Same post every year! It’s been such a big year too! January started off with a bang as Luca graced us with his presence and completed our family. He is such a light (as his name suggests). We hit the ground running and embraced the year by trying to experience as much as possible together. As a family we had so many adventures. We hiked through the gorge and discovered countless waterfalls. We traveled all around Oregon and explored the outdoors as a family like never before. It’s been a beautiful year. It’s also the year I’ve been recovering from my 3rd c-section and was diagnosed with Hashimotos Disease. It’s been an adventure for sure! Now as another year begins… and as I close another chapter I get the chance to cross a few things off my list and add a few more!
The List:
_ Need to be accomplished.
X Been accomplished.
_ Publish a book
X Teach someone to read
_ Swim with turtles
X Graduate high school
X Try Sushi
X Go to at least one dance
X Learn to play an instrument
X Take an advanced course
_ Watch a play in NYC
X Dance at a Powwow
_ Go horseback riding on the beach
X Climb a mountain
_ Skydive
X Ride a Harley
X Watch a thunderstorm in the south
_ See the northern lights
X Spend a night trying to count the stars
X Learn how to use a gun
X Take a Self Defense course
X Spend the night in a castle
_ Go rock climbing
X Learn to swing dance
X Learn to play the drums
_ Learn to play the piano
_ Learn to play the guitar
X Learn to play the native flute
X Play a bamboo flute
X Learn to paint
X Get the lead in a play
X Direct a play
X Write a play
X Learn how to sketch
X Go on a mission trip
X Sing a solo in front of a crowd
X See the cougars at the zoo
X Pet a tiger
X Go to college
X Graduate college
X Go to graduate school
X Get my masters
X Get Married somewhere beautiful
X Have My Dream wedding
_ Fly a plane
X Shake hands with the president of a country
X Ride a train
X Get a tattoo
X Learn to drive
X Get my drivers License
_ Read a Tale of Two Cities
X Give an inspirational speech
_ Change someones life for the better
_ Hold a baby in a third world country
_ See a giraffe outside the zoo
X Get 7 piercings
X Send 100 letters to people I have never met
_ See the Red Sox play in Fenway
X Eat a dodger dog in Dodger Stadium
X Hold an office
X Plant a tree
_ Develop my own film
_ Learn Spanish
_ Learn Korean
_ Learn Japanese
_ Learn Potawatomi
_ Learn Sign Language
X Learn to cook
X Live in Portland, OR for a little while
X Live in Los Angeles For a while
_ See all 50 States
_Roadtrip across the states
X Visit San Francisco
X Visit Seattle
_ Visit Boston, MA
X Visit Hollywood, CA
X Visit Colorado Springs, CO
X Visit Potawatomi Reservation
X Visit Reno, NV
X Visit Las Vegas, NV
X Visit Mexico
X Visit Canada
_ Visit Venice
_ Visit Zurich
_ Visit Rome
_ Visit Sydney
X Visit London
_ Visit Manila
_ Visit Japan
_ Visit Korea
_ See the Great Wall
_ Visit Ethiopia
_ Visit Peru
_ Visit Prague
_ Visit Cairo
_ See the Museum of Cairo
X Visit Lochness and look for Nessie
X See where C.S. Lewis lived
_ Visit Brazil
X Go Sailing
X Go on a roadtrip
X Sing Karaoke at least once
X See the Shakespeare Festival in Ashland
X Start a drama group
X See a palm-tree in California
X See Yellowstone
X See Yosemite
X See the Redwoods
X See the Sequoias
X See Red Rock
X See the ocean
X Go Snowboarding
X Go Puddle Jumping
X Go Long boarding
_ Windsurf
_ Have a candle light dinner under the stars
X Swim in the ocean (not just wade)
X Go Backpacking
X Experience Love
X Do an independent research project
_ Go Surfing
X Go white water rafting
X Call my FP’s
_ Ride an elephant
_Ride a Camel in the desert
_ Take horseback riding lessons
_ Own a horse
X Color my hair
X Go to at least one reunion
X Take a million photographs
X Meet someone famous
_ Learn to read music
X See more than 50 concerts
X See my mother again before she dies
X See an Opera
_ See a ballet (Live)
X See a Broadway show
X Dance in the rain
X Write a song
_ Do one thing that scares me everyday
X Drive a Jeep
X Own a Business
X Be my own boss
_Apply to a doctoral program
_ Get into a doctoral program
_ Get a doctorate
_ Learn to Sail
_ Own A Sailboat
_Throw a mega party, invite everyone I know, and not care if anyone shows up
_Swim with dolphins
_Fold 1000 origami cranes and give them to random strangers
X Visit a Volcano
_Go on a Disney cruise
X Go to Disneyland
X Go to Grinchmas
_ Tell someone my life story to a complete stranger without being afraid to spare the details
_Have a food fight at a restaurant
_Go Whale Watching
X Go to at least one major sporting event
_Milk a Cow
_Go Scuba Diving somewhere tropical
_Visit a concentration camp and never forget
X Be the member of an audience on a tv show
X Eat Green Eggs and Ham
_Tango dance in Argentina
_Write a letter to my favorite author
_ Have my portrait painted
X Visit the place I was born
_Watch a lightening storm at sea
X Have a meal with a stranger
X Swim in a pool with all of my clothes on
X See Fireflies
_ Drink Chamomile tea at The Pink Door
_Have a pet goat
X Own a home
X Try Scallops
X Eat at one of Gordon Ramsey’s restaurants
_ Spend a Christmas at Disneyland
_Ride in a horse drawn Sleigh in the snow
_Visit Disneyworld
_Have a HUGE family reunion
_Feed Some Sharks
_Make sure my children experience many cultures
X Drive Maui’s Road to Hana and then continue the loop around the island
X Adopt a Dog
X Get a Passport
X Buy a Car
X Take my kids to Disneyland
_ Get Mommy and Me Pedicures
_Take a Cooking class
x Write my will
_ Visit the White House
_ See the skull of Phineas Gage
_ Visit the Museum of Neuroanatomy in Buffalo
_ Visit the International Banana Museum in Mecca, CA
_ Spend a night at June Lake
_ Do Financial Peace University
_ Pay off my student loans
_ Buy a home and stay there until we retire
X See the Dodgers win the World Series
X Take family photos somewhere beautiful
_ Visit the San Diego Zoo
_Stay at Hotel Del Coronado
X Take the kids to an aquarium
X Try a mint julep
X Color my hair something crazy
_ Try beef Wellington
_ Spend a Christmas in a wintery cabin
_ Spend an entire week on the beach with the kids
X Take the kids on an overseas adventure
X Stand at the northern most point of the USA
_ Stand at the southern most point of the USA
_ Sleep in an ice hotel
_ Visit a warm waterfall
