Showing posts with label life list. Show all posts
Showing posts with label life list. Show all posts

Monday, December 29, 2014

Grand Canyon...

We left at O-Dark thirty.  It was over 270 miles to get there.

Kiddo did a little sleeping int he back seat of the mini-van.


Love this shot!
Last time I was here was 45 years ago.  My folks left me with the pilot's wife as they flew into the canyon.  NOW I can officially say I've been here as an adult and will remember it forever!

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Tuesday, February 04, 2014

Updated Life List (aka-Bucket List)...

Back in March 2011 I blogged about my 'bucket list'...

Charlie and I went to see the movie Frozen (sing-a-long version), Saturday night.  There is a scene at the beginning when Anna and Elsa talk about "the sky is singing"...it's the Northern Lights.  Charlie looked over at me and said, "mommy, that's on your bucket list, right?  I wanna see the Northern Lights with you, okay?"

 Got me thinking, need to update my list and decided to change the name to "Life List"...I don't wanna wait to do any of these things...want to keep plugging away at them!  

 I have a special birthday in a couple of days...I'll be closer to 50 than 40 the day after...

My bucket list...2/4/14

  1. Visit all 7 continents (I have Africa, South America and Antarctica left to visit)

    2.
  2. Go camping in a yurt

    3.
  3. Be a glass blower for a day...or at least attempt it

    4.
  4. Visit all 50 states...still have AL, LA and MS on my list...(last few years I thought I only had two left, but I was wrong)...
  5. Walk a 1/2 marathon

    6.
  6. Run a 5k

    7.
  7. Walk to the top of the Statue of Liberty (done 10/31/99)

    8.
  8. Go do Disney World (done March '11 & Nov. '12)

    9.
  9. Go to the Grand Canyon (as an adult---at 8 weeks old doesn't count)

    10.
  10. See my daughter graduate high school and college

    11.
  11. Walk on the Great Wall (done Feb. '98)

    12.
  12. Dance at my daughter's wedding

    13.
  13. Fly in a helicopter

    14.
  14. Stand at the equator

    15.
  15. Go on our dream trip to Italy...

    16.
  16. Take a Zumba class

    17.
  17. Ride in a hot air balloon

    18.
  18. Knit a PAIR of socks

    19.
  19. Give a heart felt surprise to someone (I actually try and do this at least once a year)

    20.
  20. Keep my family blog going for 20+ years....It will be 5 years old in April

    21.
  21. Take a cooking class and learn to LIKE to cook

    22.
  22. Take one of the underground tunnel tours in Portland

    23.
  23. Learn to kayak

    24.
  24. Go on a power boat tour in Southern Oregon with Victor & Charlotte (done July '13)

    25.
  25. Get back down to my "ideal" goal weight

    26.
  26. Be part of a Relay that raises $250,000 in one year

    27.
  27. Start my own Etsy site (either sewing or crocheting items)

    28.
  28. Make cake pops
  29. Get to a place where I LOVE to exercise (I KNOW this is possible)

    30.
  30. Visit the Redwoods with my family

    31.
  31. Spend the Christmas/NYE season in NYC

    32.
  32. Take a cruise

    33.
  33. Visit London (done Nov. '90 & May '05)

    34.
  34. Learn wine appreciation

    35.
  35. Get a total make over

    36.
  36. Be in a commercial

    37.
  37. Go swimming with dolphins

    38.
  38. Pick a year and send birthday cards (via snail mail) to all my family & friends (2011 is out)...

    39.
  39. Read at least 10 books during one year
  40. Carpool to work everyday (did that in the mid-'90s with Rosemary)

    41.
  41. Go to my high school 25th reunion...(Summer of '12)

    42.
  42. Take my daughter AND my mom to get a pedicure..just the three of us

    43.
  43. Take my 3rd Intel sabbatical (spring of '13)

    44.
  44. Take Charlotte to Vegas on her 21st birthday

    45.
  45. Visit all 58 National Parks (I need to go figure out just which ones I've gone to--that'll have to be a separate post)

