Monday, April 2, 2012

The rest of the list...

Helloooo blog world!  It's been a while since I've blogged, so to redeem myself I'm going to finish the rest of my 30 things before 30 list.  Now, I should add a caveat.  I finished this list a few months ago when I had some friends over for dinner.  You know how conversation gets a little goofy sometimes when you're sitting around the table for a couple of hours with good friends?  Well, keep that in mind when you read the list.

17.  Host a fancy dinner party with real china dishes.
18.  Make cheese from scratch.
19.  Finish crocheting a baby blanket.  (I can check this one off the list! Yes, it's been that long since I made the list.)
20.  Cook an entire meal of “Mastering the Art of French Cooking.” (Inspired by Julie and Julia.)
21.  Go to You Paint It and paint a matching set of plates.  
22.  Travel the Nile by boat.
23.  Successfully grow a tomato plant.  (i.e.  Get more than one tomato before the plant dies from lack of water.  In my defense, we did have a drought last year.)
24.  Can some pickles.
25.  Shoot a handgun at a shooting range.
26.  Visit California.
27.  Hike the Grand Canyon.
28.  Go to a political rally.  (Does it count that I accidentally walked through a pro-life demonstration in DC?)
29.  Have dinner at a revolving restaurant.
30.  Finish reading that list of classic novels that I started and never finished.  (Oliver Twist, My Antonia,  Far From the Madding Crowd, and Shirley)

That should keep me busy for the next couple of years.