Sunday, August 9, 2015

1856 days before i turn FIFTY-five zero- one half of a century!!!

for whatever reason i have been getting over the top excited about turning fifty. this up and coming birthday (29 more shopping days folks) i will turn 45, which means i will have half a decade until i get to put FIFTY candles on my cake (its happening-every last fire hazard!) i used to cringe at birthdays. my twenty fifth birthday i had a bit of a melt down. the whole getting older, considering botox- worried about coloring my hair, worried about gravity, i had crazy head kinda thoughts...  it seems once i crossed the forty line, my view changed in a really rad, celebratory kinda way.

my half a century celebration will have lots of thought put into it- i may or may not have people dress formally, or maybe a themed party. right now i'm just brain storming, putting all the ideas on the table! i know for sure i want to have a 7 day celebration leading up to the big day :)

i haven't made a "list" in some time. i have 1,856 days to complete... fifty things before fifty:

  1. plan more than one out of country trip (BALI, Ireland, Brazil, Spain, Greece)
  2. attend a art retreat (hopefully in bali)
  3. sell blood for my out of country trip (because i forgot to do this when i went to australia)
  4. eat cherries right off the tree (i haven't done this since i was a kid)
  5. launch pumpkins from a giant sling shot.
  6. make and deliver kind bombs

  7. participate in the relay for life
  8. have a family entry in a color run (and wear tutu's or capes or fairy wings)
  9. go to the beach (more than one, and more than once)

  10. dust off my big camera and fall in love again
  11. start a photo project
  12. finish a photo project
  13. participate in an art exhibit (the thought of this scares me in a good way)
  14. make a art journal out of recycled supplies
  15. do something with my back yard
  16. read more books and blog about them (for the record i hated book reports when i was a kids lol)

  17. find art centers and explore them (this may need to be a list of its own)
  18. make/create my own art studio/space
  19. start writing a book
  20. find a groovy old type writer that works and USE the crap out of it

  21. go to flea markets
  22. go to farmer markets
  23. eat more whole foods
  24. try to grow something besides 6' purple flowered weeds
  25. ask for a hammock and stand
  26. find a kitchen table and chairs that will grow as my family grows :)
  27. organize my closets
  28. paint another room with color

  29. go on more picnic's
  30. wear a crown of daisies for my birthday
  31. throw a back yard party (with groovy lanterns and sparklers)
  32. start a meditation journal
  33. create an on line class
  34. grow my bangs back out
  35. pop popcorn the old fashioned way for movie night

  36. become a yogi
  37. create a budget
  38. start a travel account
  39. go on a bike ride with my family
  40. date 
  41. recycle more
  42. shop less
  43. make birthday cakes from scratch (at least three)
  44.  

i left some blank spaces so i can add to the list when inspiration kisses me :)

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