40 List Update

I thought I would share with you the progress of my 40 list.

Three items have been crossed off (Brooklyn Bridge, Kids Camping, and Picking Blueberries in Maine)

I am currently working on 5 items:

1. Learning to knit. My cousin is teaching me, but we are both busy raising kids so it's a slow process.

2. Cook all the items from a cookbook. I have chosen to cook from "Pioneer Woman Cookbook" I have made 28 out of the 64 recipes in the cookbook.

3. Paint a Landscape picture- I have been working on a picture since the fall and I am not really feeling it, so I think I need to pick another picture.

4. I am reading about Judaism but lets face it, its very slow reading.

5. Run a 5k. I have been training for three weeks now. My first 5k run will be on May 6th. Race for the Cure.

I am currently running 1.5 miles in 24 minutes. I can run for 17 minutes straight. This is huge for me. I am not a runner. I have NEVER been a runner. In high school my gym teacher would yell at me for not running.

Both of my brother's were runners, so I know I must have the running gene somewhere inside.

I have to say that I am impressed with myself for running. I really am enjoying my runs. Every time I run I add another minute. Once I can run for 20 minutes straight I will add another minute.

My training right now is on the treadmill. With the weather and snow on the ground I have taken myself off the streets. LOL!!!

I am making some other plans for my list.

I have decided President's Day weekend would be a good time for me to go down to AC for three/four of my items.

Easter Weekend will be the weekend we head to the Hamptons.

I'm currently looking into a yoga class for me and Ballerina.

I am heading down to South Jersey this weekend and now I am thinking of making a detour through Philly to be like Rocky and run up the Museum stairs.

Are you working on a list?

40 Things To Do Before I'm 40

Several years ago, Tommy and I made a bucket list. Our bucket list is mostly traveling to far away places and some other big things.

I recently realized that I'm not getting any younger and 40 is right around the corner. I will be 40 in 1 year and seven months, but whose counting?

I wanted to come up with some of things from my bucket list that I could do before I am 40.

I have given it a lot of thought. I want to share my list you because I want to hold myself accountable for my list.

The list is in no particular order.

1. Learn to knit.
2. Walk over the Brooklyn Bridge.
3. Run a 5K (Don't laugh-I already started training)!!!!
4. Run a Half Marathon.
5. Take Ballerina is see the Rockettes.
6. Ice Skate at Rockefellar Center.
7. Have a picnic in Central Park.
8. Take a Yoga class.
9. Take a Pilates class.
10. Take a Pottery Class.
11. Take the kids camping.
12. Walk the McDade Trail from Shawnee to Milford, PA.
13. Hike back to sunfish pond. (I've done this once but want to do it again.)
14. Take a meditation class.
15. Learn more about Judism.
16. Read all the Jane Austin Novels. (I'm a sucker for romance)
17. Take a photography class.
18. Try Fly Fishing. (Regular fishing seems boring to me but, fly fishing you stand in the water and constantly move your arms.)
19. Take a trip to Napa Valley.
20. Pick Blueberries in Maine.
21. Cook all the receipes from a famous chef's cookbook. (Any suggestions? I won't start this until the fall.)
22. Try skiing.
23. Take Speed Racer to see a Nascar Race. (We live in PA and the races take over our region twice a summer. I want to see what all the hype is.)
24. Try Cross-Country skiing.
25. Take Dancing lessons with Tommy.
26. Take a Hot Air Balloon Ride.
27. Learn to Scuba Dive.
28. Go to a Drive In Movie Theatre.
29. Take a Cooking Class.
30. Paint a Landscaping picture.
31. Go Dog Sledding.
32. Go on a carriage ride in the snow.
33. Horseback Riding (preferably on the beach but I would ride on a nice trail with running water.)
34. RUN up the steps of the Philadelphia Art Musuem. (I know I must have done this as a child but I want to run up the steps as an adult.) Rocky Style!!!
35. Bike the whole island of LBI.
36. Go to the Jazz Festival in Delaware Water Gap.
37. Take the kids to see Lucy the Elephant. (South Jersey icon)
38. Go to the Hamptons.
39. Kayak or Canoe around the Statue of Liberty.
Now for the all time shocker. Some of you already know this about me but some of you don't know but my gift to myself for my 40th Birthday is to....
40. Drive in a Nascar Race Car. (I didn't know how much I wanted to do this until we took my Dad to do this for his retirement present.) When we drove onto the track at the Pennsylvania Raceway I got goose bumps and decided right then and there I would do this for my 40th Birthday.)
This shocks people because a lot of people think of me as a little prissy. I admit my younger self was prissy.

 But the older and wiser me wants to embrace life and enjoy every moment!!!!

Do you have a list of things you want to do? Any of them similar to mine. If so let me know we can do them together!!! I'd love the company!!!

Again, I am sharing this with you to actually help me achieve my goal!!!

I will be back to blogging!!!! I know you've missed me!!!

Love and Hugs,
Janine