Things to Do before Bday

42 things to do before I turn 43 on August 28th

1) Take an artist workshop
2) Approach an artist about lessons
3) Paint something on a 36x48 canvas
4) Call myself an artist
5) When someone asks what I do respond w/ “whatever I want”
6) Play a song on the guitar
7) Learn to read music
8) Learn Tai-Chi
9) Find a good walking trail
10) Exercise atleast once a week
11) Lose 2 lbs (hee, hee I’m being realistic)
12) Cook atleast one of my mom’s recipes
13) Take the Amtrak train somewhere/anywhere
14) Paint my toe-nails (eek)
15) Really look at myself in the mirror (eyes open)
16) Enlarge & hang some of my photos
17) Handwrite a letter to a friend
18) Go on a dinner date with hubby
19) Grow a vegetable from seed
20) Take a reiki class
21) Write a will
22) Create a plan for one section of the garden
23) Organize my computer files
24) Meet someone live from my blog
25) Go to the movies
26) Jot a note on a rock and leave it somewhere
27) Find/join a ‘live’ artist tribe
28) Sleep under the stars
29) Ride a horse (yikes!) (Yeah yeah I know I dream to be a horse farmer but they scare me)
30) Take my son to a concert
31) Hug and kiss my son everyday (squeeze when he squirms)
32) Find my airbrush
33) Apologize to my ex
34) Go to a book signing
35) Visit a psychic
36) Talk to a priest about his beliefs
37) Talk to a local farmer
38) Learn to make an appetizer to take to social gatherings
39) Go to the zoo w/out plotting the animals’ escape
40) Talk to the neighbors
41) Go to a local farmer’s market
42) Make a tshirt