A Day in New York

Life is too short to be anything but happy.

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The Bucket List

I get quite a few laughs when I mention that I have a "bucket list" in conversation, but alas, it does exist. ;) Perhaps this is my way of holding myself accountable, but nonetheless, I think it's important to keep my eye on the prize. Even if I don't accomplish half of the things left on my list, I will be content if I can say I've lived a life of humility, a bit of style, and most of all, love.

Get a tattoo

Go on a cross-country road trip

Climb a mountain

Take a picture with a Queen's Guard in London

Sail a boat
Dance in my best dress in the rain
Visit Mackinac Island in winter

Scuba dive the Barrier Reef in Belize
See the Rosetta Stone

Fly a plane
Climb to the top of a lighthouse 
Visit Stonehenge

Travel to NYC on my own

Be a mentor/role model to someone

Attend a masquerade
Take photography classes

Go to Las Vegas

Take photos in a photobooth

Earn a Bachelors degree

Own a quilted Chanel handbag

Parasail in Florida

Drive through Death Valley

Take photos of the Hollywood sign
Do something that scares you

Watch a movie at a drive-in theater

Run a marathon

Swim with dolphins
Take a cake decorating class
Go on a trip by myself & without an itinerary October 2011
Become a "Big Sister" to a needy child
Take Maya's senior photos
Go to Coachella in Palm Springs, CA

Skydive

Marry the love of my life

Become a mother (and an amazing one, at that)

Own a comfortable, beautiful home

Host a Thanksgiving with family and friends

Go on a winetasting in Napa

Get coffee at the first Starbucks in Seattle

See the "Full House" home in San Francisco

See a Broadway musical in New York

Adopt an animal March 2012
Host a fabulous bridal shower for my BFF at Chateau Marmont

Grow a small vegetable garden

Ride in a hot air balloon
Experience España (and refine my Spanish-speaking skills beforehand)

Kiss atop the Eiffel Tower

Lay in the grass in the gardens of Versailles

Ride in a gondola in Venice

Ride in teacups with my future kids at Disney World
Make a significant, notable difference in the life of at least one person
Leave the world a bit brighter than I found it


"Leave a mark they can’t erase; neither space, nor time. 
So when the director yells cut, I’ll be fine. Forever young."

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