My Bucket List

100 things I’m going to do before I die…in no particular order:

1. Qualify (& finish!) IM Hawaii
2. Expand TeamFab to include two lil ones full-of-life & laughs
3. Sit next to Oprah on her show
4. Run a sub3:30 marathon
5. Do a yoga class with my kids
6. Own a sunny destination family getaway home – perhaps on an island, that we share with our very best friends, the Watts’.
7. Take all Corkers/Watkins/Irwins on a family (all expenses paid) vacation as a token of our gratitude of their love.
8. Go on an African Safari with DouglasJamesPhotography
9. Create my own empire – where bliss is encouraged and passion grows on trees…and no one is confined to a “Monday-Friday” cubicle lifestyle.
10.  Costa Rica Fam Vacay – feed the monkeys, slide down the mountains & watch Doug teach the kids to surf!
11. Hike Patagonia
12. European bike trip – France or Italy would do nicely
13. Successfully grow a veggie garden – maybe even an avocado tree too
14. Kayak trip to the Broken Islands in BC (guided)
15. Appear on the cover of Fast Company OR Inc. magazine for Entrepreneur of the Year with Bro & the CMO
16.  Look into the eyes of our first born and be able to authentically tell him/her that they CAN do whatever they want in this world. Because I’m living my dream!
17. Say Yes to someone…and make it change their life!
18. Own a VW – NoMoSolo branded Van – orange & purple, of course, with custom licence plates
19. Take the family on a missions trip to a 3^rd world country
20. Ride a custom painted road or tri bike w/ race wheels
21. Own (read: no mortgage!) a modest home with an outdoor kitchen and big windows with a view of possibilities
22. Learn how to paddle board in Hawaii - Did it: Kona June 7th, 2010!
23. Drink a cappuccino in Paris with my Man
24. Own Porty named Ocho!
25. Sit front row when my Bro receives his first Noble Peace Prize – he’ll know I’m his biggest fan.
26. Plan an annual “Sister Weekend Getaway” with my Sisters-in law
27. Attend a training camp in Arizona
28. Hike West Coast trail (or Juan da Fuca!) Finished Juan de Fuca July 18, 2010!
29. Weekend getaway to Portland, Oregon – Friggen Fabulous (I’m goin’ back!): June 26, 2010
30. Take my Mom to spa in Red Rock, UT
31. Run/Walk a 5km race with the Irwin Family…just because I know they can! NYC, Team Irwin?
32.  Plan crazy-awesome-madly-in-love Wedding Anniversary getaways!
33. Swim in a custom Splish suit
34. Be apart of a female only cycling club – fabulous women, strong legs, loads of laughs
35. Skate-ski in Whistler, après too!
36. Yoga retreat on Salt Spring Island
37. Invite a homeless person in for dinner
38. Live (permanently and unapologetically!) in Hawaii or San Diego for a finite period of time (so the gov’t doesn’t put us in jail!)
39.  Hike Elffin Lakes, BC – with trail runner or snowshoes! CHECK: June 20th with trail runners, over heaps of snow!
40. Hollyhock Resort on Cortes Island for a retreat
41. Qualify for Boston Marathon (3:40!)
42. Golf in Ireland with my Man (He may golf, I may spa)
43. Weekend getaway to Rockwater Secret Cove
44.  Pick up my Man for a date in a plane
45. Shake Anthony Robbins’ big, lovely hands. (Or maybe just give him a hug!)
46. Spend a weekend on Savory Island (pie included?)
47. Start a happiness movement that spreads globally.
48. OPEN TO POSSIBILITY
49. Custom closet organizer in every closet of our home, garage included.
50. Spend a week in the summer at Hornby Island, BC with our friends + kids
51. Surprise my best girlfriends with a weekend trip to the spa
52. Buy cruiser bikes for us to get around with a smile – mine will have a basket and his will have a kid-carrier!
53.  Eat an avocado with Jason Mraz, from his farm
