***Coop's Custom Creations: Winter Wish 3

Tuesday, December 1, 2015

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December 1 - January 10 then it will expire.

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Love and Blessings

Things that make me THINK.....

Dum Spiro, Spero: "While I breathe, I hope"

"You is Smart, You is Kind, You is Important" ~The Help

The smallest good deed is better than the grandest good intention. ~Duguet

Whether you believe you can do a thing or not, you are right. ~Henry Ford

Seek respect mainly from thyself, for it comes first from within. ~Coogler

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. ~William Arthur Ward

"If it's amazing, it won’t be easy.
If it's easy, it won’t be amazing.
If it's worth it, you won't give up.
If you give up, it's not worth it." ~Marley

My Joy/Bucket/Photo List

......to be continued Regularly

So, the plan is to edit this on a fairly regular basis to see how far I get and what ideas I get. I'm hoping that other people will see it and give me ideas as well. Here goes:

001 All 50 States

002 Build a snowman--DONE

003 Call someone I haven't talked to in more than five years--DONE

004 Dance in the rain--DONE

005 Do a charity walk/run--DONE

006 Finish College

007 Give a gift and expect nothing in return--DONE

008 Go all-out for Christmas….cookies, decorations, lights, windows, presents, traditions

009 Kiss in the rain--DONE

010 Learn how to ballroom dance

011 Learn one favorite song on the piano

012 Learn Tai Chi

013 Learn to change the oil on my car

014 Make a fantastic five-course dinner

015 Make a list of my 5 most annoying habits and work on them

016 Make a meal for someone who doesn't live at my house--DONE

017 Make a scrapbook about me--working

018 Make homemade salad dressing--DONE

019 Make pizza from scratch

020 Make something on a pottery wheel

021 Meet an old friend for coffee--DONE

022 Put together a large puzzle, glue it, frame it

023 Read by the fireplace--DONE

024 Re-Learn to speak a foreign language (french)

025 Sit in front of the fire on a snowy day--DONE

026 Soak in a zen bubble bath…candles, music, oils--DONE

027 Start and finish another painting--DONE

028 Stay outside for an entire day

029 Write a book

030 Write a letter now to my future grandkids

031 Write a letter to a friend--DONE

032 See the Northern Lights in Alaska

033 Visit Cooper's Landing-Alaska

034 Grand Canyon sunrise/sunset

035 Skydive

036 Ride in a Hot Air Balloon

037 Spend at least three days at a dude ranch

038 Send a message in a bottle

039 Tour a vineyard and sample a good wine

040 Explore the routes of America's Underground Railroad

041 Hike part of the Appalachian Trail

042 Swim with the dolphins

043 Epcot/Disney/Cirque--DONE

044 Margaritaville

045 Key Largo

046 Hawaii

047 Stand in a waterfall

048 See a volcano

049 Go to a Luau

050 Mississippi Delta

051 Go to New Orleans for Mardi Gras

052 Sled down a massive hill

053 Canoe

054 Spend a night on an island in the BWCA

055 Sail a sailboat

056 Spend the night in a quaint bed-and-breakfast

057 Wake up to the sounds of the forest--DONE

058 Drive the Gunflint Trail

059 Mississippi Headwaters

060 Jump into a swimming hole

061 Rake a giant pile of leaves and jump in them!

062 Tell ghost stories around a campfire and make s'mores--DONE

063 Hang up a hammock…and USE IT!

064 Sleep under the stars

065 Take a sleigh ride

066 Eat at a fancy restaurant and order anything from the menu--DONE

067 Walk in a winter woods

068 Blindly pick a place on a map and visit it

069 Visit Minnesota "monuments" (World's Largest…)

070 Las Vegas Strip

071 Spend the night in a lighthouse

072 Fall in New England--planning with Mom

073 Visit New York City at Christmas and go ice-skating

074 Visit Radio City Music Hall

075 Walk Broadway at night

076 Go to a Broadway show

077 Go dancing all night

078 Run through a sunflower field

079 Mount Rushmore--DONE

080 Badlands--DONE

081 Passion Play

082 Padre Island

083 Crystal Cathedral

084 Swim in the Great Salt Lake

085 Cherry Blossoms in Washington DC

086 Washington DC

087 Gettysburg

088 Grand Tetons

089 Redwoods

090 Old Faithful

091 Sequoias

092 Yellowstone

093 Drive a sports car/convertible with the top down and music blaring--DONE

094 Throw a surprise party--DONE

095 Wear a flower in my hair--DONE

096 Throw a HUGE party and invite EVERYONE

097 Climb a mountain

098 Go horseback riding on the beach

099 Drive Route 66

100 Meditate by a river's edge--DONE

101 Go all-out for an elegant cocktail party

102 Befriend someone who I didn't immediately like--DONE

103 Run a 5K-DONE April, 2009!!!

104 Walk through a field of daisies

105 Publish something--DONE

106 African safari

107 Visit the pyramids

108 Spend New Year's Eve in an exotic location

109 Canada

110 Quebec

111 The Great Wall of China

112 Paris, Again

113 Louire valley castles, again

114 Tours, Again

115 Normandy

116 Cote d'Azur

117 Greece

118 Go into and eat in an Authentic Irish Pub

119 Converse in Italian at a Tuscany market

120 Visit Rome

121 Ride a gondola in Venice

122 Go to the "boot heel"

123 Drink traditional tea in an outside café in London

124 Ride on the top of a double-decker bus in London

125 Baha

126 Mexico

127 See the sun rise on all 7 continents

128 Balanced Rock, Garden of the Gods, Colorado

129 Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah

130 Delicate Arch, Utah

131 Devils Tower, Wyoming

132 Geiser Black Rock Desert, Nevada

133 Landscape Arch, Utah

134 Mushroom Rock, Kansas

135 Palo Duro Canyon, Texas--DONE 1976

136 Perce Rock, Canada

137 Spider Rock, Chelly Canyon, Arizona

138 The Wave, Arizona

139 Practice random acts of kindness--DONE

140 Forgive--DONE

141 Find a spiritual path--WORKING ON IT

142 Make amends--TRYING

143 Encourage my children--CONTINUALLY

144 Accept myself--WORKING ON IT

145 Find my passions and follow them--WORKING ON IT

It started out as a "Bucket List" and list of photos I wanted to take. Now it's just a list of dreams and wishes, not to put pressure on me or anyone else, but to encourage me to follow my dreams and try to make them come true while trying to also do the best for those around me.

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