2. Get Called to the Bar

June 21, 2012 was the big day - after 4 years of undergrad, 3 years of law school and one year of articling I was finally a lawyer!

I looked kind of like a nerd

But my parents were proud

Some of my colleagues came, and advised me I was the loudest oath giver in the bunch!

And that night some exhausted new lawyers got very drunk.  

A great day all around!

Martha's iPad Issue

Totally off topic but they don't have this how-to on the website, and I don't want to lose this one. It's from the Martha Stewart Living iPad issue, Boundless Beauty - bubble chandelier!

Not on the list

This isn't on the list, but it still deserves credit.  I went to sign a will with my boss Cal the other day and realized we were near Kildonan Park.  Somehow I've lived in Winnipeg my whole life and have never been to The Witch's Hut.  So we took a little detour!

The rest of the list...

So I've finished up the list (the full one is over on the right) - here's what I've added:

25. Write a fan letter

26. Read Gone With the Wind

27. Milk a cow

28. Get acupuncture

29. Make marshmallows

Let the year...continue!

11. Treat my friends' birthdays the way I would love for mine to be treated - Part 1

Catriona's birthday is next week...it kind of caught up on me and I didn't have a chance to go shopping...Amazon to the rescue!

Pannie sent her this book which he finds quite in keeping with how cats should be treated

And I sent this mug which has a little fox hanging out in the bottom.  I think it would make me quite happy to finish my cup of coffee and find a fox waiting for me at the bottom.

Here's hoping she likes it!  

1. Go on a trip solo

Okay, this one was one of the biggest cop-outs because I was in the middle of doing it when I turned 29, but I still think it's rad.  When I found out my cousin was getting married in Palm Springs, California on March 30 I thought, 'hey, I should take a trip to San Francisco for my birthday and to see Catriona' and so I did.

Catriona moved down there with her husband about a year ago and had suggested I come.  And Brandi and Jim kept saying how great it is - so I really didn't have a choice!  And it was a great trip.  Some highlights:

Cute hotel room right downtown

A spin on a tramcar

Checking out the Bridge from Fisherman's Wharf

Watching them make sourdough at Boudin's

The aquarium at the California Academy of Sciences

The living roof at the California Academy of Sciences

Happy birthday to me!

The Ribbonerie

Eating pizza in Berkeley

All in all it was an awesome trip and I can't wait to go back!

The List

Okay, it's actually most of the list. 

I've decided that the last year of my 20s can't be wasted.  I've taken inspiration from Sarah over at Yes and Yes and have decided to challenge myself to do 29 things while I'm 29 (hence my exceedingly clever blog name!)  I have no intention of this being a 'blog blog' (a.k.a. wanting people to read it), it's just a pretty good place to keep everything in place.

So the list isn't actually complete.  Most of this was compiled shortly before my birthday a few weeks ago and I've been pretty crazed at work since I got back from holidays (I've also done quite a bit of work on number 4) and I haven't had a chance to finish it up.

I also recognize that some of these things are cop-outs (I'm pretty sure I'm going to get called to the bar, and I've already been on a solo trip) but it's my list and I can do make of it what I will.  And now, without further ado...the list!


29 Things To Do While I'm 29

1.  Go on a trip solo
2.  Get called to the bar
3. Go skating
4. Make myself a yearbook
5. Get a suit tailored
6. Have a fun day (or few hours) with a small child
7. Go to a cat show
8. Learn something about wine - besides how to drink it
9. Throw a party - bring your own nothing
10. Do something unbelievably nice for my assistant
11. Buy gifts for my friends' birthdays (even the ones that live far away)
12. Have at least 3 positive reviews on Ratelawyerz
13. Fire a gun
14. Teach Pan a trick
15. Take a class (not law)
16. Write in my line a day journal every day
17.  Go to Morden Corn and Apple festival
18. Try absinthe
19. Dye my eyelashes
20. Go to a roller derby
21. Eat a jack fruit
22. Go to a psychic
23. Try miracle fruit
24. Go on a hot air balloon