The List

1. See all 50 states (I have 7 to go as of my 36th birthday.)
2. Compete in 3 triathlons
3. See a show on Broadway
4. Go ziplining
5. Plan a girl's weekend with friends
6. Take a class of some sort (cooking, dancing, music, art?)
7. Read the whole bible
8. Donate 40 community service hours
9. Work an election poll
10. Visit another continent
11. See 40 constellations in the night sky
12. Handwrite 40 letters to family and friends
13. Scan and organize my childhood photos
14. Make a piece of art to display in my home
15. Make all of Grandma Loehr's recipes from the Loehr cookbook
16. Read the entire Harry Potter series to my boys
17. Do an anonymous grand gesture for someone
18. Ride a train
19. Go on a women's retreat at church
20. Take a surfing lesson
21. Let my hairstylist do a bold makeover on me with no stipulations
22. Try stand up paddle boarding
23. Read 40 books
24. Make a quilt for each of my boys
25. Take a hot air balloon ride
26. Hold a snake
27. Eat a bug
28. See the Northern Lights
29. Go bird watching
30. Pull a prank on someone
31. Go to a concert
32. Go on a roller coaster with Doug
33. Play craps in a casino
34. Watch a movie that came out each year of my life
35. Plant 40 flowers
36. Learn all of the correct verb forms of "to lay" and explain it to someone else
37. Go snorkeling
38. Floss 40 days in a row
39. Do 40 pushups in a row (I can do 9 now)
40. Make a list of 40 things I love about each of my boys, my husband, and myself