I have been thinking and been nagged by Mr WD to come up with a suggestion of what to do on my 50th birthday that is coming up very soon.
I have been thinking and thinking, never an easy task for me, and trying to compete with what he did, which was walk on a glacier in Iceland.
But nothing seemed to jump out as being that special, everything I wanted to do seemed a bit lame compared to walking on a glacier. So with just a few weeks to go, I decided I had to make a final decision, so I made a list of everything I had thought of to do, and as I made it, I started to remember little things I liked to do and then it struck me, this is me, this is what I like, I like lots of varied things and why did I have to do just one special thing, why couldn't I do several, in fact why couldn't I do 50????
So last night I e-mailed the following list to Mr WD and my 3 wonderful kids.
50 THINGS TO DO IN MY 50TH YEAR
Do you and the children ( and anyone else) want a challenge?????. How about help me achieve all of these in my 50th Year??????
1. Have a meal out with Steve and all the kids
2. Try and see a whale
3. See the Angel of the north
4. Photograph wild flowers
5. Paint outside ( not the fence)
6. Search for sea glass
7. Find 50 Art Deco buildings and photograph them
8. Swim a mile
9. Walk on a beach at sunset in the UK
10. Sing in public ( not on my own)
11. Make a sculpture out of found or natural items
12. Pooh sticks
13. Walk up to Glastonbury Tor
14. Paddle in a stream
15. Go on a picnic
16 Climb something
17. Tea and cake with all the family
18. Spend a day with Gemma
19. Spend a day with Heather
20. Spend a Day with Chris
21. Walk a dog
22. Find treasure
23. See wonderful stained glass
22. See a David Hockney painting
23. Visit Scotland
24. Try and see the Northern lights
25. Stargaze
26. Dance in the tower Ballroom Blackpool
27. Road trip
28. Decorate a special cake
29. Do a mosaic
30. Make 50 origami birds and hang them in trees
31. Grow a pineapple
32. Throw a pot
33. Have a girly night
33. Make a flower arrangement
34. Sparkle
35. Have my engagement and eternity rings repaired
36. Decorate the bedroom
37. Make a daisy chain
38. Get a tattoo
39. Learn to pick a lock
40. Make myself an item of clothing
41. Have a photo us all. Not professional
42. Make an album or photo book of the year
43. Do something to raise money for charity
44. Candle lit relaxing bubble bath
45. Kiss in the rain
46. See a film in the directors lounge
47. Have a butterfly land on my hand
48. Crochet myself a jumper
49. Paint a good picture on an Ipad ( or similar)
50. Surprise me!!!
So watch this space in 2012/13 to see how we get on
Daughter no 2 just e-mailed me this
ReplyDeleteLmao. Does everyone wanna combine numbers 38 & 50? We can get her a suprise tattoo.. . You'd trust us right mum?
I'm starting to regret this already!!! haha
That's just the beginning mum. I have quite a few suggestions for how you can combine various items on your list...most of them do involve the suprise though!! You can do things on the list more than once right??
DeleteGreat idea! Good luck! Think I might have to do something similar when I am 30! I think we should all do something like this on special birthdays! So many things I want to do but get forgotten.
ReplyDeleteFab list, good luck and have fun doing everything!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea, hope you achieve all 50. Have fun and good luck :)
ReplyDeleteLook forward to reading the future blogs when you tick them off. First with the surprise tattoo then:)
ReplyDeletegreat list and do go for the tattoo - we will want pictures
ReplyDeleteGreat list, not sure about the tattoo, although I did have my belly button pierced the year my son started primary & daughter high school (she was horrified! come to think of it she start Uni & he starts high school this year a tatto might be in order :-) )
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday Janice however you celebrate I hope it`s a good one :-)
Diane x