A photography workshop this weekend

Am doing real good with the bucket list. Hope to add some more as I go along, it will not do to get it all done and lie down, waiting to die! :-D

Got a DSLR after 8 years of wanting one. Tried to take some pictures of son's 'graduation' from kindergarden to primary achool and could not even get it to focus right! This time, I can't blame the equipment. Have signed up for a photography workshop this weekend....since I barely know which end of a camera is to be pointed and which to be shot (yes, the effects of the point-and-shoot lingerrrrrrr), it will be good to get the basics straight. Hope it is not too much on concepts....I need just enough to be dangerous and lots of application knowledge to TRY to be any good.

Learned Pilates from a DVD and began to do it some days. Need consistency, as in all things. Finally, the stress in life is coming down - maybe now that memory will finally improve. I plan on trying very hard to keep stress levels down like this. Now, all I have to work on is the stress of keeping up on all my hobbies and accomplishing all my bucket lists! :-D

G'night!

My Bucket List

Okay, so every month seems to bring me closer to the big four oh. In earth time, still 30 months away but lately, I seem to be hearing more about the cons of crossing 40. For someone who still feels 28 was just yesterday (okay, my knees alone are a bit further along!), it seems quite ridiculous to see the major sentiment attached to being 40. It has been my experience that I own my years a lot more now than before. That confidence is a real state of mind, most of the time. Very different from the late 20s when maturing in relationships and career was happening....at the same time...and sometimes with the same amount of pain! :-D

So decided to put up my bucket list. The initial 10 for the next decade. To be added to as and when the mind prevails!

1. Build a home.
2. Adopt third child - a puppy named Loopy.
3. Travel atleast once a year to fun places....longish trips.
4. Spend time laughing with kids. More time, that is. And less shouting.
5. Spend time with aging parents, in-laws and all kinds of friends. This too shall pass.
6. Contribute everyday to one social problem in India.
7. Get a massage atleast once a year.
8. Run away to movies and dinners with love of my life (no, not the puppy this time!) a few times in the year.
9. Learn Italian.
10. Finish another stained glass piece for that new home.
11. Get private lessons to perfect breathing while swimming.
12. Lose that last, bloody persistent 10 kgs.
13. Buy self a new wardrobe when that 10 melts off.
14. Learn Pilates.
15. Consistently DO pilates.......

Okay, the mind prevailed. Funny how so little is related to work...maybe except no. 6.

Later, folks!