BeckyParkes's Life Goal List

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About Me

I am a 23 year old mother of two. I am married. I had heart surgery in June of this year (2007). I realized that I haven't really done anything that I want to do with my life.

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	1.	Learn sign language (1039)
	2.	spice up my marriage (25)
	3.	Learn to give a lap dance (47)
	4.	Prepare hurricane emergency kits (18)
	5.	Refurbish a found piece of furniture (20)
	6.	build a funky birdhouse (31)
	7.	grow an indoor herb garden and keep it alive (4)
	8.	make steampunk jewelry (1)
	9.	Improve my sewing ability (13)
	10.	Blow something up. (5)
	11.	Learn Zumba (3)
	12.	have five streams of income (22)
	13.	Pass something down to my child (2)
	14.	go to brans castle (1)
	15.	never accept that I am 'too much', 'too overwhelming', 'too intense'. (5)
	16.	Spend the night in a haunted house/old castle/abandoned and otherwise creepy place (47)
	17.	Take a photograph I can proudly hang on the wall (4)
	18.	make a list of 100 things to do with little or no money (33)
	19.	learn romanian (1)
	20.	go to romania (1)
	21.	live a life that feels as though it belongs to me. (60)
	22.	own an old typewriter (2)
	23.	dress up for halloween every year something unique (1)
	24.	Convert all my favorite recipes onto notecards. (17)
	25.	craft a mask for carnival (2)
	26.	have a big fancy christmas for the kids (1)
	27.	Make homemade icecream (14)
	28.	Own a washer/dryer (3)
	29.	Make a photo album of "people I don't know" (3)
	30.	have a good fabric stash for quilt making (1)
	31.	read and create a survival book for my family with how tos (1)
	32.	go back to school for small business (1)
	33.	Be unapologetically myself (34)
	34.	Write a ten year plan (6)
	35.	stop depending on others for my happiness (8)
	36.	Make a book of ideas (5)
	37.	Buy a frog (23)
	38.	reinvent myself (74)
	39.	Go to a comedy club (12)
	40.	Try a really bizarre food. (2)
	41.	Make homemade bread. (5)
	42.	wear a size 10 dress (5)
	43.	live like a nomad for at least a few months (2)
	44.	Get a job that I will LOVE to do. (113)
	45.	get a greyhound lab mix (1)
	46.	have my Christmas shopping done before Thanksgiving and under budget (18)
	47.	open savings accounts for daughter and son (3)
	48.	Take pictures of each photographable accomplishment on this list (21)
	49.	map the places ive been and want to go (5)
	50.	Fast for 3 days on bread and water only (9)
	51.	improve my credit (1)
	52.	Eventually be self-employed (3)
	53.	go to th mutter museum in philly (2)
	54.	go to the worlds largest yard sale with money to spend (2)
	55.	Live frugally (4)
	56.	make record album bowls (11)
	57.	walk across a state (2)
	58.	celebrate 7 bizzare holidays a year (1)
	59.	Get a tattoo on a whim (15)
	60.	Work out 30 minutes every day for one year (29)
	61.	Write a book (2127)
	62.	sell everything and start fresh. (8)
	63.	learn to belly dance (958)
	64.	be a mom that my kids can be proud of (17)
	65.	Get laser hair removal (10)
	66.	learn to drive a stick shift (1499)
	67.	have a "honey moon" (6)
	68.	Stay in a cabin in a secluded forested area (62)
	69.	not be bothered by other people's opinions or ideas about me. (70)
	70.	Learn How to make really good Italian food (lasagna, stuffed shells, stuffed calamari, etc. (13)
	71.	Read four new books a month. (25)
	72.	Pay more attention to my appearance - makeup & hair!!! (32)
	73.	To create something unique (3)
	74.	Improve my clothing style and learn what I like (19)
	75.	Start a rarities collection (3)
	76.	learn one new thing each month (6)
	77.	Grow a fruit tree (13)
	78.	Visit Cape Canaveral (3)
	79.	Lose 100 pounds in a year (5)
	80.	eat oatmeal for breakfast (6)
	81.	Try 5 different foreign food (24)
	82.	Try a sensory deprivation tank (14)
	83.	be a more active and patient parent (3)
