40 Little Things

 (on April 18, 2012)

(which gives me seven months...starting........now!)

1. Eat at a restaurant alone

2. Read two books that have always intimidated me

3. Get rid of t-shirts with logos

4. Become my own "Schneider"

(you remember him, the handyman from "One Day at a Time")

5. Book that Microdermabrasion appointment

6. Teach a class

7. Make a chocolate cake from scratch

(Currently, I don't even own a cake pan)

8. Run the stadium stairs

(ouch)

9. Double my car payment

(double ouch)

10. Sing in public

11. Retry ten foods I always thought I hated 
(mushrooms, banana split, chick-fried steak, coconut, refried beans, black olives, blackeyed peas & fried okra) 

12. Take another step towards my passion

(writing, of course)

13. Make a new friend

14. Let my hairdresser do whatever she wants

(Eek! Be brave, Mary!)

15. Take on a new leadership responsibility at work

16. Eat something exotic

17. Give up one TV show

18. Embrace the "white"

(sunscreen, sunscreen, sunscreen! We're not 20 anymore--ergo: #5)

19. Do a painful closet purge

20. Visit a new place in Texas

(I'm thinking Austin)

21. Visit a new place in California

(I'm thinking Yosemite)

22. Carry jumper cables and know how to use them

23. Make ricotta cheese

24. Learn to do a Sudoku puzzle

25. Go on a date with a 25-year-old one last time Recycle

26. "Unplug"

(no TV, no radio, no iPod, no computer. Learn to live in the silence more often)

27.  "Unsubscribe"

(magazines, email catalogs, facebook "likes")

28. Take a class

29. Have a "Day at the Angelika"

30. Wear false eyelashes

31. Renew my passport

32. Volunteer at a soup kitchen

(or something else in the community)

33. Fish for my dinner

(this could be literally or figuratively)

34. Treat my parents to the restaurant of their choice

35. Make my attic usable

36. Live vegetarian for three weeks

37. Take a long walk in the rain without an umbrella

38. Upgrade jewelry

39. Sleep under the stars

40. Ride in a limo Own my own handgun and CHL