45 things to do before I turn 45: May 2009

Monday, May 11, 2009

A bunch of 39 year olds

My friends from high school rock! Eight of us got together last Friday at Don Pablos in Roseville. It's so fun to talk about our families, jobs, and ourselves and compare notes. Some topics we covered are those that I didn't expect for this visit. I'm not ready to talk about spider veins and saggy girlie parts. AAaarrrgggggh!

This was a planning meeting for our trip to celebrate our 40th birthdays. I think it is just so much fun that everybody wants to go in September. That's when everybody else is 40 and I'm still 39! I LOVE THAT!

We're a pretty good looking group, I think!

Wendy, Vicki, Shannon, me, Melanie & Liz!

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Happy Mother's Day!

I love it when a man makes breakfast and I get to sleep in! It's a perfect day! Three kids gave me handmade gifts - paper flowers, a broken clay bowl, an ancient coded message painted on fleece and a Chinese Warrior made in Art Class. Two sang a song for me!

45 Things I will do Before I'm 45

1.) make a list of 45 things to do before I'm 45 in my blog
2.) snorkel in the ocean with Nick
3.) see Lion King on Broadway with CJ Miller
4.) Lake Superior Circle Tour
5.) take a day off school when all 5 kids are in school and just have fun by myself!
6.) say goodbye to diapers for good

8.) finish a triathlon - - it looks like this one will never happen.

11.) learn to play a little piano

13.) whitewater rafting
14.) buy a jeep

17.) Make another family website
18.) Send Nick to college
19.) Send Anthony to college
20.) Take a trip with Anthony

22.) Own a descent camera
23.) Own Photoshop software and know how to use it
24.) Get a Ph.D.

26.) Buy a kayak
27.) Be happy in my world
28.) Get Katie's ears pierced

30.) travel for a long weekend with girlfriends - VEGAS in September 2010
31.) travel for a long weekend with girlfriends - 2011
32.) travel for a long weekend with girlfriends - 2012
33.) travel for a long weekend with girlfriends - 2013
34.) travel for a long weekend with girlfriends - 2014
35.) travel for a long weekend with girlfriends - before October 2015
36.) Repeat the Washington DC trip with the littles

38.) Take pictures of my kids at Old Faithful
39.) Shake the hand of a president - past or present
40.) Take an anniversary trip with my husband
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Done - these are the things from the list that I have actually done!

7.) finish a 5K race (May 2008)
12.) kayak around the Apostle Islands (August 2008)
15.) travel for a long weekend with girlfriends (August 2008)
21.) Visit Long Beach California with my mom (October 2008)
25.) Teach a class at St. Scholastica (Feb 2009)
37.) Visit Disney World with Steve and the kids (April 2009)
9.) get a dog (July 2009)
29.) Sea Caves tour weekend with girlfriends (August 2009)
16.) visit Wyn (my father) and Kari in Phoenix (October 2009)
10.) flush a toilet at the cabin (April 2010)