40 Things to Do Before I am 40 - Update 3!

So I have a little less than seven months to tick the remaining things off the To-Do List. And since this is my list...I reserve the rights to make some adjustments and amendments to the original list and that's exactly what I am planning to do. I think the sign of a wise woman is knowing when it is time to regroup and re-evaluate, instead of just giving up. And since this is my own personal journey...I can do whatever I want to do! So here's the amended list. You'll see the old goal in red in parentheses.
40 THINGS TO DO BEFORE I'M 40
Activities
1. Take Jacinda Camping (Still planning for this one)
2. Go away for a Girls weekend with my friends Sherry and Nikki (Update: We were actually supposed to go away this weekend, but time got away from us - we'll try again soon)
3. Take Jacinda on a tour of the Tygart Dam
4. Get some friends together and go Christmas Caroling
5. Have a yard sale (I've really lost the desire for this one, it may be re-evaluated next update...stay tuned)
6. Enter a contest
7. Take a fall driving tour to go leaf peaking
8. Fly a kite - Well I bought a kite, so I think that counts as a step toward the goal of course I couldn't tell you where it was at this moment. LOL!
9. Discover/Experience four new places/events in WV
10. Try Letterboxing

Reading
11. Read the Bible in chronological order (Shameful I know!)
12. Read at least 6 of the parenting/adoption books sitting on my book shelf
13. Read more in front of and to Jacinda (at least two times a week) YES!
14. Read at least 6 books for pleasure – Don’t think I have picked this one up since last month…

Artistically speaking
15. Take an Art class/workshop (I am very excited about this one!)
16. Attend at least 6 live theater performances (3 down and 3 to go!!!!)
17. Attend at least 3 concerts
18. Blog at least 5 (10) times a month

In the Kitchen
19. Try 24 mew recipes (two new recipes a month) - Same number, just takes the pressure off in the summer months.
20. Organize my spices into some kind of usable system
21. Come up with a new storage system for my canned goods. (Done, now I just have to implement it)
22. Come up with a cost-effective, creative solution for a simple/striking counter top/back splash Better Home & Garden
23. Plant some flowers (DONE! And they are even still alive!)
24. Create the playroom (Working on it and very excited about all the new stuff for it!)
25. Fix that pesky leak (Would you believe the leak, fixed itself!)
26. Get bathroom lights, towel rack, etc. up
27. Add more lighting 28. Get the garage organized
29. Replace central air - sometimes you have to make lemonade out of lemons! (Add French doors and a patio, maybe next year)
30. Design my dream bathroom and dressing room for when the time comes

Personal Growth & Development
31. Be a better mom
32. Become a better daughter
33. Nurture my friends more

Health and Fitness
34. Lose 40 pounds – (8 pounds are gone - woo-hoo!)
35. Learn to love some form of exercise (I should just swim all year round)
36. Eat no processed foods for one week (month) - I would rather do this one week than skip it totally!

Ethiopian Experiences
37. Attend the Ethiopian Adoption Group meetings in Pittsburgh a few times
38. Expand my Amharic skills – add 40 new words to my repertoire (I'm about 1/4 of the way there!)
39. Do a fundraiser/drive for the children at Miskaye (Done we raised a little over $500 at Jacinda's Gotcha Day Celebration.)
40. And Last and by no means least…BEGIN PAPERCHASING FOR LITTLE ? - decided to change first name. Not sure why this second adoption is so much harder to begin...

Well until our next update...WISH ME LUCK!