updating my list

it's getting closer to my birthday

and that means i need to revisit my list

i have decided that i am not going to make a new list

next week but am going to do something different this year

 but i am curious to see how i am doing with last years

birthday ideas.

i can remember so clearly writing the list out.

owen and i were at Wilderquest and we sat together on the couch and the ideas came so easily to me.

now, almost a year later i look at them and

 some of them make me laugh

(get a tattoo with owen-what was i thinking-ouch!)

 some cause me to feel some sadness

(go on an all day hike-walking up the stairs is a challenge some days)

and most just show me what i really love to do

(paint, journal,write)

i think i crossed alot off this year!

host a dinner party

volunteer

grow perfect tomatoes

paint a big canvas

find my tribe

go on an art weekend

whiten my teeth

lose ten pounds

learn to swim

get away to Seattle with Owen

girls time away with hannah

family weekend away to Wilderquest

BBQ a roast on a rotisserie

keep writing snail mail

buy Vayda pretty dresses

make Maddy's mom a photo album

go on an all day hike

tea with my mom

tea with corrie

paint rocks for the garden

learn to cook Indian food

learn to make coconut milk icecream

go on a picnic to the beach

sleep under the stars

play with glo sticks at the beach

call an old friend

paint my toe nails bright pink

wear more dresses

get a tattoo with owen

learn to make delicious ice tea in the sunshine

eat more veggies

shop at the farmers markets as much as possible

walk when i can instead of drive

visit Lisa in Vancouver

journal more often

wear high heels

buy myself flowers

go on a train trip

do a photoshoot with a ridiculous amount of balloons

camp

celebrate Canada Day

collect mismatched china dishes

go to a yoga class

i am most proud of the fact that i went to Yoga.

that has been years in the making and it felt so great!

maybe i can squeeze in a picnic to the beach, with my mismatched china,

before my birthday arrives.

and hopefully, instead of doing a photoshoot with a ridiculous amount of balloons

i'll be doing one of a brand new baby.

(keep going on those walks Dorothea!)