so i've turned 31 today... the last number you'll ever find in the calendar.... so, what now? last year, turning 30 made me feel really overwhelmed with all the things i experienced and all the things i have... now it feels a little kinda serious. probably because of the uncertain things happening in the office. but let's not spoil happy days like this.... let me list down happy things i want me and my boys to experience before my 40th (pao will be 10 and mateo 9 and the daddyboo 41!!! by then hehe)
1) surf with my boys (at least 4x before the deadline. surf places to conquer: La Union, Pagudpud, Siargao, Baler)
2) extreme white water rafting with the Kaladkarins, and a separate white water rafting trip with the boys (CDO or Davao or the Cagayan up north - i dunno which white water is the the best hehe).
3) visit a new place to celebrate Mateo and Paolo's birthdays. so that's 2 trips per year at least hehe (9 bdays to go for pao and 8 for mateo, his first will just be home same with Pao)... and will include this here.... be around the Philippines, and not just the touristy place.
4) DRIVE! i badly need to learn how to drive! :-) and with that we have to buy me a car! haha :D i'll be selling my 1970's car soon...
5) Finish my MBA.
6) Finish the house... all up to the 2nd floor plus prettify it with paint and very minimal stuff inside. Must have a bodega too for the things that my parents are still sooo attached they cant let go. and I hope the hubby would let me and the boys have a moondeck too!!! i'll help them identify some constellations... that would be fun! :D
7) be able to grow my very small stock market investment and keep it growing til my boys know how to handle them. :-)
8) bring back my weight to 130 (pre-zambo; pre-pao hehehe) or better bring it further down to 125 and keep it there! :D
9) run at least 2 marathons! :D
10) create my own clothes! :D and be a little kikay! in my world that will be testosterone-filled i feel that it is my responsibility to keep some sense of girlishness around (im a little tomboy so yeah this will need some effort bwaha!
11) be able to finally have my own herb garden and keep it healthy always.
12) organize an Antique reunion with all my sibs and my cousins from my pop's side plus the kids.... this should happen before anybody from my pop's generation will disappear.... we must recreate all the craziness the many summers we shared when we were still all crazy little devils hehe :D
13) take my parents to an out-of-the-country trip while they still have the energy to appreciate it (SG or Malaysia or Thailand would be enough.... di ko afford ang pangarap ni mamang na Switzerland! haha).... and hopefully will be able to do the same for my hubby's parents.
14) take my kids to Legoland (Malaysia) and HK Disneyland! :D
15) teach... i want to experience teaching, to feel pride for students that i will help become CPAs! :-) and probably infect them with my crazy ideas about life too! hehe :D
16) keep promding chamimay alive and kicking until i'm 40 and beyond!!! :D (that would mean at least 100 posts every year! haha)
17) climb 3 mountains (my dream: Pulag and Apo...)
18) bake... I REALLY HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO BAKE! hehehe:D
19) be a Work-at-home-mom (WAHM). that would mean income from at least online jobs and more... i hope i would be able to establish that soonest, ensuring i'll be earning as much as i'm earning in my current job. I regret the times i'm not with Pao...and then Mateo later. I'm missing a lot of their moments... it breaks my heart to see him sad every morning we leave for work.... i know there will come a time that he will no longer prefer to spend time with mahmee.... now that he wants to be with mahmee every second, i cant be there... :-(
20) although there's a slight agreement between me and my husband that we'll only have 2 kids, i still dream of having a mini-chamimay... im not sure if i should agree with the ligation after the 2nd baby this June or keep my machines intact and find other ways to prevent pregnancy and probably..hopefully, there will be a time when the hubby would agree to give a baby girl another try.... hehehe :D
that's it.... why 20? because i cant think of 20 more to have a list of 40things to do before 40... :-) hehehe i just realized one thing though i seem to love doing to do list... haha! :D
Sounds like a good and fun list to me,,:)
ReplyDeleteyeah.... i want happy stuff in my list... :-) hehehe
DeleteI am sure you would be able to do all of these... but please stay in CMZ!!!!!!!
ReplyDeletehehehehe.... di pa naman ako aalis doc! PQA pa tayo!!! tsaka ang v8 project pa namin ni shiela!!! :D hihihihi 9years pa naman yan o... :D hehehehe :D
DeleteYou've got nine years to do them all, I'm sure you'll be able to cross each and everyone of them before you turn 40. :)
ReplyDeleteWow! your list is a right mix of learning and fun, summarized to just living life to the fullest and enjoying it! :) I'm inspired to make my own list too! :)
ReplyDeleteBelated happy birthday ate. Great to see that you are into stock market din (or at least planning about it). Teach me some tips about it pulease?
ReplyDeleteWow. I should make a list like this one. I'll be 40 in less than 5 years.
ReplyDeleteHmmm.... that's a good list. I too have some plans of my own and I wanted to accomplishment them all right before I die.
