...Social Science

This is what I'm working towards:

Earn my doctorate
Write a book

Purchase a home
Live somewhere besides Texas
Rock a self imposed power outage
Plant a fruit and vegetable garden
Read Anna Karina

Make "Less is More" my mantra

Go to grad school
Obtain credit (because I have none)
Send more flowers
Support Wind Energy (with actual money, not just t-shirts)
Invest in the stock market
Cook a Brisket
Climb an active volcano
See my daughter dance in a recital
Have a tea party. With real tea. And dresses.

Make regular dental appointments
Learn to ballroom dance
Become a passport stamp collector:
     Rome, Italy
          Vatican City
               St. Peter's Cathedral : Hear Gloria
     Hallstatt, Austria
     Greece
          Swim in the Mediterranean
     The Cotswald, England (stay in a cottage)
     Istanbul
     Vernazza, Italy
     Paris, France
          Rue Cler
          Les Puces de Saint-Ouen
     Baden-Baden, Germany
     Dingle Peninsula, Ireland
     Florence, Italy
     Gimmelwald, Switzerland
           play outdoor chess
     Prague
     Ærø, Denmark
     Bruges, Belgium
     Venice, Italy
     Giant's Causeway, Ireland
     Isle of Jura, Scotland (ancestor's birthplace)
          Look for stone fences : also, people
     St. Petersburg, Russia
          Winter Palace
     Dover Beach, England
          Listen to the waves crash : consider lofty things
     Cambridge, England
           Take a class from the University of Cambridge (do they allow that?)
Climb a mountain with Josh
Have family portraits taken

Find my decorating style and stick to it
Own a Great Dane
Run a 5K
Go see a Dermatologist
Plant Poplar Trees
Make tiramisu from scratch
Create a backyard oasis
Be a passenger on a plane my brother is piloting
Take a pottery class
Make my own wine
Learn how to silk screen
Write a children's book
Learn to play the violin
Learn French
Create a personal library
Ride in a hot air balloon
Participate in an international mission trip
Quit my job
De-College-ify my wardrobe
Live on a farm
Dye my hair some unnatural color
Get a henna tattoo
Get that book (#1) published
Open a gallery/handmade store
Make a full blown breakfast for my family, complete with smiley face pancakes
Photograph all 50 states
Make Juliana's Christmas dress
Sip Lemonade in Georgia on a Plantation
Learn to SCUBA
Use every one of my Nordic Ware Pans. Then sell the pans.
Go square dancing. With the dress and everything.
Attend a Catholic Mass
Dress up the entire family for Halloween
Make bread. Without a bread machine. Or a mix.
Swim with manta rays
Have a summer solstice party
Have the family diamonds remade into something I'll wear
Let Juliana try on my wedding dress
Finish Dante's Divine Comedy
Write my will
Teach someone to read
Have my portrait painted
Buy groceries for the person behind me in line
Have my own space for creating
Fall asleep in an English garden
Decorate our bedroom.
Tackle Thanksgiving Dinner
Wear a dress every day for the entire summer
Perfect my handwriting