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things to do before your 40

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happycat · 19/04/2004 17:17

I turned 35 last week and people all around me seem to be turning 40 just latley.I am going to make a to do list now to do before I hit 40
1.fly in a helecoptor
2.lose wieght (better do that 6 months before so I don't have to do it 3 times l.o.l )
3.get fit
4.ride a horse
5. learn to use a sewing machine
6.Take my children to disney land (for me really)
Anyone else ever done this and what would yours be

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vicky99 · 19/04/2004 18:44

I?m 34 next weeke
1.fly in a helecoptor
2.lose wieght
3.get fit
4.have lots of sex?.. with my new lover(s) would like lots of them (lovers), to make up on lost time

marthamoo · 19/04/2004 19:02

I'll be 35 in October.

  1. Write novel. This will be critically acclaimed AND commercially successful. Thus I will win the Booker Prize and top the bestseller lists for years. I will be exceedingly rich and much in demand for Desert Island Discs, Parkinson etc.

  2. Get to 9 stone and stay there.

That'll do for starters.

essbee · 19/04/2004 19:12

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Tinker · 19/04/2004 19:54

God, I am 40 this October But only thing I'd really like is a tidy house, for once.

tallulah · 19/04/2004 21:17

Too late. 41 next month

mummysurfer · 19/04/2004 21:18

i'll be 40 injuly ..not much time (or money) to fit anyhting in really

helenmc · 19/04/2004 21:56

too late it was today ...OMG !

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happycat · 19/04/2004 22:00

happy birthday

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mumbojumbo · 19/04/2004 22:17

Happy birthday helenmc.

I'm 40 in November.....must think of a list of things to do b4 then!! A good nights sleep must be up there somewhere

mumbojumbo · 19/04/2004 22:20

Happy birthday helenmc.

I'm 40 in November.....must think of a list of things to do b4 then!! A good nights sleep must be up there somewhere

mumbojumbo · 19/04/2004 22:20

Oops sorry for the multiple posting! Finger trouble!

wizzysmum · 20/04/2004 01:23

Why worry? It's where life begins (or so this new 40 year old keeps telling herself). Helicopters are fab, sewing machines vastly over-rated though useful for making curtains and I'd love ideas on losing weight...

Cam · 21/04/2004 21:41

Oh god you can do it all AFTER 40: I had dd2 aged 40 and 6 months; got married aged 41; went to disneyland aged 47; etc etc etc, stop worrying!!

Kayleigh · 21/04/2004 21:57

Be 39.

bunny2 · 21/04/2004 22:00

Have another baby (or even 2).

Get my figure back. I once was a bit of a babe, now I am teetering on fat and frumpy.

Regain control of my pelvic floor (one woman in four over 40 has light bladder weakness, I've seen the ads. I dont want to be that one)

bunny2 · 21/04/2004 22:01

I've travelled in helicopters b4, wouldnt now, if the engine packs up it's curtains.

CountessDracula · 21/04/2004 22:04

I'm 37.

Before I reach 40 I want to split in two amoeba style and make 2 x 20 year olds. Then one of me can shop and sleep and eat and party while the other one is lovely mum.

Sort of picture of Dorian Gray type thing

squirmyworm · 21/04/2004 22:20

marthamoo

am totally with you - see you in waterstones for our signings dahling!

also:
travel all the way to Vladivostock on the trans siberian railway (cue rachmaninov!)
go to north korea
eat sushi in japan
see antarctica and 101 other places
go and see the snakeshead fritillaries at cricklade when they all come out in april
go birdwatching in the farne islands
ride big fast horses on white sand beaches
get some muscle definition back
drink guiness on an autumn day in ireland when the air smells of peat smoke
most importantly - watch my little boy learn to be excited about the world around him...

er I'd also love to be a stripper - just for one night but think I can now safely rule this one out!!

nikcola · 21/04/2004 22:22

i want to hold the world record for having the most sex in one day

nikcola · 21/04/2004 22:23

p.s with brad pitt!!!!!

nikcola · 21/04/2004 22:24

no really

  1. go to florida with dd
  2. learn to drive
  3. own a merc (at least for a day)
  4. shop in harrods
nikcola · 21/04/2004 22:25

oh and own a louis vitton handbag a real one

lydialemon · 21/04/2004 22:31
  1. get a house with a garden

  1. lose weight, or at least get the stuff to stop jiggling about

  2. find something to do workwise that I would really enjoy and would fit nicely with the kids being at school.

  3. take DH and kids to Australia, to show why I loved it so much there/emigrate with my entire family

zaphod · 21/04/2004 22:33

IM going to be 41 next month, so I guess it's too late for me. Must start compiling my list of things to do before I'm 50 though. No...Better aim for things to do before I'm 45.

helenmc · 21/04/2004 22:39

for all those nearly 40,I'm going along the lines that 50 is the NEW 40...yeah right one. the 3 questions are 1) what to want to have done, 2) where do I want to be and 3) what do i want to have....and when I work out some answers I'll let you all know

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