The List

Experiences

• Own a mermaid tail at least as gorgeous and realistic as these 
• Give a candy bar to a cashier or clerk just because. 
• Drink absinthe in a prohibition-era type venue dressed in something flowy and vintage. 
• Eat at Caspers 
• Swim in the ocean in my mermaid tail. 
• Visit and purchase something from the local farmers market every Saturday for a month. 
• Host a game night at least once a month for three consecutive months. 
• Host a Bbq. 
• Host a full-fledged dinner party on New Year's Eve complete with multiple courses, real champagne, and over-the-top costumes. 
• Host a block party. 
• Sleep under the stars (I want to be drenched in them. No lights, no technology, no cars... to be absolutely and wholly swallowed up by the night). 
• Smile at every single person I cross paths with for an entire day. 
• Attend a music festival with no less than three bands that I love and stay for the duration of the festival. (for example). 
• Attend a concert by Andrew Bird in a small-ish venue (something like Cain's Ballroom). 

Skills and Knowledge 

• Become proficient at singing whilst playing my guitar (currently I can do each part of the equation quite decently by itself. Putting the two together, however, befuddles me). 
• Learn and integrate a new word into my vocabulary once a week for a month. 
• Learn conversational French. 
• Sew a 1950s style dress.

Travel

• Visit Chris McCandless's bus in Alaska.
• See the northern lights.
• Go back to Charleston, SC and stay at least one full week.

Relationships and Family

• Make breakfast in bed for someone I love.
• Go puddle jumping and kiss in the rain. 
• Cook with someone I love.
• Sing a love song to someone I love.
• Be a parent. 
• Read a bedtime story to my child/children at least once a week for a year. 

Achievements

• Write every day for 30 days. 
• Publish a short story.
• Make my own bread for three consecutive months (meaning that - whatever kind of bread I need or want - I make. I am wholly self-sufficient in the bread realm for these three months).
•  Read one book a month for an entire year. 
• Find 50 geocaches. PROGRESS I found my 17th cache on 5/6/13. 
• Go geocaching once a week for three consecutive months. 
• Design something that makes it to print. I was commissioned to design the cover for a local magazine this July.