find some vintage furniture and give it a makeover
Make a quilt- Learn to knit
- Paint a picture
Enter one of my photo’s in a photography contest- Create a logo and have labels made
Add some fun funky tights into my wardrobe (and wear them!)- Read, and study, the book of Isaiah
- Take a bike ride
Make a necklace- Throw a real dinner party
Make my own bread for a month- Dye a piece of fabric and make something out of it
Read all six of Jane Austen’s books- Cook my way through a cookbook
Become a thrift store shopper for a month (or so, or more!)Make myself a dress- Memorize The Family: A Proclamation to the World
- Make Nana’s sweet rolls (find the recipe first)
- Include me in at least one picture once a week
- Become a refasionista for two months
Go on a hike- Take Miss Thing roller skating
Go on a walk with Little Miss- Play a baseball game with The Boy
Not too shabby.
So what will I be doing to celebrate 31?
Eating turkey of course. I love when my birthday falls on Thanksgiving. It’s the best day to have a birthday, if you ask me. Everyone you love, whether they’re with you or not, is celebrating with a big meal and thoughts of those things they’re most thankful for.
And that’s the best kind of present.
5 comments:
You sort of did 18. You died that sweater. If you find Nana's sweet roll recipe, pass it along.
Great start on your list. I might have that sweet rool recipe. We really need to get that "Nana" cookbook rolling!
Happy Birthday to a beautiful Gal!!!
You did better on your list than I did on mine! I love everything on yours!
Gosh you're beautiful! Happy belated birthday!!!
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