My trip with Anthony

I went to St. Cloud for a children's literature conference organized by SCSU. I met Eric Kimmel (http://www.ericakimmel.com) and Janet Stevens (http://www.janetstevens.com/). It was a lot of fun to listen to them banter about how books are made. Ms. Stevens is very funny! My favorite tale was one she told about her editor who she calls "The little red pen." She wrote a whole story, Little Red Hen style, about this woman editor. I laughed so hard! Eric has convinced me that I should write children's books. I'm still thinking about adding it to my list.

Anthony played in the pool and shot some hoops in the hotel while I learned new things. We went to Lake Maria too late to enjoy much. We hiked until we were covered with mosquitos. By covered, I mean, I looked down at my shorted legs and counted 16 mosquitos at one time. It was a pleasant drive, but the walk was not so much fun after all the mosquito-breeding weather. We spent a couple hours at Barnes and Noble and Coldstone Creamery instead. Could life get any better?

I moved "Take a trip with Anthony" off my to do list and put it on my done list. I would like to take another trip with him some day, but I'm not sure that I have the patience. Maybe someday I'll move this one back onto the to do list.

Upcoming events

I'm planning a trip with Anthony. We're going to a reading conference in St. Cloud June 16 and 17 and we're going to explore the area. We'll do some hiking at Lake Maria and play around a little in the water near Sauk Rapids. It might be a good bonding weekend for us! Then I can cross that off my list!

There are plans for a kayaking weekend with my girlfriends at the end of August. We're going to do a 2 day trip in the Apostle Islands. THe outfitter's called Living Adventure and we will be doing the trip called Wind, Sand, and Stars. That trip will complete #12 AND #15 on my list. I can kill two of them with one of them.

Mother's Day Run/Walk

Sheila picked me and Dawn up at 7:15. We went to the DECC and we ran the race. Dawn is a jogger. She can go forever - slow and steady! I would rather run and walk.

My running style - lumbering. I looked it up online. Definition: Something useless or cumbersome. That about fits.

Sheila and I held hands and crossed the finish line together. We finished it! Cross it off the list!

Help

I sent out an email tonight to some friends. I'm looking for help building my list of things to do before I turn 45. That's almost 8 years. I can get a lot accomplished in that much time. What do you suggest I try? Post a comment or email me. Thanks for your help.

Stolen

Other "Things To Do" Type Websites (I copied this from somebody else)
1. - The BeforeThirty Challenge - James McGhee's Things to do before 30
2. - 101 Things to Do....... - 101 Things To Do Before You're Old & Boring (Or Die)
3. - 43 Things - A Popular One
4. - More Coffee - Based On The 101 Things..... Site
5. - My 50 - The Original & Best
6. - Before You Die - A 'Commercial' Spin On The " -- Things To Do" Type Sites.
7. - Dead Before 40 - Kind Of Related, But Interesting None The Less.
8. - What's On Your List - Brigid's Great Site Of Her Things To Do Each Year
9. - Modern Drunkard Magazine - 40 Things Every Drunkard Should Do Before They Die
10. - Before Thirty - John Boileau & His 30 Before Thirty
11. - To Do Before Dying - Nope, this one not morbid either
12. - 2 Do Before I Die - Please, no more with Death/Die/Dying in the Title, please!

New blog name

I have to change the name of this blog. I am going to change it to 45 things to do before I turn 45. That'll give me more time.

First on my list is 1.) how to make a checklist in my blog. I saw a blog with a good list and I have to figure out how to do that.

If you have any ideas about what to add to my list, please send them to me. Post a comment below.

Triathlon

Shannon is an old friend from high school. She's married to #2 - Jason - and has 2 boys who are 13 and 7. They live in North Branch. Shannon runs her family business - carpet and blinds. I only get to see Shannon a couple of times a year, but she always makes me laugh.

Shannon has asked me and probably 100 other people to do the Chisago Lakes Triathlon Sprint in July. I laughed at first. I've never done anything like that before. I walked the Mother's Day Walk for breast cancer a few times, but that's a WALK and it's 2 miles. And I came home sore every time. I have been trying to lose weight, so maybe this is a goal that will help with another goal. So for now, it's still a maybe. Ihaven't registered. We'll see how it goes.