Dream List

Faith

~Read through the entire Bible at least once

~Find a spiritual director and speak to him at least once a month for a year

~learn the Hail Mary in Japanese

~when possible, attend daily mass or adoration.  If I can't make it to a chapel, spend 15 minutes in prayer

~go on a week-long silent retreat

~learn as much as possible about scripture

Culture
~eat fried green tomatoes
~go to an art museum
~go to the Museum of Modern Art

~go to the Museum of Natural History

~take a ballroom dance class

~read every Jane Austen book

~read all of C.S. Lewis' books

~read The Hobbit before I see the movie again
~read all of Agatha Christie's books

~attend a Broadway show in NY

~attend the Winter Olympics

~attend the Summer Olympics

~go to a farmer's market, both in the States and Europe

~go to a zoo

~take a swing dance class

~Go to concerts of my favorite artists from each genre

~eat turtle soup

~buy street food (of any sort) and eat it (Trdelnik in Prague)

~go on a segway tour of DC

~become proficient at swing dancing

Locations to Visit
~St. Peter's Basilica (January 25 & 27, 2013)
~Louvre
~Paris (March 27, 2013)
~Germany

~Parthenon

~France-visit every province

~Lourdes (March 30-April 6, 2013)

~Italy

~France

~Belgium

~Ireland

~Vatican City (January 25-27, March 1-7 2013)

~Kenya

~England (March 22-24, 2013)

~Leaning Tower of Pisa

~Panama Canal

~Universal Studios

~the Memorials in DC

~Four Corners

~Cape Cod

~Nantucket

~Martha's Vinyard

~Hearst Castle

~National Cherry Blossom Festival

~Australia

~Park City, Utah

~Taj Mahal, India

~Great Wall of China

~Coliseum

~Niagra Falls

~Yellowstone

~Rio de Janeiro

~Netherlands

~Russia

~Brazil

~an island

~Holy Land

Experiences
~have an audience with the Pope
~sleep in an overnight train (March 27-28, 2013)

~stay at a Bed and Breakfast with friends for a weekend

~be a member of the audience of a TV show

~go to Kenya and volunteer for 2 weeks

~meet and have a conversation with Regina Doman (more than "Hi! I love your books! ok, bye...")

Self-Improvement
~run a 5K

~keep a Thankful journal

~Get 8 hours of sleep for 7 days straight

~Lose 10 lbs

~participate in and finish a marathon

~learn to play tennis

Outdoors
~go canoeing
~watch a sunrise (summer '12)
~watch a sunset (summer '12)
~go hiking in a rainforest

~go kayaking

~go windsurfing

~go camping

~go skiing

~go scuba diving

~swim with dolphins

~sleep under the stars

Just Because
~learn to crochet
~grow a rose garden
~learn calligraphy
~get a bicycle that works

~learn to play the guitar

~spend the night in a famous hotel

~learn archery

~ice skate at the Rockefeller Center during Christmas

~go horseback riding in North Dakota

~decorate my bedroom exactly the way I want to

~Practice flute every day for 2 weeks

~go to a movie by myself

~live in a city (Boston or NYC, etc) for 6 months

~have a famous designer redo at least one room of my house

~stay overnight on a luxury boat

~participate in the Amazing Race

~learn chess

~learn calligraphy

~collect something

~write a song for a famous singer

~write my biography and have it published

~attend the midnight screening of a movie

~design my own house

Relationships

~send letters to 5 different friends
~trace my family tree back 6 generations

~get in touch with as many family members as possible

~meet at least one great-grandchild

Practical
~learn how to drive an RV (June '12)

~go through my music, and delete songs I don't listen to

~learn to drive stick shift

~clear out my email inbox once a month for 12 months

~Go through my dresser and closet and give away everything that I don't wear, twice