2011 Bucket List

So my friend, Mandee, inspired me to make a 2011 bucket list (check out her list). I wish I would've done this back in January, but better late than never. I thought it was a cute and clever idea...so here goes...

1. take a walk along the canal


2. implement Friday night pizza nights with neighbors and friends


3. play tennis with my dad


4. teach Sophie to play tennis


5. complete an oil painting


6. learn to make tiramisu


7. organize a game night with friends


8. write a poem for Anthony


9. get Anthony on a consistent sleep schedule


10. lead a team for Race for the Cure


11. have a wine tasting party


12. start a savings account for Anthony


13. start a 529 college fund for Anthony


14. increase our retirement account contributions


15. complete P90X


16. donate blood


17. learn how to thread my bobbin on my sewing machine


18. finish making a bedding set for Anthony's room


19. make a quilt for Anthony


20. make a raspberry cake on Mother's Day


21. plant flowers


22. make pretty flower boxes for the deck


23. hike at Eagle Creek Park


24. go to Vegas for a girls weekend


25. complete our wedding photo album


26. make a scrapbook for Anthony


27. re-learn to knit


28. take a Sunday cruise in Grandpa Vern's '56 Cadillac


29. go to the Broad Ripple Art fair


30. go fishing


31. visit my grandparents at the cementary


32. stay in my PJ's watching movies all day


33. go mushroom hunting


34. go on a family picnic at the Morgan Monroe State Forest


35. play golf with my husband


36. recyle


37. have a spa birthday party for my niece


38. go camping


39. try Jocamo's Pizza


40. watch Jake play baseball


41. stand under the water falls at McCormick's Creek


42. watch fireworks on July 4th


43. go to the Bean Blossom Bluegrass festival


44. make fried green tomatoes


45. visit friends in Chicago


46. join a yoga class


47. watch horse races at Indiana Downs


48. read the Twilight series


49. read the manual for my new camera


50. go to an Indians game with AJ an Anthony


51. make a video using iMovie


52. buy a new/used road bike


53. get a massage


54. see live music at the Jazz Kitchen


55. give Sophie Spanish lessons


56. get family photos taken


57. see a ballet


58. plant an herb garden


59. make and jar basil pesto


60. go artifact hunting with Dad


61. go to a concert


62. go on a date with my husband


63. oil paint together with Dad


64. have a picnic Oliver Winery


65. go hiking in Brown County


66. go shopping in Brown County


67. visit the home of TC Steele


68. attend the Covered Bridge festival


69. go canoeing with Dad


70. have a margarita at La Jolla


71. have a Corona at La Piedad


72. take Anthony and Riley on walk on the Monon


73. make scented candles with my nieces


74. have a cookout with old neighbors


75. have a cookout with new neighbors


76. get a sub and homemade ice cream at the Morgan Co. Fair


77. have a water balloon fight with my nieces & nephews


78. take Anthony swimming for first time


79. spend an afternoon at Southeast Way Park


80. roast marshmallows


81. make AJ a chocolate banana malt


82. watch a meteor shower


83. go to the State Fair


84. go to the apple orchard with Mom & Sophie


85. bake a homemade apple pie


86. take pictures of the autumn leaves


87. go to the Fall Foliage Festival


88. carve a pumpkin for Anthony


89. give toys to the kids at the Peyton Manning Children's Hospital


90. make fudge with my Grandma


91. plan a trip to Europe for 2012


92. see Anthony take his first step


93. adopt a family for Christmas


94. bake Christmas cookies with Mom & Sophie


95. See the Nutcracker with Mom & Dad


96. invite Sophie and Lily over to make gingerbread houses


97. take Anthony to see Santa


98. attend the candlelight service on Christmas Eve


99. make my 2012 bucket list


100. kiss my husband on New Year's Eve