Bucket List

1. Learn to crochet
2. Get dual citizenship for the kids and US citizenship for Jay
3. Try a new food every month - Jan: Aloo Tikki (Indian potato pancakes) Feb: Chicken Roulade Mar: Homemade Jam Apr: Oysters
4. Visit my family in Australia - vacation booked
5. Go geocaching
6. Have someone teach me how to apply my make-up
7. Stay at the new Legoland hotel
8. Craft for a cause
9. Take a class in basic car maintenance and learn to change a tire with Jay
10. Disney vacation with the kids - vacation booked
11. Finally finish my craft room and office
12. Visit Hawaii
13. Lose that baby weight - UPDATE 4/11 8lbs lost
14. Organize the garage
15. Pick fruit and vegetables. Learn how to can it and make jam learned jam making & canning
16. Go hiking on 5 new trails - DONE! Borrego Palm Canyon Nature Trail, Black Star Canyon, Los Penasquitors Preserve, Eden Mill, Gwynns Falls
17. Take the kids to a water park
18. Read 10 books - Semi-Sweet, Let's Pretend This Never Happened, Knit Two, Wildwater Walking Club
19. Ride my bike
20. Indulge in High Tea - High Tea in Seal Beach
21. Add a new state or country to the travel page on my blog - Maryland
22. Get the kids art books up-to-date
23. Build a Lego/Train table in the garage for the kids
24. Make homemade donuts
25. Go on a guided tour - Black Star Canyon
26. Learn how to do 10 new things (take classes) - salted caramel sauce / jam making/canning
27. Be published in a book or magazine - San Diego Family
28. Build an elaborate sandcastle with the kids
29. Make a quilt
30. Conquer one of my fears
31. Walk through a rainforest - trip booked
32. Go on a road trip
33. Make cookie icing and decorate beautiful cookies
34. Plant a tree
35. Make a teepee and camp in the backyard with the kids
36. Visit Anza Borrego Desert State Park during wildflower season - DONE!
37. Learn how to make sushi
38. Random act of kindness
39. Re-do the kids bathroom
40. Knit matching winter hats for all 5 of us and have a photo taken of us all wearing them

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2012 Bucket List

1. Finish my craft room / office
2. Fly kites with the kids - DONE!
3. Have a spa day - DONE!
4. Go on the Old Town Trolley Tour - DONE!
5. Design new category pages for my blog - DONE!
6. Mother / daughter pedicures at a salon - DONE! and DONE!
7. Date night with my husband DONE! lunch date
8. Lose 15 lbs
9. Take a class or two - craft, photography or food - DONE! Elevate Conf, Photography class & a Cooking Class
10. Learn to crochet
11. Go on a road trip - Florida or The Grand Canyon are on my mind Grand Canyon DONE!
12. Read 5 books - Book 1, Book 2, Book 3, Book 4, Book 5 DONE!
13. Make an ice-cream cake DONE!
14. Start a vegetable and herb garden - DONE! I have chili pepper, strawberries, tomatoes, & a lemon tree.
15. Have an article published in one of my favorite magazines - DONE! and See here! and here!
16. Earn enough money (personally) to justify hiring a housekeeper.  ALMOST we hired one for 1 day.
17. Make a jewelry organizer for Miss M DONE!
18. Hang curtains - 3 bedrooms and the dining room our bedroom done, Marisol's room, Flynn's room
19. Spend a day with my little man doing whatever he wants
20. Make some fabulous artwork for our bedroom wall DONE!
21. Visit Anza Borrego Desert State Park during wildflower season
    
22. Take my teenager out for brunch and to see a movie
23. Hike at Torrey Pines State Park - DONE!
24. Have an outdoor movie screening night and invite the neighbors
25. Make pasta from scratch
26. Have a bubble bath with champagne, music, candles and a good book - DONE!
27. Get the kids art books up to date
28. Make a map board for the play room to mark off our travel destinations - DONE!
29. Visit a National Park I haven't been to. DONE! Grand Canyon
30. Complete 2 projects for Craft Hope
31. Go to a Farmer's Market once a month - Jan, March & November
32. Get dual citizenship for myself and the kids
33. Go on a family bike ride
34. Go camping
35. Visit Catalina Island - DONE!
36. Get a firepit at the beach and make s'mores - DONE! and DONE!
37. Girls night out - DONE!  Lots of Blogger nights out, and yarn & wine nights with the girls.
38. See a play or show - DONE! Pinkalicious, The Grinch and Seussical
39. Indulge in high tea at a fancy hotel or restaurant
40. Try geocaching