40 while 40

I'm a few months past my 40th birthday and right on track with my 40 things to do while 40 list.  I thought I would list them here to keep track...I will cross them off as I complete them.  Looking back on it I think I really needed to get the organization / de cluttering out of the way in order to start thinking of ways I can really enjoy myself.  Those things really bog me down...it is just the way my mind works.  My list is a bit of personal plans/goals and things that really do need to get done (they have been left undone for far to long).  I have lofty goals but I know I can do (most of) it!   I have to say I love being 40 and if these few months is any indication...the best is yet to come!

Here are my 40 things to do while 40 ( in no particular order):

1. Run a 5K
2. purge my magazine hoard
3. organize recipe craziness
4. re-do master bedroom
5. take & pass my MTELs
6. Finish Kelsey's room
7. Finish Dining Room
8. Decorate sun room
9. learn to knit
10. paint upstairs hallway
11. re-design blog & blog more
12. set up monthly "dates" with the kids
13. submit to a DT
14. submit to a publication
15. build a stash of cards (and send them...just because)
16. hang pics in stairs/hallway
17. paint nails and condition cuticles 2x.week
18. go camping for weekend with family * friends
19. start training for a 1/2 marathon
20. become physically fit (muscle definition and start to see abs...they are in there somewhere)
21. learn how to use my camera/take better photos
22. declutter house
23. organize house
24. purge & organize office / scrap room
25. sell extra supplies on ebay / 2 peas
26. read at least 12 books
27. devise a system to upload/edit photos weekly
28. edit, back up & print photos (2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012)
29. revamp pinterest boards
30. create 10 pinterest crafts
31. make 26 ( 1 every 2 weeks) pinterest goodies (treats)
32. update wardrobe
33. scrapbook more
34. finish PL 2011 & 2012 (stay current with 2013)
35. go to New Hampshire (or is is VT) pumpkin fesitval
36. go to Salem MA in the Fall
37. learn how to use sewing machine
38. go on a wine tasting or beer tasting date with Bob
39. Complete 26 random acts of kindness
40. attend a tanglewood concert with Bob