{"id":1102,"date":"2011-02-22T10:16:53","date_gmt":"2011-02-22T10:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homesteademporium.wordpress.com\/?p=1102"},"modified":"2011-02-22T10:16:53","modified_gmt":"2011-02-22T10:16:53","slug":"its-my-birthday-im-fourty-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homesteademporium.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/22\/its-my-birthday-im-fourty-now\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s my birthday, I’m FOURTY now."},"content":{"rendered":"
So… today is my 40th birthday.<\/div>\n
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In case you didn’t quite catch that, I said\u00a0FORTIETH<\/strong><\/span><\/em> birthday.<\/div>\n
Should I feel old now?<\/em><\/div>\n

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Fourty isn’t old, is it?<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n

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I guess it depends on who you ask. My kids? Most likely although they say I’ll live to 100, so I guess I’m not even half way through my life \u00a0yet.<\/div>\n
In either case, I don’t feel any older today then I did \u00a0yesterday.<\/div>\n
I don’t really feel any older today then I did 5 years ago.<\/div>\n
And\u00a0despite\u00a0the fact that I’ve raised 5<\/strong> children, who were all born within an 8<\/strong> year span, 3 <\/strong>of which were born within a 22 <\/strong>month period, amazingly, all if feel ‘more’ now is BUSY!<\/div>\n
You would think the busy part would be over now that the youngest, our twins, are 11 years old?<\/div>\n

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I think things will FEEL <\/strong><\/em>slower once the older two get their license this spring. I’m hoping anyways. I find when I’m TOO busy, THAT does make me feel old. Old, and scatter brained. I don’t care to feel old and scatter brained.<\/div>\n
So for my 40th Birthday, I’ve made a list of 40 things I’d like to do while I’m 40.<\/div>\n
I thought I’d share that list here on the blog.<\/div>\n
There’s no particular order to it. No real rhyme or reason to any of it. Just a list of personal things I’d like to accomplish this year. So much time has been put into the business the past few years so I thought if I made a list of things I’ve been wanting to do, and gave myself a \u00a0year to complete them all, maybe there’d be more opportunity to succeed! So here we go!<\/div>\n
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40 Things to do While I’m 40<\/strong><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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  1. learn to knit a sweater<\/li>\n
  2. learn to knit socks<\/li>\n
  3. knit a shawl I’m happy with<\/li>\n
  4. learn how to use my flash properly for better product photos using a light box, or other<\/li>\n
  5. get over my riding fears<\/li>\n
  6. make a waldorf doll with a crochet cap for the hair, preferably two (one for Shaylah and one for Julia)<\/li>\n
  7. plant a garden<\/li>\n
  8. grow sprouts regularly<\/li>\n
  9. plant 100 tulips before spring<\/li>\n
  10. do a photo shoot with each child individually, in the spot of their choosing, in the clothing of their choosing starting with:-Alesia<\/li>\n
  11. -a photo shoot with Joshua<\/li>\n
  12. -a\u00a0photo shoot with\u00a0Elsa<\/li>\n
  13. -a\u00a0photo shoot with\u00a0Shaylah<\/li>\n
  14. -a\u00a0photo shoot with\u00a0Julia<\/li>\n
  15. -and a self portrait I can present proudly to my husband and convince him to let me do a photo shoot of him as well<\/li>\n
  16. take a pottery class with the kids<\/li>\n
  17. have the younger girls go to riding camp<\/li>\n
  18. volunteer regularly<\/li>\n
  19. make cards with the children once a month- March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December, January,\u00a0February<\/li>\n
  20. send those cards to people we care about<\/li>\n
  21. scrapbook once a month using my own photos PRINTED professionally, every month, starting in- March-\u00a0scrapbook a page pertaining to spring\/animals<\/li>\n
  22. -April, scrapbook a page pertaining to Graydon<\/li>\n
  23. -May,scrapbook a page pertaining to mothering\/fathering<\/li>\n
  24. -June,\u00a0scrapbook a page pertaining to enjoy the great outdoors\/nature<\/li>\n
  25. -July,\u00a0scrapbook a page pertaining to summer time fun<\/li>\n
  26. -August,\u00a0scrapbook a page pertaining to Alesia<\/li>\n
  27. -September,\u00a0scrapbook a page pertaining to school<\/li>\n
  28. -October,\u00a0scrapbook a page pertaining to Joshua<\/li>\n
  29. -November,\u00a0scrapbook a page pertaining to Shaylah<\/li>\n
  30. -December,\u00a0scrapbook a page pertaining to Julia<\/li>\n
  31. -January,\u00a0scrapbook a page pertaining to Christmas<\/li>\n
  32. -February,\u00a0scrapbook a page pertaining to Elsa<\/li>\n
  33. -learn to spin my Selah fiber with my drop spindle<\/li>\n
  34. -sew Elsa 3 pairs of pants<\/li>\n
  35. -sew the 3 youngest some bean bag chairs but stuff them with their teddies instead<\/li>\n
  36. make laundry soap<\/li>\n
  37. teach the kids how to paint landscapes with watercolors<\/li>\n
  38. do a pencil drawing<\/li>\n
  39. get to know my camera better<\/li>\n
  40. loose 40 pounds<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n
    My goal is to mark each thing off as I complete it and see where I end up by the time my 41st birthday rolls around!<\/div>\n
    Happy<\/span> Birthday<\/span> to<\/span> me!<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

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    I’ve never had qualms about celebrating my birthday. Even now that I’m turning 40, I’m not going to start having qualms about celebrating my birthday. One year, I even threw myself a birthday party. Yep, I did! I think that was the year I turned 35? I feel we SHOULD celebrate things. This life I have, it hasn’t come easy! It’s worth celebrating!<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n

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    I’ll be celebrating with the children today, and then with my husband when he FINALLY comes home on Thursday night! It’s been almost SIX weeks since he left!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    So… today is my 40th birthday. In case you didn’t quite catch that, I said\u00a0FORTIETH birthday. Should I feel old now? Fourty isn’t old, is it? I guess it depends on who you ask. My kids? Most likely although they say I’ll live to 100, so I guess I’m not even half way through my […]<\/p>\n

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