40 Before 40
To be completed by Sept 25, 2017
1. Go to Ireland (planned for July 2011, postponed)
2. See the Pacific Ocean
3. Watch my oldest 3 graduate high school (and then drop them off at college a few months later!)
4. Go sky diving
5. Fall in love
6. Go on a mission trip (will likely be to Haiti, spring 2013)
7. Cross the London Bridge (planned for July 2011, postponed)
8. Go camping in Yellowstone Park
9. Buy a Jeep Wrangler (pre-2006 model preferably)
10. Make chalk drawings like in Mary Poppins
11. Go on a wine tour
12. Sew window treatments
13. Become a life long Girl Scout member
14. Watch a meteor shower with the kids (and make a few wishes)
15. Read Gone With The Wind (completed Jan 2011)
16. Learn to cook Pad Thai
17. Get a tattoo with my kids’ initials
18. Hug a redwood tree
19. Take a self defense class
20. Donate blood
21. Have a family portrait taken
22. Knit 100 pairs of socks (as of Jan 2012, I’ve knit 42 pairs)
23. Have a spa day with the works (not sure what that all involves but sounds good)
24. Put all my recipes together in some sort of organized manner
25. Not have another kidney stone
26. See a comedian live (I’m not picky who, completed March 19, 2011)
27. Sew quilts for Project Linus
28. Plant a tulip popular, a buckeye tree, and a white oak (state trees of Indiana, Ohio, Maryland)
29. Run a 5K in less than 30 minutes
30. Win NaNoWriMo again
31. Buy a house (hopefully on a farm)
32. Start a retirement fund
33. Build a piece of wood furniture
34. Pass the NCLEX (become a registered nurse)
35. Buy bedroom furniture for myself
36. Go to the Indianapolis 500 race (completed May 29, 2011)
37. Attend a weekend retreat (not too picky what type)
38. Get out of credit card debt (the student loans are going to take a little longer)
39. Participate in someone else’s baby’s birth. I did it 5 times, never seen it from the other side. (completed Jan 26, 2012)
40. Buy myself a nice piece of sapphire jewelry