Day 12 - #50NewToDosBefore50! (Bucket List Next 50 Years!)

Love this idea! Thank you to the Facebook Friend who suggested "Your bucket list for the next 50 years!"

Here it is!

1) Kiss & Hold Each Grandbaby 

     on the day they are born.

2) Golf (or enjoy) The Links of 

      St. Andrews with Rob. 

3) Have a home or condo on a beach.

4) Own and Ride a tandem bike.

5) Exercise a 1/2 hour every day 

the rest of my life.

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#7 -a yellow dress and purple flowers! #50NewToDosBefore50

#7 Learn a favorite memory from Mom/Dad Johnson:

She smiled when she told the memory of her engagement- during a Spring Prom at Western Michigan University.

"I made my own dress - I had a feeling this was the night and I wanted it to be perfect. It was yellow and I remember wanting a violet bouquet. Bob went all over town looking for violets but they weren't in season. I remember thinking I really wanted violets! He did give me purple flowers."

She laughs thinking of the fun at the after party. "We drove to Marshall and slept the night at my girlfriends house. There were 6 of us and we laughed and celebrated. Maddie's mom made us breakfast the next morning."

I listened to my mother-in-law and thought... Wow- except for the gala balls and gowns -college and engagements are similarly romantic today. Love is pretty standard - aren't we all the better for that.

Bob and Sally have been married over 50 years. They have 9 kids, 25 grandkids and 8 great grand kids with another on the way!

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#3 of #50 New To Do's Before 50! : Time to Burn The Donuts!

I start this post as a reminder one of my rules in this 50 day adventure was to do nothing that would cause anyone to lose a life or limb.

Whew - Lucky to have made it to Day #4!

My Day was Titled:  Time To Make The Donuts.   I have never made Donuts and who doesn't like Donuts - safe and fun right?

I give you a photo display of what NOT to do when you attempt your first Donut Creation:

1) Google Search How To Make Donuts

2) Find a cool idea - Use Biscuits and healthy Coconut Oi "Easy Breezy Fry On Your Stove!" 

2) My neighbor supplies the Biscuits and off we go!

    Place biscuits (we used Cinna-Buns) on flat surface.

3) Use a bottle top to cut "holes" in your newly created donuts! (how cool is that!)

4) Have your friendly neighbor get the "Oil" ready for frying 

   (Here is our first mistake - we thought super hot!!! OF COURSE!!! )

 

5)  Note To Self:   Don't goof around while boiling hot oil. 

6)  Because this is what happens to the "concept" of "easy" to "fry" Donuts on the Stove!

7)  Yep.... "Time To Burn The Donuts!"

Let's just say that the pan with the oil overheated.... smoke alarms went off... and the frying pan ended up in the garage.

Seriously - glad to be celebrating #4 and appreciate the quick thinking action of all of us screaming like chickens with our heads cut off!

Coming up:  I believe a VERY SAFE:  Try a candy bar I've never tasted before!  Any Suggestions? 

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50 "to do's" before turning 50!

Join me in the fun!  Every day will be something new (items you suggested that I've done before are not in this list) and because I can't shake a cold I took off the polar plunge!

I will photo or video each item.  Thanks for the ideas!  PS:  Rob needs to agree to the Yoga :) 

