List/Ideas

The idea list is relatively long…much longer than 40 things. I figure that it is okay to add to the list as I don’t want to be boxed into a checklist. And, who says I have to stop at 40 things. Or that I have to stop doing things when I turn 41. This is my project. My rules.

So, the list in no particular order:

• Girlfriend’s weekend(s). So far, we have on the books…

1. Las Vegas (sun in a must)
2. Portland, OR
3. San Luis Obispo

• Just added: Weekend in either Walla Walla or Paso Robles (or both)
• Complete a half marathon (set a goal time)
• Take a chocolate making class.
• Spa day (more than one! maybe monthly?)
• Volunteer work
• Mentor
• Cooking class(es)
• 40 consecutive days of fitness (and I am thinking dancing may count)
• 40 consecutive days of good deeds
• Write 40 letters…and mail them
• Be creative 40 days in a row.
• Per my friend David, do something I can not imagine myself doing. Since I can’t imagine it, I have tasked a few friends to come up with ideas.
• Collect feedback from 40 friends, asking each friend to describe me with four adjectives (let me know if you want to be one of the 40 friends)
• Eat 40 great meals (see bon appetite section)
• Drink 40 wonderful glasses of wine (see sips section)
• Dedicate 40 hours over the year to scrapbook my life and all the things I love about it.
• Host a soup swap (see www.soupswap.com)
• Take a rock climbing class.
• Take an Ariel arts class (thanks, Groupon for the great deal).
• Hmmm…maybe pole dancing? cardio striptease? (Already done both, doesn’t hurt to do it again!)
• Girls night out. Girlfriend Chris suggests it’s only complete with boas, stilettos and wigs.
• Learn to surf (thank you, Grandma June, for the trip scheduled in October).
• Revisit my past. Tom says a trip to Wisconsin is in order. Maybe can tag that on a work visit to Detroit.
• My friend John suggests meeting 40 fabulous men, but that sounds like a project of it’s own! I will not post what Melissa suggested I do instead, but you can probably read between the lines.
• Pay it forward (at least once or twice).
• Revisit hot yoga classes.
• Get a group of girlfriends together for Fashion Week.
• Warrior Dash – North Bend, July 17, 1pm “heat”.  To quote an old Nike slogan, “Just Do It!”
• Read a dozen books on the banned book list (can’t have read them in the past)
• and more ideas to come…