49 things to do before I turn the big 5-0

 I turned 49 a week ago. UGH!  I have to admit I am not looking forward to 50. I know, age is just a number.  I thought I would put together a do-able list that would make the journey a little bit more fun! 

1. Finish that damn quilt!
   
2. Clean out the basement. (slowly working on that)
3. Walk 49 miles a month. (thats only a couple of miles a day)
4. Find my biceps and triceps!
   
   When I saw this pic I asked the hubby, why didn’t you tell me my arms were fat!
5. Run a 5k. ( I really want to run this one at Lambeau Field next July)
   
6. Buy a compost barrel.
7. Buy some new jeans. ( I think its been over 2 years since I bought any.)
8. Get fitted for the proper bra!
9. Oh what the heck buy some new underwear too!
10. Re-read To Kill a Mockingbird. (I just finished it)
11. Read Harper Lees newly published novel (on waiting list at library)
12. Read 1 non-fiction book a month
13. Buy myself a pretty new teacup
14. Drink green tea at 3.
15. Visit the Morton Arboretum
    
16. Refinish the chairs in my basement
17. Remove all pictures from my old cell phone
18. Develop all of Gunners picture/put in photo album
19. Make a prayer box.
    
20. Memorize 49 Bible verses
21. Donate more to one of my favorite groups.Cup of Cold Water Ministries
    
22. Step out in  my faith/witness to others
23. Make a souffle’
24. Make something once a month from my pinterest crafty board.
25. Buy folders/sort my magazines/create my own pinterest folders
26. Write down ALL internet passwords/put in safe place. (Remember safe place)
27. Develop a business plan for a flower farming business 
    
    I grow most of these all ready. Why not expand and sell!
28. Buy a violet for the house. (My grandma had over 50 violets in her home)
29. Raise and butcher our own meat birds.
30. Have 3 active bee hives.
31. Learn to make soap from beeswax.
32. Take a cheesemaking class.
33. Have a family portrait with all the kids.
34. Memorize the words to Zou Bisou
35. Donate some time to our local nursing home
36. Get a massage
37. Go to a concert
38. Be a bleacher bum.
    
39. Hike the canyon at Starved Rock all 4 seasons.
    
40. Have drinks at the Signature Room, 95th floor of the Hancock Building in Chicago.
    
41. Eat oysters at the Acme Oyster House in New Orleans
    
42. Have lunch with just my mom and I.
43. Do a cleanse
44. Visit the dermatologist.
45. Reconnect with an old high school GF who is turning 50 too!
46. Sew my own apron
47. Buy a bike
48. Ride the Ferris Wheel at Navy Pier
    
49. Raise turkeys

This is my list!

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