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Welcome to my blog. I document my journey as I accomplish 50 new things during My year of 50!

The 50 List

The 50 List

Adventure
✔   Hot Air Balloon Ride
2.     Seaplane Ride
✔    Swim in the Indian Ocean
✔   Stomp grapes (experience that I Love Lucy moment!)
✔   Ride on an Airboat
✔    Ride on a jet ski
✔   Participate at a trampoline park
✔    Swim with dolphins
✔    Conquer an Escape Room
Health & Fitness
✔   Run a 5K
11.    Complete losing 50 pounds (in progress)
✔      Plank each day for 3 minutes- 50 days in a row
13.    Run 50 miles for the year (in progress)
Living with the Land
✔     Milk a Cow
✔     Shower in an outdoor shower
✔   See a sunrise and sunset over the ocean on the same day
✔     Eat a farm fresh egg
✔    Sleep in my Eno (hammock)
 ✔    Drive on a Florida Beach
20.   Take a mud bath
✔     Build a fire without a starter
✔     Churn butter
✔   Sleep in a tree house
Travel
New York City:
✔   Broadway Musical, on Broadway
✔   Statue of Liberty
Safari:
✔    Lion
✔    Elephant
✔    African Leopard
✔    Cape Buffalo
✔    Hippopotamus
✔    Rhinoceros
Florida:
✔    Visit Key West
33.    Visit Tortuga National Park - tried, trip cancelled due to weather.  
Independence
✔   Buy a house on my own
✔    Get a job
Lifelong Learning
✔   Complete reading the Bible in one year
✔    Knife Skills Class
✔    Start a blog
✔   Learn to shoot a gun
✔    Learn to type with my thumbs on my smart phone
✔    Learn to knit
42.  Make a quilt (almost finished!)
✔    Learn to ballroom dance
✔   Learn to play bridge so I can play with my mom
✔    Throw a pot using a potter’s wheel
✔    Paint a picture
Just because I can
✔   Start a women’s small group at church
48.    Document my year with a selfie a day (in progress)
✔   Write a note or card each day 50 days in a row times two
50.    Make a new friend!
Bonus
As this year evolves I'm confident there will be many additional new experiences, adventures and learning opportunities which will be added to my great year of 50! Stay tuned to see how this year transpires!  If you have an idea, please feel free to leave it in the comments.  

My Year of 50

My Year of 50

Before the 50

Before the 50