30 Things to do before I turn 30 pt.1

So, as you all know, I recently turned 29.  I decided to make sure that my 30th year was the best yet! :)

Here are the first 5 things I came up with and decided I wanted to do before I turn 30.  They are certainly not in order as I am NOT putting myself in the icy Susquehanna River to achieve the first on the list here... :)  They have varying meaning for both myself and my family.  Feel free to ask more about them if you are interested.

Kayak down the Susquehanna River.  Way cool.  You can make stops on one of the many islands along the way back to City Island.  What better way to see the city than from the river?  Last time I saw a city from the river, I was in London on our honeymoon.  Bliss.  We will make our own little Honeymoon in Harrisburg- haha!  Maybe I will plan this as part of our anniversary this year!!  :)

Run road races again.  This is something I LOVED to do when I was in high school and I still maintained it in college, but then the real world set in and I just never made the time to continue to do this.  It is one of my true fitness loves and Matt (Mr. crazy runner man) is going to hold me to this! 

Eat 30 new things. While this sounds simple enough, I actually like to try new things, so it will be challenging to find 30 things I haven't already tried!  :)  I will definitely tell you about these things when I come across them!

Grow a garden. I don't mean a rinky dink one.  I mean a real garden.  My grandmother and grandfather raised me on gardening and I would love to honor them by continuing with the tradition. Last year our little garden made enough to feed Isabella all through her winter mushy food months, so my goal is to can enough for my family that we don't have to buy it in the off-season.

Be Thankful every day.  Enough said.  We are all part of God's plan, we just don't always know how it is going to play out.  He has blessed my family so much in 2010 and I have faith he will continue to do so.  I want to work on being even more Thankful and less 'complaint filled.'  I read so many posts on Facebook and blogs about people complaining (while to each his/her own); I just think that there are so many good things going on out there- why complain??

Okay. So I am going to post these in increments of 5....so as not to overwhelm myself and to remind myself how much each one means to me.

Be Blessed.