One month in on my new birthday list. Not too much to say except I did check a couple biggies off the list thanks to traveling. I know this year will fly by, as they all seem to now, but I'm still excited about where this journey will take me.
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- Choreograph a country line dance (and see if Barb will teach it at Cowboys)
- Plant and grow garlic
- Watch every episode of MASH — G's watching with me, and we're seven episodes in to the first season.
- Try aerial yoga and/or aerial silks — Done! Blog post to come.
- Plan my next trip to France (perhaps running a retreat at Little French Retreat)
- Attend a Switchbacks match
- Try kayaking — Done. Not just once, but twice. Blog post to come.
- Learn barista basics
- Plant flower bulbs this fall
- Take a birding and/or bird banding class
- Continue to reduce my wardrobe, a la Project 333
- Take French language lessons
- Read at least 75 books — Read five books, re-read one, and in progress on eight.
- Take classes on how to use the manual functions on my DSLR camera
- Have at least one item of clothing tailored to fit
- Learn to bake croissants
- Get will and living will in order
- Have a bouquet of flowers in the house, fresh once a month — Had a bouquet here in April. Yay!
- Attend a fest in Telluride
- Take performance driving lessons
- Add a piece of original art to my collection from an artist I have not yet met
- Stay up once all night until sunrise
- Perform at a poetry slam/open mic
- Learn to bake French macarons
- Attend the Santa Fe Opera
- Be involved with a stage show in some way
- Bake a fruit pie, with homemade crust, from scratch
- Visit at least one new-to-me museum — Visited Taliesan West in Scottsdale. Absolutely beautiful. Also, visited the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe, where the photo above came from.
- Watch one new-to-me movie and one classic film a month — Saw Pitch Perfect 2! (Laughed and cried.) Haven't watched a classic this month though.
- Play Settlers of Catan — Found friends who have the game and want to play.
- Stay at the Beaumont Hotel in Ouray
- Take an oracle card-making class
- Research and read more about walking the Camino de Santiago
- Travel (again) with a girlfriend — Travelled to Santa Fe with two girlfriends. So much fun.
- Fly a kite
- Send postcards to friends once a month just because — Sent a handful in April.
- Try fly fishing
- Visit Shambhala Mountain Center
- Do a Georgia O'Keeffe tour around New Mexico (Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, etc.)
- Do a not-just-head-shot photo shoot (with Becky)
- Get off my ass already and pitch the nun story to Oprah Magazine