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Post by Robert not Bobby on Aug 7, 2015 13:56:42 GMT -5
shanendoah...go to Disney World and be a kid again. Or be fearless and do something you've always wanted to but had trepidations about...sky diving?
Lexxy...WHOA...when I'm 50 I want to be an astronaut. It might happen.
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Post by shanendoah on Aug 7, 2015 13:58:24 GMT -5
lexxy703 - The MSRE? No, not really. It was honestly the time I spent looking at that and considering it yesterday that kind of tipped me off to the "this is not really normal for me" aspect of all of this.
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Post by shanendoah on Aug 7, 2015 14:00:08 GMT -5
Robert not Bobby - We just did Disneyland with the kids this past April. It will be a few years before I'm ready to do that again. (And we did Disneyworld for our honeymoon.) No interest in skydiving. Maybe zip lining, though.
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Post by Robert not Bobby on Aug 7, 2015 14:13:12 GMT -5
shanendoah:
Just do something out of your comfort zone. When we do the same things day in and day out, we get in a rut.
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Post by cameragrrl on Aug 7, 2015 15:38:42 GMT -5
I went on that cruise this year! It was honestly amazing and I would absolutely recommend it.
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Post by dannylion on Aug 7, 2015 15:43:14 GMT -5
I think you should get the 3rd dog.
Dogs are good.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 7, 2015 15:48:16 GMT -5
You could get vanity plates. I just drove behind a truck with the plates ENDOWED ....
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Post by shanendoah on Aug 7, 2015 16:31:13 GMT -5
cameragrrl - The cruise I need to convince C on. Though my mom has already volunteered to fly up and stay with Pop Tart
oped - hmmm, vanity plates. They would almost certainly say BLKSPRL
dannylion - 3rd dog is really an inevitability, now that we have the yard. C and I chose not to go look for a dog while Pop Tart was at Grandma's, and August is just a really busy month with Faire, Pop Tart's birthday, our anniversary, and a wedding on Labor Day weekend that C and Pop Tart are both in. So a 3rd dog likely won't happen until September, but it will happen.
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Post by dannylion on Aug 7, 2015 17:44:54 GMT -5
cameragrrl - The cruise I need to convince C on. Though my mom has already volunteered to fly up and stay with Pop Tart
oped - hmmm, vanity plates. They would almost certainly say BLKSPRL
dannylion - 3rd dog is really an inevitability, now that we have the yard. C and I chose not to go look for a dog while Pop Tart was at Grandma's, and August is just a really busy month with Faire, Pop Tart's birthday, our anniversary, and a wedding on Labor Day weekend that C and Pop Tart are both in. So a 3rd dog likely won't happen until September, but it will happen. Yay! Another dog!
You're going to have 3 dogs before I get myself organized enough to have 1 dog. I am feeling very nostalgic about dogs today because my neighbors are on vacation and they took my dog buddy with them, so there is currently a large dog-shaped hole in my life as I am used to playing with her or at least being able to pet her most days.
September and a new dog will be here before you know it!
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Post by ktunes on Aug 8, 2015 3:09:34 GMT -5
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Post by GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl on Aug 8, 2015 7:09:59 GMT -5
shanendoah: Just do something out of your comfort zone. When we do the same things day in and day out, we get in a rut. {{shudder}} Don't pay your credit card off this month -- just make the minimum payment -- and feel the fear and the anxiety late at night as you toss and turn worrying about the balance.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 8, 2015 7:18:28 GMT -5
What should you do for your mid life crisis?
Take one day at a time. Meanwhile, pull out your bucket list, and begin conquering each one, one at a time.
