40x40 version1.0

I love the idea of listing things that you've always wanted to do and setting a deadline. The list is all about making personal dreams come true. I've not included anything about being a better parent or better employee or better friend. It is all about selfish desires that have gone unfulfilled. This is a way to put a few of my own needs in the front of my mind, so that I don't get lost in the daily drudgery of being obligated to others.

Although I stole the idea from Heather, the list is all me. And, my list is still a work in progress. Everytime I think I have the perfect 40, I remember something else I've always wanted to do, and the list changes. It may not be possible to complete all 40 in the next SEVERAL years, (I do have almost the whole decade), but it will be fun to try.


40x40

1. Get Passport
2. Take Etiquete Class
3. Mail Emily's Birthday Present on time 2 consecutive years
4. go to Ireland - kiss Blarney Stone
5. Learn to speak Spanish
6. Read Wuthering Heights
7. go on a cruise
8. learn to use a semi-colon properly
9. learn to sew
10. author 1 published article
11. take Maddy to Yellowstone
12. Road Trip Route 66
13. See Eiffel Tower
14. Keep a house plant alive for 3 years
15. understand football
16. Solve a cross word puzzle without cheating
17. Vacation with Doug Scott
18. Ride a Gondela
19. Ride a mechanical bull
20. fall in love
21. Learn to knit
22. get nice china
23. buy a house
24. host a wine tasting party
25. Pray Daily
26. Visit Austraila
27. go to Vegas
28. Visit Sue Lowther (also Nevada, but not the same trip)
29. go to New York, see a Broadway show
30. go to Maine
31. See Niagra Falls
32. learn to get the videos out of the video camera
33. take yoga class
34. Hot Air Balloon Ride
35. Find PERFECT LBD
36. Kentucky Derby - with the big hat
37. Build a giant sandcastle
38. pay off student loans
39. Organize baby pictures
40. go to Traverse City Film Festival