Life List

I did it.  I finally finished my list of 100 Adventures to accomplish some day.  My friend Katie (I love all that she does, really!) of Katie Jane Parker Photography (hire her...she rocks!) did this and it of course inspired me to do the same.  I also got inspiration from Mighty Girl and her Mighty Life List, as well as John Goddard and his Life List. My list is on the right side of my blog, so that I and all of you will be able to track my adventures as they come.  Let's hope that I continue blogging for as long as it takes me to do some, or all of these!

It was quite an effort actually.  I may not accomplish half of these things, but that's OK!  Just thinking about them made me realize that I have so many years (if I'm lucky!) of my life left...so many memories to make, and adventures to take.  I can't wait to go out and make something; to DO something with all of the time I have left here on Planet Earth!  Carpe Diem and Saliente!

THE LIST: 100 Adventures Awaiting Me

Purchases:

1. Be (credit card) debt free by 35

2. Buy a house

3. Renovate it ourselves

4.  Rent a house on Cape Cod for the summer

5. Build a cabin in Northern New Hampshire

6. Pay off Forester and Outback

7. Continue supporting my local economy

Buy:

8. Red Sox Season Tickets for one year

9. A Canon EOS Rebel XS (SLR Camera)

10. Cleveland Browns Tickets for my father

11. A boat

12. A J Crew Suit

13. A pair of Jimmy Choo’s

14. A ’64 Shelby Cobra for Adam

15. An Orla Kiely Bag

Eco-Living & Volunteering:

16. Raise chickens for eggs

17. Plant a vegetable garden

18. Volunteer once a month for at least a year

19. Donate annually to my favorite organizations (June)

20. Volunteer at a soup kitchen on Thanksgiving Day

21. Volunteer on an Extreme Makeover: Home Edition build

22. Participate in an Earthwatch Expedition researching penguins in S. Africa

23. Volunteer at Best Friends Animal Sanctuary in Utah

24. Join a local CSA

Sports Related:

25. Spend a week in Florida for Red Sox Spring Training

26. Attend a Red Sox-Yankees Game

27. Attend a Winter Olympics

28. Sit courtside at a Celtics game

29. Watch a Sox game atop the Green Monster

30. Run the bases at Fenway Park

31. See a Duke Game in Cameron Indoor Stadium

32. Attend Picnic in the Park at Fenway

Learning:

33. Get my Masters Degree

34. Take a beginning photography class

35. Master Hand Stand

36. Master Crow’s pose

Learn:

37. Sign Language

38. To make wine

39. To cook 5 meals from scratch

40. To kayak

41. To snowboard

42. To blow glass and make my own witch ball

43. To play the guitar

44. To make my own bread

Outdoor Adventures:

45. Hike the Mountains of the Presidential Range

46. Spend a summer road tripping across the US (setting foot in all 50 states)

47. Go on a whale watch

48. See the Northern Lights

49. Camp on a beach with a group of friends and a bonfire

50. Hike Mt. Katahdin in ME

51. Dip my feet in Lake Ontario (last on my list)

52. Follow the John Muir Trail

53. Sit in the Thermal Pools of Iceland in the Winter

54. Go dog sledding

Travel:

Visit:

55. Katrina and Riaan in South Africa

56. Red Woods in California

57. Napa Valley

58. Australia

59. Las Vegas with my sister, brother, and our significant others

60. Italy

61. British Columbia

62. Ireland

63. All of the National Parks

64. New Zealand

65. Little Palm Island in the Key’s

66. The Schools of Reggio Emilia in Italy

67. Martha’s Vineyard

68. Louisiana for Mardi Gras

69. Paris, and follow the Rose Line

70. England

71. Grand Canyon

72. The Paw House Inn at Mt. Snow Vermont

73. The Pacific Ocean

74. Alaska

Personal Goals:

75. Retake our wedding photos

76. Participate in the Jimmy Fund Boston Marathon Walk

77. Run a successful event planning business

78. Work at the Boston Children’s Museum

79. Write a Children’s Book

80. Overcome my fear of heights

81. Have lasik eye surgery

82. Design a line of wedding invitations

83. Get a good score (personal) on the GRE

84. Foster/rehabilitate a dog for adoption

Fun and Random:

85. Visit the Chocolate Buffet at The Langham, Boston

86. Adopt an animal from Best Friends in Utah

87. Get a Great Dane

88. Attend a taping of Ellen

89. Walk across the Brooklyn Bridge

90. Visit my favorite NE breweries

91. Be in the audience for the Oprah Holiday Show

92. Meet President Obama

93. Go Scuba Diving

94. Attend NYC Fashion Week

95. Have a beer at the Bell in Hand Tavern (one of the oldest bars in US)

96. See a concert in Central Park

97. Visit MoMA in NYC

98. Have the doggy DNA test done (see what mix Maggie really is, and if Libbey is pure Springer)

99. Pick: blueberries, strawberries, cherries, apples – make pies and jam

100. NEVER STOP LOVING MY HUSBAND!!!