	84.	Drink water daily (103)
	85.	start keeping a diary (27)
	86.	watch LOST from the start to the current episode (9)
	87.	make a skirt from mens neckties (1)
	88.	Learn to read a compass (14)
	89.	Visit an Abandoned Insane Asylum (3)
	90.	Take a Glassblowing class (4)
	91.	Go tornado hunting (3)
	92.	take a picture every day for a year (8)
	93.	Organize and remove clutter from my home (1029)
	94.	keep a journal of funny things written on restroom walls (3)
	95.	make a good running music list (3)
	96.	do a 3-day Breast Cancer walk (19)
	97.	See a tornado (29)
	98.	Reinstate salad night (1)
	99.	make my own diningroom set out of dominos (1)
	100.	Eat organic and/or vegetarian for a week (9)
	101.	Start a small funky store (7)
	102.	go on a road trip by playing left right straight (4)
	103.	Attend Mardi Gras in New Orleans (138)
	104.	visit a live volcano and see flowing lava (190)
	105.	go to a jazz club in new orleans (4)
	106.	Write a short story. (10)
	107.	Start My own Home Library (13)
	108.	Buy a Gas Grill for BBQs (10)
	109.	Discover new music (17)
	110.	Paint or draw of photograph something to use as wall art (52)
	111.	learn how to cook better and creative meals (8)
	112.	Go to an Interactive Rocky Horror Picture Show (43)
	113.	go tobogganing (7)
	114.	do more with my kids (1)
	115.	Put my kids through college (28)
	116.	Design & get Tattoo (38)
	117.	Take kids to disneyland (2)
	118.	Make a list of 50 new healthy foods and try them all. (2)
	119.	Be a better mother (7)
	120.	bake 20 different kinds of cookies at Christmas (35)
	121.	cook 15 new, fresh meals a month (3)
	122.	Learn How to make really good Chinese food (crab wontons, noodles, beef & broccoli, etc.&#x (8)
	123.	Lose 100lbs, I am 240lbs and only 5"4 (2)
	124.	eat healthy for a month. (7)
	125.	Buy a hand drum (7)
	126.	Express my Creativity (13)
	127.	collect black and white photography (20)
	128.	Plant a year round garden. (30)
	129.	make a cookbook (65)
	130.	save at least $100.00 a month. (12)
	131.	figure out what insprires me (7)
	132.	stop stressing out about stuff I have no control over (42)
	133.	buy "last chance" houseplants and bring them back to life (3)
	134.	get a new hobby (17)
	135.	add floor-to-ceiling bookcases in my apartment (2)
	136.	create a large mosaic (17)
	137.	learn how to cook like a Chef (73)
	138.	be able to confidently walk in stilettos (8)
	139.	Start an emergency fund (53)
	140.	Make handmade paper (59)
	141.	Take a Cake decorating class. (42)
	142.	develop 6-8 recipes I know by heart and can go to when I need a quick, delicious family dinner (14)
	143.	Experience a Hurricane (8)
	144.	make an entire holiday dinner by myself (16)
	145.	bury the xmas presents out in the snow and have the kids find them (1)
	146.	make a soundtrack to my life (44)
	147.	find out who I want to be (40)
	148.	have a 100 russ troll doll collection (1)
	149.	plant a tree each year for my birthday. (22)
	150.	Ride in a glass elevator (69)
	151.	read more banned books (27)
	152.	Start carrying a camera and taking pictures everywhere. (122)
	153.	Try a juice fast for a couple of days (14)
	154.	grow a Bonzai tree (46)
	155.	Research my Family Tree (1009)
	156.	Write letters by hand (67)
	157.	witness the Mythbusters guys blowing something up (6)
	158.	make a book safe (2)
	159.	write a poem (14)
	160.	Rappel down a steep hill/cliff (6)
	161.	get 3 more tattoos (1)
	162.	Make a big purchase in cash (10)
	163.	fill up my story-notebook (13)
	164.	Learn Morse Code (29)
	165.	Learn to make pasta (3)
	166.	rollaround in a blow up hampster ball (1)
	167.	Finish quilting projects (6)
	168.	Learn how to make stained glass (78)
	169.	Get to - and stay close to - 150 lbs (5)
	170.	Start a Game Night Tradition (55)
	171.	eat only superfoods for 2 weeks (13)
	172.	Take more pictures of nature and friends (2)
	173.	Be less materialistic (4)
