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, October 5, 2010

CEA's Update #26

Item #51. Clear/reorganize my tiny closet [and purchase a "working" wardrobe].

Done!  My closet rod is 36 inches long, with  not all of those inches accessible, so using the space is a bit of a challenge. I took out all of my hanging clothes, moved the out-of-season ones to upstairs storage, and donated those I haven't been wearing.  I folded as much as I could and put all of the pieces for outfits together on a hanger.  I bought two more pairs of capri blue jeans, so now I have four sets of jeans, camisole tops, and big (mostly denim) shirts as my working wardrobe.  I also identified three go-to-town outfits.  I added a black display shelf over the rod (the closet is only twelve inches deep) and rehung two black and white drawings on either side.  Although I'd prefer to keep the little bit of floor space empty, I'll need to put two baskets there for items-to-be-ironed and hangers. Since I also have an Elfa basket system on the back of the door and two storage carts tucked in either side, I think I can say that I've utilized every inch.   
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