Wednesday, October 29, 2008

26 before 27

In my meanderings on the interwebs, I came across idea of making a list of x number of things before your next birthday (x=your current age). This is supposed to be realistic goals. Small (or not) things that you can be proud of for accomplishing. It's meant to be less drastic than your "bucket list," and I'm good with that.

26 Things I Want to Do Before I'm 27


  1. Go on a 25km bike ride without dying in the process.

  2. Enroll in the aquajogging class.

  3. Eat oatmeal for breakfast more often.

  4. Invite people over for an afternoon "tea."

  5. Figure out a better system for filing my recipies.

  6. Smile at people on the street, even though they probably won't smile back.

  7. Go eat lunch in the park.

  8. Sort the horror of unfiled .jpg files on my hard drive.

  9. Finish altering the button up shirt pattern I have.

  10. Use up 3 pieces of fabric from my stash.

  11. Make myself a new awesome hat.

  12. Make 5 new Christmas ornaments for our little tree.

  13. Finish my kitty wall hanging.

  14. Make a paper bag album.

  15. Have a giveaway on my blog.

  16. Complete at least two more incomplete projects that I've got hiding away in my cabinets.

  17. Make a book.

  18. Finish my alphabet project.

  19. Get portraits of Martijn and I made.

  20. Find good stuffing and finish making the army of sock monkeys inside my cabinets.

  21. Tag and go through all of the bookmarks on my del.icio.us.

  22. Save enough money for a new camera.

  23. Play Scrabble in Dutch.

  24. Post one recipe per week in my blog (33).

  25. Make some parsnips.

  26. Complete 23 of the 30 requirements for my inburgerings portfolio.

4 comments:

Extraordinary Ordinary Life said...

This is a great list. I need to make one, but sadly I turned 27 a while back. I will have to do 32 things to do before I turn 33.

Anonymous said...

Extraordinary ordinary life: I feel your pain; I need to make 32 things as well

I opted that the first 26 entries should be along the line of "1. Help my wife acchieve [paste]", but that suggestion wasn't received as well as I had hoped. Bummer.

Charlotte said...

Interesting list. I'm sure you will accomplish most of them. Number 6 will be easy to do except you risk the other people thinking maybe you're a little crazy. Oh well, do it anyway. You'll feel good about it.
The pumpkin seeds below look yummy. If I was a little more ambitious I would try one of those recipes. They look awfully good. I think I tried roasting some many years ago in the oven. Can't remember how they turned out.
Charlotte

Sonya said...

Dang #26 seems like a huge pain!! I need to learn how to make sock monkey's. Do you use a certain size of socks or would a pair I wear be alright?

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