My Birthday Bucket List

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I'm a little bored and at loose ends today, because once again everything is cancelled because of the weather. By "everything", I mean church activities, which is what we usually do on Wednesdays. Yesterday everything (gym class, CAP, my choir rehearsal) except Kennady choir rehearsal was cancelled. Saturday, Sunday, and Monday were big cancellation days as well.

Anyway, this has been sitting here for awhile, so I figured today would be a good day to share it. It will help alleviate my cabin fever somewhat, and besides, the whole point was to share it soon after my birthday, which is now about a month past.

The Birthday Bucket List is an idea from Simply Audra Marie. On her blog, she shared about her tradition of making a birthday list of fun things she wanted to do during the coming year. One item on the list for each year. When I read her latest list, I loved it and decided to do the same. The list is made up of things big and small, but they are all things that I want to do or think I'll enjoy doing or achieving. Not bummer things that I have to do and don't want to.

So here are the 49 things I want to do while I'm 49. In no particular order, except the first one. I decided I needed to have that at the top of the list.

1. Pray - more often, more faithfully, and with more boldness
2. Read 49 books
3. Paint my bedroom
4. Can my own jam or jelly
5. Clean off my desk
6. Get a job  (It's hard to say how much I'll enjoy this, but I would enjoy some income! Update: I'm loving it! I started working at a local winery in the summer and it's a lot of fun. Plus that bit of extra income thing.)
7. Go exploring with hubby one weekend each month.
8. Visit Maryland's state parks - as many as possible
9. Get a new background/theme for my blog
10. Clean out the garage (This doesn't sound like much fun, I admit. But it's a family project, which really helps!)
11. Get rid of stuff I don't need 
12. Write letters. By hand. One a month. (Update: Have not managed one a month so far, but I've written a couple more than I did in the past couple years, so it's progress.)
13. Send cards on time for all the family birthdays (Failing as far as the on-time aspect, but I'm trying)
14. Make fudge
15. Finish the bedspread I started
16. Make or buy new window coverings for my bedroom
17. Paint the entry, stairwell and hallways (Entry and stairwell done, need to do the hallways)
18. Go to a hockey game or two
19. Plan a getaway for me and hubby
20. Go for walks
21. Buy outdoor furniture
22. Knit something
23. Attend a class or learn a new skill
24. Write personal notes to encourage people
25. Do something truly funky with my hair - because grey hair is awesome!
26. Wear nail wraps at least once
27. Go to a baseball game (Update: minor league games attended, a few major league games planned for late summer)
28. Get and use an Instagram account (Got it! Trying to remember to use it!)
29. Lose weight (Update: have lost some, need to lose more. Isn't that always the way?)
30. Switch phone companies
31. Purge my bookshelves
32. Clean out my closet
33. Make a reading corner in the family room
34. Try new recipes
35. Organize the photos, maybe even do some scrapbooking
36. Get new boots
37. Play guitar
38. Play mini-golf with the kids
39. Plan a family vacation
40. Watch movies and shows with Kennady
41. Celebrate at least one special occasion each month, even if we have to make one up
42. Get a coloring book for myself
43. Adopt a cat (Update: we adopted two!)
44. Have company over once a month
45. Make meals ahead to put in the freezer
46. Get some new team swag - hat, tee-shirt, sweatshirt/hoodie 
47. Decorate my house for the seasons
48. Watch TV shows or movies with hubby and/or kids once a week (sounds crazy to make watching TV a goal, but if we're all watching together, and it's something they want me to watch with them, I want to make time to do it!)
49. Choose new colors and decide how to redecorate the dining room

(I am going to strike through the items that I complete, and bold the ones that are "in progress".)

What do you think of my list? I'll try to update as we go through the year.

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