The Official 40 Before 40 List

40 Things I Will Do Before I'm 40

I should have started this list long ago...many of the suggestions I've gotten are things I've already done.

Learn to Scuba Dive

See Mt. Rushmore

See a Space Shuttle Launch

Learn to knit

Fight a fire

Go to a Phillies/Flyers/Eagles game/NASCAR race

Be in the paper

Be on the news

Volunteer, volunteer, volunteer!

Become an organ donor

Join the NRA

Swim with sharks (literal and metaphorical)

1:  Hire a housekeeper

2:  Be a "Groomswoman"  (cheater alert...I will be on 11 Aug.)

3:  Start my Post-Grad work

4:  Re-read at least 3 classics

5:  Finally start learning a new language

6:  Volunteer...because you should ALWAYS give back

7:  Not get ANOTHER speeding ticket

8:  Fly from John Wayne Airport (SNA) to Reagan National Airport (DCA)

9:  Visit the Ronald Reagan Foundation and Library

10:  Lay a rose at Ronald Reagan's grave

11:  Lay a rose at John Wayne's grave

12:  Have a better health regimen

13:  Be a better friend

14:  Have a matching pill box and flask...definitely pink, preferably monogrammed

15:  Make Sitch Happen

16:  Have a pink, monogrammed knife (any and all weapons fall under this umbrella)

17:  REALLY clean out my shoe wardrobe (throwing out one pair and calling it day doesn't count)

18:  Purge my house

19:  Spend more time with old...scratch old...longtime friends

20:  Shop (a little) less for things I don't really need

21:  Accept that women of a certain age and station, with the initials CAT, will inevitably be called Kitty

22:  Have tungsten rings engraved at Tiffany's...a la Holly Golightly

23:  Give up trying to explain to people that, in the book "Breakfast at Tiffany's," they're prostitutes...people!!!  Yes, I'm going to let that go...

24:  Clean up my language

25:  Be less judgmental (never going to happen)

26:  Get my Cartier Love Bracelet

27:  Be grateful, every day

28:  Create the perfect pink cocktail

29:  Be a stronger woman

30:  Learn to refinish that gross table in the garage that DH has dragged everywhere since the Colorado School For Wayward Boys

31:  Start taking yoga classes

32:  Learn how to get my car to talk to me (No, I don't read instruction manuals...don't judge me)

33:  Have a better poker face

34:  Learn to play poker

35:  Stop stockpiling things (unless they're on sale or hard to come by)

36:  Finally learn how to use my Kindle Fire

37:  Stop taking things so personally

38:  Clean out my email 

39:  Start a 50 by 50 list

40:  Look much younger than 40!!!

And the list goes on:

1:  Visit the Vatican

2:  Go to the World Cup

3:  Learn to Fly a Plane

 

 

40 Things To Do Before 40 part 1

I recently saw a friend's blog with a list of the 40 things she wanted to do before she was 40.  She is 2 years younger than me and already had some things crossed off...so I thought...I should just make a list of 1 thing I wanted to do before 40 and resort back to threatening to hurl myself off my roof again.  No one ever seems to take this threat seriously...I'm thinking I've narrowed down some possible reasons why:

1:  This is the desert...most houses and buildings are single story here.  I'd likely only be injured.
2:  I have a pool, so a soft landing is reasonably assured.
3:  If I were to kill myself, be serious, people...would I make myself ugly in the process?  I think not!
4:  I don't know how to get up on the roof.


And the biggie:


5:  No one in Heathers killed themselves that way!


Soooo...I guess it's time for me to start that list.  I'm open to suggestions!