[flickr id=”5944091199″ thumbnail=”small” overlay=”true” size=”small” group=”” align=”left”]Two years ago I made a 45X45 list. 45 things I wanted to do before I turned 45.

Considering this year I turned 35 (yikes) and now have about 9.5 years left at this point I thought I would revisit it.  Change up a few things and see what I can do.

Items in Red are DONE. Complete. Finito. (You know, those two little lonely items on this list).

Items in Purple are new…a change from my original goals/dreams

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45 X 45

1. Take a real vacation. (Not to Buffalo, not w/ the kids)
2. Take my kids to Disney World.
3. See my name in print.
4. Have a novel published.
5. Get a degree (this is following up on a long ago promise made – I must keep it)
6. Get back to my target weight.
7. Take a photography class (or 2 or 3)
8. Perform on stage again
9. See Colorado
10. Camp – really camp in the Rockies
11. See Yellowstone
12. Grow my own garden.
13. Go to a blogger’s conference.
14. Go to a writer’s conference
15. Get on a regular exercise regime & stay on it for more than 3 months (Working on it. 2 months down!)
16. Hand craft (knit, sew) 1 item for ME for a change.  (working on it)
17. Make a complete Victorian era dress from skin out. (underthings complete, corset 50% complete)
18. Get some crazy color in my hair (purple, blue, pink highlites/streaks)
19. Read the Little House series aloud to my girls.
20. Learn how to draw
21. Remodel/redesign living room & bedrooms.
22. Pay my house off (long shot – but I can dream)
23. Get a car that is less than 2 years old
24. Have my feet fixed. It’s a lifelong pain/issue. It is now starting to really hurt.
25. Do something daring (paragliding, etc.)
26. See the butterflies at the Indy Zoo (I always seem to miss them)
27. Be a reenactor at Conner Prairie
28. Organize my recipes into one place
29. Go on a hot air balloon ride
30. Play the piano again (translation – GET one)
31. Ride a horse – not a trail horse. A real ride on a horse.
32. Volunteer at Angel’s CF clinic
33. Stop drinking pop
34. Make my house beautiful (landscaping, decorating inside, everything)
35. Get a tattoo (Done 7/16/11)
36. Go on an Alaskan Cruise
37. Go on a wine tasting (Done 10/16/10)
38. Go white water rafting
39. Take my husband to swim with whale sharks
40. Fly first class
41. Read at least 50 of the 100 Greatest Novels (I am saying the book can be from either of the 2 lists there. In total I have read 8/50 at this point)
42. Have a real spa day
43. Visit a real haunted location
44. Sell a photo
45. Visit Salem, MA