Comments on: 39 things to do before I’m 40

By: Let them eat cake | Chez Spud

Let them eat cake | Chez Spud — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:54:44 +0000

[...] rashly decided to make both my children’s birthday cakes this year, as part of my 39 things to do before I’m 40 project. It was an ambitious addition to the list as I’m rubbish at cooking and baking, and [...]

By: Lucky Dip | Chez Spud

Lucky Dip | Chez Spud — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:57:24 +0000

[...] to admit the rather limiting nature of this part of my personality and thus I did, as part of 39 things to do before I’m 40, commit to watching 5 films I’d never seen before. Actually I did that relatively easily [...]

By: Fifty | Chez Spud

Fifty | Chez Spud — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:36:20 +0000

[...] Fifty. Fifty photographs in Flickr’s Explore since 5 December 2009, my 39th birthday. Another one ticked off my list of 39 things to do before I’m 40. [...]

By: Ramblings | Chez Spud

Ramblings | Chez Spud — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 07:54:48 +0000

[...] this, I’ve managed to tick off (or nearly tick off) a few more items on my 39 things to do before I’m 40 list. I’m slowly starting to make inroads in to [...]

By: I thought that you didn’t like me | Chez Spud

I thought that you didn’t like me | Chez Spud — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:26:20 +0000

[...] is that, hoorah hoorah, here I present wibbly wobbly not very good evidence of another tick on my 39 before 40 list: ‘learn to use a sewing machine’. I bought one, studied the manual, wound the bobbin up [...]

By: Wordless Weekend..ish | Chez Spud

Wordless Weekend..ish | Chez Spud — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 08:34:08 +0000

[...] 3rd birthday…I made a birthday cake, the first one I’ve ever made (and one of my 39 before 40 tasks)…it turned out better than I dared hope and tasted pretty good (faints in [...]

By: One life, live it…etc | Chez Spud

One life, live it…etc | Chez Spud — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:20:40 +0000

[...] renewed enthusiasm has led to another on my list of 39 things to do before I’m 40 being crossed off ‘Learn how to use the Lensbaby’. I’m pretty chuffed to be [...]

By: Bee

Bee — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 22:31:37 +0000

I’m so sorry that I missed your birthday, lovely Spudders. Shall I send you an easy recipe for biscuits? What kind do you like best?

I think that the list is such a good idea — it’s always nice to learn new stuff and cultivate skills — but I do like your Nancy Mitfordish shingled hair. So my vote is for keeping the current do.

By: Aging (Dis)gracefully | Chez Spud

Aging (Dis)gracefully | Chez Spud — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:29:36 +0000

[...] on my mind. The big FOUR-OH is looming this year and I’ve decided to embrace the fecker with my list 39 things to do before I’m 40. The theory is that I will arrive on my FOUR-OH birthday feeling smug and fulfilled rather than old [...]

By: Happy Hooker | Chez Spud

Happy Hooker | Chez Spud — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:58:55 +0000

[...] I’m off! I’ve made a start on my 39 things to do before I’m 40 list. This afternoon I lay on my bed and quietly, and badly, learnt how to crochet. It wasn’t [...]