54.  Receive an email from Howard Schultz expressing his interest in partnering with NoMoSolo (I will respond quickly with an enthusiastic, YES!) … because he knows it will drive Sbux revenue thru the roof!
55. Surprise a family at Christmas with dinner, anonymously.
56.  Meet Leo of ZenHabits in San Francisco for coffee (organic & fare-trade, obviously)
57. Find a great reason to visit Colorado
58. Custom stationery, designed just for TeamFab so we can easily send gratitude snail mail
59. Meet Seth Godin in NYC Completed: May 14, 2010!
60. OPEN TO POSSIBILITY
61. Live off of cash, in jars perhaps
62. Hire a Personal Shopper who knows how to splurge at Anthropologie!
63. Jam in a drum circle (outside)
64. Have the world’s best NoMo Partners in all major cities around the world who are living the happiest life they could ever imagine!
65. Own black Range Rover – he will drive it.
66. Bathroom full of Aveda/Eminence products
67. Experience a Christmas morning on a beach with mimosa’s and flip flops
68. Earn $1,000,000 before I’m 40
69. OPEN TO POSSIBILITY!
70. Blow up DouglasJamesPhotography around our home – it will serve as a gallery!
71. Have my website crash from too many views.
72. Invite Sheryl Crow & Wyatt over for dinner at our home (Doug won’t mind!)
73. Coffee in Fort Langley, BC
74.  Feng Shui our home – garage included – clutter be gone.
75. Go for a ride with the Corbinator in MT (or Hawaii!)
76.  Own a pair of dark purple Hunter Rain Boots
77. Be a guest on Danielle LaPorte’s TV show where she rocks out with amazing entrepreneurs
78.  Take my kids to swimming lessons – they don’t need to want to become pool rats, but they will learn to swim.
79.  80. Cheer for my Mom in her first marathon! It will be a walk of victory in so many ways for her. Completed May 2, 2010!
80. OPEN TO POSSIBILITY
81. Hike a mountain with my Dad. Anywhere. Any size. Just make it to the top for a picture with “thumbs up!” – so totally appropro!
82. Read Atlas Shurg
83. Keep a jade plant alive long enough that I am able to cut branches and give them away to friends
84. Stay in a hut over the water in Bali
85.  Buy Doug a BMW K1200RS motorcycle, with hard bags, matching outfits and a ticket for a road trip for his 50^th birthday!
86. Hire a Nanny and help him/her live their wildest dream when they are done with us.
87. Meet Asher for a spontaneous spa getaway – where we compare our crazy entrepreneurial tails – and leave with a spring back in our step!
88. Own hard-cased orange luggage
89.  Sponsor a child in Africa/ South America as a family who the kids consider their sibling
90. Take acro-yoga classes
91. Create a Home Office courtesy of Pottery Barn (I see a large white desk with cupboards and drawers, oh my!)
92.  Commission Katy Chan to design and create kitchen linens for us (with bicycles perhaps!)
93. Own a Le Creuset pot – preferably in red
94. Take the mic at TED with BRO – rock the stage sharing our story on generating smiles.
95.  Support the Bees – mo’honey, mo’pollen, mo’bloomin’flowers!
96. Have dinner & a bottle of something real good with Danielle LaPorte - Check. She’s become one of my favorite, most fun soul sista’s…i predict many more dinners! Summer 2010.
97.  Winter storm watching weekend in Tofino.
98. Attend Bro’s wedding with the biggest smile ever and be humbled by the love in the air!
99.  Own a king size bed with a dark wooden zen-like bed frame – half way there, May 2010.
100. Ice cream cones (Kawartha Dairy!) in Ontario cottage country, with my Dad and his boat, my man and our kids…it is hands down one of my fondest childhood memories, that the next generation simply must experience!

(I notice a trend: lovers and loved ones, adventures, freedom and spas. Pretty sure it may be the recipe for Blissful Living!)

“If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or things.” – Albert Einstein