Bucket List

I was really impressed by the movie "The Bucket List" the other night. Karl and I had gone to see it with some "bestest" friends, and I am not sure which of the four of us cried harder.
It got me thinking about goals and setting them and having the courage to reach them. I had started this list about 5 months ago, but gave up on it...so much for goals, eh? So, here is my "unofficial" Bucket List: (AKA...101 things to do in 1001 days)

1. Pay off all debt, except house

2. Open bookstore

3. Learn how to rollerblade

4. Sail the ocean for a week

5. Call my mother every week for 6 weeks

6. Read 12 books and write reviews

7. Earn a paying writing job

8. Read the whole Bible, cover to cover, and not skip the "boring" stuff

8. Lose enough weight to get down to premarital size

9. Read 3 books on html programming

10. Design own blog template

11. Become a paramedic

12. Visit 10 new blogs a week for 6 weeks and comment on them

12. fence in yard

13. replace the windows in the house

14. Take each son separately on a date

15. Paint the front porch

16. Actually complete a full homeschool unit study

17. Take children to the zoo 5 times this spring/summer

18. Complete Spanish course

19. clean out laundry room

20. carpet the bedroom floor

21. Buy a new camera

22. Learn how to knit and make a scarf

23.Memorize 100 Bible verses

24. Witness to 10 people

25. Learn how to use sewing machine and make new curtains for bedroom

26. Buy a candy bar or water bottle for 15 cashiers

27. Take kids to see Grandparents in Arizona

28. Take kids to see Grandparents in South Carolina

28. Visit Canada

29. Return all of Nancy's stuff that I have borrowed :)

30. Finish back patio

31. Open a Christmas club account

32. de-clutter dining room

33. Read "Heart of Wisdom" book cover to cover

34. Find a beginning homeschooler and mentor them

35. Buy new dishes

36. Get garden planted

37. Make and can spaghetti sauce

38. Make and can apple sauce

39. Make and can apple butter

40. Buy and raise 5 chickens to produce our own eggs

41. Write ahead 10 blog postings for each blog

42. Spend a "girls"weekend away

43. Take a night out, just for myself and actually enjoy the quiet

44. Find Lisa's phone number and call her

45. Complete 2 Bible studies

46. Start our home church

47. Invite 6 families over for dinner (at different times) to encourage, and share with them

48.Get a second dog for Mikayla

49. Take kids to New Hope Farms 10 times to ride horses

50. Write a "money savings" ebook

51. Write for an online magazine

52. Take a camping trip in 3 different seasons, one being winter

53. Get Hubby that much wanted motorcycle

54. Write a love letter to Hubby

55. Write will

56. write letters to kids

57. Learn to salsa dance

58. Learn to ski

59. Pour concrete for driveway

60. Re-do bathroom, from flooring up

61. Plant herb garden

62. Paint and decorate the kitchen

63.build a loft bed for Mikayla

64. Teach Aaron to ride bicycle

65. Fast for one day a week for 4 weeks

66.Decaffeinate self off coffee completely

67. Learn how to make 3 vegetarian meals the kids will eat

68. Use "100 Easy Lessons" with Aaron

69. Plan missions trip

70. Get passport picture taken

71. Get passport

72. Meet and learn names of 5 people in our town

73. Get Mikayla a pitcher's rebounder

74. Roller the backyard to flatten it

75. Clean up tree in backyard

76. Come up with 3 new techniques to save money at the grocery store

77. Take a Latin course

78. Take a Greek course

79. Write 5 letters to congressmen, telling them my position on bills

80. Plan a homeschooler's conference in our area

81. Host a homeschoolers conference in our area

82.Go to the Wisconsin Dells

83. Take kids to Splash Universe for Mikayla's birthday

84. Clean out kids clothes

85. Go through our clothes

86. Clean out closet

87. paint bedroom

88. Take a financial information course

89. Read book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad"

90. Learn 3 ways to make vegen (not soy) meals

91. Write Grammy an email a week for 16 weeks

93. Take kids to Chicago

94. Spend one Saturday morning (until 12:00noon) in jammies and cuddling in bed with kids

95. Take kids to Amish Acres

96. Call or email 4 friends that I have gotten out of touch with

97. Write my bio

98. Spend one evening each season (total of 4) looking at the stars

99. Chart the stars that we have found each season

100. make all necessary doc appointments for each family member

101. write out new list

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