Life List

  • Travel to (in no particular order):  Maine, Montreal; Patagonia/Argentina; Thailand; Vietnam; New Zealand; Costa Rica  (June 2011); Denmark/Sweden/Norway/Finland, Africa (April 2012). 
  • Sail the islands off the coast of British Columbia.
  • Visit Carmen and Dusty in Portland/ski Oregon. (January 2012)
  • Go white-water rafting in West Virginia.
  • Learn to knit. (took a knitting class November 2011 - but it didn't really stick and I think I'm too impatient to knit!)
  • Take French classes at the Alliance Francaise.
  • Attend a University of Washington tailgate on a boat on Lake Washington. 
  • Learn to grow my own rose bushes.
  • Plant a vegetable garden. Planted May, 2011.
  • Plant an herb garden. Planted on April 10, 2011!
  • Join a CSA (community supported agriculture).  (We joined a local meat CSA from Fall 2010-Fall 2011.  We are still eating through the freezer full of meat!)
  • Clerk for a federal or state judge.
  • Try a criminal case.
  • Represent someone who can't afford an attorney for free (pro bono).
  • Get back into horseback riding lessons/competitions. Started lessons at Winton Woods in Fall 2011!
  • Teach myself to enjoy morning runs.
  • Read The Hobbit (my Dad's favorite book). (Finished September 2012 - can't wait for the movie!).
  • Interview my aunts and write a history of my Dad's life. 
  • Digitize my family's photo albums.
  • Regularly vacation at an ocean-side or lake-side retreat (rented or bought).
  • Live on a body of water. 
  • Decide where I want to live:  city or country?
  • Create my own holiday traditions.  
  • Create calendar of friends' and family's birthdays and send birthday cards each year. 
  • Make photo books with photo highlights from: 
    • College
    • Europe Trip
    • Semester in Paris
    • Living in DC
    • Law School
    • Trip to Paraguay
    • Trip to Sydney, Australia
    • Wedding
    • Costa Rica
    • First year of being married.  
    • 2012
    • South Africa/Swaziland 2012
  • Hike the Enchantments.
  • Hike the Mt. Rainier Wonderland loop.