My 50ish things

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1. Run 5 miles in 45 minutes
2. Run a 10k
3. Run a half marathon
4. Run a full marathon
5. Run a race every month for a year/Keep a list of my races with times (saw this on 40 Is Like the New 30)
6. Run a race of some sort in every state and at least 2 foreign countries…now this will probably take me to I’m 50 to complete
7. Have a family date day at least once a month
8. Take better care of myself
9. Get organized 
10. Date night with the hubby, no phones or kids allowed at least once a month
11. Send birthday cards
12. Read for 15 minutes at least each day
13. Give gifts to the kids on Valentine’s Day
14. Have lunch with siblings…I struggled to write this one down.  It sounds simple enough, but if you know anything about me or my siblings, you know this is going to be a tough one.
15. Visit my classmates from St. Tims
16. Maintain my Girls Night Out with Kimi and Kristi…again this sounds easy, but we have hit some bumps in the road with maintaining our dates
17. Meet up and see my friends from the past that I keep threatening to have lunch or dinner with
18. Do my Christmas shopping early
19. Read more blogs
20. Get “Freshly Pressed”
21. Floss Regularly
22. Run Weekly
23. Take a pottery class
24. Take tennis lessons
25. Take a cooking class.  I can cook, but I think it would be nice to learn something new
26. Take a writing class.
27. Make homemade pasta
28. Communicate regularly with my mother
29. Tour a winery on the west coast – Just read this review and wanted to remember it for when I do hit the west coast.-Thanks D’Vine Wine Time
30. Taste more wines (I think I can do this one)
31. Have my children teach me something.
32. Make a love list.
33. Run The Baltimore 10-miler
34. Take a self defense class
35. Take a real day off
36. Buy a bookshelf and fill it with books
37. Smile Because it Happened
38. Learn to shoot a gun
39. Compete in a triathlon
40. Stop bitching, at least reduce it to a reasonable level
41. Take a painting/drawing class
42. Embroider Something -I just read a post and got all inspired
43. Create a Race Book- Saw this in one of my favorite blogs
44. Teach my children the fine art of letter writing
45. Grow my hair out-BSL (Bra strap length)
46. Write a letter to myself to open in 5 years- Fantastic idea I read in a blog.  Check it out!
47. Run in Central Park, Brooklyn Bridge (my inspiration) and/or run through the streets of New York city
48. Grow my fingernails
49. Update my wardrobe
50. Prepare at least 30 days of meals in one day
51. Save at least $10,000
52. Get out of credit card debt.  I feel inspired to do this from a blog I follow: Building For My Future
53. Take Aerial Yoga class (saw this in a blog I follow 40 Is Like The New 30)

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