Tuesday, July 30, 2013

35 by 35 update!

At the beginning of the month I posted my Bucket list for the next few years or so (a lady never gives away her age). I thought that an update might do!
This past month I have managed to cross #6- Get a new tattoo and #9- Read the Great Gatsby off my list.

Number 6-
I got a little flock of birdies on my shoulder. My friend Krista and I got tattooed what we were Seattle a few weeks ago. We got tattooed at the Artful Dodger. It was a great shop with lots of art and fantastic staff. We were so thrilled! My tattoo represents my family Each with our own personalities and imperfections.

Number 9- Read the Great Gatsby
I thought for sure that I had read this before, after all I did go to school and the plot was familiar, however I have the sort of brain that doesn't retain anything it reads so I thought I would read it again. Turns out that maybe I hadn't read it before. My reviews, I loved it. It is a beautiful story of the fickleness of the human heart, the importance of dreaming and the danger of living with only one dream and how a person's heart is complex and not always "right". Favourite quote: No amount of fire or freshness can challenge what a man will store up in his ghostly heart. Beautiful, simply beautiful. Thank you F. Scott. You have impressed me.

So there you have it, two down, thirty-three still to go.

Thursday, July 04, 2013

My 35 by 35 list!!

I was cleaning up some stuff the other day when I came across a book with some paper stuffed in it. It was my 25 by 25 list. Musing at all the goals I had set for myself I thought back on how fun it was to cross things off that list and be proud of my accomplishments. I accomplished 20 of my 25 things, which is pretty good, given that I had less than a year to get everything done. 
So, I thought that I would do another one. A bigger and better one. One that could propel my life into the next decade with so much gusto there would not be room to contain it!
So, here it is, my 35 things to do before I turn 35 list! Its a big job and I'm looking for people who want to adventure with me, because adventuring with friends is far better than adventuring alone.

Here it is!

35x35

Swim with elephants
Europe...
Attend Stylist Boot Camp with Nick Arrojo
Return to Uganda and see Victoria Falls
Get another tattoo
Learn how to tile (like a bathroom or entrance way)
Kayak, in the ocean
Read the Great Gatsby (again)
Put $1000 in an emergency fund
Invest
Buy RRSPs
Take a photography class
Take a wine class
Get a job on a cruise ship
Fill a journal with photos of mine that I like
Watch the ball drop on new year’s eve in New York City
Learn to drive standard
Go on a safari
Drive a motorcycle
Buy a piece of Tiffany jewelry. From the Tiffany’s on 5th ave. In New York city.
See a production of Hamlet
Legoland.
Visit New Orleans
Visit Greece
See at least one of the 7 Wonders of the World
Camp. On the beach. In the sand. In Oregon
Find a wall. Paint a mural.
Enjoy the Drive In every summer
Learn how to mix a mean cocktail
Pay off all my debt
Write in a journal from cover to cover
Host a fantastic party for no reason at all
Make wine
Make a t-shirt quilt
See Glen Hansard live.