At first, this used to be just a list for fixing up our house. But our focus has changed, and although I am still a huge DIY nerd, we have way too many things going on in our lives to dedicate as much time to fixing up our home as we did. So  I was inspired by Nicole Balch’s “Lovely Life List” as well as Alex the Girl’s bucket list and started thinking. This is truly the place to put your aspirations, and like Nicole wrote, it kind of holds yourself accountable to start attaining at least some of these goals. This list will probably get longer, but this is a starting point.

• Be completely debt-free.
• Cook every recipe in Betty Crocker’s red cookbook.
• Learn how to french braid my own hair.
• Bake a pie from scratch.
• Find a beer I enjoy drinking.
• Visit Paris.
• Own a pair of Wayfarer Sunglasses.
• Ride a horse.
• Become a better photographer.
• Renovate a kitchen on our own.
• Build our “Dream Home.”
• Have a baby with my husband. Then, have a couple more.
• Adopt a mutt from the local Humane Society.
• Grow my hair out, then cut it off for Locks of Love.
• Lose five pounds.
• Become a runner.
• Quit smoking.
• Refuse to wear contacts for a week and wear only my glasses.
• Own a Chanel 2.55 handbag. I call it my “birthday bag” because it was named after being created in February of 1955 and I am a February baby.
• Celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary in style. 
• Go back to Bermuda.
• Stop eating cheese for one week to find out if, in fact, I am actually allergic to it.
• Have an organized home.
• Learn how to play golf.
• Go to Mexico and have a margarita there.
• Snowboard in Colorado.
• Drive across country.
• Drive a moped. Done! We rented a moped on our Honeymoon.
• Visit Chicago.
• Own a pair of Hunter rain boots.
• Participate in a NAMI Walk in honor of my mother.
• Learn to bake better.
• Become a successful business owner.
• Visit one of my best friends, Erin, in London.
• Go to a Raven’s game.
• Have no regrets.