My Living List

1. Finalize will
2. Allow myself to be happy again (This is a daily deal but ok, be happy, YOU!)
3. Find Fletcher and Susan and reconnect (2010 - sad ending)
4. Learn to proficiently shoot my gun
5. Organize regular DATE NIGHT
6. BELIZE!!!
7. Discover/uncover my abs
8. Road trip across the U.S.
9. Visit family in Philippines
10. Whiskey at a pub in Ireland
11. Own a cool camper
12. Open a Swiss bank account in Switzerland
13. Go on a multi-day biking trip
14. Help someone get into or through college (Surprise! Emi! 2019)
15. Host an outdoor party when the fruit trees bloom
16. Go clamming
17. Sew my own clothes (not ALL just some)
18. Learn to play chess
19. Make a peaceful living space for our family
20. Tithe regularly (2011)
21. Raise Chickens again (April 2011) (April 2024)
22. Parasail
23. Meet Brett Dennen (March 2009)
24. Organize a retreat
25. Rewire a lamp
26. Use my work to improve lives (one could argue that I am already doing this)
27. Go a day without speaking
28. Throw a block party
29. Host Kentucky Derby party. (May 2014 & counting!)
30. Remove money as a concern (heh)
31. Take a two-week vacation without computers – Hello Belize!
32. Zip line through a canopy of trees (November 2023) 

33. Make a quilt of our favorite t-shirts from the past (have most of the materials in the basement)
34. Attend a yoga retreat
35. Plant bulbs in a public space (anonymously) (Nov 2011)
36. Have a family portrait painted
37. Live in another country for a year
38. Learn how to run regularly (Summer 2014)
39. Visit Canada
40. Build a portable yurt
41. Organize photos into 1 area – chunk crappy ones
42. Genealogy Charts for me, Scott and Emi and David and Aubri
43. Memorize Phonetic Alphabet (March 2017)
44. Visit Halifax, Nova Scotia
45. Create a Family Cook Book for my children
46. Compose music
47. Learn to play an instrument (mandolin? bandurria? sitar?)
48. Help create a neighborhood park/garden.
49. Write a script for a TV show
50. Horseback riding lessons
51. Learn sign language (learning with the kiddos via Signing Time on PBS Jan 2012)
52. Learn Tagalog and become conversational in this language (visayan?)
53. Visit Greece and see where Mama Mia was filmed 
54. Have an Attitude of Gratitude
55. Pray Daily
56. Purge and paint closet (Nov 2011)
57. Grow spiritually with my family
58. Volunteer at a homeless Shelter
59. Sleep in a Castle
60. Crochet something more than a string
61. Host Kentucky Derby party (Check! May 2014 - probably a yearly thing now!)
62. Tofino
63. Successfully grow chick peas, almonds, artichokes and figs.
64. Create a Meditation Garden
65. Construct hammock station for reading/napping
66. Restring my necklaces: silver bead and aquamarine/pearl (February 2014 but will likely have to restring them again to make them sturdier)
67. Get back into drawing/sketching/painting
68. Get a really good DSLR to use with my Tamron lenses
69. Own a turquoise car (I can totally see my Disco painted a metallic baby aqua in a few years)
70. Own a Corgi (My friend Stina's dog, Chunk, is a Corgi, and what a good dog he is!)
71. Replace the basement windows
72. Construct cabana and pergola (extend existing poolhouse)
73. Baby Seal Pinata (Sept 2013)
74. Road trip to California (July 2012)
75. Visit an Alpaca Farm
76. Reupholster that sexy couch in the sunroom (April 2018)
77. Refinish the table in the sunroom (May 2012)
78. Chunk all Teflon cookware (chunked Nov 2011 except the wok, fondue pot and skillet)
79. Cook with cast iron cookware (Nov 2011)
80. Ride around in a VW Beetle and catch people saying "Punch Buggy" or "Slug Bug"
81. Reconnect with my childhood best friend SDW
82. Organize crafts to do in notebook - print/write and slip into clear pockets (Nov 2011)
83. Make migas for my senor (02/17/14)
84. Make burlap/linen advent calendar and donate "folksy" one we have (11/28/11)
85. Bunk beds for Little Ones (Scott and Emi took care of this Dec 2011)
86. Wall hangings for Gathering Room
87. Grow hops for Scott's home brew (April 2016)
88. Make wine
89. Read the entire Bible
90. Juice Cleanse
91. Hike Joshua Tree
92. Grow Espalier Fruit Trees (6 varieties of apples? yes!)
93. Visit San Diego Zoo (July 2012)
94. Build sun room storage/seating unit on East wall, smaller mud room area in SW nook
95. Paint/Stain front porch (April 2018)
96. Go to Manhattan (November 2012)
97. Visit NoLiTa district and get a Nolita t-shirt (or shoes, I'm not picky)
98. Drive down the PCH in a convertible with my man (no kids)
99. Run/Walk/Stroll through Central Park (November 2012)
100. Cultivate lavender plants (#fail #notsureIcandothis)
101. Climb Diamond Head
102. Archery
103. Go Paddleboarding
104. Read a book I enjoyed in English in French.
105. Read a book I enjoyed in English in Tagalog.
106. Harvest grapes, bottle wine in Napa.
107. Write/publish Children's book(s).
108. Learn about Orienteering and teach the kids.
109. Grow Strawberry Figs
110. Learn to walk properly in heels
111. Visit Kerry International Dark Sky Reserve
112. Make pancake/waffle syrup.
113. Pull up carpet in Master Bedroom and restore wood floors.
114. Convert basement room into bedroom for David. (February 2018) 
115. Drive down to the Keys on the Overseas Highway to see where Bloodline is set. (Get photo on the famous curved palm. Eat at the the Beach Cafe. (June/July 2015)
116. Hike to Supai (and back)
117. Mine for Turquoise
118. PMP Certification (March 2018)
119. Security+ Certification (July 2019)
120. Chaos Pollinator Garden
121. Restore Salty
122. Create/Optimize Food Forest in Back yard