	174.	Save for my future needs/retirement/old age (5)
	175.	Learn how to make hemp jewelry (12)
	176.	buy a bmw for my husband (1)
	177.	become a strong and independent woman (50)
	178.	buy a treadmill (3)
	179.	get up to 3 miles 5 time a week on a treadmill (1)
	180.	prove people wrong (26)
	181.	Be able to walk 5 miles without becoming breathless. (7)
	182.	lose 30 pounds (51)
	183.	save more money than spend money (4)
	184.	Get a Ferret as a pet (3)
	185.	put all my DIY network skills to work and build something (2)
	186.	buy produce from the Farmer's Market (5)
	187.	tour a vineyard and sample wine (7)
	188.	Become a craft / DIY guru (4)
	189.	Marry my husband a second time (7)
	190.	ride a bicycle built for two (15)
	191.	Create and follow a budget (226)
	192.	read and learn about tons of new things. (5)
	193.	Lose 77 pounds (3)
	194.	maintain a healthy diet and workout routine (90)
	195.	simplify life (10)
	196.	have a more efficient housekeeping system (17)
	197.	have a successful and fulfilling marriage (16)
	198.	Own income property (35)
	199.	go paintballing (146)
	200.	have my nails professionally done (39)
	201.	go shopping with $1000 in cash (34)
	202.	create my own poseble zombie (1)
	203.	create a one of a kind haunted yard display (1)
	204.	learn to tye dye (4)
	205.	learn three star constellations (2)
	206.	eat smaller portions at meals (1)
	207.	Try chocolate covered insects (30)
	208.	go apple picking (87)
	209.	Learn to make chocolates (48)
	210.	go on a cruise (420)
	211.	ride a segway (18)
	212.	accomplish over 100 things on my list (1)
	213.	Write in wet cement (104)
	214.	Ride a Zip Line (14)
	215.	take the family to Busch Gardens (1)
	216.	create a new family tradition (3)
	217.	have decent photos of family and freinds (1)
	218.	be a ceramic artist (17)
	219.	Pay my parents back (8)
	220.	Have a poem published (6)
	221.	try five fruits I never have tried (1)
	222.	foster a pet (1)
	223.	make a giant chocolate chip cookie and decorate it (1)
	224.	do some thing I'm scared of (3)
	225.	surprise a family member with a surprise visit (3)
	226.	make cookie from scratch with buggy (1)
	227.	see a musical (26)
	228.	complete a 1000 piece puzzle (52)
	229.	celebrate something for no reason (1)
	230.	restore an old house (88)
	231.	take the kids to 10 different museums (1)
	232.	take the kids to 10 different zoos (1)
	233.	Have a real date with my husband (2)
	234.	sell things on ebay (1)
	235.	learn to install my own backsplash (1)
	236.	learn to lay carpet (1)
	237.	learn to lay tile (1)
	238.	buy something one of a kind (2)
	239.	plant a tree in honor of someone (1)
	240.	watch every Johnny Depp movie (4)
	241.	buy something unique at a flea market (14)
	242.	Go whale watching (1313)
	243.	eat more ethnic foods (4)
	244.	learn to swim (156)
	245.	go puddle jumping (5)
	246.	have the family's picture taken professionally (1)
	247.	have a happy family (17)
	248.	be greatful for what I have (2)
	249.	take the family on a train ride (2)
	250.	learn to build a computer (2)
	251.	camp in the wilderness (9)
	252.	go 1 month without junk food (1)
	253.	restore an antique piece of furniture (1)
	254.	Make my own Halloween costumes (22)
	255.	go down the 'up' escalator (6)
	256.	be financially independent from my parents (6)
	257.	Own a kooky umbrella (22)
	258.	Take a glass-blowing class (71)
	259.	Take my parents out to eat. (5)
	260.	create a new recipe at least once a month (31)
	261.	do an abstact painting with balloons (1)
	262.	paint an abstract painting (6)
	263.	own every Lauell K Hamilton book (1)
	264.	own every Stephen King book (1)
	265.	put my wedding album together (1)
	266.	weigh 170 (7)
	267.	own jewelry (30)
	268.	fit into a size 8 (62)
	269.	Make a recycled fabrics quilt (8)
	270.	Eliminate clutter from my life (78)
	271.	live in a clean house (68)
	272.	dye my hair pink (18)
