My Life List (A Start)

Have I told you that I'm a sucker for lists? There are a variety reasons for this attraction, not the least of which that it offers a relatively private and busy person such as myself the opportunity to share in a rather benign and efficient way. I'm also a technical writer by trade, and lists are basically my best friend (they're clear, they're effective, they're concise). Anywhoo ... I've seen this list on several blogs I read lately and I thought I would give it a go (since I love lists). The list should ulitmately include 100 items (or more) and its intended to be a work in progress. This is a mish-mash of both near- and long-term goals and things that are planned and just occurred to me during this listing exercise. It does not include sweeping, general goals like "raise confident and inspiring individuals"; these are small, measurable things I would like to do, see, or accomplish. And it's in no particular order.

1. Take a first sans-children vacation with my husband (already scheduled for this November!)
2. Get back into running regularly and take morning runs through the colonial area
3. Allow myself the time to get really, really into gardening
4. Start an herb garden in our yard
5. Move to a reduced work week
6. Vacation in Maui
7. Take a barge tour of England with my family for my father's 70th birthday
8. Summer (2 weeks minimum) in a cottage in the Columbia River Gorge
9. Return to Lucca for a least a week with my husband (the kids can come ;))
10. Columbia River rafting trip with my family
11. Take annual ski trips with my family
12. Spend a week skiing in Kitzbuhel, Austria with the kids around the Christmas holidays
13. Gift my husband with flying lessons
14. Redo our bathrooms
15. Total kitchen makeover
16. Master another language
17. Return to Vienna with our children
18. Really commit myself to yoga practice
19. Have more children
20. Learn to knit
21. Spend a week in a cottage in Maine (scheduled for this April!)
22. Write a book loosely based on my grandmother's life
23. Become a better, effortless baker
24. Create a family reading space on the upstairs landing
25. Volunteer more and really commit myself to a cause
26. Part-time job with the Guild House local interior decorators to see if I like it as much as I think I would
27. Get a brazilian blowout (this is a very near-term, very desirable goal)
28. Make my home office a truly inspiring place with my books, painted walls, art, etc.
29. Get on a monthly facial regimine
30. Take a dog-sledding vacation in Alaska and fall asleep under the Aurora Borealis
31. Take a summer family vacation in Alaska
32. Take my kids to Disney World while they're still young enough to believe it's all real
33. Things to do again in Seattle: romantic dinner at the Brooklyn, that band thing at the EMP museum with the kids, see the Pikes Place fish market with Nicky and watch him giggle
34. Return to Paris with my husband
35. Austrailian vacation
36. Make a quilt
37. Charter a sailboat in Greece
38. Learn how to fly fish
39. Take our kids backpacking to "our spot" at Sugar Hollow
40. Take Nicky apple picking (this fall)
41. Complete my master's degree
42. Sign up for a CSA this year
43. Learn to scuba dive with husband and take a trip to Belize
44. Always read the books my children are reading
45. Read the Judy Blume Super Fudge series with my kids
46. My reading list (of course)
47. Make my mom great from-scratch strawberry shortcake
48. Can home-grown tomatoes
49. Camp in Zion National Park and Yellowstone
50. Return to New Mexico with my husband