As the day of my 30th birthday comes to a close, I have finished up my list of 40 things to do before I turn 40. I started this list a few years ago out of boredom at an unnamed Castle of employment. I am a person who accomplishes goals/tasks best when I had a list and thought there was no better way to see, go, and do the many things floating through my head. When I started writing this list, The Bucket List was not a movie yet nor did I google the idea to see how many other people had the same idea! As I got to #25+ tonight, I started to struggle on what else I wanted to accomplish in the next decade. After a few consultations with google, my family and friends, I have finished the list. I reserve the right to add on to this list, but not change it. I want to put that restriction on it to see if I can do it. So here's the list!
1 Drink Mint Juleps, wearing a large hat, at the Kentucky Derby
2 Put myself on the bone marrow transplant list
3 Learn French and spend a summer in France
4 Go skinny dipping in a hot spring in Iceland
5 Visit Niagra Falls in the Autumn
6 See Coldplay in concert
7 Go surfing in the Atlantic Ocean
8 Renew our vows and have a party!
9 Go on a safari in Africa
10 Go to an Oprah taping
11 Eat fresh King Crab and see glaciers in Alaska
12 Take a boat ride down the Mississippi River and then visit Mr. Sawyer
13 Take a hot air balloon ride in New Hampshire
14 Snorkel/dive the Beqa Lagoon in Fiji
15 Go rafting down the Mangoky River in Madagascar
16 Ski Mont Tremblant
17 Bicycle past Anne of Green Gables House
18 Visit Block Island
19 Eat a Maine Lobster at the Maine Lobster Festival
20 Plimoth Plantation in November
21 Eat a Maryland Blue Crab at Obrycki's
22 Visit Acadia National Park
23 Run a 1/2 marathon
24 Do a triathalon
25 Ride a gondela in Venice and then eat a lot of pasta!
26 Prague, Budapest, Krakow
27 Learn how to knit M, M and M scarves
28 Go on a yoga teacher week with Baron Baptiste
29 Sleep under the stars during the summer
30 Drink a Guiness after a round of golf in Ireland
31 Swim with dolphins
32 Host a wine and cheese night, and actually learn something
33 Go to a BC football game and pretend I'm a junior studying Theatre
34 Learn to make a really good pie crust
35 Go on a Polar Bear Safari before they are all gone!
36 Capture/Gather our home renovation pictures and scrapbook
37 Replicate my childhood stocking for the boys so they all match
38 Go to Wimbledon or US Open
39 Make out in the center of Rockefellar Rink
40 See a Bull Fight in Spain
