Things I want to aspire to:

Loving with wild abandon

Love without condition

Balance.

Leave the world in a better place than I found it.

 

Things I Want To Do:

Take classes in the following topics:

Political Science

Entomology

Botany

Geology

Biology

Speech

Psychology  (done 12/1999)

Live to 103 and 2 months (because my hubby is 3yrs - 1mo younger and he wants to reach 100 too).

Learn to Speak 2 Other Languages (Pig Latin doesn't count)

Took Spanish classes in 1994

Live for at least 2 years outside of the US

Play a part in a play

Be hypnotized

Sail on a sailboat in the ocean

Own a business (done 3/95 to 9/02)

Get a college degree (done 6/1993 - BS)

Have a happy marriage - so far so good - since 1994

Sing Karaoke (done 3/1/00)

Own at least 100 acres of rain forest (5 bought 6/2003)

Fly a plane

Go Diving (done 5/99)

Go Snorkling (done 5/96)

Drive a race car

Live in a hut for 6 months

Have two children - may be adopted. Daughter born 11/00 - Son born 2/03

Build an Earth House

Be an exhibitor in the Cherry Creek Arts Festival

Learn to play the flute

Learn to be an EMT (got certified 7/96)

Own a Volkswagen Bug

Write a Novel (First contracted 3/09)

Shave my head

Spend the night in a castle

Save a prairie dog

Finish a New York Times Crossword (without cheating) (Done 03/11)

Eat a plantain banana (done 11/01)

Save an elephant

Go to Marti Gras or Carnival (done 3/3/00)

See an olympics (done winter 2002 - Park City, UT)

Hike the Colorado Trail

Hike the Appalachian Trail

Ride in a Hot Air Balloon

Create an organic, healthful product to replace a bad one

See a cashew tree

See an Opera (done 7/94 in Costa Rica)

See a Saguaro Cactus  (done 4/08 - Arizona)

Be a mascot for a professional sports team (done Colorado Xplosion, Woman's basketball 1997)

Own a pet pig

Get a tattoo

Be a movie extra

Go on a cruise (5/99)

Be serenaded by Klingons (Ok this wasn't a goal, but it happened and was quite an experience! 10/98)

Get a Black Belt in a Martial Art

Learn to Tap Dance

Books I want to read

The Bible

The Koran

War and Peace (Tolstoy) - Started about 5 times - I need a month vacation

Anna Karinina (Tolstoy - done 11/93)

The Fountain head (Rand - done 12/95)

 

Places I want to visit

Viet Nam

Costa Rica (done 7/94)

Guam

Canada (done 7/00)

China

Madagascar

London, England

Italy

Spain

Mexico (done 11/89)

France

Ireland

Africa (besides Madagascar)

Sweden

Brazil

Greece

Hong Kong

Russia

Australia (done 03/11)

Jamaica (done 5/99)

 

Visit Every State in the US

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona Done

Arkansas

California Done

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho 8/02

Illinois 9/02

Indiana 10/02

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana 3/00

Maine 12/92

Maryland

Massachusetts 12/92

Michigan 9/02

Minnesota 9/02

Mississippi 3/00

Missouri 10/02

Montana 9/02

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire 8/93

New Jersey

New Mexico 1994

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota 8/02

Ohio 9/02

Oklahoma

Oregon 9/02

Pennsylvania 12/97

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota 9/02

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

Washington DC

West Virginia

Wisconsin 9/02

Wyoming

 

Things I Hope To Witness

An Elvis Impersonation Show (done 12/12/98)

Whales in the Ocean

An eye eye in the wild

One of those florescent butterflies (alive)

A six-foot spider web with its resident spider 7/18/95

A court trial

A high-school play

The Aurora Borealis 10/02 - Minnesota

Some of Van Gogh's Art 7/99

Some of Picasso's Art 6/99

Some of Dali's Art  7/01

A Field of Sunflowers (the ones that grow jumbo sunflower seeds!) 8/02

An Organic Farm 10/03 Terri's Berries

A Spelling Bee

A Bee Hive 9/08

An Ostridge in the wild

A kangaroo in the wild (done 03/11)

A yodeling contest

A Banana Tree (in the wild) 7/20/98

A bayou 3/00

Funnel Spider 9/10/03

Farm Animal Sanctuary 5/01

Graceland

WWW Wrestling Match 8/92

Highland Games 9/02 S. Dakota

Slug Festival 2007

A Monkey in the wild 7/94

Disneyland 7/92

Disneyworld 12/92

Bald Eagles in the wild 10/03

 

Sites I Hope To See

Grand Canyon (done 6/98)

Zion National Park (done 6/98)

Bryce National Park (done 6/98)

Royal Gorge (done 6/93)

Mount Rushmore 9/02

Mount Everest

The Great Wall of China

The Top of Pikes Peak

Niagrara Falls

The Luvre

Eiffel Tower

Buckingham Palace

Big Ben

Sand Dunes (6/98 in Utah)

Florida Everglades (done 5/99)

The Great Lakes

Ontario 8/00

Erie 10/02

Michigan 9/02

Superior

Crazy Horse Memorial 9/02

Old Faithful 7/74

Badlands, SD & ND 9/02

Craters of the Moon, ID 6/02

Crater Lake, OR 7/02