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 26, 2010

JR's Item #4: (done) Completely clean out the refrigerator and restock it from scratch.

It always surprises me when I start looking at the expiration dates on some of the jars in the refrigerator and discover how long some of the things have been there.  This time wasn't so bad; only one item was older than 2008 with some from 2008 and most from 2009.  I know I should do the complete purge on a regular basis, but didn't realize that it had been as long as it has been since the last time I had cleared out the old products.

I now have a clean refrigerator with everything inside fresh and current.  Also, I have decided not to replace anything I threw out.  Instead I will purchase them as I find a need to do so.  I am pledging to not purchase food items because I might like to try them, but only buy those food items for which I have an immediate need and  will definitely use.
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JR's Item #1: (done) Walk 2-3 miles daily at least five days a week.

For the last two weeks I have been walking daily with a neighbor.  Although we have missed a couple of days here and there, we are walking about two miles when we do walk.  Added to the three or four times I walk the dogs daily, I have increase my walking distance to between 2.5 and 3 miles most days.  My neighbor will only be here through the first week of November, but I am hoping that this will be enough time to establish the habit.  My next goal is to increase the daily exercise to three miles plus the daily walks with the dogs.
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