Mouse and I were talking last night and she had a great idea. She and I share the same birthday, March 8th if you must know :). She is going to be 40 in March, and I will turn 39. She saw somewhere a fun idea for 40th birthday celebrations. Basically, you count back 40 days from your birthday (in our case, January 27th, 2009) and then you do something fun/exciting/different on each of the 40 days leading up to your birthday.
We decided that we would do this TWICE. Hey, a good thing is worth doing twice, right? Once for her 40th b-day in 2009, and once for mine in 2010. I'm all for that!
So, we were brainstorming ideas, and I thought I'd write a few of them down. Here they are:
1. Get a pedicure together.
2. Go & get a massage.
3. Each day, list one thing you are thankful for from that year in your life.
4. Each day, list one memory from that year in your life.
5. Ask relatives and friends to tell you things they remember about you from different years.
6. Call a different friend each day that you don't normally get to talk with - maybe an old friend you haven't been in touch with as often.
7. Go snowshoeing.
8. Go cross country skiing. (Hey, our birthday is in the winter, and we live in Utah, so we gotta go with the local options, y'know? I'd prefer to go snorkeling - anyone wanna donate for the plane trip to Hawaii?)
We are in search of as many ideas as possible. Please comment with your thoughts :). You have until January 26th!!!
4 comments:
Save (write down?) things to tell your kids while your memory is still fresh (you're turnning 40!):
What do you remember about your grandparents;
the best things about being a kid; your favorite birthday;
funny things that happened when family got together.
Cute (and fun!) idea!!! I love pictures, so how about something with that- maybe take a picture of you guys doing these things on each day, then make a scrapbook of all the stuff you did at the end?
What a fantastic idea! My 40 is January 18th, so I might have to do the 40 days after (what with Christmas and all).
Try out a new recipe for a kind of ethnic food that you've never eaten before.
Get together and indulge in your favorite dessert.
Go shopping together--just browse and window shop with no particular purchases in mind.
Tell which book of the Bible is your favorite (or share which Bible verse is your favorite) and tell why.
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