Some items on my list may seem insignificant to others, but what follows is a list of what is important to ME. Enjoy and look for updates as I complete each item on my list!
Gan's Top 55 Things
1. Update this blog three days a week for a whole year. I figure if I do it for a year then the habit of blogging will be in my blood!
2. Attend a weekend Writers Retreat. I hear such great comments about these retreats that it's time for me enjoy one for myself!
3. Lose 25 pounds. No explanation needed.
4. Become a paid writer. My goal, my dream. It's time to make it come true.
5. Spend a weekend in DC. Can you believe I've never been to our nation's Capital??
6. Finish Hollie's afghan. I promised Hollie a crocheted afghan when she went away to college, when she graduated college, when she and Mikey married, for her 30th birthday. Somehow, someway, my daughter is getting her afghan before my 56th birthday!
7. Write a novel. Okay, maybe not a complete novel...how 'bout a novella?
8. Help build a house with Habitat for Humanity. Helping people and working with my hands - Awesome!
9. Start going church every Sunday. Someplace where I can communicate with the "Big Guy" and not feel that every move I make and every thought I have is going to send me to Hell.
10. Land a permanent job. I love the job I have now, but it's only temporary.
11. Have each grandchild spend the weekend at Papa/Gan's alone.
12. Repaint our bedroom. The feather-painted walls have lost their shine.
13. Have a whole weekend with nothing to do! I can hear my children laughing at this one!
14. Fill every page in a journal. I own so many journals that I could open my own Journal Shop!
15. Have a garage sale and get rid of all the stuff we no longer use.
16. Put a blanket on the lawn and sit and gaze at the sky for hours. Or at least until I fall asleep!
17. Go on a picnic in the Metro Parks. Every summer I say that we are going to pack dinner and spend the evening in the park, but before I know it summer is gone.
18. Take the grandkids sled riding.
19. Spend a week at Virginia Beach with the whole family. Well, if the whole family can't, I'm going!!
20. Visit the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame. Went when it first opened but haven't been back since.
21. Find a Yoga class and go every week.
22. Teach my granddaughters yoga.
23. Meditate once a day.
24. Spend a weekend in Pennsylvania visiting all the places I lived or stayed and take pictures.
25. Complete a scrapbook for each grandchild.
26. Organize all the family photos. And there are a lot!
27. Make Taco Salad for Wednesday night dinner at Papa/Gan's. Zach is waiting patiently for this meal!
28. Have a family portrait taken. I really do need the whole family to cooperate for this one!
29. Go on an all day motorcycle ride with Papa.
30. Take a walk in the snow with all the grandkids.
31. Spend 30 minutes every day writing for a whole year. (See # 1)
32. Spend an afternoon in the Metro Parks taking photos with my "old-fashion" 35mm camera.
33. Take my laptop to a coffee shop and write stories about the customers. I will leave Papa at home - he gets embarrassed when I people-watch!
34. Spend a holiday serving food at a soup kitchen.
35. Join a writers society.
36. Spend a summer evening at Coventry. For those who are not from Cleveland, Coventry is home to a wonderful community of artists!
37. Take the grandkids to Great Lakes Science Museum.
38. Watch all of "Gone With the Wind" in one evening. I've seen the whole movie - just not straight through!
39. Write my "farewell" letters to my family. Maybe a bit morbid, but something I want to do!
40. Go roller skating. So what's a few more broken bones?
41. Extend the front porch. Need room for another rocker!
42. Adopt a puppy. (I can hear Papa yelling now!)
43. Dance in the rain with my grandkids. EVERYONE should dance in the rain with their kids or grandkids once in their life!
44. Eat lobster. I've never ate lobster and think I should try it at least once in this life!
45. Learn Spanish.
46. Design a website from scratch.
47. Sing Karaoke. Well, at least here at home with the grandkids!
48. See the War end.
49. See the oil leak in the Gulf capped.
50. Watch the sunrise with my granddaughters. (Actually, I think I've done this already but was too sleepy to notice!)
51. Learn to knit. Maybe I will finish projects faster working with two needles!
52. Stay Healthy!
53. Fingerpaint. You know, I don't think I ever fingerpainted as a child!
54. Find my center.
55. Complete all of the above.
32. Spend an afternoon in the Metro Parks taking photos with my "old-fashion" 35mm camera.
33. Take my laptop to a coffee shop and write stories about the customers. I will leave Papa at home - he gets embarrassed when I people-watch!
34. Spend a holiday serving food at a soup kitchen.
35. Join a writers society.
36. Spend a summer evening at Coventry. For those who are not from Cleveland, Coventry is home to a wonderful community of artists!
37. Take the grandkids to Great Lakes Science Museum.
38. Watch all of "Gone With the Wind" in one evening. I've seen the whole movie - just not straight through!
39. Write my "farewell" letters to my family. Maybe a bit morbid, but something I want to do!
40. Go roller skating. So what's a few more broken bones?
41. Extend the front porch. Need room for another rocker!
42. Adopt a puppy. (I can hear Papa yelling now!)
43. Dance in the rain with my grandkids. EVERYONE should dance in the rain with their kids or grandkids once in their life!
44. Eat lobster. I've never ate lobster and think I should try it at least once in this life!
45. Learn Spanish.
46. Design a website from scratch.
47. Sing Karaoke. Well, at least here at home with the grandkids!
48. See the War end.
49. See the oil leak in the Gulf capped.
50. Watch the sunrise with my granddaughters. (Actually, I think I've done this already but was too sleepy to notice!)
51. Learn to knit. Maybe I will finish projects faster working with two needles!
52. Stay Healthy!
53. Fingerpaint. You know, I don't think I ever fingerpainted as a child!
54. Find my center.
55. Complete all of the above.
