Big updates on the 40 list

Two items to cross off the list this week:
1.) crunching through leaves (my boot wearing autumn fantasy)
And
2.) I have a very specific health sub-list...trying to take command of wellness. LASIK complete. Whew!

Working my way thru it :)

Working the list

I gave my two children their assignment of coming up with their perfect day---should be a fun one to cross off.
I booked first passport travel as well!!!
Progress!

When you talk the talk...

So, I've had a few people ask if I'm keeping a blog about accomplishing all forty things on the list...
I'm hesitant to say yes, because I an horrific at keeping up a blog. Evidenced here.
But the list is going & I'm fulfilling & I will continue to offer photo support of those items realized.
I will do this.
It's one part of the training in my year long quest to be a seeker of joy.

The actual birthday

Just to prove the birthday happened...weeklong celebration!

Some of the 40 list...

Has been realized.
Here's the bridge run....

And...the star sleeping...

The list grows....

21. Grow hair long
22. Run across Golden Gate Bridge
23. Hike all day to get to a spot thats unspoiled and beautiful. Sleep there overnight with what you brought.
24. Visit one great spa each season. Stay all day.
25. Walk in the rain
26. Take a class
27. Pray each day
28. Plant something
29. Go on a picnic
30. Be sappy
31. Ride a train
32. Do sit-ups

Just Listed! The next 10

Continue mulling through the list of 40 things (big and small) that I will check off in my 40 th year (which commences in about 3 months)....

11.) seek out good health. This means make and keep ALL necessary medical appointments. Including, but not limited to: dentist, optometrist, dermatologist, gp, gyn...all of them.
12.) call my mom, grandfather and sister once a week.
13.) plan solo trips with each of my children...make it everything they want-their current dream days.
14.) find a way to make yoga class...at least once a week. Carve out the time.
15.) take myself somewhere, in Autumn of this 40th year, to take a walk, that has leaves for me to crunch as I go.
16.) write a letter at least once a month...mail it.
17.) compliment someone every day
18.) compliment myself every day
19.) define my signature drink. (so many choices)
20.) zip line through a rainforest

Beginning the 40 List

so here begins the list of 40 things I must do in my 40th year.
...in no particular order...yet.

1.) run my fourth marathon
2.) new tat
3.) sleep under the stars with my kiddos
4.) 5 star hotel stay
5.) send flowers to my best friend and my mom for no particular reason...lets say on a random date...like September 19th.
6.) swim more
7.) go to Ashland  for Shakespeare festival....one of my most favorite things
8.) have a party with great live music
9.) travel out of the country-use my passport
10.) float down a river-rafting, tubing, boating...any or all

I'm liking my list.  A huge fan of lists right here.
Another ten on the way, then I will start plotting the execution of 40!

Less than four months to forty

gasp. I need to get the dusty bucket list out and get going.
Here are a few I know for sure:
1.) I will run my fourth marathon in my 40th year....just need to decide which one...
2.) I will come up with 40 great things to do while 40 (service to others, experiences, dreams realized etc.)
3.) I will get another tattoo...maybe some modified four leaf clover?
4.) I will make amends..
5.) I will be a seeker of joy

I will...
I hated thirty...I am using a great deal of energy to attempt and embrace this next milestone birthday. I'm going to gush over it, use it as my excuse to do all the things I really want.
It'll be a good thing.