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Post by flamingo on Aug 8, 2015 8:52:28 GMT -5
Definitely the ivy tattoo, that's a very cool idea. And the cruise sounds like a lot of fun! If you aren't interested in Knee Deep in Water Chloe MFH, maybe you'd be interested in a SFH in the mid-west? While it's tentatively under contract, based on past history, there's only about a 15% chance this will work out. So, think about it, you've got a few weeks yet to make the decision In terms of furthering your education does your U have certificate programs? Less time/cost than a full degree, but still a way to increase your skills. (My U has LOTS of these, and I can use my tuition benefits for them, hence why I thought of it). Since you already have the new house, can you spend some time and money decorating it? When I start to feel "unsettled" that's what I do. I make a totally unnecessary, usually semi-expensive* purchase to help decorate a space in my house. I don't get this feeling often, thank God, but sometimes just a new hall table, or a new wall hanging, makes me feel better about coming home every night. *Please note that I'm rather cheap when it comes to house stuff. The most expensive thing I've ever bought for my house was my couch. So semi-expensive in my book is usually under $300
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Post by mrnewengland on Aug 8, 2015 10:20:02 GMT -5
When I had mine I got a motorcycle and also got certified in SCUBA. Both are amazing. SCUBA is more fun while you're doing it but it's pretty infrequent that I actually go. I ride my bike at least every week usually more (it's just been crazy hot lately). I will echo someone's sentiments from upthread: get a sport bike, not a cruiser.
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Post by beergut on Aug 9, 2015 11:53:02 GMT -5
If you're only writing once a week, set a task for yourself to write in your blog(s) once a day. BTW, the link in your sig file is pointing to this page.
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Post by shanendoah on Aug 10, 2015 10:18:13 GMT -5
ktunes - If I'm getting a muscle car, it will be a Mustang, thank you very much. Or one of the new 'Vettes. I am a Mustang girl, but C loves the 'Vette, and I do have to admit that the new ones are sexy beasts.
GRG a/k/a goldenrulegirl - I made full payments on both the credit cards last night. I am looking for something that makes me happy, not something that freaks me out.
@heart2heart - I honestly don't have a bucket list. Sure there are places I would like to see, but there's really nothing I feel like I need to do or a place I need to go to make my life more complete. The urge for new is exactly that, an urge for new, and nothing more than that. flamingo - I am not going to be an out of state landlord (again). Not happening. Unless you want to trade houses. I'll take yours in the midwest, you can have my old house here... My U does offer all sorts of certificate programs, but my tuition benefit does not count for them. My tuition benefit is NOT for being a University employee, but for being a State employee, and so my benefit can only be used in state supported programs. Certificate programs are self-sustaining and not state supported, and therefore not eligible for my tuition benefit. I did buy two new map prints at the fair this year from a guy who does hand drawn maps.
mrnewengland - Scooter more likely than an actual motorcycle, again, because the actual cycle I would like, the CanAm Spyder, is ridiculously expensive.
beergut - I used to have 4 blogs up and running at the same time - one a daily, two on schedules, and the 4th a "whenever". With the new blog, I have decided I don't want to hold myself to a schedule, because a lot of what I put up before was just filler content. I don't want filler this time round, but real content. But I am going to try and get something up at least once a week. And thank you for pointing out the sig file thing. No idea how that happened, as I certainly didn't change it. But, I need to go in and change the sig file anyway, to point toward the new blog and the FB page for the blog.
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Post by beergut on Aug 10, 2015 11:48:14 GMT -5
beergut - I used to have 4 blogs up and running at the same time - one a daily, two on schedules, and the 4th a "whenever". With the new blog, I have decided I don't want to hold myself to a schedule, because a lot of what I put up before was just filler content. I don't want filler this time round, but real content. But I am going to try and get something up at least once a week. And thank you for pointing out the sig file thing. No idea how that happened, as I certainly didn't change it. But, I need to go in and change the sig file anyway, to point toward the new blog and the FB page for the blog. I completely hear you on the 'filler' thing, but that is one of the challenges of being an author/blogger, to find something interesting to write about. Writing my blog every day is one of the tasks I set for myself each day, one thing I have to do before I go to sleep at night.
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Aug 10, 2015 11:52:02 GMT -5
How about a triathlon??
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Post by The Captain on Aug 10, 2015 12:14:41 GMT -5
How about a triathlon?? You want her to survive her mid-life crisis, don't you?
