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My Premature Kick the Bucket List

Part of our holiday was a bit disturbing. While resting up at the in-laws we got a phone call from mum to say our beloved cat was in trouble and it was being rushed to the vets. This news was greeted by rounds of “great” and “I hate cats” followed by a very alarming story about a cat and dog showdown that didn’t go the cats way. We then endured half an hour of “you guys are so old” comments by Big Bs younger siblings. That’s not too upsetting…after all they’ll get old and wrinkly one day too. But I was once again left wondering if my mother in law has a deep family secret involving milk men or stories of babies abandoned on church steps around the time Big B was born.

Such reflections about growing old, plus my newly organised office…

…last night I sorted all of this out…

…have put me in the mood for a mini personal project. I’m 40 in a few years time and while I’ll probably go out on a whimper (apparently my party gene had a used by date) I’ve decided to whimper out with style.

So I’ve come up with 40 things to do before I’m 40. None of these goals are particularly taxing but they are personal projects, which are the things that mostly take a back seat these days.

I’ve calculated I need to do about 15 a year to reach my goal, so I’d better get on with it.

40 Before 40

1. Redecorate the office
2. Make my own Easter eggs (that’s with my own tempered chocolate folks)
3. Cook Christmas dinner (without mums help)
4. Own my own personalised stationery
5. Redecorate the girls room
6. Turn my lounge into a haven of relaxation, instead of a storage space for the business (it’s already in my head, I just need to figure out how to pay for it)
7. Upgrade my computer
8. Have a fake tan all summer
9. Get married
10. Buy an office chair
11. Get a filing cabinet
12. Make a quilt for Little C
13. Build/Buy a dining table
14. Have pot plants that don’t die (not too sure about this one…is it possible?)
15. Buy a painting (something nice…obviously)
16. Host a BBQ
17. Go on a picnic
18. Buy an ice-cream maker and make chocolate chip ice-cream
19. Have a friend over for a slap up dinner
20. Go walking every day for a month
21. Give up gluten for good
22. Paint something
23. Wear a print dress
24. Start new Christmas traditions
25. Have Brads parents over for dinner
26. Send thank you notes (with my new personalised stationery!)
27. Buy new underwear
28. Buy new socks
29. Fit into a size 11 again
30. Go blond for a while
31. Blog everyday for a month
32. Make something new every week for two months
33. Fix the kitchen chairs
34. Own a designer bag
35. Go shopping in David Jones with the personal shopper
36. Own and wear a Collette Dinnigan dress
37. Buy someone flowers for no reason
38. Hang my printed fabrics
39. Make a candle lit dinner for Brad
40. Have bright red nails for Summer

Note To Self:

Don’t trust Big B to put the girls to bed.

What may happen instead is he’ll encourage them to get out of bed and play while he sits there and laughs.

Note To Self

Wear gloves!

You gave yourself chemical burns by washing the pots in bare hands and got this:

It looks worse in real life…

Note to people reading: Caustic Soda is used to make soap…all soap in fact. It is added to the oils and mixed before being poured into the molds, during this time the soap is really caustic and can cause burns to the skin. But, it is not present in the finished bar because the chemical reaction makes the oils ‘eat up’ the caustic soda and in return turns the oils into soap. So unless the soapmaker is rubbish at their craft there is never any caustic soda in the soap.

Note to Self:

Don’t step in a garden bed after it has been sprinkled with water crystals and then watered.

Unless stepping in what feels a lot like mushy dog poo is your thing.

Instead make the toddler find their own way out.