The Journey Begins

Ten year ago, when I was 29 I “thought” my life was headed down a specific path, but then it turned down a road that was unexpected and rather unwanted. The year 2000 was spent dreading turning 30 rather than celebrating. The past 10 years are not what “I” had planned my life would be like and at times I have focused too much on that and then my life became unbalanced and I became unhappy and unhealthy. As I reflect upon this, and this past year I have been working on restoring this balance—socially, physically, spiritually, intellectually, and healthfully. I celebrate that I have lost nearly 50 pounds in the past 5 years! And that despite battling too many health issues for a person my age and having way too many surgeries in the past few years, I am blessed that I have been able to continue to be active and regain my health (even if right now I am actively battling!). I know above all that I have wonderful friends, that God loves me and that He has a plan for my life that is way better than anything that “I” can plan for myself. As I turn 39, I have decided that rather than dreading this year before I turn 40, I’m going to celebrate it. I’m going to live it, and live it the way that God would want me to………….Abundantly. So over the next year I am going to do 40 things that I have never done before to celebrate the year. Some are things that challenge me physically, some help to make me more well rounded, some help me to give back, some enrich my life and some are well let’s face it…….. just FUN!..........This is the tentative list so that I’m not going into the year with a blank list…but I’m flexible, but there WILL be 40 new things completed by 9/24/10…. I will be sure to post things as I complete them, so watch for the completed list of 40 things. If you have an idea? Share it with me!....Come and Celebrate along with me as I celebrate and…….
Live Life Abundantly……………………40 new things to do this year before I turn 40!


1. Go on a Missions Trip

2. Go to Ethiopia

3. Take a Hot air balloon ride

4. Take Vocal lessons

5. Go Swing dancing http://www.rochesterswingdance.com/

6. Read through the entire bible http://www.oneyearbibleonline.com/

7. Complete the 75 mile bike race around lake Tahoe http://www.bikethewest.com/

8. Critical mass bike ride in Rochester

9. Visit Yosemite? (Since I lived so close and NEVER went!)

10. Spend the Day at Mirabeau http://mirbeau2-px.trvlclick.com/index.html

11. Get a Mud body treatment

12. Volunteer on Christmas day to Serve homeless

13. Travel spontaneously?- destination unknown

14. SU GAME http://www.suathletics.com/index.aspx?path=mbasket

15. Rhinos game http://www.rhinossoccer.com/

16. Seneca falls- women’s rights museum http://www.greatwomen.org/

17. Alaska Trip

18. Go on a Cruise

19. Star/ Planet Spotting

20. Kayak river http://www.baycreek.com/

21. Artisan works http://www.artisanworks.net/

22. Saratoga Roosevelt baths http://www.gideonputnam.com/Spa.aspx

23. NYC Ideas (since Im going there for 2 days for work,time is limited, but hey!)
a. Something in NYC (Drink at Tavern on the Green or Russian Tea Room)

b. Ground Zero http://www.tributewtc.org/visitorinfo/index.php

24. Trapeze School http://boston.trapezeschool.com/classes/schedule.php

25. Trip to Genesee Abbey http://www.geneseeabbey.org/

26. Try Orienteering http://roc.us.orienteering.org/

27. Go to the taping of a Television show

28. Camp Cory Peace weekend (since I missed out on 2009 due to my gallbladder!)

29. Try speed dating? Maybe not here in Rochester though as I heard it is not great here

30. Laser Tag or Paint ball

31. Celebrate Rosh Hashanah with Congregation Shema Yisrael

32. paint my toenails bright blue

33. Take a class on how to make mixed drinks --or a class on how to do something that I dont know how to do!

34. Maybe train to run a 5K......I said MAYBE......Im not a runner....I prefer to bike, but since the list is tentative, Ill put it there for now.

35. Jess suggested I try Green beer.......and since usually I even AVOID St. Patrick's day, perhaps this year not only will I try Green beer, but maybe Ill actually venture out on the green beer day.

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