It’s finally here. My 30s have vanished. The 40s are now upon me.
To help celebrate this momentous occasion, well, momentous to me at least, I am sharing 40 things about me. For my birthday, I simply ask one thing of you:
* Please don’t judge me *
Things I’ve Done
1. Played field hockey in high school
2. Flown a plane
3. Shot a pistol and a rifle (not at the same time, though!)
4. Smoked a cigar
5. Water skied on the Pacific Ocean
6. Helped build a simple home for a family in an impoverished village in Mexico
7. Traveled to Ireland a week after graduating high school by myself, after having been on a plane once in my life, with no cell phone (it was 1990), and having only heard my friend’s voice once on the phone before leaving my family at the San Francisco airport; navigating Heathrow airport was the most difficult part of the journey.
8. Backpacked into the Trinity Alps for 3 days with friends, a guide and a few llamas (to carry our food)
9. Swam in the Dead Sea
10. Played the piano in a band
Things I have Contemplated Doing…but never did
1. Join the Army or the Air Force
2. Finish college on loan money
3. Buy a home in my 20s (OH – how I wish I had!!)
4. Skydive (and now that I’m a mom, I never will!)
5. Become a nurse
6. Travel to Austria to stay with my friend Jane’s family for a season (again, how I WISH I had!!)
7. Apply to court stenography school
8. Elope
9. Attend my high school 20-year reunion
10. Smoke a cigarette
Things I Am Currently Doing
1. Keeping 2 children healthy, happy (most of the time) and, as much as possible, well rested!
2. President of my local MOMS Club chapter
3. Active in the women’s Bible study at my church
4. Scrapbooking more than I have in the last 5 years
5. Reading books more than I have in the last 5 years (at least books, that have nothing to do with sleep training)
6. Trying to determine what my vocation in life really is
7. Spending time with friends and family while I have both in my midst
8. Learning about my son D and Sensory Processing Disorder
9. Watching as little TV (while at home) as possible
10. Contemplating how to fit exercise into my daily schedule!!!
Things I Hope To Do…someday
1. Be a foster parent and possibly an adoptive parent
2. Finish college
3. Travel to Spain with my family to visit my friend Jane
4. Travel to Italy with Hubs
5. Watch my kiddos graduate from high school
6. Figure out how to feed my family on a reasonable budget
7. Learn how to quilt and sew (using a sewing machine)
8. Make my own jams, canned fruits, and tomato sauce
9. Travel to Alaska
10. Take dance lessons
Awesome lists, Vicki! Fun to learn more about you, thanks for sharing!
Oh, and HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Happy Happy Birthday! The 40’s go by quickly, enjoy them!
Love it! Happy birthday! The forties are fabulous!
Happy birthday! You are an inspiration. Do the dance lessons – it’s something I’ve always wanted to do, too! And if you figure out how to feed your family on a reasonable budget, please share!
What a list you have going. You have done many wonderful things in your 39 years. With many more years to come.
Thank you for sharing. I could help you accomplish #7 sew and quilt sometime.
Enjoy your birthday to the fullest.
Hugs Kelly
love this list! Even learned some new things about you! (you flew a plane!!! awesome!) and also had a little smile to myself because I have also smoked a cigar (once) but never smoked a cigarette! How funny!
I wish also you had been able to come to Austria, you would have LOVED Vienna! And I am totally holding you to the “coming to Spain” part! 🙂
Happy Birthday my friend!
(oh, and where the heck do you find time to scrapbook??? I’m impressed!)
Happy Birthday!!! If you need a good marinara check out Cooking LIght’s Marinara Magnifica! My Italian grandmother loved it!
I was terribly dissapointed that I did not see “Gunsmithing” or “TV Repair” on your “Hope to do Someday” list……