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Post by HoneyBBQ on Aug 10, 2015 12:31:06 GMT -5
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Post by shanendoah on Aug 10, 2015 14:15:28 GMT -5
beergut - for 2.5 years (Oct 2010 - May 2013), I blogged daily. At the same time, I maintained 2 other blogs that had 3-4 posts/week. I have been there, done that, and know I can do it. But based on that experience, and the experience of some VERY successful bloggers that I've had the privilege to meet and talk to, I am choosing not to push that kind of schedule for myself anymore. My goal is NOT for my blogs to become my full time job, or even a side hustle, so, I am choosing not to focus on an every day thing. I am hoping to put up content I am proud of on a more regular basis.
HoneyBBQ - and I am so proud of you. BUT I used to work for a company whose target audience was triathletes. Our sales guys were triathletes. That's not me. If I were to decide that something like that were my goal, I'd need to be looking at a couch to 5k training. That is not completely out of the question. There is a Furry 5K up here that I would kind of like to do with my terrier before he gets too old.
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Post by kent on Aug 10, 2015 14:51:04 GMT -5
shanendoah: Just do something out of your comfort zone. When we do the same things day in and day out, we get in a rut. Well, it's summer - how about signing up for autopsy summer camp? It's out of your comfort zone and could be quite interesting.
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Post by shanendoah on Aug 10, 2015 15:14:53 GMT -5
kent - Autopsy summer camp? Not certain they offer one up here. I would actually find that really interesting. It would, however, be really outside my SKILL zone. As someone who is right eye dominant but left handed, my hand eye coordination can be rated as "the worst". It was while doing dissections in biology that I realized I was not going to be a veterinarian. Doing the dissections didn't bother me, it was the realization that I liked animals too much to want me cutting into them.
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Post by ktunes on Aug 16, 2015 3:00:26 GMT -5
all right then...
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Post by Happy prose on Aug 16, 2015 7:07:57 GMT -5
Get your belly button pierced. Not as permanent as a tattoo, so you can just take it out when you come to your senses. (Not mocking; I did this at 35)
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Post by MarleyKeezy78 on Aug 16, 2015 19:51:59 GMT -5
How about the Jeep life It's not fast like the sports car, but it will go anywhere and you can take the top off any time you like as well! I feel renewed whenever I drive my Rubitank(his name). I find when I put the key in and turn it on, it returns the favor Then I would suggest a tattoo because, badass!!! I don't know what the answer is for you, but I think if you use your heart you will find what you need
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Post by milee on Aug 16, 2015 20:32:40 GMT -5
Now that you have many other suggestions and it wouldn't be raining on a small parade, wanted to circle back to the Can Am you keep mentioning. If it's just something where you are into the way it looks, it is what it is. But if you're into actually riding... oof. Or maybe it should be, yes, that sounds fantastic; if you only ride on low speeds on a perfectly flat, straight roads with no obstructions or need to ever swerve, turn or even think about changing directions.
YM wants you to live and have fun, not die unnecessarily in a 10 MPH cornering move. Dorky and bad form combined! And I say this as someone who was always somewhat OK with the idea of dying on a bike, just had to be fun while doing it - rode a Ninja on Phoenix highways for years and can remember that at 100 MPH, the helmet starts lifting off your head... so death itself isn't the problem as long as you at least get some fun out of it, not have to toddle around at speeds that would make a Yugo driver ashamed.
Dan Neill did a pretty good write up about how badly they handle (and he's not knocking the company itself, he thinks the company did a good job using technology to compensate for the inherent problems in a three wheel design).
www.wsj.com/articles/can-am-spyder-f3-s-a-strange-but-not-dull-ride-1437761981
Can-Am’s media contact was keen for me to come to grips with the machine’s unique handling. And grip I did. Because the Can-Am has three wheels, it doesn’t lean as it takes a curve, like a bike, but arcs as flatly as the suspension stiffness (double wishbones, Fox coilovers, antiroll bar) will allow against a given roll energy. But do try to avoid using up your suspension travel; the Can-Am’s front end can get quite busy if it crosses uneven pavement midcorner.
