Fabulousness- can I claim it?

I’m going to be 40 in about 8 months.  There, I said it out loud.

I never thought I’d be a woman who cared about age, and I didn’t…until recently.  So, I’m going to be 40- and I started thinking about who I want to be.  If I had a list of things to accomplish- well, not by 40 because it’s a little late to finish off a list that quick..but, If I had a list of things I’d like to do, what would be on it?  I’m not really talking about a bucket list…I live and move in the sphere of my family, a bucket list would include adventure & travel and would be mostly about ‘me’..I’m just thinking, in the context of my life as woman/mom/wife, who would I want to be?  If I could create a fiction character that I could admire and aspire to be like…what would she be like?

much more beyond the tired and tried, “I want to be thinner” “I want to be a better person” what would go on my list?

I think, I ‘d just title it- “I want to be fabulous”

There, I said it.  It feels kind of silly to say something like that, at least to me- shy, quiet, modest homeschool mom.  It would feel silly to say that out loud, I’d feel a bit vulnerable to even write this on my main blog.  So, here I am on my secret blog, admitting that I’d like to be fabulous by 40.  Or, at least on my way…

The art of being fabulous by Genevieve-homeschool mom

• abides with Christ, and it shows.  It shows with the peaceful/happy look on her face, it shows in her joy, it shines from her.
• treats her body with respect by eating things that are good for her.  Doesn’t eat crap. rarely. ok, once in a while, but with deliberate intention. (Scarfing down a ding-dong while the house is without kids for a bit…is not deliberate intention- it’s just pathetic).
• enjoys using her body to do things like yoga, skating with the kids.  Enjoys being strong and not having things jiggle behind her.
• is happy and spreads happiness
• takes care of her household and doesn’t procrastinate. much. (I have to be realistic here, procrastination has always been my besetting sin..so I can’t magically wish it away..but I’d like to tame it)
• isn’t so shy, instead lives to  make others feel good about themselves- serves others.
• makes the world a better/happier place for her husband and children
• makes growing up an adventure for her kids
• passes down her faith to her kids in an organic/infectious way and doesn’t leave them to guess about what she believes or even feels about life, God, and them.
• has written work published before she is 41
• takes up her art again
• is good to her friends, remembers to write/call/Birthdays
• has a house that is warm & artistic inside, and mostly clean.  (need to finish painting rooms, hanging photos etc.)
• because she abides with Christ (see above) -praying and reading the Word are like breathing, not something she checks off a list each day
• orders something from the Boden catalog to wear. (there..I am shallow, too…)
• makes money with her blog. (more shallowness, but eh…I’m real, I own it…)

So, what about you?  Do you have a fabulous list?

Are you already fabulous, or mostly fabulous?  What would your list look like?  Does my list sound too lofty, or is it realistic enough to accomplish?

and yes, I do want to lose 15lbs before I hit 40..It was kind of implied with the eating well/yoga thing.  Does that make me predictable? Scratch that…it does, but we will ignore it to be polite…