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.

JR's Completed items

With less than a month to go, I am taking stock of the progress (or lack of) I have made in six months.
  1. Item #2:  (done) Work with Terry to have the two younger horses rode for six weeks.
  2. Item #5:  (done) Reorganize my 60 by 60 list to determine what has been completed, to determine what is left to be completed, and make it easier to monitor progress.
  3. Item #6:  (done) Raise the bed by 7" to utilize area for storage.
  4. Item #7:  (done) Raise the daybeds and corner table in the office by at least 7".
  5. Item #8:  (done) Expand the BCLT collection by 50 posters.
  6. Item #11:  (done) Attend the 6th Annual Lavender Fest in Blanco, Texas on June 11, 2010.
  7. Item #13:  (done) Create a hanging basket herb garden.
  8. Item #14:  (in progress) Grow strawberries, cherry tomatoes, and wild field greens.
  9. Item #15:  (in progress) Learn to cook with fresh herbs and various kinds of mushrooms.
  10. Item #19:  (done) Renew Majestic tickets.
  11. Item #20:  (done)  Create a workshop on early childhood games and present it on August 18th.
  12. Item #21:  (done) Neuter/spay the 14 abandoned kittens and find homes for all of them.
  13. Item #23:  (done) Purchase a weed/grass trimmer that is also an edger.
  14. Item #25:  (done) Eliminate all unnecessary stored emails and all emails more than one-year old.
  15. Item #27:  (done) Bind the edges of the woven afghan hanging in bedroom for cleaning.
  16. Item #28:  (making progress) Read at least one book a month until my 60th birthday.
  17. Item #29:  (making progress) Listen to at least three audio books a month until my 60th birthday.
  18. Item #33:  (done) (Cindy and I are registered.) Register and participate in the 2010 Komen Race for the Cure with Cindy (first weekend in May).
  19. Item #34:  (done) Work with Candace to create our blog 60 to 60.
  20. Item #35:  (done) Update BCLT text only printable catalog for posting at storeblog site.
  21. Item #38:  (done) Create Filemaker Pro databases for BCLT inventory and purchase records with a relationship between the two databases.
  22. Item #39:  (done) Give myself a French manicure.
  23. Item #42:  (making progress) Remove the carpeting in the hall and replace with vinyl flooring.
  24. Item #44:  (done) List at least 40 - 50 posters on ebay monthly from July through October.
  25. Item #45:  (done) Give toys that I kept for my niece and nephews to the kids next door.
  26. Item #46:  (done) Give unwanted professional books to a friend's school.
  27. Item #49:  (done)  Send promotional emails to school districts for posters.
  28. Item #50:  (done) Write at least four new postings for BCLT Blog. 
  29. Item #40:  (done) Check the Spanish version posters for accuracy and add several new posters.
  30. Item #61:  (done) Organize poster files.
  31. Item #41:  (done) Replace the toaster.
  32. Item #1:  (done) Reread Reflections at the Sink.
  33. Item #71:  (done) Repair porch steps.
  34. Item #72:  (done) Walk 2-3 miles daily at least five days a week.
  35. Item #4:  (done) Completely clean out the refrigerator and restock it from scratch. 
  36. Item #26:  (done) Lose 15 pounds.
  37. Item #30:  (done) Upgrade the BCLT internet storefront by changing general information, recategorizing products, and checking SKU numbering.
  38. Item #30:  (done) Upgrade the BCLT internet storefront by changing general information, recategorizing products, and checking SKU numbering.
  39. Item #56:  Upgrade to a Smartphone.
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