List o’ Dreams

The Before I’m 30 List

  • Go horseback riding in Australia  (2000:  Just like The Man from Snowy River)
  • Learn to drive a stick shift  (2005:  um, sort of, but not on hills or in lots of traffic)
  • Finish a marathon  (2008:  do two half marathons count?)
  • Spend a summer in North Carolina  (I spent two fabulous days when Lindsay and Whit got married)
  • Start a book  (yeah, yeah, yeah.  I’m working on it.  I blog?)
  • Walk through a jungle  (2008:  yes and thank you Virus o’ Death)
  • Learn to juggle
  • See the Northern Lights
  • Study a foreign language  (living it)
  • Do a triathlon
  • Visit New York City at Christmastime
  • Read Gone with the Wind
  • Learn to surf (2001:  thank yous to my Scottish roomie in Oz)
  • Go sailing  (2001:  on the Sydney Harbour)
  • Work at a summer camp  (2000-2004:  Camp Lake Stephens)
  • Hike the Appalachian Trail
  • Go to Africa
  • Play the guitar  (I can play the heck out of Lord, I Lift Your Name on High)
  • Learn to knit and play dominoes  (One down, one to go.)

The Extended List (because before 30 is SO yesterday)

coming soon