Life List

Life List: Family
  1. Take a family ski trip
  2. Have family portraits taken
    • Just the 5 of us (3 humans + 2 dogs)
    • My husband’s family: brothers, wives, nieces, nephews
    • My parents and brother
    • An updated family portrait of my cousins, aunts, uncles, grandmother
      • Have large family portrait from cousin's wedding last summer that needs to be scanned
  3. Start an annual tradition of seeing The Nutcracker and the BSO with the munchkin, including afternoon tea
  4. Record an audio book for the Munch and have her father and grandparents do the same. -UPDATE: We have audio books from Nana and Gramma.
  5. Teach the Munch to ride a bike.
  6. Cook family dinner for a week.
  7. Bake a batch of cookies, from scratch, with the Munch.
  8. Teach the munchkin how to swim.
  9. Spring the Munch from school for a day/afternoon unannounced for adventures with Mom and/or Dad
  10. Create a family tree
Life List: Home
  1. Own a house on a lake in the mountains
  2. Start and (completely) finish our home renovations (Started and about 90% complete. Still need to organize, unpack, hang decorations, find window treatments, and complete the patio.) UPDATE: Patio completed April 2011. Pictures are being hung, too. Still working on the window treatments.
  3. Reinstitute Movie Night in the Backyard
  4. Clean out 100 things in one weekend (yes, dear, each t-shirt will be "1 thing" and no, dear, each piece of mail does not count as "1 thing".) UPDATE: Purged closet in March 2011. Onto the basement next.
Life List: Photography
  1. Take inspiring photographs like those at The Big Picture (professional) and RAW (amateur)
  2. Showcase said photographs either in a gallery or magazine
  3. Create a silhouette wall
  4. Print out pictures of extended family for the munchkin and hang them in her bedroom. UPDATE: Family portrait wall has moved to the second floor foyer and includes the Munch's great grandparents on down. Need to get cousins on the wall next.
  5. Photograph 1000 faces
Life List: Travel
  1. Walk along the Great Wall
  2. Travel to Japan
  3. Play golf in Scotland
  4. Section hike the Appalachian Trail
  5. Camp in Acadia National Park
  6. Snowshoe in Alaska
  7. Visit Quebec in the winter
  8. Go see the Harbin Ice and Snow Sculpture Festival in person
  9. Road trip across the US, maybe along Route 66. UPDATE: Took a family roadtrip to Washington DC in April 2010.
  10. Go to Glacier National Park
  11. See Mount Rushmore
  12. Travel to all our national parks
  13. Travel to Vancouver, BC
  14. Take a mule ride into the Grand Canyon
  15. Raft the Colorado River
  16. See where Goonies was filmed
  17. Visit Iceland
  18. Organize a trip to Sonoma for a group of friends
  19. Visit Machu Picchu before it is closed to the public
  20. Go on a safari
  21. Visit all 50 states and pin them on a map.
  22. Go on international trips with the Munch, one on one.
Life List: Do
  1. Take two weeks off every summer and rent a beach or lake house with my closest friends
  2. Ride in the PanMass Challenge
  3. Volunteer
  4. Run a 5K, then a 10K, and maybe complete a triathalon
    • (Update June 2010. I started the Couch to 5K running program with a goal of running a 5K in September 2010! Next year's goal will be the triathlon with Cindy.) 
    • Update Sept 2010 - ran the EMARK 5K in Melrose. Ran the entire distance in an official time of 33:07. First time I've run 3 miles since high school!
  5. Go dog sledding
  6. Make a dress
  7. Wrap all presents in the same lovely wrapping paper
  8. Create thoughtful gifts
  9. Organize a neighborhood parade
  10. Organize a block party
  11. Get to know my neighbors
  12. Give up TV for a day, week, month
  13. Write thank yous
  14. Host a Cool-Whip fight
  15. Participate in a Cloudy Misteriosos event
  16. Learn to quilt
  17. Parasailing
  18. Ride a trapeze
  19. Stomp grapes to make wine (see also #18 under Travel)
  20. Learn to ballroom dance again
  21. Taste 200 cheeses (esp since I claim cheese to be my favorite food)
  22. Host a water balloon fight 
  23. Document one week of my life with pictures, receipts, newspaper headlines
  24. Every year, invite all our friends and their kids over for an Egg Hunt
    • (Update: in early April 2010, we hosted the first Egg Hunt. The weather was fantastic and the turn-out tremendous. Everyone had a great time. Pictures are on Flickr. and the Second Annual Egg Hunt on April 23, 2011. The weather was not great.)
  25. Learn how to camp (see also #5 under Travel.)
  26. Learn how to decorate a cake
    • Update - in June 2010 I'll be taking a cake decorating class (course 1 of 3) with a friend. Update - this was becoming a regular "thing" and started making cakes for others' parties.
  27. Plan a party for a friend - party-planner-for-hire style.
    • Update Sept 2010 - I've been asked to brainstorm party ideas for friends including one 4th of July party and two birthday parties (both for 1 y.o. boys). Still haven't done any of the shopping and decorating, but did come up with the theme and how to implement the them.
  28. Compete in a roller derby
  29. Go sailing on the Charles River, where I am the "captain" and not the "crew"
  30. Take real lessons in rowing and then row on the Charles
  31. Compete in the Warrior Dash
  32. Skydiving
Some other inspirations (I do not know these people; I just find their lists interesting)
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)