- Make a meaningful difference in someone's life
- Take a Toastmaster's class to learn to speak more eloquently in public
- Speak about depression, PTSD and suicide to military bases, schools, or any other forum in which people might benefit
- Do a stint with the Peace Corps, or at least do some sort of extended stint of volunteer work in a third-world country
- Hike the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
- Climb the highest peak in each of the 50 states
- Ride my motorcycle along the historic Route 66
- Learn to hula hoop
- Learn to throw a frisbee
- Go to Uganda and see mountain gorillas in their native habitat
- Dive in a shark cage
- Hike in New Zealand
- Hike in Vietnam
Go skydiving- Learn to love running
Take a rafting trip in the Grand Canyon(Did this for about a week or so and it was one of the most amazing adventures of my life)- Learn to ride a road bicycle clipless
- Easily get into wheel pose in yoga
- Learn to throw a pizza crust
- Drive a demolition derby car
- Scuba in the Great Barrier reef
- Drive a race car
- Paint a painting that I am truly proud of
- Earn a degree in Fine Arts
Hike in Nepal- Attain a rock-hard athlete body
- Go ice fishing
- Take a truly epic trip in my RV
- Go to where the Monarch butterflies migrate at peak time
- See every National Park in the U.S.
Go bungee jumping- Hike the entirety of the Appalachian Trail
- Spend a night seeing what it feels like to be among the homeless
- Hike rim-to-rim-to-rim in the Grand Canyon
Compete in a triathalon(I wouldn't say what I did was" competing", ha...but I did it.)- Get my friggin' dog to quit peeing in the house
- Learn to dance the two-step with reasonable proficiency
- Learn to dance West Coast swing with reasonable proficiency
- Floss daily
- Learn to dance East Coast swing with reasonable proficiency
- Sail on a barefoot cruise or tall ship cruise
- Be able to do 100 push-ups (man-style) in a single set
- Do a long-distance bicycle tour
- Take a week-long motorcycle camping adventure
Swim naked in the moonlight- Hike Hadrian's Wall n England
- Hike El Camino de Santiago in Spain
- Hike the entire circumference of Lake Tahoe
Fly in a hot-air balloon- Become a Master Gardener
- Become a Master Beekeeper
- Find peace in my heart
Go bungee jumping(did this in Nepal over a river. Super scary, super exhilarating)- See the Northern Lights
Ski a Black Diamond run- Write a book
Save a human life- Hike or ride a bike along a portion of The Great Wall of China
- Go to Daytona bike rally
- Go to Sturgis bike rally
- Be an inspiration to someone
- Do even one pull-up (although I'd love to be able to do 5 someday)
- Take a college-level geology class so I can better appreciate the rocks,etc. that I see when camping and hiking
- Run a half marathon
Run a marathon- Blow glass
- See Stonehenge
- See the Great Pyramids
- See Pompeii
- Take an extended kayak or canoe camping trip
- Visit a mosque
Fly in a hot-air balloon(I've done this several times now: once with Pat when we were newlyweds, then once with each of my kids when they turned 10)- Draw a picture of each of my children that I am genuinely proud of
- Visit a Jewish Temple
- Bowl a game over 150
- Ride in a biplane
- Grow a filter
Start a bee hive- Sing karaoke without looking like a complete ass
- Act in a play
Dance alone on top of a mountain like Maria in Sound of Music- Learn to speak Spanish with relative proficiency
- Write a poem
- Write a raunchy limerick
Make homemade cheese- Make homemade soap
- Try blacksmithing
- Get in my RV and drive with no plan whatsoever for a week: no peeking at maps, GPS, Google search, etc.
- Declutter
Write a complete bullshit letter to Dear Abby and see if she answers(she did)- Host a foreign exchange student
- Learn to live within a budget
Earn a blackbelt- Do a ride-along with a police officer, fireman, or paramedic (cute fireman preferred)
- Experience weightlessness
- See if I can be hypnotized
Kiss a girl- Do goat yoga
- Join the mile-high club (maybe???? With the right person...)
- Ride a camel
- Learn to identify cloud formations
- Catch a REALLY BIG fish (big is relative...tami jo is small)
- Participate in a Patriot Guard ride
- Make any necessary amends
- Hike the John Muir Trail in California
Go skydiving- Find Waldo
- Ice skate in Central Park
- Learn to drive on the left side of the road
- Live in Ireland for 6 months
- Check out The Optimist Club
- See what's under the kilt
- Shear a sheep
- Be a "wife' in an eastern European wife-carrying contest
- Solve for equation
- Learn to whistle... yeah, I really can't
- Trust
- Learn to play any sort of tribal drum(s)
- Take a trapeze class
- Take a pilgrimage to Romania to meet my relatives
- Love someone who will love me in return, despite all
Whether basking atop a scenic plateau, or plodding the depths of a deep crevasse (both literally and figuratively), my life is an open book (well...mostly! A lady has to have a few secrets, eh?).
Why Do I Want to Keep a Blog? Excellent question! Years ago, I lost my first grandson and in an attempt to deal with my profound grief, I decided to embark on a healing journey: a long-distance hike on the Appalachian Trail. I began my first blog as a way to share my journey with friends and loved ones back home. It was then that I realized how satisfying maintaining a blog was. I really do enjoy writing!
Later, when I lost my son, followed shortly after that by my brother, I found that the blog afforded me a way to pour the overwhelming emotions I was feeling out into the universe. And I discovered that in sharing my own travails, others came forward. I realized that in being open and vulnerable, others didn't feel so alone. I understood that in a small way, I had the ability to lift the veil on mental illness, and maybe reduce the stigma just a bit.
For reasons I am unable to put into succinct words, I take joy in sharing my life. In fact, it's actually therapeutic for me, as affirmed by the doc who (tries to) help me to keep my head straight. So, I offer you a glimpse of the inner workings of my sometimes-addled mind. Perhaps I'll offer a description of some of my adventures and even misadventures. Maybe I'll take a walk down memory lane. There might be a recipe here and there. I'll even throw in a few photographs now and then, too.
Maybe I'll make you laugh, maybe I'll make you cry. Maybe I'll make you ponder, or reassure you that you're not alone in some of the insanity you might be experiencing.
In other words, I never know what will come forth when I sit down to write. Could be stream-of consciousness, could be a carefully crafted and meticulously honed entry.
Whatever comes forth, I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy offering it.
Cheers! And happy trails.
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