30 Before 30 update....my 500th POST!!!

30 Before 30

1. Purchase a beginner piano book and learn a simple song
2. Take a train ride --Although I did ride the Santa Train at Pullen park, I'm hoping to do a "real" train if possible.
3. Walk through a corn maze
4. Write 5 handwritten letters to friends
5. Fly a kite with my boys
6. Plant daffodil bulbs in front yard
7. Take a meal to a new mom
8. Pay it forward --I've decided what I'll be making, so that's a start!  Hopefully I can deliver them close to Valentine's Day :)
9. Visit Connor
10. Try out a new recipe
11. Go Christmas Caroling  --Yes, the boys learned "Jingle Bells" and "We Wish you a Merry Christmas"
12. Post my 500^th blog post  --THIS IS MY 500th POST!
13. Donate to a charity  --Donated to JDRF
14. Have a party (not for my children) This is the one I'm most excited about, well that and the hot air balloon ride.  My ideal party will be a house-warming party when all the renovations are complete!
15. Take a good friend to lunch
16. Do something nice for a neighbor  chased down a yard waste barrel that was flying through the air like a kite and e-mailed neighbors to find it's owner.
17. See a movie at the theater with Derek
18. Decide where Chandler will go to Kindergarten --We will know the answer to this in late March!
19. Visit a new city
20. Read one book for fun
21. Update our mailbox
22. Figure out how to upload videos to the blog  I crossed this one out with fingers crossed that I've FINALLY figured this out with NO help from Derek.
23. Have a progressive dinner party
24. Bring a meal to somebody who is sick/has sick kids
25. Try a “fancy” cupcake  Tried going to GiGi's one time, but they were closed :(
26. Volunteer at the preschool
27. Bake & Decorate cookies with my 3 messy boys
28. Have a live Christmas tree for the first time in 10+ years  --Never did get around to posting about my not liking the watering part.  Luckily we have a large stand and Derek did it mostly :)
29. Visit the Biltmore House, or at least plan the trip
30. Take a Hot Air Balloon Ride, or plan it!

Hopefully this is a random video of Brighton just to prove that I can do this by myself.