{30} Before Thirty

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!

I turn 27 today. 

(deep breath) 

While that number - for whatever reason - gives me the willies, I love fresh starts, new beginnings, and today is representative of that. 

I'm ALSO excited because today I publish my 30 before 30 list. Thirty things I want to do before I turn 30....exactly three years from today. 

{Courtesies of my incredibly talented bestie, Lisa}

Let me tell ya, this list was tough. Some are pretty easy...some require time and a little more effort. It's hard to {realistically} make a list of things I want to accomplish over the next three years not knowing what those 36 months could hold. And yes, I realize that somewhere along the way life could throw me a curve ball and not all of these will get crossed off. But it's good to have goals, people. 

So here we go! My "30 before 30" List:

1. Write my book

2. Go to Nashville

3. Take a cake decorating class

4. Go dancing at Billy Bob's in Fort Worth 

5. Play one of my original songs on my guitar

6. Make homemade bread

7. Buy something David Yurman

8. See Carrie Underwood in concert....again.

9. Go to a blog conference

10. Cook a rack of lamb

11. Go to 10 baseball games in 10 different out of state stadiums with my dad

12. Go to CMA Fest in Nashville (different from #2)

13. Make chocolate croissants from scratch

14. Have a picnic in the Dallas arboretum

15. Go to movie theater and watch two films back to back

16. See another Broadway show in NYC

17. Visit Charleston, SC

18. Take a photography class

19. Go on a girls trip with mom and sister

20. Refurbish something for the home

21. Travel Overseas (more than once is okay!)

22. Cook an entire holiday meal (Thanksgiving or Christmas)

23. Learn how to do the Dirty Dancing jump

24. Treat my parents to an overly nice dinner

25. Force my immediate family to go on another vacation

26. Take a sabbatical from work
27. Treat myself to a spa day
28. Rewatch the entire 'Brothers & Sisters' Series 
29. Join a small group at church
30. Perform on stage... as much as possible

I'm proud of this list. I put a lot of time and thought into creating it and I'm so excited to execute it. But that will start tomorrow. Today? Well today I'm going to just be happy. And be loved on. And be celebrated. Because today? No one will give me a hard time for wanting to be the center of attention :)

Until next time,
the newly 27-year old,Katy