Happy New Year!

Here is my bucket list, life list, or list of life goals....not really sure what to call it.


Look in the mirror every morning and smile

Learn to forgive and move on

Learn to shoot a pistol

Catch a bigger fish than Travis

Go on an Alaskan Cruise

Go to an NFL game

Go to a funeral of a complete stranger

Bake a homemade Pie

Enter a recipe into a contest and win

Get my CPR card

Donate blood yearly

Own more dogs

Have more children

Don’t look back to the past, ever

Visit Chicago

Play with my children, even when I’m tired….and then play some more

Get a six pack (hilarious, I know)

Truly appreciate life

Teach my children to ski, not snowboard

Run/Walk a 5k race

Visit Jackson Hole Wyoming

Try Clay Shooting (and hopefully shoot a clay)

Return to Banks Lake with my children someday

Never let my smile fade when I see my husband

Get a New Year’s/Christmas Mistletoe kiss every year.

Take a picture of the most beautiful sunset/sunrise and frame it in my house

Love the people who treat me right and pray for those who don’t

Ride an Elephant

Pet a Clydesdale

Hold a Snake

Cross paths with a skunk

Always take the high road

Handle a chainsaw

Play 18 holes of golf with Travis (and win)

Get out of debt

Go camping with Travis, the dogs and the twins (scary thought)

Start a success small business

Teach my children the importance of music; teach them to play the piano and guitar

Cook….and then cook some more

Get to know God more and trust him

Shoot a bow and arrow

Accept people for who they are

Compose a lullaby for the twins and sing them to sleep

Slow dance with Travis in the rain (wishful thinking, I know)

Learn not to take what others do or say personally

Don’t sleep in, seize the day

Follow my dreams, always

Shake any soldiers hand I see and say thank them for protecting our country

Learn to say NO

Write a will

Make my husband and children proud of me

Volunteer at a soup kitchen

Create a you tube video

Raise happy, healthy children

Everyday tell my children that they’re my world and tell Travis that he’s my everything