Thirty While Thirty

I am a sucker for lists…

I enjoy making goals.

I love New Years and making plans for the following year.

Love to feel like I am achieving things.

I have been known to time myself to do the weekly grocery shop just so I have a time to beat the following week. Over-achiever? Yep.

So here’s my newest list. Instead of thirty things to achieve before turning 30 (oops, missed that one), I am doing thirty things I want to do while I’m 30.

Our joint 30th Birthday

The awesome cake made by my gorgeous & extremely talented Sister

This year from October 2012-2013, I am writing down 30 things I would love to do. The timing of turning 30 also coincides with my (our) desire to start living a more simple and sustainable life, so you will notice a definite theme to my list!

I won’t bore you with all thirty but here are a few (in no particular order).

* Learn to use the sewing machine that my parents gave me for my 30^th. For this to be a ‘smart’ goal I guess I should add ‘and make something useable.’

* Bake a loaf of bread from scratch

* Make sushi

* Go completely natural with all cleaning products. Since having H-bomb we have stopped using chemicals such as spray and wipe and bleach and instead have made concoctions using vinegar, bicarb and lemon juice. I would like to try making my own washing powder and carpet cleaner, to name a few.

* Make a ‘15min’ and ’30 min’ Jamie Oliver meal and actually make it within that time!

* Run a half marathon.  The plan is the Gold Coast Half Marathon in July 2013.

* Learn to crochet & make something (hmmm, who out there knows how to do this and could teach me? If only I had paid attention when my Grandma tried to teach me!)

* Make a will (oops, been on my list for so long now)

* Finally crack open the pasta maker that my sister gave me and make a batch of fresh pasta

* Bake a pie of some sort from scratch…I’m thinking lemon meringue or good old apple. The thought of making pastry scares me somewhat!

* Compete in the Australia Day Aquathon and the Husky Enticer Triathlon (and try and beat my times from last year)

* Stop striving to change my character flaws an relax in God’s grace that I am already ‘enough’ (listen to this awesome message by my good friend Katie if I can’t remember what I meant by this point.)

* Learn how to make macaroons

* Get back to pre-baby shape (may not be achievable if I am successful in my attempts with the previous goals to bake pies and macaroons!)

* Sell something I have made (eBay/etsy/markets etc.)

So there it is, hold me to it. Some may be re-visited and changed slightly but as of today, this is the list. I better get to it, only 325 days left!

Ps. Couldn't resist adding the photos of H-bomb devouring said awesome cake!  Best afternoon of his life!