50 X 50

My friend L made up a, "Forty by Forty," list of forty things she wants to do by the time she turns forty. After my sister died, I copied L and started my own list. But I only have a few months until my fortieth birthday (gulp), so I modified my list to fifty things I want to do by the time I am fifty. Today, I finally have fifty items on the list. Here it is. I would love to get some feedback. I may expand it to a, "Sixty by Sixty," list if more items come up. Some items have been taken off the list, but may find their way back. And I'm not sure how, "accomplishable," some of my current items are, so we'll see.

TRAVEL
1) Take a trip with my HS girlfriends
2) Attend all four Grand Slam tennis tournaments
3) Attend a March Madness game
4) Go to the Final Four
5) Go to Vegas
6) Take a spontaneous weekend trip overseas
7) Take a trip with each of my children alone
8) Take a trip with my husband alone
9) Travel to Greece
10) Cruise to Alaska
11) Take the kids to Disney World

CHARITY
12) Work in a soup kitchen
13) Take part in a medical mission
14) Do something charitable, anonymously


RELATIONSHIPS
15) Write hand written letters to my children
16) Pay @ least one complement a day
17) Host a party to which I invite everyone I like
18) Talk to my parents everyday
19) Talk to a girlfriend every week



SPORTS/FITNESS
20) White water rafting
21) Ride a horse
22) Go fishing
23) Learn to ride a bike
24) Go to a Yankees game
25) Play a USTA tournament
26) Jump out of a plane
27) Pole dance
28) Learn how to surf
29) Have six pack abs and non-flabby arms
30) Run a 10 K
31) Run a half marathon


ENTERTAINMENT/CULTURE
32) San Gennaro Festival
33) See Jersey Boys
34) Sing karaoke in public
35) Re-read Pride and Prejudice
36) Read the Harry Potter series
37) Watch Casablanca
38) Take piano lessons


MISCELLANEOUS
39) Get a colonoscopy
40) Consult a psychic
41) Come up with an original recipe for something both my kids like
42) Have something named after me
43) Do something drastic with my hair
44) Get fitted for a personal wardrobe
45) Get my Masters in Library Science
46) Write a will
47) Eat pizza in Brooklyn
48) Get fitted for the right bra
49) Watch a sunrise
50) Watch a sunset