Life List {100 things}

Do you have a life list? It's kind of like a bucket list but not so morbid sounding...more like life goals. The list can be attainable, achievable, far fetched, or beyond your wildest dreams.

I didn't have one until now. Here's how mine came about...{bear with me as my mind and thought process sometimes work more like a pin ball machine or the "If You Give A Moose A Muffin" story}.


As I was driving home from dropping the two big kids at day camp the other day, the weather {dark clouds} had me thinking I wouldn't be able to go for a jog when I got home {I just VERY recently started jogging}.


THAT got me thinking about how I want to keep this jogging/running thing up and not allow it to be a quick "fad" with me.


WHICH had me remembering that back when I was 25 I stated I wanted to run a marathon by the age of 30. ***newsflash...it didn't happen! I did however have three kids by 30, so that's kind of comparable to a marathon, right?


THAT had me wondering what other "goals" or dreams I have had but have just forgotten about.


Crickets...I was drawing a blank and couldn't really think of any. I knew I should have some {or should I say I want to have goals and dreams}.


So THAT is how I got to this list that I am openly sharing with you today.  I didn't just "whip" this up in a matter of minutes.  This took time {days} to write and am certain I will have more to add to it.


This is MY list {ridiculous or not we're all different}. I'd love for you to share a couple of your wildest goals or dreams!

1. run a marathon
2. spend three weeks visiting my best friend in Australia
3. live on a tropical island
4. design a bridal boutique
5. sell my design for a children's bookstore (see said design come to life)
6. sew myself a swimsuit (that I like when all is said and done)
7. get back into shape/physically fit
8. start a blog  {started!}
9. have 10,000 blog followers
10. be asked to be a guest blogger
11. take my family to Disney World
12. write and illustrate a children's book
13. design and own a children's boutique
14. swim along side a whale
15. be a contestant on wheel of fortune
16. win a boat
17. serve on a mission with my family
18. serve on a mission (without my family)
19. spend a summer in Italy
20. watch my children grow old and happy
21. raise kind, loving, respectable children
22. fly an airplane again
23. go on a hot air balloon ride
24. vacation in Fiji
25. live in New York city
26. own an ocean front east coast home
27. host an ultimate 80's party
28. host a 20's/flapper themed party
29. learn to play the piano
30. learn to speak fluent French
31. learn to speak fluent Spanish
32. design a piece of clothing and have it worn by a celebrity on the red carpet
33. walk in the rain on the streets of Paris
34. visit Ireland
35. go to a weekend spa retreat
36. spend an entire weekend alone praying, reflecting, meditating
37. teach a painting class
38. learn to bake and decorate extravagant cakes
39. swim under/near a huge natural waterfall
40. learn to take amazing photos (no Photo Shop required)
41. make enough money to retire my husband at a young age
42. throw a huge surprise birthday for my husband
43. spend a summer in Cape Cod
44. refinish and sell pieces of furniture
45. shamelessly have a nanny one day a week so that I could craft and sew
46. design a wedding dress and have it worn by a bride
47. renew my vows to my hubby on a beach
48. have a New Foundland dog as a pet
49. own a convertible
50. speak to thousands of people at a conference or event
51. take a road trip/drive the Route 66
52. be a guest on a tv show
53. have lunch with Princess Kate
54. spend a Christmas in a private lodge on a snowy Colorado mountain
55. live in a historic, quaint small town
56. celebrate New Year's at Times Square
57. dance with the Radio City Music Hall Rockettes
58. attend the Kentucky Derby {extravagant hat and all}
59. own horses
60. boat down the entire Mississippi River
61. get a small, very discrete tattoo
62. visit Dubai
63. learn to cook really awesome healthy meals the whole family loves
64. grow a large vegetable and fruit garden
65. ride a horse on the beach at sunset
66. attend the summer Olympic games
67. write travel reviews
68. go to law school
69. anonymously pay for a patron's dinner every time I went to a restaurant
70. give/do a charity donor pledge "match" for a ridiculous sum of money
71. take my children to meet my grandmother in California before she passes
72. watch 4th of July fireworks from an airplane
73. selflessly serve others
74. go on an African safari
75. hear the words "well done good and faithful servant"
76. learn to tango
77. make a difference
78. be in a parade
79. gut and remodel an old home
80. tithe
81. keep a daily gratitude journal
82. make and have a collection in an art gallery
83. read a book a week
84. take a long trip via train ride
85. fly the high trapeze
86. visit and tour a castle
87. design and sell a line of textiles
88. spend a month in Hawaii
89. get hair extensions
90. sing in an 80's cover band
91. refurbish an old "silver bullet" camper
92. invite a homeless person to dinner
93. earn an award
94. be a bridal gown model for a photo shoot
95. take my children to Sea World
96. let my mother know often how fantastic she was and is!
97. go on the Grand Canyon glass overlook walkway
98. volunteer twice a month
99. raise my son to someday be a loving, gentle, serving husband
100. ... {this one is written in "invisible ink" - it's there, you just can't see!}

Thank you for taking the time to visit me!
-R.