Good morning!

Well, I was up bright and early this morning at 6:45 AM. Apparently that is what my body thinks it is supposed to do when I want to sleep in on this lovely Saturday morning!! I guess it actually did sleep in, since I have been up and at ’em every morning this week at 5:30 am – so there you go!! 😉

Yesterday, I had started thinking about My Life List, and thought about how I was able to cross a couple of items off for this year, belly dancing, and being on time to everything for a week. I realize it is already April, but I figured now was better later late than never to decide what other things I want to accomplish this year, and thought I would share this list with you!!

• Adopt something from the French culture
• Bake an authentic French baguette
• Bake fresh croissants
• Become a plus-sized model for a day
• Become a vegetarian for a week
• Blog every day for a year
• Build a piñata from scratch
• Cancel cable for at least a month
• Cook an entire meal for Jason’s family
• Create a time capsule
• Create a warm, inviting & comfortable home where everything in it has a designated place
• Crochet a queen-sized blanket using a difficult stitch
• Do an entire cross stitch pattern
• Eat at Voodoo Donuts in Portland, OR
• Fill up a journal from cover to cover
• Form a choir to sing Christmas carols
• Gather a group of people to blow bubbles in a public space
• Get a passport
• Get a professional facial
• Get a tattoo
• Get an article published in a magazine
• Get CPR/First Aid certified
• Get eyelash extensions
• Get paid to do what you love
• Give everyone homemade gifts for Christmas
• Go a day without speaking
• Go fruit picking
• Go out dancing
• Go rock hunting for geodes
• Go to a large water park
• Go to Disneyland with Jason
• Go whale watching
• Go whitewater rafting
• Grocery shop using only reusable bags for an entire month
• Grow a flower garden
• Grow a veggie garden
• Hang laundry in the sun to dry
• Have $20,000 in Savings
• Have a grown-up sleepover
• Have a home with an antique hardwood floor
• Have a pin-up style photography shoot
• Have a prayer alter in my home with stair-stepped candles
• Have my photography displayed in a gallery
• Have something studded with crystals
• Hike the longest trail at Silver Creek Falls
• Hold a jumbo garage sale to downsize belongings
• Knit a scarf
• Learn an authentic Hawaiian recipe
• Learn how to build an SSIS package
• Learn how to hula hoop
• Learn how to make a ribbon lei
• Learn how to make a white sauce
• Learn how to manage money
• Learn how to serve cheese
• Learn how to take pictures with a Brownie Camera
• Learn how to tile
• Learn how to walk in heels
• Learn how to work the camping stove, propane lights, etc
• Learn scary advance SQL – subselects, unions, temp tables, etc
• Learn to authentically barbecue beef
• Learn to belly dance
• Learn to can food
• Learn to make ambrosia
• Learn to make doughnuts
• Learn to play piano
• Leave $100 for a haggard waitress
• Leave yourself a letter in a library book
• Live without eating out for one month
• Live without junk food for one week
• Love my entire wardrobe
• Make & send my own Christmas cards
• Make a loan to an entrepreneur in a developing country through www.kiva.org
• Make a quilt
• Make Aunt Alice’s somen noodle recipe
• Make authentic spam musubi
• Make butterscotch from scratch
• Make fire without matches
• Make marshmallows from scratch
• Make pasta from scratch
• Make something powered by a potato
• Make sourdough bread
• Make yogurt from scratch
• Meet Della Reese
• Memorize the preamble
• Milk a cow
• Milk a goat
• No cussing for an entire week
• Organize a group of friends to spend a day picking up trash/litter from a public space
• Organize a large family picture
• Organize all of our personal photographs
• Organize the scariest place in the house
• Own a home furnishings boutique
• Paint a mural
• Paint a self portrait
• Pan for gold
• Pay off all debt
• Perform 100 sit ups in one sitting
• Play an entire song on a cornet, again
• Play ping pong with Jason
• Publish an e-book
• Read every book I own
• Read The Art of Being a Woman
• Record a lullaby CD with my dad for my child in a recording studio
• Refinish a piece of furniture
• Ride a bike for an hour
• Ride a paddleboat
• Ride on a ferris wheel
• Ride on a merry-go-round
• Ride on a ride that scares the shit out of you – DO IT ANYWAY!!!
• Ride on a roller coaster
• Run a mile
• See a classy burlesque show
• See a view from the penthouse
• See one of the planes my dad worked on in the Navy
• See Pink Martini live in concert
• See the filming of a Twilight Saga movie
• Sell all of my jewelry from my old jewelry business
• Send a letter to a politician telling them, “Job well done!”
• Send a letter to Elisa every month for a year
• Send a message in a bottle
• Sew an entire outfit
• Spend the day searching the Oregon coast for glass floats
• Start a book club
• Start a personal black & white photograph gallery of friends & family
• Surprise someone with May Day flowers (Ding & Run!)
• Swim 10 laps non-stop
• Take a child to OMSI
• Take a cooking class
• Take a nature walk & press the wild flowers you collect
• Take a photography class
• Take a weekend vacation by myself
• Take a yoga class
• Take Jason on a surprise trip
• Throw Jason a HUGE un-birthday party!
• Try 10 scary fruits
• Try 10 scary non fruit/veggie foods
• Try 10 scary veggies
• Type up great-great grandma’s recipe book for the family
• Vacation in a yurt
• Visit a historical cave
• Visit a movie studio
• Visit the Hollywood Museum at Max Factor Building
• Visit the Winchester House in San Jose, CA
• Volunteer in a homeless shelter
• Wear a hat in public
• Wear a size 14 pant
• Wear a t-shirt that you’ve creatively changed
• Wear a veil in public
• Weigh less than 220 pounds
• Wire a lamp
• Write a celebrity a fan letter
• Write a letter to the President

Whew!! That is a HUGE list!! Today, I plan on baking fresh croissants today, which I have never done before! Wish me luck, baking is NOT my forte.

I am also going to be working on my cross stitch pattern, which I almost have done, and my knitting a scarf project, which is about halfway done!!

I want to go swimming, take the girls for a walk, possibly meet up with some friends for lunch, play some games with Jason, take a nap (it sounds like I will need it), do some neglected house chores, organizing, purging, and reading done!! Again, I say WHEW!!!

Have a FABULOUS day!! 😉