Welcome to our blog.

This was our original purpose for creating this blog:

We are both baby boomers fast approaching sixty. This blog will chronicle the time leading up to reaching our significant day. Our mutual goal is to complete sixty specific tasks each by our 60th birthdays, and to both celebrate our experiences and our accomplishments.

We are "the fabled tortoise" in this effort. Our blog will begin with a slow start, so we ask for your patience. We are aiming for a strong finish, so we ask for your encouragement. We invite you to join us on our journey, laugh and cry with us, and celebrate with us. We encourage you to leave us your comments and feedback. Most of all, we hope you become inspired to perhaps create and complete your very own "___ by ___ list."

We borrowed this idea from a blog one of our nieces told us about: http://makingitlovely.com . The author is working on her list of "30 Before Thirty."

As we progressed we continued to reflect on the process and the progress:

We would like to make a point of clarification. Because we did not begin our endeavor until April that left us both with less than a year to complete all 60 tasks on each of our lists. Actually, JR has about four months and CEA has about seven months. For that reason we agreed that we would both use CEA's birthday so that we both have the same amount of time to complete our tasks.

Now we are both 60 and moving forward. We have decided to continue the blog, setting goals and celebrating our accomplishments, sharing our experiences and voicing our thoughts, and enjoying life by making the most of every day with which we are blessed.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

CEA's progress report #6

Item #31:  Cook from a "found" recipe once a week
Progress:  I've cooked two more recipes.  One was a couscous salad with tomatoes, roasted red peppers, olive oil, and feta.  I don't know where I put the recipe, and I don't remember its source.  Last night I baked an apple skillet cake from the October 2009 issue of Sunset.  It was simple and good, requiring few ingredients, and more of a puffed pancake than a cake. 
Item #46. Drink green tea daily
Progress:  When I make my pot of tea for iced tea at lunch and during the afternoon (decaf), I add a green teabag.  Maybe I'll eventually enjoy drinking straight green tea, but until then, I'll mask it.

1 comment:

The 60 by 60 Ladies said...

Are you using plain couscous or one with herbs added?

You might want to try the Republic of Tea flavored green tea. The berry flavor is very good.