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:

1. Lift 100 lbs (I’ve done it before) deadlift more than once.
2. Learn a new dance.
3. Tell jokes to an audience.
4. Go to a formal tea.
5. Perform a magic trick.
6. Go to a luau and hula dance.
7. Toss a Frisbee.
8. Go to a murder mystery dinner.
9. Paint a picture. . .sip and paint
10. Go to a museum I haven’t been to yet.
11. Go to an adult arcade.
12. Volunteer at a charity function.
13. Read a book to some young kids.
14. Hike to a beautiful waterfall.
15. Sing a karaoke song.
16. See the bottom of Grand Canyon.
17. Escape room.
18. Whale watching.
19. Eagle tour.
20. Visit a lavender garden.
21. LaMay Car Museum
22. Get my books on a best-seller
23. Play poker at a casino.
24. Visit the W. W. Seymour Conservatory in Tacoma.
25. Do a ghost tour.
26. Fly in a seaplane.
27. Learn to juggle.
28. Learn how to tie a Celtic knot. DONE
29. Learn a taekwondo kick.
30. Tie dye a tee shirt.
31. Sing a song on a video. OMG DONE
32. Draw a person.
33. Grow an avocado tree. DONE
34. Learn a card trick.
35. Try a new board game.
36. Get a tattoo.
37. Take a canoe or kayak ride.
38. Write something in beautiful calligraphy-type writing. DONE
39. Make a friendship bracelet.
40. Create a photo album.
41. Write something with my left hand (non-dominate). DONE
42. Learn to say, “Hello, how are you?”and “That’s all I know!” in sign language.
43. Learn to whistle with my fingers.
44. Learn to cracking an egg with one hand.
45. Moonwalk.
46. Pick a lock.
47. Run.
48. Do the splits.
49. Flip food in a pan.
50. Split an apple with my bare hands.
51. Learn two relaxation yoga poses
52. Go to a festival I’ve never been before.
53. Attend a lecture
54. Go birdwatching.
55. Have a water balloon fight.
56. Go to a local historical site.
57. Go star gazing.
58. Take fun pictures of the moon.
59. Have a picnic at a beach.
60. Check out a concert.
61. Play truth or dare with my husband.
62. Binge watch a TV series with husband.
63. Create a scrape about our lives together.
64. Create a Kulman monogram together. DONE
65. Take a trip to somewhere new.
66. Do a spaghetti kiss with my husband.
67. Hot air balloon.
68. Dress up and go to a real fancy restaurant.
69. Take a horse carriage ride.
70. Take a tandem bike ride.
71. Kiss in the rain.
72. Read a book to each other
73. Do something adventurous.
74. Visit a castle.
75. Go to an unusual place like a brewery. DONE
76. Stay in a cabin in the woods.
77. Explore a new city.
78. Take selfie with my friends.
79. Sit around a bonfire.
80. **Write a book about ally adventures.

P.S. I will not stop working on my list even if I’m 81 or 93. LOL