30 before 30...

In just over a month, I turn 30 years old. You're probably thinking "uh, Hillary, isn't it a little late to start your 30 before 30 list??" The answer is no. I'm a little time crunched but no, it's not too late - especially since I actually started this list at age 25 and I can automatically cross off a few things.

So, here's my list of things I want to do BEFORE I turn 30 (on April 10... gifts accepted):

1. Finish my bachelor's degree
2. Go to the Dead Sea for a day and just veg out
3. Finish my cookbook and do a DIY publish job
4. Run every day for 2 weeks in a row
5. Make a proper "Southern" Mac and Cheese
6. Cook a proper flank steak
7. Visit Europe - completed in 2010
8. Watch all 6 episodes of Star Wars in one day
9. Dye my hair blonde... like a real blonde.
10. Start a rainy-day/vacation fund
11. Learn to cook something like my aunt (she's WAAAY better at cooking than me)
12. Do YOGA every day for two weeks before work (maybe it'll become habit)
13. Train Sparky to walk WITH me, not in front of me
14. Read a good book that has nothing to do with history/war/government/politics (suggestions?)
15. Go to a local winery and get sloshed (sorry hubby... you're my DD)
16. Get married
17. Get pregnant
18. Go on a DayCation (thank you Cyprus!)
19. Eat at Segev restaurant
20. Get dressed up for Purim and DO something (I haven't done that since I was 10)
21. Learn to make pot stickers from scratch
22. Do 20 push ups consecutively
23. Make a week's worth of vegetarian main dishes
24. Start saving for a house
25. Start paying back my $10,000 student loan
26. Go one day without wearing ANY make up... and then go out
27. Go one week without wearing a black/brown/or neutral colored shirt/pants/skirt/sweater
28. Make 1 jar of pickles by myself
29. Move to Israel - completed in 2006
30. Become comfortable in my own skin.