This summer I'll be 50. Although I don't feel it, and hope I don't look it, I shall nonetheless reach my half century later this year. So, in anticpation of this momentous day, I have devised a list of 49 things I would like to do before I'm 50. Phew, I'm going to be busy!
- Catch the ferry to Bees Tea Gardens
- Bake a brioche
- Watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy in one day
- Knit myself a scarf
- Teach my daughters how to knit
- Make a Cornish pasty
- Walk to Bath along the cycle path
- Make my will
- Make a year's supply of marmalade
- Sort through my photographs
- Have our Amsterdam poster framed
- Grow half a dozen vegetables in our back garden
- Paint the front door
- Make a birthday card from recycled materials
- Work my way through my piano book
- Make tablet
- Watch a Bollywood movie with my daughters
- Make a note of all my friends' birthdays
- Read a French novel
- Buy an address book and make a note of all my friends' addresses
- Reduce my BMI to 20
- Write to all the people who sent us Christmas cards
- Reduce our landfill waste to 100g or less per week
- Write one letter a month for Amnesty
- Read at least one book a month
- See at least one film a month
- Phone my sister once a week
- Clear out my wardrobe
- Book tickets for Shakespeare at the Tobacco Factory
- Make Pashka at Easter
- Give up something for Lent
- Take up something for Lent
- Bake Hot Cross Buns on Good Friday
- Remember to use the shrink wrap egg decorations at Easter
- Follow the longest trail in Leigh Woods
- Take a picnic (and some friends) to Brandon Hill
- Visit the Georgian House
- Make butter
- Learn to crochet
- Make my daughers something for their birthdays
- Cook a special Valentine's dinner
- Preserve lemons
- Have the piano tuned
- Devise a 4 week menu
- Attend evensong at the Cathedral
- Arrange our classical CD collection
- Book tickets for the BBC Proms
- Grow giant sunflowers in our front garden
- Organise a 50th birthday celebration
To record my progress I have started a new blog called (wait for it!)
49before50 which also give me the opportunity to try out blogging on Wordpress.
This summer I'll be 50. Although I don't feel it, and hope I don't look it, I shall nonetheless reach my half century later this year. So, in anticpation of this momentous day, I have devised a list of 49 things I would like to do before I'm 50. Phew, I'm going to be busy!
you're truly amazing!
ReplyDeleteI take it that the year's supply of marmalade is not based on MY consumption levels?
... and as for another new blog!
well!
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That's quite a list Gai - I hope you've already started, we are now in third week of January!!
ReplyDeleteFunnily enough I have been thinking of what I should try to achieve before my 65th birthday in April. Perhaps I'll start with making a list!
By the way from the photo of you on your blog - no, you don't look as if you are approaching 50.
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brilliant list! some of those should be on my list too!
ReplyDeletePerhaps I should make a 59 before 60 list?
The only on that gave me a slight doubt was the BMI down to 20 one - wouldn't that be slightly underweight?
You're right bigdaddystevieB, it's not based on your consumption. But I am going to try out a new recipe for Seville orange curd I picked up from Kittyboo's Little Slice of Life blog.
ReplyDeleteI have made a start SJA. I've seen two films already this month (The Reader and Slumdog Millionaire - both of which I would highly recommend). And thank you for your kind comment on my appearance!
Hello bluehands. I hope I'm right about a BMI of 20 being the average normal weight, which ranges from 18.5 to 25. You will note that I have not indicated my starting point!