Posted by
Amy on January 26, 2010 at 12:09 am.
My sister Stephanie & I took a few weeks off and traveled to the Caribbean this winter.
Our destination was Cuba, but there was a necessary stop along the way. Though I’d hoped for a same day flight to Havana once we landed in Mexico, it turned out to be great luck that we were able to stay in Cancun a couple of nights at the beach before moving on.
We didn’t have reservations and nearly everything was booked, but after a fair amount of searching (while nibbling on chips and guacamole in the airport), we found an incredibly decadent spot to relax and indulge on the Cancun (tourist) lifestyle. A lifestyle which on many levels repels me…but once we planted ourselves firmly on the beach and by the pool, we got plenty comfortable and enjoyed ourselves thoroughly.
Posted by
admin on December 31, 2009 at 5:49 pm.
The other night we (Trish and Amy) were sitting by the fire drinking wine and started talking about our upcoming birthdays when we’ll be turning 40.
(Though we haven’t typically been the types to be distressed by age, every once in a while, “40″ does start sounding somewhat ominous.)
We talked about planning a big bash sometime around our birthdays (our birthdays are about a month apart in the fall) and in the process of discussing the possibilities (France, Italy, Egypt?), we decided to come up with an entire list of things we wanted to do before we turn 40.
We thought a list of 40 things was appropriate, and we wanted most of these things be that which we could do together. Short of actually doing them together, at the very least we needed a list of things that we would both be willing to commit to.
Since 40 epic things is perhaps a bit unrealistic to manage in under a year, we came up with a list that was challenging, but still achievable. You’d likely to be surprised at which ones each of us found simple and which ones we each deemed ambitious.
The list below is what we came up with, and the blog to follow will be a report of our progress!
- Spend a weekend in Seattle
- Learn to swim
- Sing Karaoke
- Practice Yoga
- Spend a weekend at the beach
- Water sports! dragon boats/kayak/canoe
- Make a movie/tv show
- Write a children’s book
- Learn how to salsa dance
- Learn to belly dance
- Learn to flamenco
- Take a wine tour
- Winter Sports! snowboard/ski/cross-country/snowshoe
- Take a self defense class
- Learn how to shoot a gun
- Learn to play a song on the piano
- Ride a mechanical bull
- Volunteer
- Go dancing
- Organize a Logan reunion
- First Thursday in the Pearl
- Last Thursday on Alberta
- Go whale watching
- Knit a hat
- Hand written letters
- Go to a concert
- Make a new friend
- Teach someone something
- Learn to play a complete song on the guitar
- Explore Oregon
- Send flowers to someone
- Submit a story for NYTimes “Modern Love”
- Visit a foreign country
- Enter a race
- Visit an old friend
- Write a love letter
- Sit around a campfire roasting marshmallows and telling stories
- Have a dinner party
- Spend a day in Portland as a tourist
- Write a blog about the list of things we’re up to in the year leading up to turning 40!
