See my post 42 Things for full details!
- Complete a full marathon.
- Lose these annoying 20 lbs that continue to languish on my body (not their fault really, I've made it quite comfortable for them to stay!).
- Cheer & clap loudly when I watch my oldest daughter graduate from university.
- Be an inspiration to my daughters.
- Plan & take a European holiday with my hubby.
- Have another baby (I can't believe I'm putting this out in public!).
- Complete a half marathon in under 2 hours (my current PR is 2:13).
- Walk my oldest daughter down the aisle at her wedding (should she choose to get married).
- Love & spoil some eventual grandchildren (but not too soon!!).
- Write more! This blog is a start. I've always loved to write so whether it's for public or personal consumption I'd like to tune up my writing skills.
- Show & tell my daughters how much I love them every single day.
- Visit every province in Canada at least once. So far I've only been to 2 - Ontario where I live & neighboring Quebec. I've been to more US States!
- Wear a bikini. A real one. Not a tank that hides all the squishy parts!
- Be a mentor in the workplace.
- Complete a "Tough Mudder" or similar strength/endurance event. I have my cousin Dan to thank for this little piece of inspiration!!
- Buy a sailboat.
- Enjoy a long weekend holiday with my hubby. It doesn't have to be far away, just the 2 of us, alone, enjoying each other's company. Novel idea really!!
- Go on a "girl's retreat" with some of my closest lady friends.
- Visit Australia.
- Take my youngest daughter to "the happiest place on Earth". And so there's no confusion, I do mean Disney World!
- Improve my gardening skills. Currently the plants tend to shrink in the stores as I walk by to make themselves as unattractive as possible so I won't buy them!!
- Learn how to properly back up a vehicle with a trailer attached. You would think that I could do this given that we've camped with a tent trailer for years & I grew up on a fishing resort with many boats & trailers, but this is just something I can't do!
- Become a better windsurfer. I know how to do this amazing sport, but I'm a little scared, hmmmm, perhaps terrified is a better way to describe it, when I'm out in the deep water & don't know how to use the wind to get me safely back to shore.
- Take additional professional development to help me in my career. Currently that means to increase my knowledge of marketing, how to operate an effective marketing organization & track its success.
- Show & tell my husband how much I love him every single day.
- Get up earlier in the morning. I am not an early riser. I would like to rise earlier 2 - 3 days a week either to do activity (i.e. a morning run) or just have some quiet "me" time!
- Reduce the amount of coffee I drink on a daily basis. Ideally I would like to limit this to only one Tim Horton's coffee per day.
- Open an RESP for my youngest daughter (and contribute to it regularly).
- Take control of my health. I'm pretty passive about this & only see the doctor if I absolutely have to. I really need to be better about those annual appointments that are important for a woman my age.
- Communicate more with my family (not my husband's family, my family). We all have an on-again, off-again kind of relationship. Not a close-knit bunch. I will try to open up those communication lines more frequently so that we all feel the love!
- Develop new relationships.
- Finish those scrapbooks that I've either started or planned in my head. Not the online kind either. I have a room in my house that is filled with all kinds of scrapbook & craft paraphernalia that is dying to get used!!
- Put a hot tub in the backyard. Ah, that would be heaven!!
- Attend my younger daughter's wedding (should she choose to get married). This is separate for the same desire I have with my older daughter. Given there is 17 years difference in their ages, I will be considerably older when my youngest is at this stage in life!
- Volunteer in the community. Not sure what form this could take, but something I've been thinking about for a long time.
- Be happy with the life I've built & my accomplishments. I tend to be very hard on myself. There is no need for that!
- Continue to teach my daughters that they are/will be beautiful, strong, independent girls/women who have the ability to achieve any dream or goal they set for themselves.
- Work outside of my home on a part-time basis. This will involve ramping up savings and/or creating some other means of income.
- Start playing hockey again. I am a Canadian girl & LOVE hockey. It's not too late to get back into it!
- Push my boundaries & comfort zone. Hmmmm....not sure where this will lead!
- Further develop & then maintain a healthy lifestyle.
- Connect & re-connect with friends.
