Lynette's Life List

1.   visit the Grand Canyon

2.   finally start and finish Jared's Christmas stocking (he's ten now)

3.   get a facial

4.   ride my bike in Napa Valley

5.   buy black and orange Converse for football games

6.   purchase fabulous colorful dishes for my kitchen

7.   go on an Alaskan cruise

8.   finally get to renew our wedding vows

9.   finish the family tree I started in 2006

10. start blogging again     http://nolossofenthusiasm.blogspot.com/

11. learn to speak Spanish

12. buy clothes that suit me, not just what is on sale

13. take a cooking class

14. go out for Thai food......in Thailand

15. visit Mt Rushmore

16. take the boys to Yellowstone

17. spend a Christmas in Hawaii

18. ride the hill we live on  

19. grow my nails

20. plant a garden

21. sell the scrapbook supplies I no longer need

22. plant trees around the pool

23. see Boston in the fall

24. take the boys camping, just the 3 of us

25. go to a movie by myself

26. read Charlie and the Chocolate Factory again

27. one day pay for the car behind me in the drive thru

28. send my long lost grandparents pictures and maybe even a letter

29. document this list through pictures, ephemera and the like

30. organize my ipod...especially a kick ass riding playlist

31. take Pilates

32. attend a wine class at a local vineyard

33. go back to Cabo, we need more than 4 hours this time

34. shorten my STP time below 12 hours then 11

35. throw a dinner party

36. sew gift bags for the holidays

37. ride in the Reach the Beach ride

38. dig for Oysters

39. sleep in one of those really AMAZING huts on the water in Tahiti or somewhere exotic

40. finally lose this 15 pounds that I seem to be clinging to

41. ride 1500 miles in 2008

42. purchase a Harley Deluxe ....mine all mine

43. ride to Astoria for fish & chips (motorcycle)

44. attend the sandcastle festival in Long Beach

45. learn more about bicycle maintenance and repair

46. buy a really great red leather jacket

47. compete in a triathlon.......duathlon?  the swimming scares me!

48. learn to quilt

49. travel to New York with the family

50. take the boys to Disney World

51. buy a digital SLR camera

52. own a convertible Karmann Ghia for buzzing around town

53. go white water rafting  August 16 & 17, 2008

54. turn 40 FABULOUSLY

55. see the pyramids

56. take Jim parasailing

57. learn to scuba dive

58. go up in a hot air balloon

59. swim with the dolphins

60. visit all of the 50 states

61. own jet skis

62. write a My Turn article for Newsweek

63. send a company a letter to let them know about my great experience

64. host a wine tasting

65. bake a pie from scratch

66. send a card, just because

67. raise my boys to not feel entitled

68. swim in a hot spring

69. own my own business

70. stop drinking soda once and for all

71. have a swim party for the boys

72. build the addition on the house

73. lay bricks under our gates

74. plant more trees

75. buy a beautiful set of wine glasses

76. ride to the end of Kalama River Road

77. paint pottery

78. put a quote at our entry

79. learn to skip rocks

80. get LASIK

81. find a fantastic clam chowder recipe and make my own homemade clam chowder

82. make creme brulee...all kinds

83. subscribe to a red wine club

84. complete the 365 photo challenge

85. be a guest lighthouse attendant

86. camp in a tee pee in Oregon

87. buy ramekins for making creme brulee, maybe even a kitchen torch

88. actually work my butt off over the winter, on my trainer, so I am ready for spring miles

89. check with the consignment shop in Camas that sells crafts

90. look into recertifying as a doula

91. take the boys letterboxing

92. climb Mt Hood..........YIKES!!!!!!!!!

93. take the boys hiking at Snoqualmie and Multnomah Falls

94. hike the Silver Falls Trail in Oregon (it ventures past no fewer than 10 waterfalls)

95. spend time with friends in a limo winery tour

96. buy gift certificates to my fave shops all year long in preparation for Christmas shopping

97. own and maintain a Boston Fern, for some reason they hate me

98. swim behind a ginormous waterfall

99. finish (and start) our living wills

100. create a trophy for family game day