Life List

Rachael — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 03:07:17 +0000

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

(more to come)