I started the list a couple weeks ago, and it began as a list of things I wanted to accomplish this summer ( the first 20 items). Now it has evolved to more of a "things I want to accomplish period" list. Here is the first draft (as I'm sure it will be a work in progress):
life list
go canoeing- climb the chief with the family
BBQ kebobs- completed July 30th for mom's birthdayride my bike- completed June 2011.- relax in a hammock - completed July 20th with B
swim in a lake- go sailing
eat fresh Ontario peachessleep in a tent/go camping- june 2011have a campfiresit on a dock in the sunshinego to the cottage- completed July 27th through August 4th- go back to yoga class
see M & V- go watch the kite boarders
- visit Lost Lake in Whistler - completed July 11th
- drink lemonade
have a lobster dinner- completed July 24th- take B to the free water park in Stanley Park - completed July 18th
- walk along the seawall
- create a beautiful home for our family
- paint our living area (we've chosen the colour... now we just need to get started)
- meditate and clear my mind for 5 minutes
- go canoeing at dawn
have our family portraits taken byEmily- cat nap in the sun completed
do yoga on the dock at the cottagemove our bedroom downstairs/paint bedroom - create a soothing, romantic sanctuary- buy really cute girly shoes
- take an acoustic guitar lesson
- take time to listen to my inner voice
- have a potluck picnic with friends in a park
- go back to the beach where we were married
buy a deep-freezer- bake cookies for our neighbours at Christmastime
- bake bread from scratch
- go to the movies by myself - completed: went to see Eclipse
make a new friend- go skiing with B
- swim in the ocean
- teach someone how to crochet or knit
- roadtrip/camping trip along the Oregon Coast
- hug a tree in Redwood National Park, California
- Visit Forks, Washington
- get a Kitchenaid stand mixer
- make homemade pasta
- clean out my wardrobe and donate any clothes I don't love
- go on a bicycle tour in France
shop at anAnthropologiestore and buy a cute flirty dresscompleted- wear aforementioned dress out to dinner with hubby
- remodel our kitchen
- live in the country
- take a bath in a claw foot tub
- visit the Vancouver Art Gallery
- learn to say "I love you" in 10 languages
- ride a roller coaster
- go see the Cirque du Soleil
- spend a night in a castle
- read 100 books over the next 5 years (started July 21st, 2010)
- bake a pie from scratch
- eat a croissant in a french cafe
- teach the boys to speak french
- pretend we've had a power outage for an evening
- go a whole day without speaking
- own waterfront property
- kayak in the ocean
- compete in a race event (running or biking)
- live debt free
- attend a weekend yoga retreat
- go to Saltspring Island
- finish the quilt I've started
- spend an entire day in bed
- make photo books of the boys childhood
- bury someone in the sand
- start a blog and update at least 4 times a month for a year (started July 21st, 2010)
- learn to take better photographs
start our own business- opened my own at-home daycare- take an accounting/bookkeeping course
- take a dance class
- own a boat (preferably a sailboat)
- write a book
- get my book published
- volunteer in my community
- go hiking/walking in Scotland
resurrect the vegetable gardenspring/summer 2011- try rock climbing
- visit the tiny French Village our family comes from
- visit and soak in a hot spring
- take the boys to Hawaii
- build a playhouse in the backyard
- read all the Harry Potter books to the boys (when they're old enough to enjoy them)
- learn how to successfully build a fire in our wood stove
- attend a taping of the Martha Stewart show with my Mom
try one new recipe every week for a year- take a Spanish language course
- swim 10 consecutive lengths of the pool
- take B to his first Vancouver Canucks game
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