{"id":1116,"date":"2009-11-13T21:18:23","date_gmt":"2009-11-14T03:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2010-08-17T11:21:55","modified_gmt":"2010-08-17T17:21:55","slug":"31-things-to-do-before-i-turn-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/13\/31-things-to-do-before-i-turn-31\/","title":{"rendered":"31 Things to Do Before I Turn 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve seen lists like this pop up on various blogs, including <a href=\"http:\/\/megduerksen.typepad.com\/whatever\/2009\/10\/my-list.html\">Meg&#8217;s<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/allendesigns.typepad.com\/blog\/2009\/07\/36-things-before-im-37-list.html\">Michelle&#8217;s<\/a> and wanted to make a list of my own.\u00c2\u00a0 I LOVE lists, and this is a fun one!\u00c2\u00a0 Some of these things will be easily accomplished, others may present more of a challenge.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve got 8 months until I turn 31, so I better get started!<\/p>\n<p><strong>31 Things To Do Before I Turn 31&#8230;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1.\u00c2\u00a0 Volunteer or donate food to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rmhhouston.org\/?id=59\">Texas Children&#8217;s Hospital Ronald McDonald House<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2.\u00c2\u00a0 Complete playroom makeover<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00c2\u00a0 Complete <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2009\/10\/20\/bathroom-makeover-update-procrastinators-party\/\">kids bathroom makeover<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4.\u00c2\u00a0 Learn how to use our Canon Digital Rebel XSI instead of just relying on the automatic feature<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">5.\u00c2\u00a0 Paint master bedroom<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">6.\u00c2\u00a0 Donate old furniture or list on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.freecycle.org\/\">Freecycle<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>7.\u00c2\u00a0 Sew a quilt<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">8.\u00c2\u00a0 Chalkboard paint project<\/span><\/p>\n<p>9.\u00c2\u00a0 Submit an article to be published<\/p>\n<p>10.\u00c2\u00a0 Dine at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marks1658.com\/\">Mark&#8217;s Restaurant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>11.\u00c2\u00a0 Take a weekend trip to Austin sans Littlest Apple<\/p>\n<p>12.\u00c2\u00a0 Complete backyard landscaping<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">13.\u00c2\u00a0 Make tortillas from scratch<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">14.\u00c2\u00a0 Make sandwich bread from scratch<\/span><\/p>\n<p>15.\u00c2\u00a0 Print and organize photos of The Littlest Apple&#8230;scrapbook?\u00c2\u00a0 baby book?<\/p>\n<p>16.\u00c2\u00a0 Declutter office<\/p>\n<p>17.\u00c2\u00a0 Start weekly nature study with The Littlest Apple<\/p>\n<p>18.\u00c2\u00a0 Have dinner guests at least once a month<\/p>\n<p>19.\u00c2\u00a0 Host a cookie decorating party for kids<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">20.\u00c2\u00a0 Have date nights once a month<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">21.\u00c2\u00a0 Blog giveaways!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">22.\u00c2\u00a0 Create wrapping center for wrapping paper, bags, ribbon, tags, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>23.\u00c2\u00a0 Have a girls&#8217; night out!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">24.\u00c2\u00a0 Create my own wall decor for around the house<\/span><\/p>\n<p>25. Meet some other bloggers in person&#8230;attend a blogging conference like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mom2summit.com\/\">Mom 2.0<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>26.\u00c2\u00a0 Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Nourishing-Traditions-Challenges-Politically-Dictocrats\/dp\/0967089735\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1258168039&amp;sr=8-1\">Nourishing Traditions<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">27.\u00c2\u00a0 Try new vegetables<\/span><\/p>\n<p>28.\u00c2\u00a0 Decorate the guest bedroom<\/p>\n<p>29.\u00c2\u00a0 Join a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.homesweetfarm.com\/CSA.htm\">CSA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>30.\u00c2\u00a0 Cook at least 3 Julia Child recipes<\/p>\n<p>31.\u00c2\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Finish reading Dave Ramsey&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Total-Money-Makeover-Financial-Fitness\/dp\/0785289089\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1258168121&amp;sr=8-1\">Total Money Makeover<\/a>!<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/13\/31-things-to-do-before-i-turn-31\/\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve seen lists like this pop up on various blogs, including Meg&#8217;s and Michelle&#8217;s and wanted to make a list of my own.\u00c2\u00a0 I LOVE lists, and this is a fun one!\u00c2\u00a0 Some of these things will be easily accomplished, others may present more of a challenge.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve got 8 months until I turn 31, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1116"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3881,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions\/3881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}