27 in my 27th Year {Happy Birthday To Me!}

My 23rd birthday--Hubby decorated the cake!

It's New Year's Eve! And even more exciting....it's my birthday!

I am 26 years old today.

In celebration of both my birthday and to ring in the new year, I have drafted a list of 27 things I would like to do in my 27th year of life.

1. Run a 5k. 
2. Cook a Thai dish. 2/15
3. Can my first jam. 3/23
4. Take my husband on a surprise date. 9/16
5. Purchase my first DSLR Camera (ok, so technically, I did this yesterday! More to come...). 1/7
6. Read 12 new books.
7. Attend my first blogging conference (Blissdom '11, here I come!). 1/25
8. Go strawberry picking. 3/22
9. Write a handwritten note to a friend/relative each month. (So far, so good)
10. Go camping as a family.
11. Learn a song on the guitar (I currently don't know a thing).
12. Learn how to use Photoshop. (Well on my way as of 5/01)
13. Read through the Bible.
14. Make a gingerbread house from scratch. 12/11
15. Plant my first spring container garden from seed. (Garden planted 2/29...partially from seed!)
16. Do my first 365 project!
17. Make more breads from my top 10 list. July 2011
18. Start using Skype. 10/1
19. Finish my wedding album.
20. Learn about the Bantawa Rai people.
21. Make my husband breakfast in bed.
22. Clean a friend's house.
23. Have sewing circle with the original sewing circle gals. 8/4
24. Take Squishy to storytime at the library.
25. Make Eggs Benedict. 10/24
    
26. Take someone bread fresh of out the out of the oven.
27. Get pregnant! Wouldn't that be incredibly awesome? (Baby due 12/29/2011!)

I have other thoughts/earnest prayers concerning the year ahead, but the list above mainly my silly/adventurous one. In the words of my godfather, "Life is a continuum of opportunities for wonder and fun."  

Are you going to find them?

Happy New Year, sweet friends!



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27 in my 27th Year {Happy Birthday To Me!}