I’ll sleep when I’m dead.

Several years ago Brian and I started making a list of things we wanted to do in our lives.  We don’t call it a “bucket list” (things we want to do before we kick the bucket), but a “life list” of things we desire to do to bring life, to live our lives to the full.  A little over a year ago I updated mine and added several items.  I also copied from my friend Elle and made a specific list of things I would do in 2009.  I didn’t do too badly at it, completing a little over half.  It is a fun thing to do, and I am one who enjoys marking things off a list.  2009 was a great year for me in experiencing new things.  I don’t know if that had anything to do with my list or not, but I do know it was because I am being more deliberate about experiencing life the way God intended me to.  One of those is to blog weekly, which was one from last year.  This time I am serious!  Brian will be updating my page soon, giving it a new look, and I’m going to stick to it.  So, without further ado, here is my list for 2010:

1. Blog at least once a week.
2. Lose 10 pounds and more if possible.
3. Drive north until we find enough snow to make snow angels and build a snowman.
4. Learn what God would have me give up for Lent and do it.
5. Eat at the Loveless Café
6. Finish list of 100 good things God has done in my life
7. Go on an overnight hiking trip with my family
8. Take a weekend away with a girlfriend (or 4)
9. See how many people I can stuff into a phone booth
10. Make at least one Christmas gift every month
11. Finish 2 scrapbooks
12. Dance on the bar at Coyote Ugly (after #2 is complete)
13. Learn the Thriller Dance
14. Dance barefoot in a fountain
15. Learn to play Bella’s Lullaby
16. Visit at least one new state
17. Spend a day alone with God
18. Do an unexpected (and, if possible, secret) thing for someone
19. Complete the St. Jude’s half marathon
20. Read at least 45 books.

January – A Full House of Growing Pains by Barbara Cameron, Have a Little Faith by Mitch Albom, Woman First Family Always by Kathryn Sansone, Tricks and Burned by Ellen Hopkins, Shades of Blue by Karen Kingsbury, The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner (hereafter to be abbreviated GCW)

February – Burn by Ted Dekker and Erin Healy, Surprise Island by GCW, Mommywood by Tori Spelling, Take One and Take Two by Karen Kingsbury, The Yellow House Mystery by GCW

March – Mystery Ranch, Mike’s Mystery, and Blue Bay Mystery by GCW

You can find my master list as well as 2009′s list under “Life List.”

It wasn’t on my list last year, but I did face my fear of heights in Colorado by riding the “Claim Jumper,”  a free-fall swing that was absolutely terrifying and exhilarating.  I also ziplined in Montana.

“I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead” by Bon Jovi