Moving Forward

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   For some reason, I found 2007, or my 44th year a bit difficult. Little inspiration or motivation, primarily just going through the motions. Already I'm feeling the push forward, the little snippets of inspiration, the wonder for this coming year. Here are 45 things I would like to do before my 45th birthday:

1. Schedule regular massages
2. Lose 10 pounds
3. Buy 3 bras at Victorias Secret that really fit me and make me feel sexy
4. Buy 3 sports bras that really fit me and make me feel sporty
5. Plan and host a Creative Women's Retreat
6. Finish these projects: my knitted/felted duffle bag
7. socks
8. poncho
9. Audrey's cotton crazy quilt
10. Start a sweater for myself
11. Get my family involved in a service project- make a quilt for Project Linus together, deliver presents for Santa Anonymous, work in a food pantry once a month/quarter or something
12. Step down from my position as Youth leader
13. Project 365
14. Open a bigger Flickr account
15. Visit the American Visionary Arts Museum
16. Publish my last two years of blogging with blurb
17. Get my CEC's for my Group Fitness certification
18. Shampoo my carpets
19. Totally clean my basement
20. Finish the bathroom on Deep Run
21. Do the bathroom in Dagsboro
22. Organize my recipes
23. Organize my fitness papers
24. Make a book of photos from Italy
25. Make time for friends more often
26. Go to Jazz Fest (okay, I'm cheating a bit as My Handsome Prince gave me airline tickets and hotel reservations for my birthday)
27. Enroll in a yoga class
28. Enroll in the community college (no I have not done that yet)
29. Open an Etsy shop or sell in the local market in DE
30. Encourage the YMCA to recycle water bottles
31. Buy a few pairs of pants/jeans. I'm tired of wearing hand me downs from teenagers
32. Join/Start a book club
33. See Ozomatli
34. See Anders Osborne
35. See The Wood Brothers
36. Use a heartrate monitor
37. Introduce the idea to the Y about a service/work trip
38. Mamogram
39. Pap
40. Dreads
41. Bake bread
42. Sew clothes
43. Purge
44. Explore the eastern shore
45. A physical challenge - maybe this year will be the Seagull Century

I'm sure that some things will just not be for me and others will take its place. The point is to step outside that comfort zone, do something that, as my sister says "Rocks your world" or someone elses. We'll see what my 45th year brings.

I must say, it was a bit odd to have my early January birthday and be outside without a coat, going for a walk in 60 degree weather. More than once, I've shovelled snow.