	273.	make a quilt entirely by hand (6)
	274.	paint wood projects (5)
	275.	learn new crafts (9)
	276.	Learn to make soap. (11)
	277.	Live a more creative life (101)
	278.	Take a Painting Class (60)
	279.	sponsor an animal at a shelter (1)
	280.	sleep under the stars (174)
	281.	Eat something I have grown (35)
	282.	send thinking of you cards to loved ones (1)
	283.	look good in a bathing suit (1)
	284.	visit the rock and roll hall of fame (2)
	285.	take family to build-a-bear and each of us make a bear together (1)
	286.	go strawberry picking with the kids (1)
	287.	go to a pumkin patch to get our pumpkin (2)
	288.	tour the Hershey chocolate factory (773)
	289.	create my own destiny (1)
	290.	attend a play (1)
	291.	Go to a jazz club (16)
	292.	ride in a horse drawn carriage (12)
	293.	Go somewhere that requires a formal gown (50)
	294.	challenge myself (2)
	295.	be an inspiration for my children (1)
	296.	take a family hay ride (1)
	297.	Take a self defense class. (23)
	298.	spend entire day outside (3)
	299.	take a trip to London to walk down Abbey road (1)
	300.	visit a cave (3)
	301.	die my hair to match my backpack (1)
	302.	go to the Crayola crayon factory (42)
	303.	take a glass bottom boat tour (14)
	304.	Teach my child to enjoy life and make wise decisions (58)
	305.	Start a Christmas tradition. (17)
	306.	Learn how to Can and Preserve Food (69)
	307.	Create a halloween haunted house attraction (7)
	308.	stay in a nice bed and breakfast (1)
	309.	Take a train somewhere (7)
	310.	Get all random rolls of film developed (12)
	311.	have one of a kind halloween decorations (1)
	312.	Improve my self esteem (71)
	313.	Become more organized (1209)
	314.	be happy with myself (4)
	315.	Make hand-dipped candles (59)
	316.	Concertrate on one thing I enjoy for 30 mins a day (12)
	317.	get waxed (37)
	318.	find myself (9)
	319.	become confident to face the world (59)
	320.	10,000 steps a day (37)
	321.	buy 5 new outfits (55)
	322.	Realize my full potential. (7)
	323.	Stop procrastinating (1367)
	324.	go to Marti Gras and Day of the Dead celebration (1)
	325.	make a list of fifty things that truely make me happy (1)
	326.	visit all fifty states (road trip) (1)
	327.	take family horseback riding lessons (1)
	328.	buy a house boat (1)
	329.	go on a family camping trip (1)
	330.	ride in a hot air balloon (2172)

	1.	get a Paypal account (3)
	2.	quit smoking again (2)
	3.	Buy my own house and spend time making it exactly how I want. (3)
	4.	see a space shuttle launch (52)
	5.	Try Sushi for the first time (14)
	6.	read 50 books in 1 year (57)
	7.	"Bus-hop" around a city. (3)
	8.	Potty train my son (2)
	9.	get rid of stuff and keep what matters (1341)
	10.	buy a digital camera (76)
	11.	phase out deadweight friends (5)
	12.	live without t.v. (12)
	13.	get my ged (2)
	14.	take kids to the beach (1)
	15.	Kill, prepare and eat an animal (12)
	16.	celebrate my un-birthday (1)
	17.	get a tattoo (1723)
	18.	plan my own wedding (18)
	19.	Have sex outside (9)
	20.	Be present at a human birth (15)
	21.	be serenaded with my favorite songs (35)
	22.	Learn how to shoot a gun (61)
	23.	swim in the ocean (76)
	24.	Plant a tree (109)
	25.	Fall in love and get married (125)
	26.	Have a healthy son (67)
	27.	Have a healthy daughter (60)
	28.	go camping (156)
	29.	pan for gold (29)
	30.	curb my temper (34)
	31.	have a child or children (48)
	32.	Learn how to start a fire (108)
	33.	Have an indoor picnic (41)
	34.	have someone sing to me (6)
	35.	Tour Washington DC (17)
	36.	Kiss under fireworks (5)
	37.	Do something illegal (7)
	38.	watch a sunset (8)
	39.	Learn how to use chopsticks (131)
	40.	see a meteor shower (57)
	41.	help a cat have kittens (1)
	42.	See the White House (12)
	43.	drive through NYC (1)
	44.	quit smoking (805)
	45.	leave a waiter a tip bigger then the bill (2)

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