This machine’s weirdness has several parts. One is the unfamiliar lateral pull one feels in the motorcycle-like saddle; as compared with a leaning bike, where centrifugal force holds the rider securely, the Can-Am feels like it wants to unseat you.
As a result, the Can-Am requires a kind of yoga to ride. While the trike doesn’t lean, the rider needs to stay busy moving his or her weight around to compensate for cornering loads, just as on an ATV. If the rider remains planted in the saddle the Can-Am has fairly modest thresholds of cornering and road holding....
The one thing the Spyder really doesn’t like is trail braking. Turn while under hard braking and the Spyder gets spooky and it’s then you really feel the 67.3-inch wheelbase.
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Post by shanendoah on Aug 17, 2015 11:06:46 GMT -5
ktunes
Happy prose More power to you, but I have no desire to any piercings. I have one hole in each of my ears, and I am good with that.
Ratchets Yes, trying to make this productive. Running not the best idea for me because of a messed up knee. Exercise in general, good idea, but right now, I don't want to exercise more than I want to spend time with my family or sleep, so those two things win out. Broker's license would be a hobby kind of thing - help out my friends who are looking to buy/sell, taking less of a commission. If I get a tattoo, it will NOT be a tramp stamp. It will be the anklet with my animals names. Pondering an Alaskan Cruise for next summer - our anniversary/Pop Tart's b-day. And I am totally with you on the Furry 5k, think. I wasn't even thinking about that when I typed it (because that's what it's called), but when I saw your highlight in the quote, I was right there with you. NOT flipping a house. We are essentially flipping the house we lived in for 10 years, and OMG is it a ton of work and scheduling and every tiny little detail. Every time I turn around we're spending another $1500 on it. (Including this weekend, getting the new stove, dishwasher, bathroom vanity, light fixtures...) Definitely not for me.
Robert not Bobby We are trying to make some new changes, change our routines. We have decided that on Monday nights, I will go and write for a couple of hours, after dinner. And we just started this weekend with a "family dinner" with good friends who just moved near us.
MarleyKeezy78 The last guy I dated right before C and I got together had a Willys. I was ever so grateful for the 5 point harness in that thing, but it was fun to ride around in.
Truth is, nothing major will be started or purchased or whatever until after Labor Day weekend. Right now we've got Pop Tart's birthday, our anniversary, and former roommie J's wedding all coming up in the next 2-3 weeks. Oh, and then school starts for Pop Tart right after that. And, of course, trying to get the old house ready to go on the market. So mid-September, mid-September we'll be at a place where we can maybe make big changes and plans.
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Post by shanendoah on Aug 17, 2015 11:19:07 GMT -5
milee - Thank you for the review. The one advantage I would have there is that I would have less of a learning curve in learning to handle the Spyder because I have never actually driven a motorcycle. (I've spent a fair amount of time riding around on the back of motorcycles, but never had my own - or an endorsement for one.)
But truth is, the Spyders are expensive. More than I would want to pay honestly. Much more likely to end up with a scooter of some sort. Maybe something like this:
I can call that a family vehicle, right
EDITED TO ADD: Actually, I can't imagine trying to drive a scooter/bike that long. That seems like a handling nightmare to me.
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Post by taz157 on Aug 17, 2015 11:20:26 GMT -5
How about the Jeep life It's not fast like the sports car, but it will go anywhere and you can take the top off any time you like as well! I feel renewed whenever I drive my Rubitank(his name). I find when I put the key in and turn it on, it returns the favor Then I would suggest a tattoo because, badass!!! I don't know what the answer is for you, but I think if you use your heart you will find what you need My DH wants a Jeep like you wouldn't believe. He had a 1994 Wrangler about 14 years for a few years and used it as a trade in for a Suburban we no longer have. I still hear about many years later...
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