The List Part 2!

The full list is on the previous post. The B4 4D List. This is the "rest of the story".

21. Go see someone in Concert. 9/2013
For some people this might not be on any list because you go to concerts. I don't. I have not been to a concert since about 1993. So, Sandi Patty came to town on her tour of Broadway songs. I have to say I enjoyed her very much. It is really her. This is as good as I could get from my seat with a cell phone.

22. Take up Crochet 3/2013
While I don't sit all day with the needle and yarn in my hands I did learn to make a pot holder/dish cloth/green square thing. I had to look up on the internet how to crochet LEFT handed and voila!

23. Visit POPS! 7/2013
Pops is a fairly new Oklahoma landmark on Route 66. A 66 foot tall pop bottle. People come from all over to fill up a 6 pack cardboard holder of their favorite pop/soda/coke/carbonated flavored drink. They also have a diner style restaurant inside and you can fill up your gas tank outside. Check out route66.com. I have now been there twice and it was super busy both times.

24. Round Barn 7/2013
I have heard about the Round Barn for long time. It just happens that Pops is just down the highway from it. So, on the same trip I got to visit the Round Barn in Arcadia, OK.

27. Eat at a Great Restaurant.
Don't know if I want to count this one. But anyway the food was good. Wild Country Meats in Hominy, OK. It started out to be just a butcher shop / meat market then a few years ago they added a restaurant. But the cool part is where you sit while you eat. It is none other than a cattle trailer. You can almost hear the moos (not really).

The inside of the restaurant is the cattle trailer.

Here is my plate. Yum!

This is my Dad's plate! I think he was eating for awhile.

29. Buy a cake from Carlo's Bakery in NJ 11/2013
Carlo's Bakery is the site of the television reality show Cake Boss. I really like that show so I decided to order a cake from them. At this time the only cake I could order that they would ship is their famous Crumb Cake.

Yes, I did share.

30. Go to a Drive in Movie 11/2013
I went to the Admiral Twin in Tulsa. This was the second season after a devastating fire a couple of years ago. I was Thor 2 and Iron Man 3. This was the best picture I got.

That is me in this one. I had to look hard to see me. Hint, I am in the foreground.

33. Drive through the Tallgrass Prairie on Pawhuska OK. 8/2013
My mother was born in Pawhuska and we have had family there and my mother and I go antiquing there but have never gone into the Tallgrass Prairie. So, I put it on the list. I am really glad I did. The day we chose to go was beautiful and the buffalo that live on the reserve were so close to the road!

I held my camera over my head for this shot the grass is really tall. It's not the Tallgrass Prairie for no reason.

36. Visit a Planetarium 8/2013

37. Take a picture for each letter of the alphabet. 5/2013
I didn't know at first how I was going to do this as there are several options. Each year I take my Grandmother around to several cemeteries for Memorial Day to lay flowers at the graves of relatives. There are many different styles of lettering on the headstones. When I saw them I knew I would take a picture of every letter of the alphabet in a different style from the headstones of the cemeteries we visited.

If you are wondering the background is V.

So, now we are down to the celebration of the 40th year. I wanted a 1940s style 40th complete with Big Band music, Swing Dancing and everybody in 40s style clothes. I had so much fun and so did all the other characters that were there.

38. Celebrate 40! 12/2013

The venue for the party was the Tulsa VFW Post 577.

I got my hair done by a friend of mine. She did a great job. I really liked my hair. It is normally really curly and fuzzy.

These dancers are from Ballroom Revolution in Broken Arrow, Ok. They danced a couple numbers then got everybody on the dance floor and then taught us how to swing. Slow, Slow, quick, quick!

The decorations were all from the 40s. Here we are with the War Bonds Booth and Victory Posters.

My cake was huge, fit for a 40th I guess. Three layers yellow cake with chocolate fudge in-between the layers and buttercream frosting.

Here is my full look.

A good time was had by all!

I know you have been noticing all the things that were skipped. I still plan on completing the things on the list. Why limit all these things to just one year. Right!?

It was a good 39th year and so far it has been an awesome 40th. To paraphrase a line from a song "I've only just begun…".

The List Part 1

At the beginning of 2013, I decided to make a list of things I wanted to do before I turned 40 in December. Some of the items were going to be huge and hard to check off, but isn't that the point of one of these lists? So without further ado, here is the list.

