I found this challenge on a blog and thought I’d play along. So here are 40 things I wish to accomplish before my 45th birthday. Yes, I changed the age since I only started this list a year before my 40th birthday! Now some of these will probably beyond my full control, but I’m jotting them down anyway.

1. Finish all my current manuscripts (juvenile adventure, suspense, cozy)

2. Be published. A girl can dream, can’t she?

3. Find an agent

4. Attend two writers conferences, first one scheduled Oct. ‘07, Sept 08,

5. Go on a real vacation without the kids

6. Go to Disney World with the kid May 2007

7. Take a History Tour up the East Coast again

8. Go to Sea World

9. Move into a new home (another one of those uncontrollables)

10. Lose 20 lbs.

11. Exercise consistently 5 times a week

12 . Eat more fruits and vegetables as a life style change (Thanks to mom living with me and cooking veggies!)

13. Go on a vacation with my girl friends (for my 40th birthday in 2008?)

14. Establish a consistent devotion time

15. Take Writer…Interrupted to the next level with forums and possible a retreat

16. Delegate more on Writer…Interrupted so I can do less

17. Establish a Jr. high youth ministry gathering in my new home.

18. Learn to communicate to my kids without yelling

19. Take my vitamins consistently

20. Learn to listen to my kids without and tell them to be quiet nicely if I can’t listen

21. Unlearn my dysfunctional parenting habits.

22. Reinstate date night

23. Get caught up in my Birthday Album

24. Caught up in my kids’ drama albums

25. Finish all my albums that only need a couple of pages of journaling to complete

26. Caught up in extended family album

27. Learn to slow down and smell the roses

28. Declutter my home like I was moving! (in process)

29. Own an ipod/Mp3 player

30. Go on a cruise

31. Learn to ball room dance

32. Be in a play with my kids

33. Donate my hair to a charity

34. Take Writer…Interrupted to next level with forums! (Ning)

35. Write a couple of ebooks

36. Make some real money on my website/blogs

Come up with the rest of my goals.

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