30 before 30

I just found this draft while looking back through my blog. I am just over 26.5 years old. I'm not changing anything on the list, but I'm happy to see that I've already accomplished some of the things I wrote down in my draft! Only 3.5 years to go!

1. Adopt a dog
2. Foster a dog
3. Send 10 hand written letters to important people in my life
4. Create a home management binder for bills, receipts, etc
5. Volunteer at an adoption event for a local animal shelter
6. Build a table for my craft room
7. Travel to a place I've never been with my husband.
8. Sew something
9. Teach Social Studies
10. Start journaling
11. Plan a surprise trip
12. Refinish our dining room furniture
13. Back up all my photos
14. Buy a big comfy couch
15. Have family photos taken
16. Root, plant, (and keep alive) a hydrangea from my grandmother
17. Create a usable living area in our loft
18. Buy someone else's dinner in a restaurant 
19. Size my grandmother's wedding band to wear
20. Complete all the seasons of Parenthood
21. Take a train trip with my train loving husband
22. Hike 5 new trails in Georgia
23. Take food to a friend with a new baby
24. Visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter
25. Become a mama
26. Pull off a big surprise for my family
27. Frame my family recipes
28. Volunteer at a nearby school
29. Read all of Dan Brown's novels
30. Cook a pie from scratch