List 40 things to do before I turn 40 and do 2 things towards them every week

21. Fly a kite

22. Buy a trampoline for the garden for me and the kids (and use it!)

23. Plan my 40th birthday party

24. Get away every year with G for at least a night

25. Treat myself to at least one massage a year

By the way – my deadline for finishing my list is way too ambitious – am running out of ideas! Am going to make the date my 35th birthday – 13th May this year.

15. Act again in an am dram production

16. Create a scrapbook of all the shows I have been in

17. Get a brazilian bikini wax for the first time

18. Bake birthday cakes for each of my children’s birthdays

19. Eat dinner at Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant

20. Go skiing for the first time

OK – 2 more weeks is my deadline for finishing the list. Have ds’s 2nd birthday during that time so it might be pushing it, but will ruminate on it as much as I can!!

Have been away to Lanzarote this week and spent some time thinking about my list. Here are some more:

9. Fit in 100 sit ups daily (managed that today)

10. Look up some old friends (I know who I mean)

11. Build on my relationship with my cousin

12. Read 100 more books

13. Write my book of years (one page per year for every year I’ve lived with major events, where I lived, who I hung out with, favourite songs, books etc)

14. Take a trip back to Siena and Camerino.

OK, I think I need to finish my list soon as I’m dying to get on with doing or planning some of these.

5. Buy a bike and ride it

6. Volunteer for a charity/give some time to the needy

7. Take up tennis again

8. Write a comedy script.

Waternymph – thanks for the cheer! I will be 40 on 13 May 2012 – ie just over 5 years away. I feel like these next 5 years are going to be really important and I want to make the most of them while I’m still young enough!!

A few ideas:

1. Return to Manhattan

2. Take canoeing lessons

3. Ride a horse

4. Get to goal weight (133 lb) and stay there

That’s all so far…