Golden 2012...

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I decided that 2012 is going to be an amazing year for me. The last 3 years have been so hard, and I'm soooo ready for an absolutely fabulous year! Now that I'm back home and no longer working full time, I'm really going to try and make every effort to have beautiful experiences this year for me and my family.

Something else that is happening this year is that I will be celebrating my Golden Birthday, which means I will be turning 29 on the 29th of September. So I want to make it great, and really enjoy this last bit of my twenties.

I've decided that instead of making resolutions this year I was going to make a list of 29 things I want to do before my 29th birthday. Many of these things are projects that I've already started and are half done, or things that I keep saying I'm going to do and then never do. Here's the big list:

1- Go on a hike to Lake Mary (where husband and I got engaged)
2- Make a hexagon quilt
3- Make a quiet book for my boy
4- Run in a race (5K or half marathon... either way!)
5- Grow my own basil and make homemade pesto from it
6- Make an apron for myself (I've honestly never done this)
7- Lose 30 lbs or get pregnant (cause if I get preggo I probably wont be losing the weight this year)
8- Do all of the temple work for 5 ancestors (I'll explain this better when I do it)
9- Find a great lipstick shade
10- Add 5 new items to my Etsy shop
11- Participate in a craft fair
12- Finish the quilt for our bed
13- Organize and re-label all of our files
14- Build a toy barn for my boy
15- Go on a date to The Little Acorn, where I first met my husband
16- Do a 30 day sugar fast (I'm anticipating this being the hardest thing to accomplish on the list. Ummm... just kidding, #7 will be the hardest.)
17- Organize all of my recipes into a binder
18- Take my boy to see the Buffalo's
19- Take a yoga class
20- Write more consistently in my personal journal
21- Get some house plants, and not kill them
22- Pay off all my medical bills
23- Learn how to use different saws and get more into woodworking
24- Organize a "command center" for my home
25- Go to Yellowstone for our 10th year of marriage (this is where we honeymooned)
26- Finish the stupid Santa cross stitch that I've been working on for the past 8 years!!! - and frame it for Christmas
27- Exercise at least 4 days per week
28- Organize my pantry better
29- Do my hair in different ways other than straight down at least once a week

Honestly, if I could accomplish half of this list I would be super happy about that. The whole list would be amazing! I'll post the items up here when I get them done. Here's to a super fun and productive year!