Back in 2009/2010 I wrote some posts about my dream life list, inspired
by Maggie at Mighty Girl.
by Maggie at Mighty Girl.
I kept it updated for a while, but frankly, none of the ``big stuff`` like buying a camper or going to the Smithsonian to see Julia Child`s kitchen was or is ever going to happen.
So I plugged along at a few of the manageable ones, like giving blood
(which I still do! And you should too!), made a Pavlova,
but it petered out quickly because, as I said, many were unattainable,
and some were vague, with no realistic way to complete (cook new recipes every week - for how long before I can say it`s completed?).
This Fall while we were at the Farmers Market, The Boy saw a few vendors selling ground cherries. I`d seen them before but had no idea what they tasted like or what you would do with them, so at first I said no when he asked if we could get some.
He asked and asked, and I soon figured, gosh, if my kid is asking me to buy him FRUIT, is this really something I should say no to???
So we bought a container and they were ok - a bit like a tomato, but a very light flavor.
The Boy soon lost interest in them, and it fell to the grownups to finish them off,
but hey, we tried something new!
This morning I updated my list, and crossed off things I have done,
and things I have done enough of to cross them off.
Make one new recipe a week - I`ve been cooking from my cookbooks on Instagram for a year and a half now and have cut my book collection by half and tried tons of new recipes. Done!
Cook at least 10 recipes out of all my books.
Goes hand in hand with the one above. I`m calling it done.
Fly a kite successfully. Done! Proof coming soon.
Try Absinthe - removed from the list as I don`t drink any more.
Watch the sunrise from a beach. Done! Photo to follow.
Be able to donate to worthy causes - Not even remembering that this was on my list, I signed up last month for payroll deductions for a local organization. It`s a very small amount, but I`m doing it.
Forgive and Forget - I was so terribly hurt by the person I wrote this about.
I hardly ever think about her anymore. Go me.
Have a family portrait taken - thank goodness for cameras with timers.
Have a header designed for my blog - this one got crossed off twice - a reader designed
me one from the kindness of her heart back in 2010,
and then when I came back to blogging last year, I designed one myself.
Add the baby to the family tattoo on my arm. The gang is all there.
Volunteer at a mission or church kitchen to serve a holiday meal - what a great day that was.
Have a margarita tasting - heh. Removed.
Have a bonfire on the beach - Done!
Make a handmade toy for The Boy - The Mister did this one, so we`re crossing it off.
Look at that - 12 things off the list! That`s a total of 18 of the 110 things on my list. I`ll never get to Spain, or have my house cleaned professionally, or go the the Great Wall - although I know someone who was there this year and saw photos of her on it - does that count????, or fly First Class, or visit New Orleans, but I can make some stuff out of paper, and go to the Icefields, and play cards, right?
Right.