ReplyDeletehappy b-day ms. chammy
ReplyDeletegreat list, i'm sure you will be able to accomplish all you've listed
haven't thought of listing like this, i just turned 23 last march 29 haha
Ay wala naman sa itsura, Charm! This is a very nice and adventurous list ha. You have my "support" on the stocks investment and the WAHM part. Sarap talaga magwork from home, promise. God bless you and your family! :-)
ReplyDeleteGoodluck! I'm sure too you'll be able to accomplish all.. I want to be a WAHM too..
ReplyDeleteHope that you get all on your list before you turn the big 40!! Good luck
ReplyDeletecool post sis. I also have my goals in 2013 and one of them is to learn how to surf. I hope to do it at the latter part of the year. I also want to know how stock markets work. Will you share here sis on how you invest there? I want to do the same too! ^_^
ReplyDeleteThis is a nice list, I'm sure you'll be able to cross all out in no time.
ReplyDeleteGreat list! Hope you can achieve all those before 2020. Belated Happy Birthday! :)
ReplyDeleteDRIVING! Oh my gawd, that's on my list as well. I just hope I will conquer my fear first hahaha!
ReplyDeleteThat was a good list there. I like to create my own list too even I was just 8 years before I enter another decade. hehehe
ReplyDeleteit would be a great journey as you try to completely check off items from your list. cheers to that! :)
ReplyDeletehappy birthday!
ReplyDelete20 things list, wow that's a lot to achieve! but i wish you could do all that...
I want to be WAHM/SAHM mom too. Kaya naman I have this goal to resign at my current work and concentrate on our own business on or before my 40th birthday. With God's guidance I am sure I get do it. We can do it!
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9 more years to go to accomplish all your goals.. good luck! :)
ReplyDeleteI should try that. What I want to do before I turn 40. I'm so much older. Kaya mo yan Charm!
ReplyDeleteYes, I agree that this is a fun list! I also want to learn how to drive. I'm so scared of it!
ReplyDeletePerhaps you can wait until you're 35 to have ligation. 31 is too early unless you have a health condition that dictates it. Just my opinion.
ReplyDeleteBucket list! I wanted to write down my own and do it before I turn 40 too...sigh i only have 6 years. tanda ko na. :(
ReplyDeletewow, this is interesting! was it your birthday last april 4? belated! :-) anyway, your list is so much fun to read, I was also even thinking of my own list before I turn 40 too! and that's seven years from now! hihi!
ReplyDeleteYou have a very exciting, fun-filled, action-packed list sis. I hope you get to do all of these and even more. :-)
ReplyDeleteNice!! I want to learn to bake, toooo!!!
ReplyDeleteWhen I turned 25 I criedand found a way to come to SG. Now Im turning 30 soon what will be my reaction? hehehe!
ReplyDeleteWhen I turned 25 I found myself leaving Pinas and going here. Pag 30 kaya what will be my reaction?
ReplyDeleteGo surfing at La Union haha . My goal is to be a WAHM, too.
ReplyDeleteSome of your todos are on my list too like going back to my pre-pregnancy weight of 128 and bringing my kid to disneyland. I'd like to be as healthy and active in my 60s.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good line of things to accomplish Sis. God Luck and hope you get to achieve them all in due time. :)
ReplyDeleteyou have a fun and great list, for sure you will achieve them by God's grace...
ReplyDeletenice llist1 i want to have my own too hehe!
ReplyDeleteGo go go! You can do it! :D
ReplyDeleteI think I have to make my to do list before 30! yay!
ReplyDeleteGet busy! You have a lot of ground to cover dear. ;-)
ReplyDeleteEliz
Great list! Good luck to you, sis! I'm sure you can do these things soon :) I'd like to have my own house too, btw :)
ReplyDeleteSounds exciting and challenging as well sis. Good luck!
ReplyDeleteThat is a great way to get motivated!!
ReplyDeleteI love your list! Been meaning to learn how to surf too
ReplyDeletego girl! you can do all of them! hehe
ReplyDelete20 things to do before you turn 40, that gives you at least two things to cross off the list each year. :) Do it one item at a time and you'll have everything done before you know it.
ReplyDeleteGreat bucket list. For sure you can accomplish majority of them. Just keep on pushing and get it no matter what.
ReplyDeletehahaha ako in 5 years :D pero parang nagsisimula pa lang ang buhay ko... Anyway, life begins at 40 naman daw so I still have 5 years to start my life :-p
ReplyDeleteI hope you can partner with me on this year's back to school project
What I regret not doing before I reached 40 was be drunk... as in really drunk. Ha ha... I wanted to experience that. :D
ReplyDeleteinteresting list you got there. i'll be making mine too! :)
ReplyDeleteBelated Happy Birthday, Charm! I miss all your post already! How's the baby bump?! And when is your due date? Keep safe all the time! *Hugs and kisses*
ReplyDeletehello sha! :-) i miss creating posts too!!! ehehehe just dont have the energy to stay up late and sit in front of my lappy to blog (pero candy crush carry!! hihihihi).... hope my 2month maternity leave plus watching my 2 boys would give me the drive again to blog... :D
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