Monday, July 4, 2016

My To Do List

My To Do List



  1. Get out of my comfort zone and  go for some big risks. 
  2. Goal #121 - Learn to Knit
    • Applied for a job with the Dept. Of Defense Education Overseas. What better way to support our troops than teaching their kids plus provide a fantastic cultural experience for my son and I. The DODEA has classified me as qualified. Now it is continue to  sit and wait for an interview etc. (Updated 3/30/11)
    • 4/9/11 TeachAway Inc. Update San Fran and China Blog. Update on Cyprus is in there too.
    •  7/15 - Contacted by DODEA. Waiting....... 
    • 8/11 - On the waiting list to interview for the UAE in January or for next school year
    • 4/12 - Was invited to interview for the UAE and had to turn it down because of the baby. Can't have a baby in a foreign country. Will apply again next year when the baby is a year old. 
    • 6/12 - Was invited again to interview for the UAE and turned an October start down again bc of Baby Grace.  
    • 6/12/12 - Accepted a job at a charter school  - left MPES after 6 years. Definitely out of my comfort zone!
    • 3/2014 - declined to interview for a position in Kuwait City and Abu Dhabi again. Need to wait until Grace is old enough to have full sentence conversations. 

  3. Pay off my car ( will be done in July 2016)
  4. Pay off my student loans
  5. Pay off all my credit cards
  6. Cosplay at ComicCon
  7. Ghost hunt in a castle
  8. Meet Ric O'Barry
  9. Meet Captain Paul Watson
  10. Write a children's book
  11. Teach a class for adults
  12. Learn how to play the Baritone from my son.
  13. Get my TEFL certificate (started in May 2011 - Completed October 25, 2011 100 hours completed via www.teflonline.net)
  14. Go to Schoonhoven
  15. Help save a whale or dolphin
  16. Build a Huge sandcastle with my son
  17. Visit Pearl Harbor
  18. Learn how to blow glass   Completed 1/6/13 Click to read the blog post.
  19. Ride a horse on the beach
  20. See in a New Year in Times Square,  NY
  21. See a former student graduate from High School
  22. Stop Drinking Soda  Completed January 11, 2014
  23. Chase a tornado
  24.  Photograph a tornado
  25. Drive across country and stop at the weird sites in each state
  26. Own a house with a widows keep on Cape Cod.
  27.  Have a snowball fight with my son
  28. Teach my dog 5 new tricks 5/5 (Taught Bella to show us her tummy, shake and to go to her spot on G's bed at bedtime, taught D'Agoe to hide his face behind my hands, Bella will hug if you ask her to.)
  29. Take a drawing class
  30. Read the Grapes of Wrath (completed 4/12 after 5 years of trying to read it - very sad and depressing story but that is a major part of my family history too)
  31. Ride a rollercoaster that goes upside down = complete March 2015
  32. See the Mona Lisa
  33. Take a pottery class
  34. Spend a night in a working lighthouse
  35. Walk a Barefoot Mile with a Soldier (Completed 12/4/10) Click to read my blog post.
  36. Go to India to see my mom's Sponsored Child.  The CFCA closed the office closest to my mom's sponsored child and she can no longer sponsor him. :( Very sad. We have been following him for 4 years.
  37. See the Northern Lights
  38. Watch Whales in Alaska
  39. Go to Dutch Harbor 
  40. Volunteer for the USO  
  41. Learn to Scuba Dive
  42. Buy my mom a ticket to the East Coast at least once as a surprise
  43. See my children graduate from college
  44. Ghost hunt at the Stanley Hotel
  45. Ghost Hunt at Mt. Washington
  46. Ghost Hunt at the Spalding Inn (see a pattern here.. LOL)
  47. Learn to Ski
  48. Finish Scrapbooking my son's Karate album 1/12
  49. Hop a plane last minute and head to the East Coast and surprise Family at the holidays
  50. Visit Australia Zoo and hold a Koala
  51.  Do something HUGE for my 40th birthday (Vegas Bound....)
  52. Go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans
  53. Take a trip spontaneously and with no planning ahead of time
  54. Read all of Shakespeare's Sonnets (is it me or are they terrible? -  I have read all of them and I loath them. They are not beautiful like his plays! He clearly was on a tangent when he wrote them.)
  55.  Program a Robot (Lego Mindstorm programming complete but the robot walks crooked and we clearly need a support group 2/11)
  56. Visit the tower of London
  57. Drink a Guinness at an Irish pub
  58. Attend a cheese rolling in Glousteshire, UK (http://www.cheese-rolling.co.uk/index1.htm)
  59. Visit all 50 states in the United States (not just a drive through). (13/50)
  60.  Visit each country in Europe
  61. Ghost Hunt in the Tower of London
  62. Visit the O'Dea Castle in County Claire Ireland
  63. Drive a race car
  64.  Find the ancestors for Stephen Thornberry
  65.  Sell 25 of my handmade cards to strangers Goal Reached 4/19/12
  66. Visit Verona Italy
  67. See at least 10 of Chuly's installations on exhibit around the country/world (2/10)
  68. Organize and give away/sell anything that hasn't been used in the last 18 months. Goal Reached 8/12
    • Volunteer at an animal shelter
    • Go to Bali
    • See the Parthenon
    • Buy a meal for a stranger Completed several times over
    • Feel the heat of a volcano
    • Take a month off of Facebook
    • View the Cherry Blossoms in Japan
    • Go to the Valley of the Kings
    • Go to a luau
    • Drive on the Autoban in Germany
    • Crash a wedding
    • Try a bizarre food
    •  Send flowers to a friend for no reason Sent them to my forever friend Amy
    • Take cheese making lessons in another country
    • Brew my own beer
    • Throw my son a surprise party
    •  Create and Send 100 handmade cards to Operation Write Home  (completed 2/19/11)
    • Go on a Cruise
    • Watch a movie being filmed (or part of one)
    • Learn how to make soap
    • Learn to ride a motorcyle (http://www.motorcycletraining.com/)
    • Volunteer at a wild animal rescue
    • Bet $100 on blackjack and not be afraid to lose
    • Take a road trip  on historic Route 66 from CA to Chicago
    • Visit Seattle
    • Ghost hunt Gettysburg
    • Try past life regression
    • Go to a  FIFA soccer match
    • Toss fish at the Pike Place Fish Market (http://www.pikeplacefish.com/)
    • Celebrate a Christmas at Disneyland
    • Go sledding with my mom (we used to have to much fun doing this)
    • Roast marshmallows on the beach
    • Drive to the beach in the middle of the night to see the sun rise 
    • Teach in another country
    • Rent an RV for the summer and roam the US
    • Learn how to make a quilt and make one for both kids
    • Learn to knit  Completed 11/12
    • Take Gracie shopping in New York City for her 16th birthday
    • Feed a baby elephant  
    • Ride a roller coaster that goes upside down
    • Visit Middle Earth http://www.hobbitontours.com/
    • Learn how to shoot a gun (March 29th, 2015 www.shootersworld.com)
    •  Go on The Tower of Terror 
    • Go to Hogwarts in Fl
    • Get my conceal carry permit
    • Shoot an AK 47
    • Ride the coasters at Universal Studios
    •  

