40 before 40 update
After all this talk about Andy’s birthday, I realized it’s been a long time since I checked in on my forty before forty list (ugh, going from a thirty before thirty to forty before forty is a little rough on the ego). I’ve already crossed a few things off this list, and I still have some really fun items to complete. And even better yet is that I still have a few years to do it!
Here’s my list and links to what I’ve completed:
1.  learn to make pancakes just like my mother’s (she made the best ones!)
2.  go on a gondola ride in Venice  DONE! 3.  renovate our kitchen
4.  take a trip to Los Angeles  DONE!
5.  eat a cheeseburger DONE and DONE! 6.  attend a blogger conference 7.  learn to use and be confident with my camera 8.  clean and organize the attic 9.  eat at home 6 out of 7 dinners each week for a month 10.  take an interior design class 11.  throw a dinner party 12.  sew a dress 13.  use the grill all by myself 14.  make waffle cones with the waffle cone maker I bought a year ago
15.  have a cocktail at the Velvet Tango Room in Cleveland  DONE!
16. grow an herb garden 17. clean out the basement 18. take Andy to Fairbanks, Alaska, where I grew up 19. go to a drive-in movie 20. repaint all of our interior doors 21. take a cooking class 22. go to the Cleveland Zoo 23. sew throw pillows for the bedroom 24. frame and hang all the art we have in storage
25.  build a new garage  DONE!
26. paint the guest room and rest of the attic 27. drink a Guinness in Ireland 28. renovate our bathrooms
29.  eat at Pommes Frites in NYC  DONE!
30. sell or use our trailer 31. go to a hockey game in an arena I’ve never been to 32. landscape our front and backyards
33.  eat gelato in Italy  DONE!
34. try silkscreening again 35. go on a tour of Alcatraz 36. get to my ideal weight and maintain it 37. adopt a dog 38. downsize to a smaller house 39. love my job, by any means necessary (sorry, job!)
40. have a baby
        
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