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The Year of Art and Things I've Never Done Before

Welcome to Jan's Birthday Blog. This blog exists to keep me planning and taking action, share this year with those who are interested, and also to invite you to do things you have always wanted to do but never have. What are you /I putting off till it is the "right time"? What is it, that if you and I look back at our lives years from now we will regret not having done?

Please share what you dream of doing or have taken action on and gotten done. Tell me what you are up to. Make suggestions that I can add to my list! Use some of my ideas. Join me or invite me to do something with you.

I invite you to consider that all any of us has is right now.... there is no "later". This blog is a reminder of that for me.

(I am not promoting anything that is reckless, illegal, or negative! I am out to create life-enhancing experiences. Please plan accordingly.)

Things I've Never Done

  • Take a train somewhere DONE! - To NYC for Lauren's Advanced Course. 2014 Thanks for the invite honey.
  • Create a blog - DONE!
  • Audition for pro musical theater - DONE! TWICE
  • Get a hot stone massage- DONE for the 1st time but NOT the last! See link for PCCHH
  • Raise money for a cause -DONE! Want to do more. Donated a quilt that auctioned for over $300 For Hair Peace Charities - see link. Vagina Monologues raised money for women & girls in Pittsburgh and around the world!
  • Go to a Chiropractor -DONE! Thanks Dr. Kukich UPDATE: began regular chiropractic treatment 2 days after I bought that house. Hmmm- any relationship to those two events?
  • Go to a spa with Lauren - DONE! We have the pretty feet to prove it.
  • Work for a floral design company - See link to Mocha Rose. I'M HIRED!
  • Take my daughters to New York - DONE! 3rd weekend in May.
  • Yoga -DONE with first session. One session does not a practice make but I am on my way. YOGA update November 2011 - started going to Yoga On Freemont. My first week I went 4 times. I love it. I feel more open and my body is smiling! 2011 update : Yoga on Fremont, 2 times a week average. Good stuff!
  • Go to an "Iron Chef" restaurant. DONE! Bar Americain in NYC - Chef Bobby Flay.
  • Buy or build my dream house - I bought a 1925 Tudor Revival. It needs work before I move in. That work is creating another list of things I have never done before.
  • Tear down a wall - DONE! See photos of bathroom demolition.
  • Operate a steam shovel or some such machine. SOoooo DONE! Thank you Mike Isbir, Mark Miller and crew. See photos below.
  • Hop in the car for a trip with no idea where I am going FINALLY DONE! ORB to 51 S to 88S, eventually to Maryland and back
  • Dip my toes in the Pacific Ocean _ SOOO DONE!! Thank You Wendy!
  • Throw a pot - (on a wheel, not at a wall) DONE! Pittsburgh Center for the Arts 4 week crash course with my pottin buddy, Lauren.
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  • Detonate something
  • See Lindsay Benner live
  • Be an 'agent' for an Improv Everywhere mission
  • Learn to make glass beads
  • Teach my dog to make friends and play well with others - see Animal Friends link
  • Learn to weld - turns out I know two people that can weld
  • Hire a talent agent
  • Drive a classic Thunderbird - preferably Starmist Blue
  • Paint a mural
  • Fly a plane
  • Learn to sail
  • Drive a race car - Have I told you about Women-Drivers.com?
  • Be on TV
  • Write a book
  • Go surfing
  • Sky diving
  • Travel to Spain, Greece, Morocco, South America, The Grand Canyon, Alaska, Hawaii, pretty much anywhere in the US...
  • Eat vegetarian for a week
  • Get a tattoo
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  • BLOG BONUS - Stuff I didn't know I wanted to do:
  • Work as a standardized patient educator. Had no idea that's what I wanted to do. DONE
  • Do home staging to get a house sold - twice yet. Thanks for asking, Justin and Tom
  • Ride a lap at the Vintage Grand Prix in Schenley Park - DONE!
  • Go to the James Taylor / Carol King concert at the last event at the Civic Arena DONE! It was the BEST! Thank you Diane
  • Buy a share in a Community Supported Agriculture farm. DONE! Kretchsmann's to be exact. Thanks Edie and Mad.
  • Visit St. Anthony's Chapel in Troy Hill. DONE! Thank you Paula!
  • Make a web site - DONE - will be unveiled soon
  • Gravity Hill - DONE!
  • Eat a raisinette dipped in hot sauce - Done! I was double dog dared. I had to.

About Me

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
I was born on June 27th, 1960. Quick math will tell you I turned 50 in 2010. That milestone has inspired what I am up to this year. Now that the birthday has passed, what do I count down next?

Monday, March 8, 2010

Chiropractor

After a thorough discussion of my history, there I was teetering on a narrow table. Dr. Kukich promised he would not let me fall off. He was good to his word. Face down, lift the leg, lift the other leg, face up, bend your hip, and the other hip, other table, lie down, sit up, back to the other table, on your left side, twist, squish, on the right side, stretch, lift, twist, pop! This is a poor explanation of the work that Chiropractors do, but is reflective of my memory. The session went quickly. I left feeling taller and lighter and the leg that was one inch shorter when I walked in was pretty much even with the other when I walked out. Dig it! Should also add that the right hip motion seems unchanged, that occasional leg numbness... time will tell. I felt well cared for throughout the whole thing. Thanks Mad.

I'll let you know if things evolve.

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