the fifty(ish) list

To mark my fiftieth birthday in January 2018, I decided to make a list of fifty things to do. There's no time limit, no stress,  just doing things I'd like to do and having fun doing it. As of January 2020, I'm still working through the list, and occasionally removing things I don't feel like doing anymore and adding new ones! No rules. 

1. Perfect my paper crane making 
2. Dye my hair a funky colour done
3. See the Frida Kahlo exhibition at the V&A Booked tickets then realised it clashed with something else, so I had to give it a miss. 
4. Make a loaf of bread
5. Learn to play ukulele  I have a ukulele and I'm learning!
6. Knit a pair of socks
7. Take part in a drumming workshop
8. Paddle in the sea
9. Do a course at Denman college  
10. Learn Reiki
11. Take a pottery course 
12.  Go on the pier train at Southend  
13. See the Bayeaux Tapestry
14. See the Puppini Sisters
15. Visit Northumberland 
16. Make a corn dolly
17. Plant a tree
18. Grow grapes in my garden
19. Collect sea glass
20. See the King and I 
21. Have cocktails at the Boathouse
22. Volunteer 
23. Make a terrarium
24. Learn how to do winged eyeliner
25. Get varifocal glasses 
26. Get varifocal contact lenses 
27. Organise all my photos, old and digital 
28. Get my home videos put onto DVD
29. Do an NLP course  
30. Make a cake
31. Go foraging 
32. Make sloe gin
33. Go to a Christmas market 
34. See the Nutcracker ballet
35. Go to Kew Gardens
36. Have a pedicure 
37. Do a 30 day photo challenge
38. Take a photo every hour for a day 
39. Try 20 new vegetarian/vegan recipes
40. Go to a music hall
41. Make something with a sewing machine 
42. See Peter Pan on stage
43. Celebrate the winter solstice 
44. Try topiary
45. Have a Colour Me Beautiful Consultation  
46. Have a holiday abroad 
47. Have a garden party
48. Visit my Infant School teacher 
49. Crochet something other than a granny square