Cruise Memories

My 4-year-old daughter and I recently went on a Disney cruise and it was pretty awesome. The line to go through security in the airport was pretty long on the way home, so I asked her if she was going to tell Grandma about the cruise.

“You can,” she answered, and returned to sucking her thumb.

“Well, I’m sure Grandma wants to hear about what you liked on our vacation!” I encouraged.

She thought for only a moment then said excitedly, “I likeded the donuts!”

Dunkin’ Donuts. I should have known that would be the best part of the cruise.

My Bucket List

Learn to rock climb
Change a tire
Get a tattoo
Learn self-defense (krav maga)
Invest in real estate
Go ziplining
Have a blog
Run an ultramarathon
Complete all of the run Disney challenges
Volunteer with the Red Cross
Learn to shoot a gun
Go on a cruise – completed April, 2019!
Volunteer at a race or event
Go skydiving
Be a Title 9 model
Learn to waterski
Go white water kayaking
Go on a kayaking camping trip
Take an overnight trip on a train
Go whitewater rafting
Mush a dogsled team
Be part of Team in Training again
Go go-karting
Do that thing where you jump off a mountain on a kite
Hot air balloon
Climb Kilimanjaro
Climb Everest
Climb Rainier
Either own an island or have a house on an island
Be able to pay for daughter’s college
Be able to encourage my daughter to do whatever she wants to do in life
Take a humanitarian trip
Learn survival skills
Go to another country for a race/event
Learn to sail
Spelunk
Stonehenge
Ancient Aliens sites
Go to all Canadian provinces
Go to Oak Island
Go to the Olympics
Complete a triathlon
Get sponsored for running
Adventure show!!
Visit all 50 states (driving through doesn’t count!)
Complete a marathon in all 50 states
Visit all National Parks
Hike the Appalachian Trail
Learn to surf
Go on a safari
Take a sailing trip (overnight)
Sleep in an igloo
See the Northern AND Southern Lights
See the Great Barrier Reef
See a total solar eclipse
See a total lunar eclipse
See the Pyramids
Hike all the National Scenic Trails
Learn to ride a motorcycle
Visit an active archaeological dig site
Quit my job
Own my own business – be my own boss
Make a living through my creativity
Become a millionaire
Write a book
Visit all continents
Travel around the world (added 4/30/19)

Greetings and Welcome!

The past several months have been a lot for me.  I have a four year old daughter and my husband just died from kidney and liver failure at age 37 (he was an alcoholic).  I always feel like I need to add the qualifier that we had been separated for about two and a half years before he passed away, though still legally married.

I am in the process of closing out my late husband’s estate, which is a laborious process in which every single task seems to require at least three times the effort than it should (seriously, though).

Because life is life, I was also just diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.

I’ve always felt this driving urge to do big, adventurous things and complete my extensive bucket list.  Typically, my issue is narrowing down everything I want to do to what’s achievable.  And every time I do something amazing or accomplish something, I just get more inspired and motivated to keep adding to my bucket list because each experience leads to so many more opportunities.

So I’ve decided, no more narrowing down what I want to do – I want to do everything!