THE LIST (a star means a check off the list)!
1) Go to Israel*   AMAZING experience made unforgettable friends 122 <3
2) Get a tattoo*    A memory for my grandmothers and a reminder to keep the faith
3) See my grandmother Rosalie's grave*  Felt her presence more than ever there.
4) Fly a plane
5) Summit a mountain* Washington state you are missed more than you know.
6) Climb on the side of a mountain peak (not in a gym or on a designed wall)*  Learning climbing shoes hurt more than heels
7) Learn to surf
8) Get my masters (almost there, 2 classes and a research project)
9) Become certified in nursing specialty* (CPN, yeah!!!)
10) Work with a nursing organization outside the country
11) Buy my own home
12) Donate my hair to Locks of Love*
13) Touch the Stanley Cup*
14) Do a marathon
15) Do a triathlon
16) Do a cross country road trip*
17) Live outside my state*
18) Become a mentor to a child
19) Have a published article in a medical journal
20) Raise money for a non-profit*
21) Bowl a 200
22) Visit all 50 states
23) Take a professional photography class and enter a photograph in a gallery
24) Sew an outfit
25) Journal daily for at least a year
26) Be an extra in a movie
27) Pay off all my loans
28) Hike the Appalacian Trial
29) Go to Vegas
30) Learn to play Guitar

So, the * denotes that this task has been checked off the list. Looking at the list, I feel overwhelmed, excited, and inspired at the goals I have set for myself. There are certainly goals that will be near impossible to complete by September 25th, 2013, but I will strive to get there and will transfer it on to my and beyond list that will be forthcomming on a later post. Thanks to all those already involved in these journeys and I can't wait for the people to be with me (hopefully including off of you) for the times to come. I will start blogging about my checked off tasks first. Please also make this blog about all of you... post dreams and hopes or even a list of your own... I would love to build a community around this idea, maybe even check things off together!