The B4 4D List!
1. Go to Africa (yes, right off the bat here is one of the hard ones but this has been on all lists for a long time, so why not this one.)
2. New Eye Glasses
3. Take an Art Class
4. See Mt. Rushmore
5. Visit the Canton, TX Flea Market
6. Visit a Renaissance Fair
7. Go Camping
8. Shoot a Gun
9. Enter a 5K
10. Skydive
11. Write 5 letters & mail them the old fashioned way
12. Take a Cooking Class
13. Go Horseback Riding
14. Take A Cruise
15. Watch a movie for each letter of the alphabet. (haven’t seen before) 
16. Write a Memoir 
17. Drive not just any Sports Car, but a CORVETTE
18. Hot Air Balloon Ride
19. Take a picture with the Hollywood Sign
20. Weigh less that I did at my HS graduation
21. Go see someone in concert 
22. Take up Crochet
23. Visit Pops
24. Visit the Round Barn on Route 66 
25. Change Hairstyle 
26. Finish Writing A Book
27. Eat at a Great Restaurant
28. Visit the Redwood National Park
29. Buy a cake from Carlo’s Bakery in NJ 
30. Go to a Drive In Movie
31. Ride a Zip line
32. Texas State Fair!
33. Drive through the Tallgrass Prairie in OK.
34. Create a Will 
35. Go on A Picnic! 
36. Visit a Planetarium 
37. Take a picture for each letter of the alphabet.
38. Celebrate 40! 

Starting at the top, here are the ones I completed.

2. New Eye Glasses - May 2013 I had been wearing the same glasses and the same style for a loooong time and it was past time for a change. So, here I am BEFORE.

AFTER! I am even wearing the same shirt so you can recognize me!

3. Take an Art Class! - September 2013 Ok not really an art class, but Pinot's Palate was really fun!

You start out with a blank canvas.

 Then you're painting and you don't really believe that you are doing this and that it looks like it's supposed to.

 Then in about an hour and a half you have an awesome painting for your wall.

6. Visit a Renaissance Fair - May 2013

The Castle in Muskogee, OK was a fun Renaissance Festival.

 Pottery!

Woodland Creatures! 

 Woodland Fairies are abundant. This one pranced over and wanted this pic with me.

 An axe in my hand. No, I couldn't get it to stick in the wood. I also carried that program rolled up because I was fresh out of swords. Ha!

 Joust! This was the opposing team. I think I rooted for the Blue Knight!

9. Enter a 5K - April 2013 & August 2013 (I actually entered two and expect to enter at least one this year.)

The Color Run! 

It was a great April day and I was excited to be participating in this colorful race.

My team! I was the captain and got this group together.

 The Glow Run! In August, yep it was hot but it was dark. Yes, I have almost perfected the "selfie".

 At the start and the finish line with our medals.

11. Write 5 letters & mail them the old fashioned way. December 2013

13. Go Horseback Riding - July 2013

The Sequoyah Stables with in Sequoyah State Park, OK. I went with my brother David. The last time I went riding was about 20 years ago. The trail was not like other trails I have been on. We saw deer and geese and hawks. It was about an hour long. Well worth the money. I would't go again in July but this year was pretty mild so it wasn't 120 degrees.

I was last in line and at one point my horse got startled by something and decided to rare up like the Lone Ranger's horse. Somehow I stayed on but it scared me silly. HiHo NO!

 This was taken right before I dismounted. Notice my legs don't go past this horse's belly. So, as you can imagine one foot of mine was at my chin in the stirrup. They could have been a little more helpful with the dismount, like take me to the platform where we got on the horse.

15. Watch a movie, that I haven't seen before, for every letter of the alphabet. Finished

Here's the list of movies and the date I finished them. (Please don't judge me on some of these.)

A= Argo 5/13/2013

B= Bolt 10/22/2013

C= Cabaret 7/31/2013

D= Dudley Do Right 6/4/2013

E= Ed Wood 10/5/2013

F= The Fantastic Mr. Fox9/22/2013

G= Good Morning, Vietnam9/16/2013

H= Hunger Games 6/13/3013

I= Invictus 4/30/2013

J= John Carter 9/13/2013

K= Kiss Kiss Bang Bang9/4/2013

L= Lincoln 6/4/2013

M= My Left Foot9/9/2013

N= No Country For Old Men 10/31/2013

O= On Golden Pond 3/7/2013

P= Playing For Keeps 5/13/2013

Q= Quartet8/28/2013

R= The Razor's Edge 8/22/2013

S= Silkwood 4/21/2013

T= Tron: Legacy 8/2/2013

U= The Untouchables 7/20/2013

V= Vantage Point 11/29/2013

W= What to Expect When You're Expecting. 6/1/2013

X= XXX State of the Union7/31/2013

Y= Young at Heart (1954) 9/7/2103

Z= WWZ 6/30/2013

16. Write a Memoir

26. Finish My Book

34. Create a Will - I am working on these. So I guess I technically can't check these off but I am further along than I was last year. Here's proof. 

Stay tuned for more of the list.