"Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm"

I turn 40 on 3.9.2011. The way I see it...if I want my next decade to be great, I've got to embrace it, be excited about it, and "own" it. So, that quote from RWE seems a good fit for the title of this endeavor.

I am ready. I am psyched. I am -maybe- a teensy little bit frightened. Not because of the actual birthday (although it will mean I have walked this earth for 14,609.688 days = yikes!) but because of this undertaking.

In the -40- days leading up to my 40th, I shall try/do 40 things that:

• I've never done before.
• Haven't done in a long, long time.
• I think about doing, but just never carve out time and pull the trigger.

Said "new" things are a combination of:

• Things that have been on my mental Bucket List for say....20 years. Things I've thought "Hey, that sounds neat" but that's as far as I ever got.
• Things my friends/family suggested I try/do when I unveiled this cock-a mainy plan to them (Thanks y'all - love you for your enthusiasm and guidance!)

In addition to the -40- things, I will blog DAILY about these shenanigans. The good, the bad, the ugly, the silly, the stupid, the inspiring, the "what was she thinking", etc. etc. etc.

I will even post some photos...Woot-Woot!

You can read and play along (double dog dare you!) - for many of you will also be turning -40- this year. And the rest of you schmucks already are -40- or will be -40- someday.

Comments and encouragement are much appreciated!!!

What you will not find on this blog: Perfect grammar and punctuation. I like to write the way I talk...and this 'lil endeavor is: Just. For. Fun. (Plus, I have -2- little kids and a hubs who travels a lot. In fact, he will be out of town about 8 or 10 days during this -40- day endeavor. Hmmmm, I just realized that. Bummer. Anywho, doing -40- "new-ish" things in -40- days is asinine enough, let alone writing about it daily. Give a girl some props, right?)

Wish me luck. Tell me to break a leg. Tell me -40- is the new thirty.

-40- things in -40- days goes live 1.29.2011.