Little did she know...

1. Go to Hippy Hole in the Black Hills (How have I never gone?) 2. Take Matt to the Devil's Bathtubs in the Black Hills. (twice in 2017) 3. International Travel before Amos needs a ticket (uh, this one's already a fail. oops)  4. Move to a bigger house (rent? buy?) 5. Camp in the Badlands (again, how have I never?) 6. Complete a Project 365 (I did not make it all 365 days in 2017, but I persevered.) 7. Take Amos up Harney Peak (or Black Elk Peak, whatever) 8. Print out at least ONE photo book (for Amos, or family, or the coffee table, or whatever) 9. Get back into rock climbing shape and go climb some rocks! 10. Ski again (it's been YEARS, people. PS I didn't break anything.) 11. 30 days of random acts of kindness (this would be fun to do with Amos as he gets older) 12. Research and support a child through a good charity. 13. Take an actual over-night backpacking trip. 14. A Red Rocks Concert -every concert I wanted to go to has sold out alre...

As a review, I am working on the Light Reader section in the reading challenge.  Books one and two:  A biography: Hillbilly Elegy -highly recommend A book with at least 400 pages -All the Light We Cannot See -also highly recommend Book three: A book about Christian living: Love into Light -good, challenging, convicting. Go read it. Book four:  A book for teens or young adults: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl -currently reading. I already don't love it. I did love The Fault in Our Starts. And I didn't love The Catcher in the Rye. This book is kind of reminding me of a mix of those two. Kind of. 

Photo source Let's try this again, kids. This time for the win. And also because I gave myself a deadline (30 before 30). I am for sure going to complete the Light Reader section, and anything I do past that is a bonus!  Any and all book suggestions welcome!  Here's my first two books I grabbed from the library:  A biography: Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance A novel OR a book that is at least 400 pages: All the Light we Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (by the time I finish it, I will decide which category it is filling :) )  Both of these are books that I have been wanting to read for a long time, so I'm excited!

It's coming, you guys. That big 30. Another decade alive.   Before I get all introspective, I'm just going to put this quote out there to remind myself (maybe you need the reminder, too). Instead of having the mentality of "some day" and living in the hypothetical future, I constantly am having to remind myself to live in today (while, yes, preparing for the future).  In order to give myself goals to help keep the every day on track and purposeful, I decided to make a 30 before 30 list alongside my yearly goals. I love reading other people's lists, and I was particularly inspired by this post.  Here's an incomplete start to my 30 before 30 in no particular order. Stay tuned. ;) 1. Go to Hippy Hole in the Black Hills (How have I never gone?) 2. Take Matt to the Devil's Bathtubs in the Black Hills. 3. International Travel at least once before Amos needs a ticket ;)  4. Move to a bigger house (rent? buy?) 5. Camp in the Badla...