Life list

I think New Years resolutions are a little silly. I mean, you don't need an occasion to change something in your life. If there's something you want to change, you should just go ahead and change it. Just do it. (Ok, now I'm done being a Nike commercial.)


Anyway, on that note, over the past four months or so I've been working on a life list--a list of things I want to accomplish in life. This seems like a good time to share it with you. I first heard about the life list from my good friend Christina's fabulous blog The Me Show. Her awesome list was inspired by Mighty Girl's list. 


Both their lists are inspirational, but mine's a little different. I couldn't come up with 100 things. It's a work in progress and I might get to 100, but I take this as a pretty good sign, actually. Maybe it means I'm already pretty content with my life and experiences so far. 


Also, I did not include any thing that seems unrealistic or out my control. I would love to publish more, but, while I can write and send out all day every day, I can't make anyone publish me. I can apply for dream jobs but I can't make anyone hire me. I also can't make myself be 5 inches taller, super gregarious, or better at geography and driving directions. 


So, I thought about things that I could control. I also thought about some of the things I've already done, and realized that many of those things would be on my list had I made it several years ago, so I've already got some cross-offs, which is pretty cool.  

Sweater! Made by ME!
Just a couple months ago!
And not too embarrassing! 

In no particular order, here's what I want to do: 

      1/ to knit a non-embarrassing, wearable sweater.

      2/ eat a meal made entirely from my garden.

      3/ ride a rollercoaster w/ my husband.

      4/ own a big dog like this one or this one, and be a good pack leader.

      5/ get a sewing machine and learn to sew.

      6/ learn to whistle.

      7/ go on a cruise.

      8/ ski.

Good ole' bourb. 

 9/ get a road bike and use it regularly.

10/ camp more.

11/ read more international writers.

12/ scale a climbing wall.

13/ karaoke.

14/ Kentucky bourbon trail.

15/ go to Spain.

16/ see the aurora borealis.

17/ grow a monarch butterfly. 

18/ have a hammock.

19/ make homemade ice cream.

20/ go on a safari.

21/ live without cable.

22/ go to Dollywood unironically (bonus points for going with 

      my friend Christina, from whose life list I took this!)

23/ become someone’s mother and be good at it.

24/ eat lobster rolls in Maine.

25/ celebrate every wedding anniversary with my husband and make it to the big ones: 10, 25,…50 yrs?

26/ yarnbomb something.

27/ have chickens and eat their unborn babies.

28/ have a beautiful little back yard with gladiolas, hydrangeas, avocado tree and a goldfish pond. (Or at     

      least some of those things.) 

29/ find the perfect red lipstick.

30/ join a bowling league.

31/ eat a truffle. The mushroom kind.

Tandeming! 

32/ crochet a granny square afghan.

33/ ride on a motorcycle.

34/ travel to Europe.

35/ go spelunking.

36/ ride a tandem bicycle.

37/ get on the jumbotron at a baseball game.

38/ restore an old piece of furniture into

something awesome, like those fancy design*sponge people do.

39/ help animals.

40/ eat a red velvet donut.

41/ pose for a pin up shot. 

42/ do a headstand.

43/ be less critical of myself.

44/ visit the Mutter Museum. 

45/ not let crazies and meanies get to me so much.

According to this, if everything goes as planned, I'll be a well-traveled, plump, and mellow old-timer. 

What would you put on your list?