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30 Before 30
My 30 Before 30:
1. Go back to Dublin
2. Visit Eastern Europe.
3. Finish my Bachelor’s degree in History.
4. Earn a Master’s degree.
5. Have an actual occupation.
6. Start a retirement account.
7. Create a cookbook of family recipes.
8. Go to Pearl Harbor.
9. Volunteer with Habitat for Humanity.
10. Attend a music festival.
11. Hike the Long Trail.
12. Take a Caribbean cruise.
13. Turn my interest in photography into a hobby.
14. Go to an NFL game.
15. Move out of Vermont.
16. Get into a gym routine and stick with it for at least one year straight.
17. Tour a brewery.
18. Read 200 books.
19. Visit the Grand Canyon.
20. Master 5 recipes.
21. Sing karaoke in a bar.
22. Skydive.
23. Go to Oregon so I can finally say with pride that I have been to every state in the U.S.
24. Watch all of the Star Wars movies.
25. Complete a 5K Run.
26. Go on a pub crawl.
27. Pay off my student loans.
28. Have a vegetable garden.
29. Become fluent in another language.
30. Start my own travel business.
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Early Voting
Did you know that I have never voted at the polls? Of course, this is only my third election. My first election was the Presidential election of 2008. I voted via absentee ballot because I was studying in Ireland that … Continue reading
Garlicky Baked Butternut Squash
The Fall season calls for Fall recipes. Tonight I cooked butternut squash for the first time and love this recipe (aside from the time it took me to cut my squash up into cubes with dull knives). I definitely recommend … Continue reading
Family Vacations
So our biennial family vacation is coming up in 2011. Destination TBA (although I think Mexico is the favorite now that The Swine isn’t as much of a threat). Anyway, I was reminiscing about some old family vacations because some … Continue reading
Beef & Bean Chili
It’s starting to feel like Fall here in Vermont. Last night was particularly cold and so I decided today that I would try my hand at making chili for dinner. Sometimes, I impress myself with how decent first-try meals turn … Continue reading
The Great 2011 Vacation
It seems 2011 is the year for vacations! I’m thinking of one myself, but you’ll have to stay tuned for those details. Right now, I want to spread the word about a really great idea some of my Alaskan friends … Continue reading