101 Things Update

Some days I feel like I’m getting no where… or I should make a new list… or revised list with things on it that I can actually check off as done. 

 

Other days it seems like life gets in the way of living life….. I think that must have something to do with want vs need.

 

Different things will be the focus for February, than what was for January.

 

1. Go to a Professional Hockey Game
2. See Cirque Du Soleil
3. Go to a Nascar Race
4. Go Whale Watching
5. Visit Crater Lake, Oregon
6. Hike Mt Ranier
7. Tour the Grand Canyon
8. Go to Glacier National Park
9. See Mt Rushmore
10. See the Fall Colors in New England
11. Attend a concert at Grand Ole Opry
12. Stand in 4 Corners
13. Experience Central Park at Christmas Time
14. See a musical on Broadway
15. See all 50 States
16. Explore Washington DC
17. Go to Bermuda
18. See the Eiffel Tower
19. Go to Scotland
20. Spend New Years Eve in another Country
21. Start each day with an intention – was January, but got sidetracked….
22. Live my life with a sense of gratitude – keeping a weekly journal – in process
23. Don’t let the past hold me in fear
24. Learn to mediate and do it consistantly
25. Find a balance between the things I want to do and the things I need to do
26. Live the 4 Agreements – Tell the Truth, Don’t Assume, Don’t take it Personally, Do Your Best
27. Stay true to myself, always
28. Learn to cook healthy and do it – cook a new, healthy recipe at least once a week – February
29. Exercise regularly
30. Be a size 8 again…
31. Run a 5k
32. Learn to dance
33. Learn to take professional quality photographs
34. Get all the family pictures and negatives scanned and online
35. Include myself in pictures, so that I appear in the future too -  in process
36. Do a photo a day challenge
37. Attend workshops, as often as possible. Not for work, for me!
38. Take photographs for charity
39. Organize and decorate my bedroom so it is a relaxing place to be
40. Join a writers group
41. Write “the” book
42. Write a childrens book
43. Get caught up on the quilts
44. Sew a quilt entirely by hand
45. Make a photo quilt
46. Get caught up on the scrapbooks
47. Learn to throw a great dinner party
48. Learn about wine, it’s good for my heart after all
49. Watch my daughter graduate High School
50. Watch my daughter graduate College
51. Experience and help as much as she wants me to, my daughter get married
52. Learn to trust (myself) again, and trust wisely
53. Say “I do” for the last time, fall in love for the last time, have a last, first date… sounds like so much fun!
54. Have a great group of friends, be open to new friends
55. Make out a will
56. Focus on savings and investing for retirement
57. Buy a home
58. Live an organized life
59. Eliminate clutter in my life: Clean my home of the things I don’t love, only buy things I do… slowly starting to get rid of stuff, in process, really focus in February
60. Prepare an emergancy kit for home
61. Prepare an emergancy kit for car
62. Live more “green”
63. Find my own clothing style and wear only clothes and accessories I love – clean out clothes – February
64. Turn 50 fabulously!
65. Remember to always say thank you! - in process
    
66. Get and learn Photoshop - in process
    
67. Let those I love and care about know how much they matter to me. - in process
    
68. Live my life with patience and compassion - in process
    
69. Volunteer for a charity on a regular basis - in process
    
70. Be a motivational speaker - in process, part of my purpose for life
    
71. Live my life with purpose - I think I knew it all along… volunteer supporting battered women, giving talks to high schoolers about domestic violence and rape – done
    
72. Tour Hearst Castle – done
73. Fly 1st Class – done
74. Attend an NFL Game – done
75. Attend a baseball game at Wrigley – done
76. Go to Ireland – done
77. Go to England – done
78. Win something on the radio – done
79. Attend an Olympic Event – done
80. See Yellowstone – done
81. Swim with the Dolphins – done
82. Ride an Elephant, maybe even a camel but we’re not counting it – done
83. Go to the top of the Space Needle – done
84. Kiss under the Golden Gate Bridge – done
85. Traveled Internationally alone – done
86. Ice Skate on a frozen lake – done
87. Ride a cable car in San Francisco – done
88. Go Horseback riding on the Beach – done
89. Go to the San Juan Islands – done
90. Go on a real vacation with my daughter – done
91. Sleep under the stars – done
92. See the sights of Yosemite – done
93. See the Northeren Lights – done
94. Go Horsebackriding on the Beach – done
95. Grow an amazing garden – done
96. Take a professional photography Class – done
97. Have something published – done
98. Become a Mom – done
99. Serve on a Jury – done
100. See a shooting star – done
101. Have the perfect first date – done (thats not to say there aren’t even better ones still to come…. !!)