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The list of things I wish to experience or accomplish

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1. Get fit and healthy, down to a single digit size. Contemplating the best way for me to do this
2. Learn how to truly love myself and appreciate how wonderful I am. Working on this, but obviously still hate myself, so it's a constant process.
3. Learn another language fluently, perhaps more than one other language. I'm considering visiting the library to see if they would purchase rosetta stone software...
4. Run in a 5K. Hopefully the getting fit portion will help me with this....
5. Get all of the Bob Ross paint set stuff and learn to paint with his old videos. I'm going to look into how much this stuff costs online. Haven't done it yet, though.
6. Finish writing an entire book, whether a children's book or adult, and submit it to a publisher. I haven't finished a book yet, but I've begun several.
7. Travel out of the country (not to Canada) on an exotic vacation with my husband. I expect this to be later in life, rather than sooner. But we'll see.
8. Formally meditate every single day. Hopefully I can accomplish this daily before the kids are up for the day.
9. Save $10,000 every year. Right now we're putting away $100 per week, so that brings us to just over $5000 a year. I want to figure a way to double our overall yearly savings.
10. Become a frugal shopper I've looked up some internet coupon sites, and I think I'm going to start buying the Sunday paper.
11. Create a hope chest for my daughter.
ETA: And a bachelor box for my son. :)		 I actually just saw this on someone else's bucket list and haven't even begun to think about where to start this, but it's a lovely idea.
12. Get a truly meaningful tattoo. I'm only in the thinking about it stages right now, because tattoos scare me. Not the needle, just the permanency of it.
13. Become deeply involved with Buddhism. I want to join more groups, read more about it, and integrate this into my daily life, even moreso than I have.
14. Go whitewater rafting. I'd love to do this with my husband some day; just gently, not anything too dangerous right away.
15. Go SCUBA diving with my husband. This sounds amazing and fantastic. I think he would enjoy it as much as I would. Er... WILL. :)
16. Own my own home again. Something that we've looked into, but won't happen for a while.
17. Get a Chinese Crested Hairless dog, and fully train her myself. Has to happen after we get our own home.
18. Give blood Must happen before the tattoo, I suppose.
19. Become active in a sport. When it gets warmer out, maybe i'll look for a local softball team or something.
20. Figure out my ultimate career; what I was meant to do. This one will take a lot of research; and perhaps a good look at myself.
21. Teach my children to be strong yet selfless They're still small, but I know I can teach them these traits.
22. Get a Kindle and read all 100 books on this list, starting at 100 and working my way backwards. It looks like I've already read 7 of these books, so I only have 93 left to go.....
23. Watch all of the movies on this list, in no particular order. I have seen 9 of these films, but will no doubt watch them again. :)
24. Go jet-skiing A summer activity, obviously, and we'll have to find someplace where we can do this.
25. Take better care of my skin I have eczema, and it would help if I would cleanse, tone and moisturize my face and at least moisturize my body every day.
26. Learn to knit I know how to crochet, but I never learned to knit, and I think I'd enjoy it.
27. Sing in a band I would have to find a band first, but this is something I've always aspired to do.
28. Buy a scooter and learn to drive it. My husband has his motorcycle license, so it would be fun to drive a scooter, too.
29. Pass on a skill to my children. Even if I only teach them to crochet; just teaching them something to always keep me with them would be wonderful.
30. Learn to better organize and schedule my life. I'd love to have a set time for things, like writing a grocery list and purchasing groceries, etc.
31. Eat at the table every night for dinner. Instead of in front of the TV like we always do.
32. Get a new digital camera and take more pictures of my family. I used to do this, but now I never do anymore, and that makes me sad.
33. Organize my desk. Right now it's a total mess; I'll need a filing cabinet at the least....
34. Do creative projects with my kids at least 3 times a week. They have lots of crayons and colored pencils and I never seem to do this stuff with them.
35. Plant a garden I think if I do this on "our" side of the yard it can get done, but at least when we get our own house I will do it for sure.
36. Go back to school. After both of my kids are in school full-time and I've figured out what I want to be when I grow up.
37. Become a radio DJ. I'd really love to do this, but it may be after the 'go back to school' thing is over.
38. Take a yoga class. I have no idea where to do something like this, but I really, really want to start doing *beginners* yoga.
39. Decorate my bedroom. Many years ago I had decided that I was going to have this awesome tacky bedroom. Now that I'm in an apartment again, it doesn't seem possible, but I could at least start decorating; I don't need to paint to do that.
40. Start making our living area into a home. I feel confined by our apartment, in that I can't make it "mine"; but I can. I just have to do things like buy pictures instead of painting.
41. Get comfortable with death. I'm so afraid of dying that it consumes a lot of my thoughts. I'm working on getting comfortable with it day by day.
42. Take the kids outside every day that the weather permits. Even on beautiful, sunny days I don't do this. I really need to get us out more.
48. Get on a roller derby team. I've been seeing this on TV lately, and it looks like a heck of a lot of fun. I'd love to do roller derby!
49. See Tibet I'd love to visit Tibet and see where all of the great monks live.
50. See all of the World Wonders. I'd start with the classic first 7, and then move on to the updated list of the newest wonders of the world.


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Anonymous Tips for frugal shopping 1 Feb 20 2009, 7:34 AM EST by Anonymous
 
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On Good Morning America this morning I saw a clip about these ladies who teach others to save HUNDREDS of dollars on groceries, etc. They host coupon parties. I think their website had the name BeCentsAble. I'm going to visit the site and check them out too.
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Anonymous Some of life's best moments 1 Feb 20 2009, 7:34 AM EST by Anonymous
 
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occurred around the dinner table with my family .... every night we had dinner together at the table....with the TV turned off....great memories.
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