The 44 List

A month ago I celebrated my 44th birthday. On the actual day I worked, so two days earlier I invited my brother, my SIL and my niece us on the farm and had a little party in the garden/orchard. It was nice and easy and low key – just like I wanted it. (next year I’ll invite more family and friends, but this year just the closest ones)

For some odd reason, 44 sounds to me like a fun number, I like the four four of it. I hope it’ll be a fun year as well. With lots of laughter and moments worth remembering. To make sure that happened I made myself a little list of things, hopes, dreams and projects for the year ahead. This I want to do, see, be and wonder about:

1. Time with MT
2. Laugh more often with more volume
3. Walk up the mountain by our farm and visit our old cabin there
4. Remember to breathe!
5. Travel outside of Norway with MT
6. Buy a mill to process our own flour
7. Grow garlic
8. Hang up more photos on our walls
9. Walk (run) in the woods twice a week
10. Visit friends more often
11. Grow a larger vegetable garden
12. New roof for the barn
13. Use my dSLR more often to capture our everyday life
14. Sell our (old) house
15. Knit a wool sweater
16. Buy sheep (or chickens)
17. Make 4 scrapbook layouts each month
18. Eat dinner together with MT at least five times a week
19. Remember to send ‘happy birthday‘ sms’s to my friends and family
20. Buy a new oven
21. Redo the kitchen
22. Give away or throw away things I don’t need (or don’t find beautiful)
23. Pick flowers bring inside
24. Read the bible
25. Eat more real food (organic, slow, close)
26. Accept help
27. Write two posts on the blog each month (or more)
28. Take two photos of our life each day (#cy365 / #fmsphotoaday)
29. Use project life to document our weeks – photos words
30. Read books (44 at least)
31. Clear and clean out my childhood bedroom (and move in!)
32. Make dorowat injera (= Ethiopian food)
33. Read through The Lord of the Rings out loud with MT (Ringdrotten)
34. Buy a new (to me) car
35. Print my photos
36. Make Christmas presents
37. Paint a wall BLUE
38. Become a farmer
39. Plan a party (and invite friends family)
40. Mill grains to floor and sell
41. Grow spinach
42. Clear and clean the old living room down stairs
43. Write more
44. Build a green house (a small one)

Note:
I don’t care if I get to cross out all on this list. One of the fun parts of this is to dream it up in the first place and to see where it takes me. I’ll report back as I live this list and this year.