Thursday, September 29, 2011
That's NOT for Me! : Join The Mile High Club
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
TRAVEL TIPS: MARYLAND
Maryland is such a beautiful state to visit, my Aunt lives there and I have been there to visit many times so I have seen/done most of the things on this list (i will review them at a later date) but obviously these are the top things to do in MD--in my opinion.
Ashley Cove
Thursday, September 22, 2011
That's NOT for Me! : Eat Raw Sushi
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
TRAVEL TIPS: NEW HAMPSHIRE
Friday, September 16, 2011
FIX IT FRIDAYS: BLOG
Thursday, September 15, 2011
That's NOT for Me! : Drive a Motorcycle
DRIVING A MOTORCYCLE
I have been on motorcycles before, only with my dad, I do not think I would ever get on one with anyone else, in fact I will probably never get on one again. I just have no desire and I have heard so many horror stories--that were too close to home. My husbands uncle was in a Motorcycle accident, he lost his arm. A friend of my father in law was in a motorcycle accident and lost his legs. It's one thing to trust yourself when you get on the road in any sort of vehicle but you CANNOT trust anyone else that is driving. Why not? Because they all have their head up their ass. And with so many people now texting while driving it is so much more dangerous. So I personally have no desire to do this but I think it's a great idea for someone else to put it on their life list. If I had it my way I would drive an army tank to the grocery store with the car seat in the back and and a 'Caution Baby on Board' bumper sticker and then I would have everything else delivered. People on the road scare me...they are not 'accidents' someone was either going to fast, not obeying the laws or doing something other than driving-these are not accidents, these are all intentional. If you are interested in learning how to drive a motorcycle here is a good place to start http://online2.msf-usa.org/msf/Default.aspx.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
TRAVEL TIPS: FLORIDA
Rent jet ski
Air boat tour
Eat alligator
Friday, September 9, 2011
NEW SCHEDULE: THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
That’s Not For Me Thursdays- There are many things out there that I personally have no interest in doing but I think would be great ideas for others. So this is just for fun and to maybe inspire some new ideas for your life lists.
Fix it Fridays- There are many LIFE LIST items that involve a lot of work, so I will dedicate Fridays to those items beginning with this blog itself. I have a overabundant amount of things to fix, change and add.
Surprise Saturdays- I have already completed nearly 150 items on my LIFE LIST and I will share with you my story and I will include everything from how I got the idea to how much it cost and what I would do differently.
NEW SCHEDULE: WEIGH IN WEDNESDAYS
Weigh in Wednesdays- Like money, I cannot look at my LIFE LIST item REACH MY LIFE GOAL WEIGHT and cross it off in one day, I am not a genie. So reaching my life goal weight is also a journey that I am currently working on and doing a good job at it if I must say so myself. I will share with you how much I’ve lost, how I lost it and I how I plan to lose the rest. I will also be telling you……how much I weigh AAAHHHHHH!!!! That’s why I am calling it Weigh in Wednesdays, I will reveal my weight loss each week. I think it will really encourage me to be diligent with my diet and exercise as this is highly embarrassing to share this information with my friends, family, my husbands friends and family-ugh!
NEW SCHEDULE: TRAVEL TIPS TUESDAYS
Travel Tips Tuesdays- If you have even glanced at my LIFE LIST for even one second you will notice a common theme-I love to travel like a crackhead loves chemical dependencies! Traveling is my drug, I am addicted to it, I am obsessed with it and I’m always trying to scrounge up money for more trips. It is a true passion of mine and my interest that I devote the most time to. For the last ten years I have spent extensive amounts of time doing travel research, just for myself, it’s my hobby to plan trips that I hope to one day take. I have close to five hundred travel books, magazines and brochures. I probably should one day open up a travel agency but I really have just done all this research for myself with no intention of sharing it with the world. But since you all are nice enough to read this blog of mine I will share my notes with you. I will post a location and what I think are the best and most essential components of traveling to that location. I include hotels, restaurants, activities….everything with the goal being to make the most out of visiting that location and not have to spend money to revisit because you missed things. I am not saying that you shouldn’t visit the same place twice, I am saying the world is amazing, there are thousands of places to see and we only given a short amount of time to take advantage of.
