Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Reflecting on 40 before 40 list

Another birthday is coming. (38 for anyone counting) It's a good time to look over and update my list of things I want to do before I turn 40.
 
 40 things to do before I turn 40 (May 4, 2017)

  1. Take a family road trip/vacation (done 5/18/13. Trip to Kentucky for a wedding. 6/13/14 Trip to Maryland for a wedding)
  2. Have $20,000 in an emergency fund
  3. See a movie in a drive-in theater
  4. Have my byline in a national magazine (not a trade magazine)
  5. Have a spa day with a manicure and pedicure
  6. Visit a foreign country (done 10/27/13. Work trip to Montreal)
  7. Sing in a radio or TV commercial
  8. Only keep clothes that I look good in
  9. Have a will, life insurance, and written funeral plans
  10. Ride in a horse drawn carriage (done 7/2015 in Chagrin Falls)
  11. Go fishing
  12. Buy a real piece of art (done 12/1/13. Bought art from ASM art show)
  13. Have a signature, go-to cocktail (to drink, not to make) (French Martini or rum and coke)
  14. Participate in a church group that is not music related (done 3/19/15. Church book club)
  15. Have a catered party at my house
  16. Grow a lemon tree indoors
  17. Bake bread
  18. Spend a week with no TV (done February 18 - April 5, 2015. Gave up TV for Lent)
  19. Ride in a convertible with the top down (done 6/26/16. Got to drive my dad's Spitfire)
  20. Plan and save for a 10-year anniversary trip (2017)
  21. Shoot a gun
  22. Go on a retreat
  23. See the orchestra at Blossom and have a picnic (done Aug 7, 2016 with extended family)
  24. Spend a Sunday at the Chautauqua Institute
  25. Have a cocktail in the back room at the Velvet Tango Room
  26. Buy a comfy bed
  27. Take a first-aid class
  28. See an opera
  29. Eat Victoria spongecake (done July 4, 2016)
  30. Send flowers to someone once a month for a year!
  31. Buy the most expensive lottery ticket Ohio sells (I think it's the $30 $500,000,000 Spectacular)
  32. Eat a paw paw
  33. Spend a day doing random acts of kindness
  34. Get up to date with making photo books and the kids baby books
  35. Do something that isn't on the list but should have been (done Oct 2014. Weekend away with Mike)
  36. Practice a difficult organ piece (with pedals) to perfection
  37. Get a new professional headshot (done May 2015 but I don't like the bkgd the designer at work photoshopped)
  38. See one of my favorite bands/artists in concert (done June 2014 Beck and Aug 2014 Wilco)
  39. Invest in something custom made
  40. Pie in the sky wish: Pay off mortgage

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