    Bold = In progress

    My To Do List

    My To Do List



    1. Get out of my comfort zone and  go for some big risks. 
    2. Goal #121 - Learn to Knit
      • Applied for a job with the Dept. Of Defense Education Overseas. What better way to support our troops than teaching their kids plus provide a fantastic cultural experience for my son and I. The DODEA has classified me as qualified. Now it is continue to  sit and wait for an interview etc. (Updated 3/30/11)
      • 4/9/11 TeachAway Inc. Update San Fran and China Blog. Update on Cyprus is in there too.
      •  7/15 - Contacted by DODEA. Waiting....... 
      • 8/11 - On the waiting list to interview for the UAE in January or for next school year
      • 4/12 - Was invited to interview for the UAE and had to turn it down because of the baby. Can't have a baby in a foreign country. Will apply again next year when the baby is a year old. 
      • 6/12 - Was invited again to interview for the UAE and turned an October start down again bc of Baby Grace.  
      • 6/12/12 - Accepted a job at a charter school  - left MPES after 6 years. Definitely out of my comfort zone!
      • 3/2014 - declined to interview for a position in Kuwait City and Abu Dhabi again. Need to wait until Grace is old enough to have full sentence conversations. 

    3. Pay off my car ( will be done in July 2016)
    4. Pay off my student loans
    5. Pay off all my credit cards
    6. Cosplay at ComicCon
    7. Ghost hunt in a castle
    8. Meet Ric O'Barry
    9. Meet Captain Paul Watson
    10. Write a children's book
    11. Teach a class for adults
    12. Learn how to play the Baritone from my son.
    13. Get my TEFL certificate (started in May 2011 - Completed October 25, 2011 100 hours completed via www.teflonline.net)
    14. Go to Schoonhoven
    15. Help save a whale or dolphin
    16. Build a Huge sandcastle with my son
    17. Visit Pearl Harbor
    18. Learn how to blow glass   Completed 1/6/13 Click to read the blog post.
    19. Ride a horse on the beach
    20. See in a New Year in Times Square,  NY
    21. See a former student graduate from High School
    22. Stop Drinking Soda  Completed January 11, 2014
    23. Chase a tornado
    24.  Photograph a tornado
    25. Drive across country and stop at the weird sites in each state
    26. Own a house with a widows keep on Cape Cod.
    27.  Have a snowball fight with my son
    28. Teach my dog 5 new tricks 5/5 (Taught Bella to show us her tummy, shake and to go to her spot on G's bed at bedtime, taught D'Agoe to hide his face behind my hands, Bella will hug if you ask her to.)
    29. Take a drawing class
    30. Read the Grapes of Wrath (completed 4/12 after 5 years of trying to read it - very sad and depressing story but that is a major part of my family history too)
    31. Ride a rollercoaster that goes upside down = complete March 2015
    32. See the Mona Lisa
    33. Take a pottery class
    34. Spend a night in a working lighthouse
    35. Walk a Barefoot Mile with a Soldier (Completed 12/4/10) Click to read my blog post.
    36. Go to India to see my mom's Sponsored Child.  The CFCA closed the office closest to my mom's sponsored child and she can no longer sponsor him. :( Very sad. We have been following him for 4 years.
    37. See the Northern Lights
    38. Watch Whales in Alaska
    39. Go to Dutch Harbor 
    40. Volunteer for the USO  
    41. Learn to Scuba Dive
    42. Buy my mom a ticket to the East Coast at least once as a surprise
    43. See my children graduate from college
    44. Ghost hunt at the Stanley Hotel
    45. Ghost Hunt at Mt. Washington
    46. Ghost Hunt at the Spalding Inn (see a pattern here.. LOL)
