Now that I am closer to 40 than 30 I thought it would be fun to make a list of things I want to try/do/complete before I turn the ripe old age of 40.  I am obviously joking.  I have never had a problem getting older because the alternative would be no bueno.  So here goes nothing:

1. Visit the Williamette Valley in Oregon
2. Volunteer at a nonprofit
3. Run a sub 25 minute 5k (8:03 minute pace)
4. Visit Muir Woods
5. Tip 100% of the bill at a restaurant (this one is thanks to Steph)
6. Take yoga for one month (at least twice a week)
7. Buy a car
8. Go to the Met
9. Surf in LBI
10. Visit Costa Rica
11.  Try Stand Up Paddle Boarding again
12. Visit Arches National Park
13. Run a sub 2 hour half marathon (9:00 minute pace)
14. Camp with my family
15. Fit all my cloths in one closet
16. Run a sub 4:30 marathon (10:18 pace)
17. Read every book I own or give it away
18. Build a little free library
19. Adopt a family in need at Christmas (this one is thanks to Steph as well)
20. Try a receipe from every cookbook I own or give it away
21. Build my sons a rock climbing wall
22. Take my kids sugaring at the Bohl Family Farm
23. Run a race in Napa Valley
24. Pay my mothers real estate taxes for her
25. Run the Wissahickon Four Corners
26. Own less but better quality shoes
27. Run an Obstacle Course Race
28. Paint a picture
29. Scuba dive
30. Learn how to knit
31. Learn how to make rice like my mother
32. Read a novel in Spanish
33. Become my definition of a minimalist
34. Get Lasik or at least figure out if I am a candidate
35. Kick my aggressive driving behavior
36. Hire a cleaning woman or figure out a less stressful way to maintain the house
37. Sign up for a Triathlon
38. Complete a 14er
39. Volunteer at a race at least once a year
40.  Hike Machu Picchu

Happy Tuesday peeps and yes I am still on Cloud 9 from my race on Saturday. I hope this feeling lasts awhile because it feels good!