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Places to Go & Things to See
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- Take the White House tour.
- See Wilco at the Ryman.
- See Wilco in Chicago.
- Tour Graceland.
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Things to Make
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- Mozzarella.
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Things to Do
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- Karaoke.
- Pay for a stranger’s dinner.
- Be an extra in a movie.
- Send surprise gifts to 5 friends for no reason. (1/5)
- Write a short story. Let someone other than Rockford read it.
- Get 50 massages. (lifted from Leslie)
- Write a children’s book.
- Host a summer movie series in the backyard.
- Take saxophone lessons.
- Try out for our local community band.
- Learn to knit. Make something I’m proud to have made.
- Teach Poppy to ride a bike.
- Teach Pete to ride a bike.
- Come up with at least 100 items for this list.
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Flights of Fancy
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- Be debt-free.
- Touch a beluga whale.
- Hug a sloth.
- Feed a giraffe.
- Attend Camp Mighty.
- Go to Italy with my niece.
- Take my dad to Alaska.
- Spend a week in Paris with Rockford.
- Spend a week in NYC with Rockford.
- Take a cooking class in Beijing.
- Take a vacation in the Seychelles.
- Spend a long weekend at Blackberry Farm.
- Commission a portrait of Poppy.
- … and one of Pete.
- Visit Belgium.
- Visit Ireland.
- Visit Australia.
- Spend a week at a family summer camp.
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Around the House
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- Make our bedroom a beautiful, serene place.
- Renovate the basement.
- Decorate Pete’s room.
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Long-Term Projects
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- Take portraits of 25 people I love. (6/25)
- Go on 15 family hikes. (2/15 complete)
- Buy 5 pieces of original art. (1/5 complete)
- 35 random acts of kindness (5/35).
- Watch all of the Academy Awards Best Picture winners. (35/85)
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Completed Items
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- Shake hands with the president of the United States. // “The fulfillment of a dream I didn’t even know I had,” 04/18/15.
- Commission a portrait of Marsha T. Cat.
- Unpack every last box.
- Take down the wallpaper in the master bathroom.
- Take down the wallpaper in the hall bathroom.
- Help my youngest brother get into college.
- Buy a great pair of boots.
- Take the kids to Disney World. // “An exhaustive look at our trip to Disney World,” 08/22/12.
- Grow my own vegetables. // “In which I grow something for dinner,” 05/2012.
- Get a manicure. // “Experimenting with food, fingernails and fashion,” 01/08/12
- Upgrade my wardrobe. (Fewer T-shirts.) // “Experimenting with food, fingernails and fashion,” 01/08/12
- Make Sizzling Rice Soup. // “Experimenting with food, fingernails and fashion,” 01/08/12
- Make Butterfingers, 11/09/11.
- Make cream soda.
- Spend a night on a train. // “And Then I Came Home,” 08/03/11. (It wasn’t overnight, but it was an 11-hour train ride. I’m counting it!)
- Buy a house. // “Home is Wherever I’m With You,” 08/08/11.
- Work on a Habitat house. // “I Almost Made a Blister on My Thumb,” 03/22/10.
(Rockford made a list, too! Here it is!)
I’m pretty sure I can help with 13, 16 & 18 whenever I visit, or whenever you visit us. =)
edited to add, because the numbers will likely change: 13. Get a manicure; 16. Buy a great pair of boots; 18. Upgrade my wardrobe. (Fewer T-shirts.)
I accept. I also put you in charge of my entire wardrobe.
I’d like to volunteer for #9. 🙂 Re: #19, how about some cooking goals? Like make amazing Chinese food or take a class or something? Or how about some more volunteer-y goals, like soup kitchen-ing or helping an elderly lady with something?
9. Send surprise gifts to 5 friends; 19. Come up with 100 items for this list.
Oh, lady, you know you’re on the list! But now it won’t be a surprise. You’re also on the list for #40 (take 25 portraits…).
One piece of original art – Check.
I would love to help with #4 – maybe when I know Alia is tall enough to ride rides. 🙂
I would help with #12 too. You should combine 45 with 18. Looks awesome!
4. Take the kids to Disney; 12. Write a short story. Let someone other than Rockford read it; 45. Watch all of the Academy Awards Best Picture winners & 18. Host a summer movie series in the backyard.
When you visit Australia, then we have plenty of room for all of you!