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<li>Move to Maine</li>
<li>Write and publish my own book</li>
<li>Visit Italy, explore Rome, ride a gondola in Venice and enjoy real Italian cuisine</li>
<li>Visit Australia and the Great Barrier Reef</li>
<li>Take singing lessons</li>
<li>Finish quilts for the kids (Update: June 2010, I finished Mia's quilt!)</li>
<li>Write and document stories from my life</li>
<li>Watch a great Broadway show in NYC</li>
<li>Go whitewater rafting</li>
<li>Go scuba diving</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Ride in a hot air balloon</span></li>
<li>Go skydiving</li>
<li>Volunteer at a women's shelter</li>
<li>Volunteer in a foreign country</li>
<li>Volunteer in a soup kitchen</li>
<li>Go hiking in the Grand Canyon (Update: We have visited the Grand Canyon, but "hiked" with two small children. I hope to go back for some more adventurous hiking.)</li>
<li>Raft through the Grand Canyon</li>
<li>Run a 20 mile race, or marathon</li>
<li>Create a fun, colorful and eclectic home and fill it with lots of art and meaningful photographs</li>
<li>Practice meditation daily</li>
<li>See the Northern Lights</li>
<li>Visit Hawaii, learn how to surf</li>
<li>Learn to play guitar (I took a guitar class in college, but have forgotten everything I learned)</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Take a pottery class</span>&nbsp;</li>
<li>Take a sculpture class</li>
<li>Take another painting class</li>
<li>Enjoy a weekend at a spa resort</li>
<li>Visit Nova Scotia</li>
<li>Go whale watching</li>
<li>Go snow boarding</li>
<li>Go sledding</li>
<li>Reach my ideal weight</li>
<li>Go to a wine tasting at a vineyard</li>
<li>Donate blood at least three times a year</li>
<li>Donate bone marrow</li>
<li>Take a gourmet cooking class</li>
<li>Obtain Masters degree</li>
<li>Make a documentary film</li>
<li>Become a doula</li>
<li>Learn to speak Italian</li>
<li>Sleep under the stars</li>
<li>Visit Machu Picchu, Peru</li>
<li>Visit Ireland and have a drink in an Irish pub</li>
<li>Back pack Europe</li>
<li>Leave an anonymous gift for a stranger</li>
<li>Design and sew my own clothes</li>
<li>Build a tree house</li>
<li>Take a great photograph of my grandparents</li>
<li>Tell my grandparents how much they are adored, and how they have been such an inspiration to me</li>
<li>Go horseback riding&nbsp;</li>
<li>Sing an amazing song in front of a crowd</li>
<li>Have a photograph published in a respected publication</li>
<li>Go out dancing with my husband (Update: We had lots of fun salsa dancing... but I'm not marking it off my list yet!)</li>
<li>Learn how to shoot a pistol</li>
<li>Watch sea turtles hatch and run for the ocean</li>
<li>Create a cookbook filled with family recipes</li>
<li>Visit the Great Wall of China</li>
<li><span style="text-decoration: line-through;">Pick fresh fruit in an orchard</span></li>
<li>Dive off of the side of a cliff</li>
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<p>(more to come)</p>]]></content></entry></feed>
