Saturday, August 28, 2010

My 60 Things To Do Before 60 List

Welcome to my blog.  I originally started it to track and post stuff about my list, but I think I may add other stuff as I go.  I may post about stuff in my life, what I like or what I don't...  Who knows.  But for now, my main focus is my list of 60 Things To Do Before I'm 60, which my daughter Staci suggested I do, and I think it will be fun.  I always think "I should do that" but never seem to get around to, so now I have a list of things to remind me, and goals set to ensure I do them.  Here is my list of stuff I want to do before I'm 60 (which means I have just over 3 years to do them all):

  1. Get a better job
  2. Go on a trip with Staci
  3. Start walking daily for 15 minutes, and increase 5 minutes week until walking one full hour at a time
  4. Get a better camera
  5. Take photography course
  6. Learn Photoshop
  7. Learn to speak Spanish
  8. Finish painting house by my Birthday…Sept 23, 2010
  9. Wake up at 8:00am and walk first thing in the mornings
  10. Read four books a year (reading 1/12)
  11. See a movie at the theater
  12. Call Dave & Derek weekly and Staci more often
  13. Make long term list of goals and short term list of things to do rather than lots of small mixed up lists
  14. Attend a swimming class
  15. No TV three days a week
  16. Transfer all my VHS tapes on to DVD
  17. Watch a chick flick by myself once a month
  18. Bake an apple pie from scratch 
  19. Go to Vegas
  20. Have a picnic with Vic
  21. Have all the kids from work over for dinner (Had sooo much fun)
  22. Swim with dolphins again
  23. Take ballroom dancing with Vic
  24. Go to the Drive-in
  25. Do sit -ups three times a week starting with 15 increase 2 each week till I reach 50  (Up to 25 now)
  26. Advertise and work on getting business for Reel Image
  27. Look into family tree
  28. Meet Staci for lunch once a month (met 1/36)
  29. Cut my hair above my shoulders
  30. Play a board game once a week with Vic
  31. Have a family party
  32. Go to New York City
  33. Learn Excel
  34. Upgrade to Windows 7
  35. Teach Vic computer stuff
  36. Go out for dinner with Dave and Derek at least 4 times a year (1/12)
  37. See the sunrise in Mexico
  38. Contact people I have met on holidays
  39. Learn how to text message
  40. Put all CDs onto iPod and get rid of CDs (half done)
  41. Make a personalized calendar for Vic & I every year
  42. Find a 4 leaf clover
  43. Organize photos and put onto a disk
  44. Take a Mother & Child from a shelter to dinner once a year
  45. Spend more time with my God-daughter
  46. Have a ride on a motorcycle
  47. Give a homeless person a nice meal once a year
  48. Go horseback riding
  49. Find charity to bake 100 cupcakes for
  50. Go bowling
  51. Create a vision board
  52. Make a list of things to do when retired
  53. Dance in the rain
  54. Make two new friends a year
  55. Get a blackberry
  56. See Rascal Flatts
  57. See Jeff Dunham
  58. Contact family in England and Australia
  59. Organize recipes
  60. Volunteer at the food bank around Christmas each year
Stuff that I have completed will be crossed off.
Stuff that I'm in the process of completing I will have in blue.
And of course I will blog about things as I do them.  

I'm posting this list on a blog so that my family and friends can join me on this little adventure, and I'd love to hear from you as I go, so please follow along and leave comments.
Thank you,
Christine