Celebrating an 80th Birthday
How are you going to celebrate your 80th birthday?
How about joining me for mine?
This year I will be 80 years old. I plan to celebrate by doing 80 things I’ve never done before or for a very long time. Here is my list:
- Lift 100 lbs (I’ve done it before) deadlift more than once.
- Learn a new dance.
- Tell jokes to an audience.
- Go to a formal tea.
- Perform a magic trick.
- Go to a luau and hula dance.
- Toss a Frisbee.
- Go to a murder mystery dinner.
- Paint a picture. . .sip and paint
- Go to a museum I haven’t been to yet.
- Go to an adult arcade.
- Volunteer at a charity function.
- Read a book to some young kids.
- Hike to a beautiful waterfall.
- Sing a karaoke song.
- See the bottom of Grand Canyon.
- Escape room.
- Whale watching.
- Eagle tour.
- Visit a lavender garden.
- LaMay Car Museum
- Get my books on a best-seller
- Play poker at a casino.
- Visit the W. W. Seymour Conservatory in Tacoma.
- Do a ghost tour.
- Fly in a seaplane.
- Learn to juggle.
- Learn how to tie a Celtic knot. DONE
- Learn a taekwondo kick.
- Tie dye a tee shirt.
- Sing a song on a video. OMG DONE
- Draw a person.
- Grow an avocado tree. DONE
- Learn a card trick.
- Try a new board game.
- Get a tattoo.
- Take a canoe or kayak ride.
- Write something in beautiful calligraphy-type writing. DONE
- Make a friendship bracelet.
- Create a photo album.
- Write something with my left hand (non-dominate). DONE
- Learn to say, “Hello, how are you?”and “That’s all I know!” in sign language.
- Learn to whistle with my fingers.
- Learn to cracking an egg with one hand.
- Moonwalk.
- Pick a lock.
- Run.
- Do the splits.
- Flip food in a pan.
- Split an apple with my bare hands.
- Learn two relaxation yoga poses
- Go to a festival I’ve never been before.
- Attend a lecture
- Go birdwatching.
- Have a water balloon fight.
- Go to a local historical site.
- Go star gazing.
- Take fun pictures of the moon.
- Have a picnic at a beach.
- Check out a concert.
- Play truth or dare with my husband.
- Binge watch a TV series with husband.
- Create a scrape about our lives together.
- Create a Kulman monogram together. DONE
- Take a trip to somewhere new.
- Do a spaghetti kiss with my husband.
- Hot air balloon.
- Dress up and go to a real fancy restaurant.
- Take a horse carriage ride.
- Take a tandem bike ride.
- Kiss in the rain.
- Read a book to each other
- Do something adventurous.
- Visit a castle.
- Go to an unusual place like a brewery. DONE
- Stay in a cabin in the woods.
- Explore a new city.
- Take selfie with my friends.
- Sit around a bonfire.
- **Write a book about ally adventures.
P.S. I will not stop working on my list even if I’m 81 or 93. LOL
