Update: 40 Things Before I'm 40

(Posting this pic of my sweet boy Indy from 2 winters ago, because it's a fav (he looks so happy and he's got a "beard") and because I woke up to just a dusting of sneaux this morning which he will want to play in later.)



So...in the interest of accountability, here's where I stand on my

"40 Things Before I'm 40" list:






1. Make some new art friends

2. Get a tattoo

3.Go to the Olympics

4.Meet some athletes

5.See Barenaked Ladies perform

6.Write & publish another zine

7. Keep my ROD journal till it's filled up

8. Brush up on my Spanish

9. Work on a large canvass

10.Learn a new art skill

11. Go swimming in the ocean

12.Go on a picnic with my sweetie

13.See the Olympic Flame

14.Watch the Olympic Torch Relay

15.Cut my hair short again

16. Host an art project

17. Take a day trip somewhere local but fun

18.Carry the Paralympic Torch

19.Ride the Zip line

20. Purchase and teach myself to play a harmonica

21.Make a journal out of my Olympic ephemera and journal in it

22.Submit something for publication

23. Host a swap

24. Try a new recipe

25. Create a calendar from my own art for 2011.

26.Print photos that I have taken from the Games so I can use them in my journal.

27. Do one project that's outside my comfort zone this year

28. Host an art party

29. Spend a weekend playing with paint

30.Take an online class
31.Make and send away some RAKs

32.Discover some new magazines/zines and buy/read them regularly

33.Take my laptop and/or journal to a funky coffee shop and write

34. Sew myself some cool pillows (I bought the fabric.)

35.Clean out the closet in my studio and reorganize it.

36. Plan a trip for our 20th wedding anniversary 37.Write and give a great speech

38. Help someone

39. Treat myself something "just because".

40. Buy frames for all the prints I have and get them up on the walls!

As you can see, I've been pretty busy! I only have about 8 things left on the list and just under 3 months to get to them!!