30 things to do before I am 30!

Welcome to my Birthday Blog! I am 28 today, but it's fine-- it's the new 18. Eexcept that I threw my back out closing my window this morning. Seriously. Perhaps I am not as young as I am in my mind!

I started making a list of goals now called Operation Thirty on my 25th birthday, but have since added to the list. The items in italics are items that I have completed. I realize that my time is limited, seeing that 30 is right around the corner (when did that happen?) and school is going to take up most of this year. At least gives me a list of things to look forward to after graduation. If there are things left to do after I turn 30, I just have to add them to the next list.

1) Get my B.A.

2) Go to Italy with only one backpack

3) Read Pride and Prejudice

4) Live somewhere other than Modesto-- and like it

5) Read the Bible cover to cover

6) Pay a ridiculous amount of money for a well made and quite fashionable handbag

7) Learn German

8) Roll my own sushi

9) Sew a dress that I wear out in public

10) Be on TV

11) See a Broadway show on Broadway

12) Get my nose pierced (see below)

13) Stand up for someone who is unable to stand up for themself

14) Have a newspaper article published

15) Learn to play the keyboard

16) Win a contest!

17) Take an improv class (ha, my spell checker wanted to put "improve". That might be a good idea too :)

18) Become a woman of constant prayer

19) Shoot something

20) Meet Alanis

21) Take an cooking class for entrees

22) Get a dog

23) Record a single

24) Find the love of my life

25) Lose the love of my life

26) Get a job and advance one position higher than I started

27) Take a cruise with my closest girlfriends

28) Find a volleyball league and join the team

29) Be in a local play

30) Fall asleep and get really hilarious sunburn

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I have been wanting to get my nose pierced since I was 23 and finally got up the nerve. After the summer I had, I figured that there were 2 kinds of pain-- pain that is intentional and pain that is unintentional, but the truth is-- it's all inevitable. Yet--did not hurt at all! It's my birthday present to me. See Mama-- it's tiny and barely noticable!!

Comments

Aly sun said…
The nose ring is really cute on you. I wish I had a nose ring nose.

Happy Birthday, my friend, my cousin! I was going to be really good and get a card in the mail to you. Ha! It didn't even happen. Instead, I thought, oh no, it's the 5th, my cell phone bill is due and it's Tawny's birthday.

I can help you with a few things on your list if you will come and visit me. We can sew a dress together and then you can wear it and shoot something here on the farm. My hubby would loan you a gun and show you how to use it so you don't get the rest of a maimed or killed in the process. You could shoot a bird or something. Seriously, come visit soon!
Anonymous said…
If that's what you wanted, glad you went for it. Hardly visible! Love & Miss you birthday girl,
Your Mama
Amanda said…
Please, please tell me that # 24 and #25 are not referring to a certain AA affliction...
Shawna said…
You go Amanda! I was thinking that same thing. I wanted to add that 25 needs to be removed because this is supposed to be a list of GOALS that you are striving towards accomplishing. I was thinking of suggesting changing 24 to read "Marry the love of my life" and then you have to take the italics off and it leaves it open for your true love. Then I realized, wait, this is a <30 list, so maybe Marry is too strong a word, but something needs changing....then again, it is your list and you were feeling it when you wrote it, so feel free to say butt out butt head. I know if that was on my list, I would have checked it off when I met Rick, but then again, when Madison came along, it was only then did I know how deep love can go.

No worries on the piercing! Very brave. I see tattoo didn't make the list!

Other observations: Go to Italy and learn GERMAN? What about go to Germany! Think rosetta stone like Mr. Phelps!

I would take Alysun up on her offer, sounds like fun! Can I go? I can taste the sweet flavor of chocolate laced zucchini already! And berries, oh for the berries....

Good for you for writing them down! You rock!
Tawny said…
The list has been swirling in my head and I should clarify why #24 and #25 are important. At this point in my life, I have to consider that I might never be married. Those 2 numbers are important, because I have made peace with the fact that married or not, I have had that kind of love before. In fact, as you said Shawna, I have found such different love in other capacities (family, friends, babies, doggies...)that I am truly very happy!
Lesley Miller said…
I love love love your list. Happy Birthday! And, while I usually don't like nose rings, I think yours is very cute.

Also, I too really want to shoot something! A rabbit, a deer, a duck. Something!! Perhaps I can tag along with you to Alysun's house so that I can fulfill your dream with you?

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