Her Goodness is Innate

Tasks to accomplish before I kick the bucket:

• Grow my own herbs and vegetable
• Meet President Obama
• Swim with dolphins
• Visit the Neuschwanstein castle in Germany
• Get my Masters degree in… anything
• Get paid to write something
• Maintain a compost pile
• Get married
• Tour the White House
• Show the boy around my neighborhood in Rome
• See Billy Joel in concert
• Work for a women’s rights organization
• Have dinner with someone famous that I admire
• Visit Greece
• Perfect a variety of granola recipes
• Go on a cruise
• Play the leading lady in a musical, even if it’s just a community theatre
• Manage my own business
• Become that person who knows everyone
• Have a cherry tree in my yard
• Learn to figure skate
• Pay off my student loan debt
• Become an expert in something
• Go to a taping of my favorite show
• Make more money than I spend on Etsy
• Ride on AirForce One
• Tour the Leinenkugel’s factory
• Record a CD
• Get certified to teach yoga
• Dedicate one room to books and coffee
• Own a great camera and learn how to use it

Accomplished tasks:

• Get my degree (B.A. in Women’s Studies and Communication Studies, May 2008 )
• Donate my hair to Locks of Love (June 2007)
• Read a book in one sitting (The Secret Life of Bees, January 2009)
• Go to a concert where I know all the words (Josh Groban, June 2004)
• Get a massage (May 2008 )
• Backpack across Europe (April 2006)
• See the chandelier in the Paris Opera House as featured in The Phantom of the Opera (April 2006)
• Visit a country where I can communicate in the mother tongue (Italy, January-May 2006)
• Visit Spain (Barcelona, February 2006)

Accomplished tasks that weren’t on the initial list but totally should have been because I’m really proud of them:

• Drive in a Presidential motorcade (March 2008 )
• Meet Jon Stewart (May 2005)
• Be interviewed on television (February 2008 )
• Become a godmother (September 2006)
• Make Deans List (Spring 2007, Fall 2007, & Spring 2008 )