My Life List

It's almost the beginning of a new year.  A new year to strive to be my best, to do things I've always dreamed of, to live life to the fullest, not sweat the small stuff and to love like I won't be here tomorrow.
I've been updating my life list.  Do you have one?  It's an amazing tool that keeps me focused on the things I dream of.  It's so easy to forget, overlook and discard things I hope to do, see, and be.   With a life list I always have something to refer to, to see how far I've come and to be reminded that my life is Mine.
I highly recommend making a life list if you don't already have one.  It's a great way to gain perspective, inspiration and direction.

My Life List

Kerri Kwiatkowski

Created October 2007

1. 
   Have another child (August 12, 2008)
2. Learn to play the piano, well
3. Learn to play my violin
4. Write a short story or stories
5. See something I have written, published
6. Take some photographs, enlarge them and hang them in our home
7. See the Grand Canyon - take a helicopter ride over it
   
8. Visit Hawaii
9. Visit Alaska
10. Learn how to shoot a hand gun; nail a bulls-eye
11. Go to Disneyworld with my family
12. Renew my marriage vows to Darren with my children present
13. Kiss my husband in the rain; more then once
14. Create a recipe that wins a prize
15. Plant beautiful flower gardens
16. Learn how to change a tire
17. Learn how to cook on the grill
18. Take a second honeymoon
19. Attend at least one major sporting event
20. Go to a talk show and be an audience member
21. Plant a tree
22. Plant rose bushes in our yard
23. Make a personal mission statement; live by it
24. Get passionate about a cause; support it
25. Drive a convertible along the California coast
26. Accept myself
27. Go to Vegas
28. Get in shape; remain active for my children
29. Experiment with paint and canvas
30. Stay debt free; no high balances on credit cards
31. Spend New Years Eve in an exotic location
32. Invest money; DO NOT TOUCH IT
33. Get a passport
34. Volunteer
35. Develop a regular, series, meditation routine
36. Take a scenic overnight train ride
37. Develop a habit of gratitude – no complaining for 21 consecutive days
38. Make a date day/night with each of my sons, once a month
39. Take a trip with my Mom
40. Take a trip with my sisters
41. Write a children’s book
42. If I have a daughter, volunteer as a leader for girl scouts should my daughter join
    
43. Go on actual family vacations, if not once a year, once every two years
44. Take a child CPR class
45. Buy a pool
46. Develop an interest in wine  Fall 2008
47. Meet and become friends with other Moms Spring 2009
48. Visit Montana with my husband to support his dream to live there someday
49. Write a living will
50. 
    Add some fur babies to our family January and May 2009
51. Show my parents more respect
52. Strengthen my relationship with Darren’s Mom
53. Blog for 30 consecutive days November 2009
54. Run a 5k  August 8, 2009
55. Run a 10k
56. Rent a house or cabin and go on vacation with friends (who also have kids)
57. Get my sun Tattoo August 3, 2009
58. Get tattoo work done on left arm
59. Take my boys to see the ocean
60. Once the boys are grown - rent a condo or an apartment in a booming city - where Darren and I can walk to everything and enjoy city life since we pretty much only know country life
61. Learn to swing dance
62. Get 50 people to follow my blog March 5, 2010
63. See Riverdance
64. Get season tickets to R.P.O (Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra)
65. Go on a ghost hunt
66. Own a "spiffy" golf cart
67. Win a photography contest
68. Visit and tour Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater house in PA (www.fallingwater.org)