Tuesday, August 3, 2010

35 before 36





A little over a month ago I mentioned that I would be making a list of 35 things that I would like to do before I turn 36. As we have no idea where we will be living a year from now, I thought that I should focus on some things that we may not be able to do in our future hometown (such as visiting a cider mill, building a snowman, or feasting on Zingerman's bread). So here it is. I am pretty excited about the list. And I have already signed up for a photography class (see #18) so I think that I am off to a pretty good start.


1. Bake something once a week
2. Visit Cannon Beach
3. Sew something (maybe a quilt?)
4. Roast a chicken
5. Read King Leopold’s Ghost
6. Make a necklace
7. Pick blueberries
8. Go to a Michigan football game
9. Take L. to the zoo
10. Buy Zingerman’s bread once a week
11. Pick apples
12. Visit The Wave Field
13. Make croissants
14. Pickle carrots
15. Take L. to the pumpkin patch and corn maze
16. Visit the cider mill with L. and O.
17. Take a class at Pot & Box
18. Learn more about our camera
19. Get up early and go bird watching
20. Plant succulents
21. Take a BAKE class
22. Make a snowman
23. Visit Leelanau County and Sleeping Bear Dunes
24. Work on photo album for L.
25. Make pâte de fruit
26. Go to the Homegrown Festival
27. Take a winter stroll in the Arb
28. Make Bûche de Noël
29. Go for a walk once a week (even in winter)
30. Put up a Christmas tree
31. Read The Brothers Karamazov
32. Make jam
33. Plan monthly art project to do with L.
34. Take a class at Hollander’s
35. Visit the Natural History Museum

And five big things to do before I turn 40:

1. Take O. and L. on PhD celebration trip (tentative destination: Croatia)

2. See the Northern Lights

3. Get back to Asia

4. Visit Hawaii with Mom

5. Research and plan fabulous 40th birthday holiday

1 comment:

Jennifer Pasinosky said...

This is so fun! Thanks for telling me about it. I love the "in the moment" way it makes you think --- things that I can reasonably accomplish in one year. Looking forward to seeing how much we get done. xo, Jen