Inspired by Maggie Mason, I'm putting my (evolving) life list out there. I'll cross them off as I go. Starting with 50, and working my way up from there.

• Visit New York City for Christmas
• Attend Fallas in Valencia
• Publish a cook book
• Record my own songs
• Record some ukulele covers
• Learn to play the autoharp
• Cross the Nullabor by train
• Buy a holiday house
• Plant (and maintain) a vegie garden
• Go on a cruise
• Visit Melbourne with my daughter
• Publish my Grandfather's stories
• Take my husband to dinner at Tetsuya's
• Sit for a painted portrait
• Get a portrait painted of my children
• Buy something (anything) from an grown-up toy shop
• Ice a cake with proper fondant icing
• Sing karaoke in another language (other than English)
• Watch the Tour de France with my Dad. Preferably live.
• Train a dog with Calm Assertive Energy
• Get another tattoo
• Worship at a Quaker service
• Digitise all our CDs
• Make zucchini ice-cream
• Make my children photo albums and recipe books/boxes when they leave home
• Get a pedicure
• Make a toast at a loved-one's wedding
• Restore a vintage caravan
• Get a design plan drawn up for our garden and make it happen
• Print with my Print Gocco
• Make cheese
• Take a campervan trip around Tasmania
• Go on a last-minute (Friday arvo) weekend away
• Frock up and go to the ballet
• See a solar eclipse
• Order a meal in French in France
• Fund a Kiva loan
• Participate in a flashmob
• Do an entirely hand-made Christmas that doesn't suck
• Plan a mystery trip for someone else
• Give blood
• Take my kids fishing
• Bake 7 types of Christmas cookies one year (Scandinavian stylee)
• Host a jam/pickle swap
• Join a book club
• Learn that crazy hand-clapping sequence that Jane knows
• Design a fabric and have it printed
• Become a Justice of the Peace
• Spend a whole day at a day spa
• Own and run a cafe
• Sing impromptu harmonies with a busker
• Fly long-haul business class
• Visit the National Tally Room on an election night
• Qualify and register as a civil celebrant
• Make a sourdough starter and keep it alive for at least 6 months
• Speak at a national conference
• Speak at an international conference