Getting Started
We all struggle with growing older. Every passing moment is a precious gift. It can slip through our fingers in a blink of an eye. In my own journey of self-discovery, I decided to start living my life to the fullest.
However, as I get closer to the big Five-Oh I am starting to freak out a little.
My Solution
Scroll to the end of this post for my complete list
My Story
I decided embarked on an fun journey to savor life's moments, and it all began with a simple list.
Try a Slurpee for the First Time
The first item I checked off surprised my son. He asked, "What is on the list?" So, I named a few things off. When I said I've never had a Slurpee from 7-11 his jaw dropped. He said we need to do that right now. My boys teach me the proper Slurpee process.
It was a great moment seeing them teach me something so simple. I was a little hesitant to pull the knob, and my son laughed at me. When it was time to test out the Slurple my son was very anxious for my response. The texture was different then I expected, but it was just too sweet for me.
Bake a Cake from Scratch
My First Power Tool
Try a New Veggie
Bake Bread From Scratch
Girls Getaway & Buy an Every day Dress
Visit Wells, Maine a town my ancestors settled
Go Dancing
It was a night of good old fashion dance at Cafe Saint-Ex. The last time I hit a dance floor was -- well...let's just say it was way before my mom days began. The DJ began spinning tunes they called "Oldies" -- songs I grew up listening too.
We finally had enough of a work out on the dance floor and headed back upstairs to sit back and relax for one more cocktail. A very surreal moment as I sat and watched all the patrons drinking and chatting realizing how much time has gone by and that life is too short to sit around and wait for it to happen.
Jeep Momma's Simple 50 before 50 list
I began this list the year before I turned 50. Through out the year I changed it as I made new goals. other1. Write a book and send it to publishers - I completed this 5 years after I was 50
2. Try Sushi
3. Bake a cake from scratch
4. Get another tattoo
5. Donate a pint of blood
6. Go to Karaoke Night
7. Visit Wells, Maine -- the town my ancestors settled
8. Buy shares in a company Earn Trail #11 at Rausch Creek
9. Go on a haunted Ghost Tour
10. Eat a new vegetable
11. Watch The Godfather trilogy Drink a Bloody Mary
12. Watch Gone with the Wind
13. Ride a scenic Train in West Virginia Crawler Ridge Trail at Rausch Creek badge
14. Get a Facial
15. Go Dancing
16. Do a good deed... Pay it forward
17. Meet an online friend in person
18. Add purple highlights to my hair
19. Make a loaf of bread from scratch
20. Pay for a stranger's lunch
21. Buy my first power tool for myself
22. Try a Float Spa Wheel Anthracite Outdoor Adventure Area
23. Girl's Overnight trip
24. Go 24 hours without technology
25. Buy a lottery ticket
26. Remove the carpet in the living room Start Running again
27. Tape some change to a parking meter
28. Visit the National Gallery of Art See ACDC in Concert but they cancelled the DC concert
29. Eat at Good Stuff Eatery
30. Finish a novel required in high school I didn't finish
31. Grow an indoor Herb Garden
32. Buy a coffee table for our living room Smoke a Cigar
33. Cook something with Truffle oil
34. Wear my hair in a braid
35. Drink a glass of Brandy
36. Get a bikini wax Play a game of pool at a bar (just like I did in my 20's)
37. Take a Yoga class at my gym
38. Take a pole dancing class Drink a Margarita
39. Get a Slurpee from 7-11
40. Try a Moon Pie
41. See the Cherry Blossom's in bloom in DC
42. Start a fire without matches Swim (for me wade) in a Great Lake (Lake Erie)
43. Learn how to tie a man's tie
44. Name a star after myself Drink a Martini
45. Take a 10 mile bike ride Try a white wine spritzer
46. Lose 10 pounds
47. Buy a dress to wear as an everyday dress
48. Watch a TED talk on you tube
49. Send a random gift to a random friend
50. Make a no bean chili
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