    47. Learn to Ski
    48. Finish Scrapbooking my son's Karate album 1/12
    49. Hop a plane last minute and head to the East Coast and surprise Family at the holidays
    50. Visit Australia Zoo and hold a Koala
    51.  Do something HUGE for my 40th birthday (Vegas Bound....)
    52. Go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans
    53. Take a trip spontaneously and with no planning ahead of time
    54. Read all of Shakespeare's Sonnets (is it me or are they terrible? -  I have read all of them and I loath them. They are not beautiful like his plays! He clearly was on a tangent when he wrote them.)
    55.  Program a Robot (Lego Mindstorm programming complete but the robot walks crooked and we clearly need a support group 2/11)
    56. Visit the tower of London
    57. Drink a Guinness at an Irish pub
    58. Attend a cheese rolling in Glousteshire, UK (http://www.cheese-rolling.co.uk/index1.htm)
    59. Visit all 50 states in the United States (not just a drive through). (13/50)
    60.  Visit each country in Europe
    61. Ghost Hunt in the Tower of London
    62. Visit the O'Dea Castle in County Claire Ireland
    63. Drive a race car
    64.  Find the ancestors for Stephen Thornberry
    65.  Sell 25 of my handmade cards to strangers Goal Reached 4/19/12
    66. Visit Verona Italy
    67. See at least 10 of Chuly's installations on exhibit around the country/world (2/10)
    68. Organize and give away/sell anything that hasn't been used in the last 18 months. Goal Reached 8/12
      • Volunteer at an animal shelter
      • Go to Bali
      • See the Parthenon
      • Buy a meal for a stranger Completed several times over
      • Feel the heat of a volcano
      • Take a month off of Facebook
      • View the Cherry Blossoms in Japan
      • Go to the Valley of the Kings
      • Go to a luau
      • Drive on the Autoban in Germany
      • Crash a wedding
      • Try a bizarre food
      •  Send flowers to a friend for no reason Sent them to my forever friend Amy
      • Take cheese making lessons in another country
      • Brew my own beer
      • Throw my son a surprise party
      •  Create and Send 100 handmade cards to Operation Write Home  (completed 2/19/11)
      • Go on a Cruise
      • Watch a movie being filmed (or part of one)
      • Learn how to make soap
      • Learn to ride a motorcyle (http://www.motorcycletraining.com/)
      • Volunteer at a wild animal rescue
      • Bet $100 on blackjack and not be afraid to lose
      • Take a road trip  on historic Route 66 from CA to Chicago
      • Visit Seattle
      • Ghost hunt Gettysburg
      • Try past life regression
      • Go to a  FIFA soccer match
      • Toss fish at the Pike Place Fish Market (http://www.pikeplacefish.com/)
      • Celebrate a Christmas at Disneyland
      • Go sledding with my mom (we used to have to much fun doing this)
      • Roast marshmallows on the beach
      • Drive to the beach in the middle of the night to see the sun rise 
      • Teach in another country
      • Rent an RV for the summer and roam the US
      • Learn how to make a quilt and make one for both kids
      • Learn to knit  Completed 11/12
      • Take Gracie shopping in New York City for her 16th birthday
      • Feed a baby elephant  
      • Consciously perform a random act of kindness daily for 365 days. 
      • Visit Middle Earth http://www.hobbitontours.com/
      • Learn how to shoot a gun (March 29th, 2015 www.shootersworld.com)
      •  Go on The Tower of Terror 
      • Go to Hogwarts in Fl
      • Get my conceal carry permit
      • Shoot an AK 47
      • Ride the coasters at Universal Studios
      •  

      Bold = In progress