35 Things to do Before I Turn 35

I am turning 34 today. Wow. Where did all of that time go? I remember being a child, and thinking how 34 sounded so old. I remember my parents "over-the-hill" birthday parties when they turned 40. Are you kidding? Over the hill? That is right around the corner. I think that having children makes time go by even faster. Days are full, and there is always something to be done. And watching a child go from completely helpless to walking and talking in 18 months is nothing short of amazing.... while at the same time becoming the mere blink of an eye.
Next year I will be 35. Sort of a big milestone, I think. So in honor, I am creating a list of 35 things I would like to do before my birthday next year. I tend to be overly ambitious though, so we'll see how it goes.

1. Knit a sweater for Phoebe
2. Knit something for myself
3. Watch the sunrise with someone special
4. Take a sewing class
5. Go camping somewhere that I have never been
6. Pick up my instruments again and start creating music
7. Do a food cleanse
8. Take a vacation
9. Read War and Peace
10. Go snowboarding at least once (I used to go regularly but ever since having kids....)
11. Paint the inside of my house
12. Put baseboard trim in my house (a project I was supposed to undertake 4 years ago)
13. Tell the people that I love that I love them more often
14. Learn to make my own earrings
15. Be a better mama, especially working on being more patient with Finn....
16. Purge unneeded stuff and learn to live more simply
17. Teach Finn to swim
18. Get better at Spanish
19. Learn about a new classical composer each month and immerse myself in their music
20. Learn how to identify 10 new plants
21. Have Moshi (our puppy) very well trained (right now her training is quite mediocre)
22. Make yoga and meditation a daily happening, even if for only 3 minutes each day
23. Learn 5 new constellations
24. Learn to find joy in the mundane
25. Finish Phoebe's baby book from birth to age 1
26. Eat more greens
27. Enter a photo contest
28. Make a new friend
29. Volunteer
30. Go on at least one date each month with my hubby
31. Re-learn baby sign language
32. Re-organize the back yard/side yard storage
33. Get some new house plants
34. Live for the moment
35. Don't act my age!

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