I've waited and waited for this day. Turning 50 seemed to be such a glamourous thing to do. Oprah celebrated with a HUGE party, Robin McGraw wrote a book about aging gracefully, AARP doesn't accept you until you're 50, the Red Hat Society seems like so much fun. I felt left out. I was still in my 40s and it didn't seem like anyone was celebrating that. I was approaching this milestone and I wanted it to mean something, to be something that would last. So, in the year leading up to my 50th birthday, I decided to create a list of 50 things I had been wanting to do, but for some reason hadn't yet gotten to them yet. At the beginning, my intention was to do all of these 50 things during my 50th year. Well, as the saying goes...The Best Intentions....So here we are, more than half-way through my 50th year and I was disappointed that I hadn't gotten even half way through my list. I decided that sharing my list, and my intention might provide just the inspiration I needed to kick up some momentum. So, here's the list. I'll update my progress, both here on this page, and in my blog and hopefully it will be fun and interesting to see how sharing will help move the process along...There's a saying out there...that the best way to get your house cleaned is to schedule a party...Consider the party scheduled!
Go Gray! ~ The final tresses of highlights have been scissored away and I have reached this milestone!- Make Up Makeover ~ Did a mini one back in the fall, really can't see making that one count :-)
- Get back on a horse
- Develop a regular yoga practice
- Develop a regular prayer and meditation practice
- Write an original hypnotherapy script and record a CD
- Write a book and publish it
- Create a coffee table picture book ~ I have 9 of the 100 photos so far
- Compile a Family Traditions Recipe Book
- Develop and Deliver a Women's Retreat
- Learn HypnoBirthing and add to my practice ~ Completed cert class ~ April 25th,, 2010 Now for the review...
Complete my degree ~ Finally! One needed Spanish class turned into a Women's Studies minor ~ Completed December 14, 2009 ~ Woooooo Hooooo!Zipline ~ Woo Hoo Jumping 100 feet out of a tree and flying 1400 feet across a river...thrilling! July 26th 2009- Learn to cook fish really well
- Learn to cook vegetarian dishes really well
- Create a meaningful piece of art
- Learn mosaic tile art
- Make a beaded Rosary ~ I have the supplies!
- Lose half my age in weight (25 pounds)
- Learn to water color
Get my passport ~ Woo Hoo Received it in the mail yesterday April 23, 2010Plant a suburban orchard ~ Done! Planted 3 Meyer Lemon, 2 Lime, 2 Orange, an Almond, 2 Peach, 2 Apple, an Asian Pear, Bartlett Pear, Fuji Apple, Dorsett Apple and a Nectarine! April, 2010Plant a garden in two seasons ~ Woo Hoo Done! Lettuce, Swiss Chard, Broccoli, Kale, Cabbage, Snow Peas :-)- Get to know 5 new neighbors
Take a segway tour ~ Woo Hoo DONE! Desert Ridge Marriot 01/6/2011- Get my financial plan back in order (read Suze Orman's Women and Money and re-read Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover
- Prepare our will ~ nope, we don't have one yet!
- River Rafting Trip
- Learn how to kayak
- Learn basic photography ~ about lighting and such
- Learn to write poetry
- Create an office space that I love ~ I have the plan and have moved the desk into position
Learn to paddle a canoe ~ Woo Hoo...I did this on Vallicito Lake in the Rockies this summer.
- Ride the light rail
- Have a fund raiser in Barb's honor to support the East Valley Crisis Nursery
- Wardrobe Makeover
Start a blog ~ Ou la or however you spell it.- Give away $1000
- Learn how to get and stay organized
- Create a Vision Board
- Learn to create mandalas
- Learn about Crystal Healing
- Learn about Psych K
- Create a Toxin Free environment in our home ~ Have begun the process; making my own cleaning products.
- Read the Bible cover to cover again ~ This probably shouldn't be this far down on the list.
- Swim with the dolphins
- Have my teeth straightened ~ Have started that process, next appt. 10/25/2010
- Get my photographs organized ~ Right now they are in 14 photo boxes on a new easy organizing cart.
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