A Work in Progress: 50 Goals to Reach Before I Hit 50
Well, here it is, my new project! I’ll be adding new items as I think of them. Some are things I’ve done in the past, but want to do again. Once I hit the little blue rectangle that says “Publish,” I’m committed to make a go of all of them! Wish me luck!
50 Goals to Reach Before I Hit 50
1. Pay for the drive thru meal of the person behind me.
2. Publish something
3. Plant a vegetable garden or at least a tomato plant (I planted not one, but two tomato plants today!) I also cleared an area, with the help of my daughters and the youngest’s boyfriend, to plant some more items. I plan on doing even better next year!
4. Sew something
5. Take a writing class
6. Write a letter to someone who made a difference in my life
7. Reconnect with an old friend
8. Learn how to bake bread
9. See a Broadway Play
10. Find a snail mail pen pal (any takers?) Thanks limr!!!
11. Visit Montreal
12. Go to a gay bar
13. Go 1 week without the internet
14. Refinish an old piece of furniture from a thrift store
15. Do impromptu stand-up comedy in a town far, far from home
16. Go to the Spy museum in DC
17. Have a murder mystery party
18. Watch a movie of my husband’s choosing and write a blog post review of it.
19. Add ten new words to Urban Dictionary.
20. Develop the perfect exercise routine
21. Help a stranger
22. Make a list of 50 of my favorite movies and watch them
23. Have a mini-reunion with my college buddies
24. Be Freshly Pressed
25. Come up with 25 more fabulous goals!
26. Get a professional pedicure (can you believe I’ve never done this?)
27. Get matching henna tattoos with my daughters at the beach I actually got a real one!
28. Write a rap song
29. Have a picnic on the lawn at Wolftrap
30. Learn German
31.Visit the Grand Canyon
32. Go on a week-long trip with only my husband (No kids allowed!)
33. Spend a day sightseeing in NYC
34. Go see hubby’s grandparents house in NJ that was build by Thomas Edison
35. Take a class offered by NAMI
36. Go camping (can you believe that I’ve never been!)
37. Renew my wedding vows and have a big ol’ party!
38. Write a cookbook for my daughters (I’ve started this one!)
39. Reorganize my blog to have specified posting days, themes, and guest bloggers
40. Start writing again
I’ll be a snail mail pen pal! And I promise I won’t make up boyfriends or pretend family vacations like the first time I had a pen pal (it was 6th grade and she was never ever going to visit from Kentucky, so I figured I was safe
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Sounds fun! I’ll email you my address. Did you get your old pen pal from school? When I was in 6th grade we all exchanged addresses with children from a 6th grade class somewhere in NC. I was a really bad pen pal back then. I didn’t lie to my pen pal, but I also didn’t write her very frequently. I promise to be a much better pal to you than I was to that poor girl named Elizabeth all those years ago!
Girl, sew a pillow!
Or do you mean sew something that you might actually wear? Ew. Been there. Just do the pillow. Or a button on a coat. Trust me. Sewing is overrated. 
A pillow is actually what I plan to try once my ex MIL shows me how to use my sewing machine! (I’ve only had a “new” sewing machine for the past 6 years now!) I made a “sun dress” in 11th grade Home Ec. class. The teacher made everyone wear it to school for a group picture. (I just changed into it before class) It was so ugly and so roomy that I used it as loungewear (never to leave the house) when I was pregnant. One must have mad skillz to sew clothing!
I came here from Teachers and Twits…the 50 list reminds me of my 45th year challenge (http://my45thyear.blogspot.com).
I highly recommend a pedicure. Actually have a matching permanent tattoo with my daughter. And really WANT to write a cookbook for my kids (one now in grad. school, one a college junior), but haven’t started yet!
Good luck with your list!
Hi Julie! I’m actually getting my first pedicure next Thursday! I’m hoping the fact that I’ve gone 47 years without one won’t cause too much of a burden to the pedicurist!
I can’t wait to check out your list. Maybe it will give me some ideas to finish mine! Thanks for visiting