A water walk in Africa was on my list
My blog has always been focused on real people that I have met while I travel, real projects that I like to craft and DIY and real life as I parent and launch children and do my best to be a wife to my husband. The items on this list are a reflection of those values.
They are in no particular order.
1. Take a hot air balloon ride at sunrise
Scheduled! November 2023
2. Go on an African Safari with my whole family
2. Go on an African Safari with my whole family
Not the WHOLE family, but the trip is planned for November 2023, and I'm pretty excited to share it with my husband of 25 years!
✅3. Get published in a magazine
On safari in the Masai Mara...but I didn't have my family.
✅3. Get published in a magazine
This post was published in the summer 2023 issue of Country Sampler Farmhouse Edition
✅4. Vacation in Italy
✅4. Vacation in Italy
One of our favorite family vacations to date!
5. Float in the Dead Sea
✅6. Go whale watching in the San Juan's
5. Float in the Dead Sea
✅6. Go whale watching in the San Juan's
We had such a fun trip to the San Juan Islands and I can't wait to go back again soon!
✅7. Write a book
✅7. Write a book
I wrote The Ultimate Garage Sale Handbook and I promise you, it will pay for itself in a weekend!
✅8. Go to a Broadway show in NYC
✅8. Go to a Broadway show in NYC
We made the most of a quick trip to NYC and saw The Book of Mormon.
Here are my top 5 tips to make the most of a quick visit to NYC.
9. Go paragliding
10. Go backpacking
9. Go paragliding
10. Go backpacking
I've bought a few backpacking bags at garage sales, but I have yet to actually backpack overnight.
See also #13...not sure I'm up for it.
11. Live in a different country for at least 3 months
11. Live in a different country for at least 3 months
After a trip to France in May 2022, I have the area in mind I want to stay in.
12. Go Bamboo rafting
✅13. Go camping for more than 2 nights
12. Go Bamboo rafting
✅13. Go camping for more than 2 nights
We took a beautiful hike, but I probably don't have to camp in a tent and sleep on the ground again.
14. Take swimming lessons
15. Bathe an elephant
16. Make paper
✅17. Work on a pottery wheel
14. Take swimming lessons
15. Bathe an elephant
16. Make paper
✅17. Work on a pottery wheel
I took 2 6-week sessions and I liked it. Not the most relaxing teacher to learn from but I learned some good skills.
18. Attend a film premiere
19. Sing Karaoke
18. Attend a film premiere
19. Sing Karaoke
Still just sitting on the sidelines for this!
20. Drink tea at a tea house
21. Go wine tasting
22. Be present at a birth
✅23. Participate in a cultural ceremony
20. Drink tea at a tea house
21. Go wine tasting
22. Be present at a birth
✅23. Participate in a cultural ceremony
On a trip to Bangladesh, I got to participate in a royalty ceremony in an indigenous community. It was one of the highlights of my life.
✅24. Complete a ropes course
✅24. Complete a ropes course
This was a fun one to do with my teen in Squamish, BC
✅25. Go snowshoeing
After which my son promptly broke his arm sledding down a hill!
26. Try an Ariel yoga class
27. Ride in a gondola
✅28. Ride in a Tuk Tuk
✅25. Go snowshoeing
After which my son promptly broke his arm sledding down a hill!
26. Try an Ariel yoga class
27. Ride in a gondola
✅28. Ride in a Tuk Tuk
Got to ride a rickshaw in Bangladesh and while I know it's not the same thing, I'm checking it off!
29. Celebrate a holiday in a different country
30. Go sandboarding
31. Listen to jazz in the French Quarter
32. Sleep in an over water bungalow
33.Explore the Galapagos Islands
✅34. Adopt a shelter pet
29. Celebrate a holiday in a different country
30. Go sandboarding
31. Listen to jazz in the French Quarter
32. Sleep in an over water bungalow
33.Explore the Galapagos Islands
✅34. Adopt a shelter pet
We adopted Frankie, who was a backyard breeding dog who had quite the story before coming to us. She's now living her best life and we are so happy to have her!
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