May 2010 5 year Bucket List Plan

So - maybe I should set some goals - get profound - develop a 5 year bucket list. It can quietly sit on my Blog and I can see if I can knock any of them off over the next 5 years of so. I might add things that are totally not reachable and I might even change them along the way - who knows? They are my dreams and goals. So I should be able to decide if I want to do them anymore or extend them or change them or morph them into something ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL! So here goes... let's see what I can come up with.

1. Clean out my closet - not just find it - but actually clean it OUT. Get rid of stuff I'll never ever wear again - toss those games I bought for kids who don't play them - and get that darn old computer out of there for good! (This one MIGHT be possible with enough Sweet Tea!)
2. Find a workable space for my crafts that isn't the dining room table. (This one will probably require longer since my youngest is only 5, kicking him to the curb at 10 is probably ill advised.)
3. Go 3 months with a zero balance on both credit cards. The one has been at zero for almost a year - it helped that I cut it into pieces, the other rises and lowers as my stock of carving materials goes up and down.
4. In letterboxing - hit 500 plants (232 more than today), 2500 finds (1165 more than today)and exchange with 400 (214 more than today) boxers. That means Teacup and I will HAVE to leave the state of Maine, OR we have to invite all of our postal/LTC/carving friends to Maine for one big 'ole exchange party. While I think the later is easier - Tea cracks around too many people - so look out world, we might just crack the border!
5. Attend the next Live and Breathe Event - yup, I said it. I have $3.27 saved up already. At this rate I should be ready to travel 3 years AFTER the event! Hold a program for me Camp Fire Lady - I'll make it there eventually!
6. Have one magical weekend when the laundry is all done, the dishes are all clean, the floors are all vacuumed and noone needs to visit the ER. Okay - so this one may NEVER happen. But it does a body and soul good to dream a little (BIG) dream.
7. Travel Route 66 before it completely disappears. I've been along some of the stops - but a college student never appreciates things until 20 years later. Wish I had taken just a couple more days on that 5 day trek 20 years ago!
8. Plan at least 2 weekend boxing getaways with Teacup every year for the next 5 years. If we aren't hosting an event - it looks like we'll have to go to yours. Watch out - when Team MudCup travels - noone is safe.
9. Have a 1 day window when we can say - yup, we've got them all in Maine - time to move along, before they plant more for us to find : ) Okay - so this is all part of that list thing. Its more of a Teacup bucket list idea. But since she doesn't box over the border - my list actually is all of the boxes in New Hampshire. And do you know how many MOUNTAINS are in New Hampshire? Mountains and mountains of GRANITE! (Must remember to add to Christmas wish list - one stairmaster.)
10. Actually use the stairmaster if I get it for Christmas. Okay - who am I kidding? A stairmaster on my Christmas Wish List??? Not freakin' likely! Its more like: carving material, blank index cards, camo duct tape, ziploc freezer bags, lock and locks, cardstock, bug spray, a new backpack... you know. All of the IMPORTANT stuff!
11. Take on the Zombies and win!
12. Find the lost land of Oz and make it home again - because there's no place like home, there's no place like home.
13. Go and play with the Inhabitants of the Enchanted Woods in Oregon.
14. Graduate to REAL markers...
15. Actually go on that letterboxing trip to France. You thought Teacup had problems with a state border - how am I going to convince her to jump the pond? I'd suggest taking a boat - but that would be worse!
16. Plant a tombstone for All of my friends. Honest - its an HONOR! We only memorialize the ones we love. The rest we leave on the carving table sitting under a never ending pile of postals : )
17. Convince my husband that cared images ARE an investment in our future. They continue to payback dividends the longer they are out in the wild. He just calculate dividends wrong.
18. Log the drawer of LTCs I have yet to log. I love them all - they just intimidate me to no end. Every time I look at them I feel inferior. There are so many carvers and LTC creators out there that make me look like a 3 year old with construction paper and a glue stick!
19. Plant a blue diamond series that is actually all my own stamps! I have those lovely jewels in my logbook - but not because they are my stamps... mostly its because wicked talented folks have let me plant their diamonds here in Maine. I live vicariously through others jewelry boxes... actually - I'd rather have a green emerald!
20. Publish a book. If I only knew how to write....................