2/17/13	Drink a Martini while watching James Bond Movie
2/18/13	Have Rob do Yoga with Me
2/19/13	Make a donut
2/20/13	Eat candy bar never tried
2/21/13	Message in a bottle or balloon
2/22/13	Neighborhood snowball fight
2/23/13	Bob/ Sally Johnson give me favorite childhood memory
2/24/13	Get on TV w/ sign at Redwing Game
2/25/13	Eat three meals never have / drinks too
2/26/13	Rob teach me something he loves to do
2/27/13	Read story to Kathie’s Kindergarten class
2/28/13	Bucket list for next 5 decades
3/1/13	Have lunch with Sister Amy  eat what she orders me
3/2/13	Ask for a cup of snow at a restaurant
3/3/13	Be a Teller for a day
3/4/13	Walk into executive meeting singing ... “Love me like a rock”  (sing along?)
3/5/13	Walk to pizza place order / get ride home delivery
3/6/13	Luke teach me something he loves to do
3/7/13	Write children’s book
3/8/13	Hot yoga class
3/9/13	Sally teach me something
3/10/13	Reconnect with a person from past
3/11/13	Say Order In The Court! out loud in a courtroom
3/12/13	Flambe’ something
3/13/13	Sock “snowball fight”
3/14/13	Smell a rose at a Shakespeare Performance
3/15/13	Go out for dinner with Julie Johnson
3/16/13	Play a casino game never played before
3/17/13	Share spartan shooters with 7 lucky leprechans
3/18/13	Emily teach me something she loves to do
3/19/13	Kelsey teach me something
3/20/13	Make Betty her favorite Dinner
3/21/13	Ride all rides at kzoo air zoo with my Marketing Team
3/22/13	Robby teach me something she loves to do
3/23/13	Lemonade stand on kenrob - share $$ with kids of kenrob
3/24/13	Luke teach me something he loves to do
3/25/13	Ellie teach me something she loves to do
3/26/13	Write a children’s book
3/27/13	Night walk on a full moon with WALLE
3/28/13	Jump on a bed in a hotel room
3/29/13	Blow a kiss to the Liberty Bell
3/30/13	Run into the ocean with clothes on
3/31/13	Learn a new family  card game
4/1/13	Ride a bike on sand
4/2/13	Take a walk on beach holding hand the WHOLE time w/Rob
4/3/13	Get a fortune from a boardwalk fortune teller
4/4/13	Sit on the end of a pier in Carolina Beach NC
4/5/13	Publish Person / Day for every year - why less than 10 words
4/6/13	Kiss my favorite 50 year old on my 50th birthday 50 times (throughout day)

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Weaving A Good Morning

This is our morning.  

Mom:   Up and Adam Adam Ant!!!  Luke - how are you feeling - any better?

Luke:  Yep (mumble through covers)

Mom:  Time to get up! 

-------- 10 minutes later ---------

Mom:   LUKE (calls down the stairs) YOU UP?

Luke:  (mumble through covers)

Mom:  LUKE get up buddy!

------- 10 minutes later------

Mom:  LUKE - GET UP  - ELLIE IS UP YOU'RE GOING TO BE LATE!!!

Luke:  (no mumble)

----- 10 minutes later -----

Ellie:  I'm ready - Luke is just getting out of bed.

Mom:   ELLIE - TELL LUKE (Luke can obviously hear this) THAT HE MUST GET UP NOW BRUSH HIS TEETH AND GET OUT THE DOOR .... NOT KIDDING.... 

Ellie:  turns away to tell Luke

Luke:  (I see him pass by)

Dad:   "Hey - Luke not feeling great yet  -  I warmed up his car before he left."

The Weave of the Day:    Put yourself in the other person's shoes and ask what you can do to make their day a little brighter.  Obviously Dad is better at that than Mom on some days.

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Leaving Your Fingerprint in 2013 and Beyond

Strategic planning is fun.  There I said it.  Some people liken strategic planning to getting wisdom teeth pulled.  I see no wisdom in that.

Each year our Consumers marketing team  takes time out of our daily schedules to focus on the bigger picture.  We plan marketing initiatives to support our corporate goals and we center the discussion around our Mission:   Member Satisfaction.

This year we took part in a session where we had our five team fingerprints placed in front of us on white sheets of paper. They were anonymous and our task was to look at each fingerprint, pick who we thought it belonged to, and then write awesome "individual" characteristics about that individual.

At the end we shared our thoughts outloud, who we thought each fingerprint belonged to and what talents they brought to the team.  We laughed when we realized which fingerprint belonged to which individual. (no one had 100% accuracy on this part of the fun.)

The key learnings came from finding out what other colleagues thought about each team member and how they fit within the organization.  We then began to speak about the roles we play to help us succeed in the organization.  This was when the "AhHa" moments began to take shape.

There are five of us with very unique talents on our team.  Each of us bring our passions to work every day.  We juggle many projects at once.  Without our own fingerprint on each of those projects the projects could not be as successful. Without our own fingerprint on each of those projects WE could not be as successful.

Our team fingerprints are pictured above.  Each one is unique - yet together we create growth for our organization. 

What fingerprint do you bring to your work?  Do you imprint your passion and your talents to your projects?  Share your visions and bring your ideas to the table.  Leave your fingerprint on everything you do.  You'll be amazed how it will blend in with others and leave an imprint  to be proud of.

 

 

 

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