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. 
   
8. participate in the relay for life
9. have a family entry in a color run (and wear tutu's or capes or fairy wings)
10. go to the beach (more than one, and more than once)
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12. dust off my big camera and fall in love again
13. start a photo project
14. finish a photo project
15. participate in an art exhibit (the thought of this scares me in a good way)
16. make a art journal out of recycled supplies
17. do something with my back yard
18. read more books and blog about them (for the record i hated book reports when i was a kids lol)
19. 
    
20. find art centers and explore them (this may need to be a list of its own)
21. make/create my own art studio/space
22. start writing a book
23. find a groovy old type writer that works and USE the crap out of it
24. 
    
25. go to flea markets
26. go to farmer markets
27. eat more whole foods
28. try to grow something besides 6' purple flowered weeds
29. ask for a hammock and stand
30. find a kitchen table and chairs that will grow as my family grows :)
31. organize my closets
32. paint another room with color
33. 
    
34. go on more picnic's
35. wear a crown of daisies for my birthday
36. throw a back yard party (with groovy lanterns and sparklers)
37. start a meditation journal
38. create an on line class
39. grow my bangs back out
40. pop popcorn the old fashioned way for movie night
41. 
    
42. become a yogi
43. create a budget
44. start a travel account
45. go on a bike ride with my family
46. date 
47. recycle more
48. shop less
49. make birthday cakes from scratch (at least three)
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i left some blank spaces so i can add to the list when inspiration kisses me :)