40 Before 40

Hi! It's my birthday today. I'm 39... and that's OK. Now that the big 4-0 looms large, I'm ready to commit to a 40 before 40 list. I wrote one a while ago but my heart just wasn't in it (and my inner procrastinator needs shorter deadlines). I did, however, enjoy making homemade marshmallows and being reminded that I have, in fact broken the law. Anyway, here it is, in no particular order... 40 before 40 (version 2.0):

Updates.

• Write letters to five old friends
• Clean and organize the basement
• Go to Ikea
• Learn to cook fish
• Hike to "the A" from home
• Decorate the master bedroom
  
• Make rhubarb jam
• Learn how to french braid
• Set up a composting station
• Lose 50 lbs (so easy to type... so hard to do) 1.2 down.... 48.8 to go
  
• Make a throw pillow
• Drink a Bloody Mary
• Learn how to silkscreen t-shirts
• Throw a party
• Go to Rocky Mountain National Park for elk bugling
• Buy/build a firepit
• Make a multilayer birthday cake (maybe this one...)
• Read a book a month
• Have a garage sale scheduled for August 13th
  
• Go to a concert at Red Rocks
• Find a "uniform" that works for me
• Topdress and reseed backyard (reseeding not necessary! woohoo!)
  
• Paint remaining natural wood trim
• Watch all of the James Bond movies
• Get a haircut (this? or maybe this? no really... this.)
• Make a snow angel (with gusto)
• Sew a skirt
• Plant raspberries
• Do five anonymous good deeds
• Paint barn and shed
• Make a new friend (writing that makes me feel like an uber dork... so be it)
• Prune trees (and what a difference it makes!)
  
• Make something out of our sheep's wool (maybe something like this)
  
• Visit Denver Botanic Gardens at Chatfield
• Learn to make good miso soup
  
• Buy and plant a redleaf rose
• Save $500 per month towards the Alaska vacation fund
  
• Get a pedicure
• Clean and organize laundry room
• Get a new camera and take more pictures than I have been

Wish me luck!