Finished reading The Godfather by Mario Puzo. Read it in one day-couldn't put it down. Violent, yes...but AMAZING storytelling. My only disappointment: Nowhere in the book does he write this favorite quote:
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Life may begin at 40... but I have a few things to do before I get there!
counting down...
i'm counting down to 40, and when i arrive i want to be able to throw my hands in the air and shout "woo-hoo! look what i've done!"
about me!
the countdown list
- 1. Start my own blog
- 2. Catch up on my reading
- 3. Submit a written work for publication
- 4. Watch all of Audrey Hepburn's films
- 5. Become certified in CPR
- 6. Run a 10k
- 7. Learn how to best pose for a photo
- 8. Meet my neighbors
- 9. Put my heels on the floor in Downward Dog
- 10. Learn to shoot a gun
- 11. Take a watercolor class
- 12. Whiten my teeth
- 13. Learn to make my Mom's Black Bottom Pie
- 14. Discover who my heroes are.
- 15. Drive a Mini Cooper
- 16. Watch Gone With the Wind (start to finish!)
- 17. Plant a tree with my step-kids
- 18. Make a soundtrack to my life
- 19. Join a Runner's Club
- 20. Write 40 letters of gratitude
- 21. Make flossing a daily habit
- 22. Make a list of all my accomplishments & adventures
- 23. Watch An Inconvenient Truth
- 24. Join a book club (or start one!)
- 25. Take an investment class/seminar
- 26. Perform 24 breast self-check exams
- 27. Volunteer my time at _____ (tbd)
- 28. Finance a woman entrepreneur in a third-world country
- 29. Lose the weight...finally
- 30. Practice vegetarianism for a 2 week period
- 31. Learn basic conversational phrases in French, Spanish & Italian
- 32. Become a Registered Yoga Teacher (200 hr)
- 33. Make 1000 origami cranes
- 34. Volunteer my time at ________ (tbd)
- 35. Perform a forgiveness ritual
- 36. Make love with my husband somewhere we aren't supposed to
- 37. Practice "stopping to smell the roses"
- 38. Buy a cow (or goat, or sheep) for Christmas
- 39. Memorize 10 favorite poems
- 40. Plan an amazing 40th birthday celebration!
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