a list of things i want to do.....

1. buy a red convertible
2. and drive to the store and buy an case of champagne when i leave the car lot
3. write a young adult mystery book
4. find someone to illustrate my childrens book "the mailman came by boat"
5. ask chad to illustrate my book
6. print and bind my children's book and give it to schools and libraries
7. sell my collage art on esty i opened my shop! i have collage kits and some art! 4/24/08 visit me at Esty shop: iowajewel's treasures 
8. finish telling my life story to the present through craftbooking
9. share my poetry on the web
10. drive with my husband to the deep woods in northern mn and stay in a cabin for a week
11. drive through the badlands, the black hills and the big horn mountains to yellowstone with my husband
12. take a train ride with my husband and sleep in a berth
13. fly to califorina and rent a convertible and drive up the coast with my husband
14. visit san francisco - go to china town and ride the cable cars
15. see the gaint sequoia trees
16. finish my short story - mystery at the county fair
17. write poetry again 4/4/08 2;15 a.m. i just wrote a poem! it is attached under files if anyone wants to read it - move between 
18. teach classes at our art center
19. go to a murder mystery weekend at a bed and breakfast
20. host a murder mystery party
21. stop having dr. pepper in my fridge (im additced)     i quit ALL pop! over a month ago! 9/08 
22. go to the north rim of the grand canyon again  - this time rent a cabin with my husband and watch the sun rise and set over the rim
23. get my picture taken by the famous las vegas sign
24. spend a week in a rented cottage on sanibel island in fl with my girlfriend roxie collecting shells and reading
25. spend a week or longer in the mountains in the winter snowed in a cabin with my husband
26. visit new york city again
27. have a picnic at the top of the empire state building
28. visit the statue of liberty
29. loose the extra weigh i\'ve put on so i can wear all my cute clothes again 
30. go to a party where the waiters offer me champagne
31. host a party at my house and serve champagne to my guests
32. finish the screened in porch off our dinning room
33. sleep out in the porch some night in the summer
34. take a cruise down the nile with my friend wendy
35. see my friend aimee again and spend a whole day with her doing nothing
36. dream vivid dreams and start keeping a dream journal again
37. spend atleast a month in italy - stay in a villa and ride the gondolas in venice
38. swim with dolphins in the ocean
39.  spend a day in tokyo and fill a suitcase full of sanrio stationary to take home 
40. visit my friend wendy at her home in perth au
41. write and send a message in a bottle 
42. create more art for me  just finished one today and have 2 more i'm working on! 4/20/08 
43. go on a safari in africa
44. make a new friend 
45. see a 3d movie again bought one so i can watch it at home anytime! 
46. write another song
47. see the old star wars movies in the theatre
48. buy all the music i want (fleetwood mac, steve miller band) 
49. spend a week in tahiti in a glass bottom tiki hut out over the ocean
50. eat a hot dog at coney island
51. watch the ball drop in new york city on new years eve 
52.  visit greese
53. see all the stars on hollywood blvd.
54. go to graumans chinese theathre
55. see the northern lights
56. have a pet crow
57. go on a cruise for a week
58. start selling on ebay again  6/10/08 so far i have made over $300.00! more to go! 
59. stop reading the news on line
60.  take a horse drawn carriage ride through central park 

    61.  start a collection of owls from second hand shops just for fun

    62.  vacation on a house boat for week

    63.  rent an rv and go out west with my husband

    64. go through my movies on vhs taped from tv & get rid of the ones i don\'t love  7/08 got rid of 120 tapes

   65. buy all the movies i want on dvd   check out my iowajewel\'s wish list  on amazon.com thanks to ebay i got them all!

    66. eat in a underwater restuarant     http://www.clubairtravel.co.uk/rangali/hilton_maldives_ithaa.asp

    67. have a pet donkey

    68.  build a raft and take it for ride

    69.  go canoeing again this time down our river that runs through town

    70:  buy everything i need to start binding my own books

    71.  make a cookbook for my daughter's graduation present

    72.  get caught up on my scrapbooks 2006 - 2008 for my daughter's graduation 2006 done! 8/08

    73.  finish my years in boston scrapbook 1980-1984 done

    74.  clean out my clothes closet and get rid of worn out stuff and buy some new things

    75. take a really long ride in a limo. last time was too short!

    76. spend some time behind a waterfall!

    77. host a fondue party

    78. host a patio party with a tropical theme

    79. get rid of all tee shirts and sweatshirts that are the color gray

    80. go to the midnight showing of indiana jones at our theatre   it was awsome!!!!!!!

    81. pay off our last credit card and never, ever have a balance on a nother one!

    82. make a binder of christmas clippings and ideas from magazines

    83. make a binder of places i want to visit with pictures and info on each place

    84. copy all the address into our new address book

    85. get new shades for our bedroom windows

    86. finish the binder of photos of my husbands carpentry jobs

    87. sleep on a beach

    88. use up all the stationay i have

    89. make my own stationay

    90. stay in chalet in the swiss alps during the winter and summer

    91. go to new yourk city during christmas and watch the ice skaters in rockefeller center

    92. take a romantic horse drawn sleigh ride with my husband

    93. make a scrapbook for my daughter called "never forget" by summer 2009

    94. watch the sun rise and set in the badlands with my husband

    95. buy totes to use when i go shopping

    96. use the totes!

    97. sleep out in my tent this summer

    98. stay at a ranch out west

    99. dance in the moonlight 8/16/08 it was so much fun! try it you will love it!!!!

   100. make a mini album for my daughter for the last day of school    she loved it!

   101. decorate a cigar box in collage art and sell it on esty

   102. make african themed collage wall art for our bathroom in the shape of africa

   103. make island themed collage art for our bedroom

   104. finish the signs to hang in our bedroom

   105. go to a costume party

   106. visit paris and see the eiffle tower

   107. visit london and ride in the eye and on a double decker bus

   108.  finish my vacations to iowa scrapbooks from the 80's - 2 down 1 to go!

   109. have bonfire/cookout on a ocean beach

   110. send a package of rock collecting supplies to a friend

   111. have a garage sale and get rid of tons of junk!  made 177.00!

   112. swim into an underwater cave

   113. buy an ipod ordered one for me and my husband from walmart.com great deal!9/17/08

   114. buy a lap top  i'm on it right now and i love it! a pink dell!

   115. buy a dvd recorder/vcr so i can transfer all my vhs tapes to dvd!

   116. get a big sky fire pit my husband surprised me with one!!!!!

   117. get a lighted foutain for my patio

   118.  buy a polaroid pogo printer!

   119.  stay on a ranch out west for a week

   120.  go on a romantic sleigh ride with my husband

   121.  go to a drive-in theather

   122.  go minture golfing at the new place in arnolds park

   123. have a sky light above my bed so i can watch the moon at night like we did in NH