thirty.

I am turning 30 this year.  I am not very happy about it, but I at least hope to throw myself a fabulous party :)  I am one of those people that if you want it done right, you do it yourself, and so I am planning on it.  In the past I have made a list of things I want to accomplish in the next year, and although I didn't always complete them, it was fun to have goals.  I did not make one this year, but I decided to make one for the upcoming year: 30 things to do before 31.

1.  Throw myself a birthday party!!

2.  Make blackberry jam.

3.  Read thirty books.

4.  Spend a day at the beach by myself.

5.  Finish my 2012 scrapbook.

6.  Make new business cards for my business. check them out!

7.  Take small business classes online.

8.  Enroll in a cake decorating class.

9.   Dye my tips rainbow.

10. Make a ruffle cake.  what do you think?

11.  Launch my new website for my business. (http://www.cakelovemaine.com/)

12.  Find something I'm afraid to do, and do it anyway.

13.  Write a letter to my girls for them to read when they are older.

14.  Write a business plan.

15.  Spend a weekend in Camden with my husband, sans kiddos.

16.  Get a tattoo.  what do you think?

17.  Make my own ice cream cake.

18.  Make my own vanilla extract.

19.  Decorate my kitchen backsplash, possibly with paint swatches.

20.  Take my girls to Funtown.

21.   Make a cake covered in sprinkles.

22.  Make my own marshmallows.

23.  Teach Rory how to swim.

24.  Take Bella (my dog) to get caught up on her vaccines.  (I've been a bad mommy)

25.  Clean out my freezer. (ugh)

26.  Clean my basement, get rid of things the girls have outgrown.

27.  Take the girls on the train.

28.  Save $1000.

29.  Take a week-long vacation and do NOTHING.

30.  Bring the girls to Boston for the day and go to the museum or the aquarium.