Posts Tagged ‘birthday’

This was a fun list to put together. It really helped me feel like I’d accomplished something even though I still have a lot that hasn’t been done yet.

• Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
• Alphabetized your CDs
• Alphabetized your DVDs
• Asked out a stranger
• Attend a fiber fair
• Attend a wedding/funeral of a contemporary (both)
• Attend religious services for a faith other than your own
• Baked bread from scratch
• Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
• Been on a cruise ship
• Been to Canada
• Been to Hawaii
• Been to Las Vegas (sort of does the airport count?)
• Been to Mexico
• Been to Palm Springs
• Been to Tahoe
• Bought a house
• Buried a loved one
• Camp in Yard
• Camp in Yosemite
• Caused a car accident
• Changed a baby’s diaper
• Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about
• Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language
• Create my own greeting card
• Create silk flower arrangements
• Crocheted a scarf
• Danced like a fool and didn’t care who was looking
• Do a somersault
• Drive a boat
• Drive a convertible
• Drive at least 600 miles in a day on two lane roads
• Drive in a fog bank
• Drive the coast highway
• Eat a fried snickers bar
• Eat fried ice cream
• Eat waffles for lunch
• Escape a perfectly justified speeding ticket
• Establish a family tradition
• Exercise your right to vote
• Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
• Fart in a crowded space
• Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
• Flirted with a pastors son
• Fly a kite
• Given more than you can afford to charity
• Go camping in a tent that I own
• Go on an RV trip
• Go tide pooling
• Go to a costume party and dress up
• Gone back to school
• Gone rock climbing
• Gone scuba diving
• Gotten flowers for no reason
• Gotten married
• Grown an indoor rose bush
• Grown and eaten your own vegetables
• Had a snake as a pet
• Had a snowball fight
• Had a yarn ball fight
• Had amazing friends
• Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment
• Had laser hair removal
• Had two hard drives for your computer
• Had your picture in the newspaper
• Have a pregnancy scare
• Have sex somewhere peculiar
• Help someone in need
• Helped an animal give birth
• Identify someone who has inspired you the most in your life. Let him/her know how much he/she has inspired you
• Kissed in the rain
• Knee board
• Knit a hat
• Knit a pair of socks
• Knit a scarf
• Learn about ferns
• Learn knots
• Learn to crochet
• Learn to enjoy coffee
• Learn to knit
• Learn to make my own bath products
• Learn to march (mostly!)
• Learn to play a musical instrument
• Learn to rollerblade
• Learn to spin wool
• Lick the terminals of a 9 volt battery
• Live in California
• Live in Canada
• Lounged around in bed all day
• Made cookies from scratch
• Made my own chapstick
• Made my own deodorant
• Made my own laundry soap
• Made my own lotion
• Make love on the kitchen floor
• Milked a goat
• Move out of your parents’ home
• Organize a picnic outing
• Owned my own company
• Performed on stage
• Plant a tree
• Play in a band
• Play the piano
• Play tug of war
• Play tag
• Play in the mud
• Play in the rain
• Played touch football
• Practiced Yoga
• Pressed my own flowers
• Quit drinking coffee (and started again…mostly a hobby….)
• Read a book on a subject you’d never have thought of reading
• Refill an printer cartridge
• Ridden a horse
• Ridden a roller coaster
• Said “I love you” and meant it
• Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking with the windows open
• Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
• See a musical
• See a play
• See a total eclipse
• See Hearst Castle
• See the Northern Lights
• See the Redwoods
• Selected one “important” author who you missed in school, and read
• Sing in a choir
• Ski
• Skinny Dip
• Slept for 30 hours in a 48 hour period
• Slept under the stars
• Snowboard
• Spend a day on a boat
• Spend a whole day eating junk food without feeling guilty
• Spend a whole day reading a great novel
• Spent time with all of my grandparents at one time
• Spent time with two great-grandmothers
• Spun my own yarn
• Start an emergency fund
• Started a business
• Stay in Palm Springs
• Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
• Swim in the ocean
• Take a family camping trip
• Take art classes
• Taken a candlelit bath with someone
• Taken a road-trip
• Taken a spontaneous weekend trip
• Taken swimming lessons
• Throw a huge party and invite every one of your friends
• Toured ancient sites
• Try loose leaf tea
• Visit a foreign country
• Visit a volcano
• Visited Disneyland
• Walk under a waterfall
• Watch a presidential election
• Watch the launch of the space shuttle
• Watched a lightning storm
• Watched a meteor shower
• Watched whales
• Water Ski
• Went to a comedy club
• Win a vacation (and not go)
• Write a blog
• Write a business plan

One day at a time. Tomorrow I’ll be 30.