Tuesday, November 18, 2014

30 before 30, a work in progress

Bowen's first trail run (and selfie), outside Sunriver, a couple of weekends ago.

This year. How is it November? Almost Thanksgiving?

I feel like we should still be out paddleboarding after work. Eating dinner in the fading sun at 9 p.m.

So many moments have passed without a mention on this here blog. I haven't even rehashed our big roadtrip from July.

We've been running. Literally and figuratively. The days are whooshing by, and the weekends are gone in a blink.

My 30th birthday is approaching not long after we ring in the new year, and I have many-a-goal before then.

Here's my working list. Most of these wishes aren't too exciting, but deadlines excite me. Without further ado:
1) Finish our wedding album
2) Paint and change out fixtures in guest bath
3) Complete a 30-day challenge
4) Host a holiday dinner (plenty of options coming up with Christmas, New Years, Valentines)
5) Make Julia Child's beef bourguignon
6) Organize my digital life, including my writing portfolio
7) Get some freelance work again 
8) Organize my photos
9) Host a multi-course dinner party
10) Make a schedule for finishing my cookbook ... the one I started almost 4 years ago in graduate school
11) Write-up a plan for one of my business ideas
12) Minimize the amount of boxes in the garage
13) Plan our next road trip

...I started this list in two different places, and I'm not sure where that second piece of paper landed.

It's a start.