the 40 things

The list.   I reserve the right to edit until the moment I turn 40 on November 16.  :)

Reach a healthy weight
Run a 10K  ("Ten Thousand Meters")
Complete some kind of -lon (duathlon, triathlon, etc.)  ("Run Bike Run")
Buy something from a vintage clothing store in NYC  ("If I Can Make It There...")
Write a song
Sing at the Tea Bar in Fort Lee ("The Tea Bar")
Throw a Grownup Party  ("Grownup Party")
Read 8 books  (Catching Up, Too Few Books and a Magical Dilemma)
Memorize Galatians 5
Try 40 new recipes
Throw out 100 pounds of clutter
Go into NYC on the train with the fam  ("Holiday Round-Up")
Try 5 new varieties of ethnic food  ("If I Can Make It There...")
Climb a tree
Donate blood  ("Oh, Positive!")
One "ChooseDay" for each of the kids 
Learn some tech thing (blogging and posting photos!)  ("Getting Started")
Watch a suspenseful movie without reading the spoiler first  ("Spooky")
Take a Zumba class
Try geocaching  ("Geocache Me If You Can")
Play kickball with my kids
Paint Galatians 5:22-23 on my living room wall
Read 10 chapters of Systematic Theology
Go into New York City by myself  ("If I Can Make It There...")
Set a character-development plan (1 yr) for each of my kids
Go away with Mark to someplace we've never been  ("Skinny-atliss, Part I," "II," "III")
Do 12 different crafts with my kids
Spend an afternoon with each of my sisters  ("Sibling Revelry")
Create a complete and updated Flylady control journal
Try sushi  ("Fish Story")
Grow something…a plant  ("Teeny Greens")
Learn about players on Chicago Bears ("Bear Hunt")
Change a tire  ("Jacked Up")
Watch (not just be present for) a sunrise and a sunset  ("SuperMoon")
Work on 3 charity projects with kids
Clean out all my closets
Host a "Just Dance" night  ("Pump Up the Jam")
Do a 1-week media fast   ("Fast.  Ish.")
Finger paint
Go for a walk in the rain  ("Skinny-atliss Part I")