The final update
So this is it. The final update to my 40 before 40 list. I have learned a lot about making lists with this little experience. Maybe I'll share some of those learnings in another post. I also learned a bit about myself in this process. Maybe I'll share that later too. But first, the final batch of updates to the list.
Thanks to everyone that helped me make many of these things happen!!
Visit Schells Brewery in New Ulm, Minnesota.March 20 with The Boy!!- Visit New Glarus Brewing Company in New Glarus, Wisconsin.
- Climb a rock wall. I didn't climb a rock wall but I am going to Colorado for a week of hiking and biking in the mountains. That surely counts for something.
Take a picture inside a men's restroom to prove that I was inside a mens restroom.Thank you, Canterbury.Run 40 miles in one calendar month.Completed in June!- Get my motorcycle endorsement. After years of talking about doing this I have decided this clearly is not important to me. Besides, being a passenger does not suck.
Do sit-ups every day for 40 days because it is easier, cheaper and less painful than a tummy tuck. Although probably not as effective.Did 3905 sit-ups in 37 days. On day 38 I came down with the plague and was sick for a week. I'm OK with 37 of 40 days as an accomplishment but the results were shit. Damn you, abs of goo!!Celebrate one year anniversary with AC.This was impossible to accomplish since we split up after dating for about 7 months. I still celebrate my friendship with him though. That has been going strong for about 8 years.- Unclutter my attic before it caves in on my vehicle that rests below it. This is a project that is in the works. I'll wrap it up when the temps drop.
Check my mail or take out the trash after dark, without a big dog or mace and without being scared out of my mind while doing it.Did it during Spring Break when the kids were gone with my sister for the week. Don't think I'll do it again.- Do a photo inventory of the house and belongings. Post to Flickr for safekeeping. I should assign this to the Girl Child while she's still on summer break.
Watch a classic movie. You know, something that doesn't have Sandra Bullock in it.ARTHUR! Watched it with The Boy in May and YES! It counts as a classic! The box even said so!Get all my CD's on my computer.Completed: December 30, 2009- Plan myself a super duper crazy awesome 40th birthday party. Yeah. Shit. Didn't get this figured out.
- Go to a store with Personal Shoppers and have them select an outfit that strays from what I would typically wear. Buy said outfit. I still have some shopping to do.
- Take an improv class. As fun as this would be I've decided it ranks with motorcycle class. Not a priority.
- Try rollerblading again. Maybe try it more than once. Thought about it several times. Never did it.
- Read some of the books sitting on my nightstand. I did this! I did this! Although the books aren't sitting near me at the moment so I can't tell you what they were.
- Run around the lake by my house (approximately 13 miles). This is still on the list. I found a local running buddy that is going to do this one with me after I get back from Colorado.
Write something that I am really really proud of.OK, I know this sounds like I might be cheating but after a lot of thought I have decided this list is something I wrote that I am really proud of.Bet on a horse.Lost, lost, lost, won, lost, won, lost, lost.Kiss in the rain. AC willing.Since the relationship ended during a snowy season not a rainy one this was really not going to happen. It's OK though. I still have plenty of other very fond memories with him.- Take a roadtrip with absolutely no prior planning whatsoever. Pack the car and go. Somewhere. Anywhere... I'll do this eventually. Being spontaneous isn't easy when you are booked four months out.
- Take an overnight trip. By bicycle. I will do this eventually. I just need to have a weekend with nothing going on to make it happen.
Do something completely spontaneous and fun with the kids. Brownie points if it is something we have never done before.Walked across frozen lake - dogs and kids. Jan 3, 2010. Bid on (AND WON!) a two-night stay (FOR SIX!) in a townhouse on Lake Superior.Take a fitness class. Kettlebells, perhaps?Took a Kettlebell class with Denise!! Also took several Spin Classes WHICH I LOVED!Shoot a gun.April 3 with my former roommate Paul. AKA Satan, the roommate from Hell.Get rid of shoes, clothes, accessories and purses that I don't actually use/wear anymore.Goddamn this was hard.- Leave the country. Even if it is only to cross the border into Canada. I went to Missouri AND Iowa. Does that count?
Go to a play at a local theater.Saw Panache at Theater in the Round in Minneapolis on January 24th with The Boy and other friends. Photo!Meet someone in person that I originally met online.Done! Met a really cool guy in person in the spring that I had originally met online.Attend a murder mystery dinner.FUN! FUN! FUN! Did this with Brian in April. Will do this again. It was a BLAST!- Touch a snake. If I'm feeling really brave I'll actually hold it. I've decided this is probably never going to happen. I had a great opportunity to do this at the zoo recently but absolutely could not bring myself to do it. I tried. And I'm cool with that.
Follow one piece of financial advice that I have never followed before.Checked my credit score and reviewed my credit report for accuracy!! Jan 2010Watch a bat show in my backyard without my tennis racket.DONE! FREAKY! NEVER AGAIN!- Create a list of 40 things that rock my world.
- Meditate more. Hell, at this point meditating at all equals MORE. It has been tooooo long! My gawd I suck at this.
Go through photos from my childhood with my kids. Share with them some of the stories of my youth.I have one night left to do this. By god it's getting done.- Drink something with an umbrella in it. And no. I won't stuff an umbrella into a bottle of beer. Apparently they do not make drinks with umbrellas in Minnesota. Believe me, I tried.
Learn something new.I learned training for a triathlon, half marathon and duathlon at the same time is freaking HARD. I learned that I LOVE LOVE LOVE road biking.
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