4.0.

today is my birthday.
yes.... and its a big one~ but, if you know me... any birthday is a big one.... really.
I just love birthdays.

but with the big 4. 0.  I am now at the peak of the hill- looking at all I have seen, done, passed... and have ahead of me.
(can I say this????)...
but, it's all down hill from here (which is a good thing... right?)

a blogger friend of mine, Lori...(she and I share the same birth year).... she posted a "bucket list" as she looked over her life and pondered accomplishments of sorts....
and I thought, what sort of things would I like to do in the years to come????
I really don't have grand adventures on my mind,
nor do I feel like I need to achieve anything.

but, a wish list of things..... that would be cool..... it isn't a bad thing to kinda have around!  I mean, there are some great things out there~ that just might happen for me!

so, here is my bucket list (of sorts)

1. experience family life (or should a say... doing!)
2. travel through South France (Provence area)
3. Travel through Greece and Italy (the whole Mediterranean area, really!)
4. Live in a flat in the Netherlands
5. tour and sing with a band
6. Open a small restaurant that serves homemade baked goods and soups.
7. enjoy a Hot Air Balloon ride.
8. be a mentor to college kids 
9. volunteer at an orphanage/medical center in Africa.
10. knit a sweater
11. teach piano lessons
12. have lunch with Colin Firth
13. see O ~ Cirque De Soleil
14. hang out in Hawaii with Jack Johnson and his family.
15. Take the kids to Walt Disney World
16. visit the Grand Canyon
17. be a host mom (a billet) for a Portland WinterHawk's hockey player.
18. snowboard in Whistler, BC (or just hang out in the village)
19. win big in LasVegas, NV
20. visit and dwell with the Amish community for a weekend or two.
21. London, England
22. learn to spin wool.
23. take a pastry class at Western Culinary
24. go to a NHL Stanley Cup finals game
25. work on a local farm for a week during the springtime.
26. be on the Martha Stewart Show (okay-so this one if far fetched~ due to her show being cancelled this season!)
27. learn the ukulele 
28. graduate from college
29. Niagara Falls, New York
30. Snowboard in Mammoth,CA
31. own chickens
32. walk the streets of Dublin, Ireland (in platforms ~ and tripped!)

I know, I know.... some are a little "out there"... like #12, 14 and 26.... but, it's my bucket list... so I can do whatever I want!  so... bite me!  tee hee!

today has been a great day.... laughed all morning, over coffee, with a great friend.  Had a Vietnamese lunch with the hubby. Another friend dropped off a little chocolate treat (just for me!).  Just got off the phone with my mom (who really deserves the credit for this day!).... and I dont plan on cooking tonight!
Happy Birthday to me!