    46.
  46. Ice skate at Rockefeller Center at Christmas time

    47.
  47. Attend an event at an Olympics

    48.
  48. See the Northern Lights

    49.
  49. Go snowmobiling

    50.
  50. Walk from the Pearl District up to the Pittock Mansion

    51.
  51. Fly in a plane piloted by my father-in-law (done May '11)

    52.
  52. Go para sailing (done--Hawaii '08)

    53.
  53. Walk on a volcano with real lava (done - Hawaii 1/1/00)

    54.
  54. Walk/ride in a parade (done - St. Patricks in Hillsboro and Beaverton Celebration)

    55.
  55. Walk in Portland to Coast (on tap for August '11, '12 & '13)

    56.
  56. Attend 20 Relays in one year (came close summer of '09--still need to break that record)

    57.
  57. Go to KC during the holidays to be with my mom's side of the family

    58.
  58. Drive to AZ (versus flying) to see Victor's parents and Grandma

    59.
  59. Make fabric table napkins to use instead of paper napkins for home use

    60.
  60. Thank a teacher from grade school that had a huge impact on me (done--Miss K from 6thgrade--she's still in FG and a fellow Relayer to boot)

    61.
  61. Enter a quilt in the county fair
  62. Get my sewing space completely organized and functional (again)...

    63.
  63. Take swimming lessons...I never really learned the correct way to swim...I can swim, it's just not pretty! ;(

    64.
  64. Be on a Relay Team that raises $10,000 in one year---we are on target for that this year!!! (Done Aug. '11)
  65. Take a weekly photography class and really start to UNDERSTAND my camera!!!

    66.
  66. Volunteer in Charlotte's classroom at least once a month, but DO NOT volunteer to be the room mom!!!

    67.
  67. Work on being a better friend and reconnecting with people I've lost touch with over the past few years...

    68.
  68. Volunteer at the local animal shelter

    69.
  69. Make all my nieces and nephew hats for Christmas one year (Jack, Kaylie, Abigail, Zach, Sarah, Elena and Josie)

    70.
  70. Meet somebody really famous and get my photo taken with them (Drew Carney doesn't quite count)

    71.
  71. Take a golf lesson

    72.
  72. Go sky diving

    73.
  73. Climb a mountain (Mt. St. Helens DOES count..just haven't done it yet)

    74.
  74. Perform a kind deed to 5 people without anything in return

    75.
  75. Sing my favorite song to an audience (DONE...I'm COUNTING my karaoke last summer at Relay--cuz, I'm too sexy for this song)...

    76.
  76. Win a lucky draw (did that TWICE...March '10 & March '11--yarn crawl)

    77.
  77. Take a dance class with Victor

    78.
  78. Attend a rodeo

    79.
  79. Go zip lining

    80.
  80. Take a spinning class (bike, not yarn)

    81.
  81. Get on the jumbo tron and do something silly (done--Winterhawks game doing YMCA)

    82.
  82. Sleep under the stars (done - Relay)

    83.
  83. Have my photo in the newspaper (as an adult)

    84.
  84. Eat fried green tomatoes

    85.
  85. Have a booth at a local farmer's market

    86.
  86. See a Play or Musical on Broadway (done '86 & '99)

    87.
  87. Learn how to take a compliment (work in progress)

    88.
  88. Learn to juggle

    89.
  89. Sit on a jury

    90.
  90. Go to a Shakespearean play in Ashland

    91.
  91. Attend a Circus

    92.
  92. Get all my paper photos scanned and digitized

    93.
  93. Go clam digging

    94.
  94. See Angel Falls in Venezuela (I've watched the movie UP one too many times)

    95.
  95. Win at least $100 on a slot machine

    96.
  96. Have a blowout 50th birthday party (in 8 years) for Victor & I (since we are 5 days apart)

    97.
  97. Go 100% online payments for our monthly bills

    98.
  98. Eat no meat for an entire month...hanging out with a vegetarian doesn't count?? This one is for Libby... :-)

    99.
  99. Knit 100 baby hats for a local hospital

    100.
  100. Go to New Orleans during Mardi Gras

    101.
  101. Tell at least 10 people about my bucket list and encourage them to make their own (if they haven't already)

Feels like a lot, but ALL great stuff to try and do in my lifetime!
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