NEW SCHEDULE:MONEY MONDAYS
Money Mondays- Nearly everything in my Life List revolves around money in one way or another, so I will discuss how I am working on accomplishing these items. It is a journey, much to my chagrin I cannot look at my list and say ‘ok I’m going to raise my FICO score today to 800’ I wish I could but that’s not how it works and I thought it would be silly to spend the next year or two working on certain items and not be writing about them. I hope you will follow me on my financial journey, I can teach you things- I am open to any advice anyone has to offer, the best way to learn is from each other, we just need to communicate- and THAT’S FREE! If you struggle with financial issues, or want to buy a home, or wish you had more money to travel or keep putting of setting up your savings account-I think this will be a great resource for you, luckily for you I have dealt with just about every cash problem out there and I have been working hard to turn it around and fix all the problems and become someone a lender is dying to give money to, I want to be able to afford all the things I want in life, I want to give my children everything in the world and I want to be secure in my old age. I think these are things that everyone has on their life lists, and if not, then they probably should be.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
LIFE LIST: HOTELS TO STAY IN
HOTELS
1. Thornbury Castle-England http://www.thornburycastle.co.uk/
2. The Connaught-England http://www.the-connaught.co.uk
4. royal Scotsman trail-Scotland www.royalscotsman.com
5. Skibo Castle-Scotland www.carnegieclub.co.uk
6. Delphi Lodge-Ireland www.delphilodge.ie
7. Adare Manor-Ireland www.adaremanor.com
8. ballynahinch castle-Ireland www.ballynahinch-castle.com
9. Ashford castle-Ireland www.ashford.ie
10. northern lights inn-Iceland www.northernlightinn.is
11. Bedouin Directions-Jordan www.wadirumjeeptours.com
14. American Colony Hotel Israel www.americancolony.com
15. Arctic Hotel Pohtimo/Lapland Hotel Bear’s Lodge-Finland
16. Kakslauttanen Igloo Village-Finland www.kakslauttanen.fi
18. Victoria Angkor Resort and Spa-Cambodia www.victoriahotels-asia.com
19. Villa Paradiso-Cambodia www.thevillaparadiso.com
20. Jade Screen Hotel-China www.sinohotel.com
22. Hotel 1898-Barcelona www.hotel1898.com
23. Catalina las cortes-Madrid www.lascortes.madrid.it
25. The Leela Palace Kempinski Udaipur www.theleela.com
26. Oberoi Udaivilas www.oberoihotels.oberoi_udaivilas.com
27. Oberoi Amarvilas-Agra www.oberoihotels.oberoi_amarvilas.com
28. Kerala houseboats-India www.keralahouseboat.org
29. Uma Paro-Bhutan www.uma.paro.como.bz
30. Taj Tashi Thimphu-Bhutan www.tajhotels.com
31. Taktshang/Tiger’s Nest-Bhutan
32. Borana Lodge-Kenya http://www.borana.co.ke/
33. Giraffe Manor-Kenya http://www.giraffemanor.com/
34. Le meridian pyramids-Egypt www.lemeridien-pyramids.com
37. Saalbacher hof-Austria www.sallbacherhof.at
38. Hotel Tyrolis-Austria www.tyrolis.cc
39. Aqua Dome Hotel-Austria www.aqua-dome.at
40. Das Park Hotel Sewer Pipe Hotel-Austria www.dasparkhotel.net
43. Hotel Derby-Switzerland
46. Hotel Zugspitze-Germany www.hotel-zugspitze.de.
48. Villa Toucan-Costa Rica
49. Springs Resort and Spa-Costa Rica
50. Sloth Hotel-Costa Rica www.slothrescue.org
51. The Pacuare Lodge-Costa Rica www.junglelodgecostarica.com
52. maccu piccu sanctuary lodge www.sanctuarylodge.com
54. Hilton Bora Bora Nui Resort-Bora Bora www.hilton.com
55. La Balade des Gnomes-Belgium www.labaladedesgnomes.be
56. Jumbo Stay-Sweden www.jumbostay..com
57. Kolarbyn Hotel-Sweden www.kolarbyn.se
58. Utter Inn-Sweden http://www.privateislandsonline.com/utter-inn.htm
59. the capsule hotel-Netherlands www.capsulehotel.info
60. Wine Barrel Hotel-Netherlands
61. Ritz Carlton-France www.ritzparis.com
62. Hotel Duquesney-France www.duquesneeiffel.com
63. Ball in a Tree-Canada www.freespiritspheres.com
64. Pikes Lodge-Alaska www.pikeslodge.com
65. Alyeska-Alaska www.alyeskaresort.com
66. Chena Hot Springs-Alaska www.chenahotsprings.com
67. Adobe Grand Villas-Arizona www.adobegrandvillas.com
68. Wigwam-Arizona www.wigwamresort.com
69. El Tovar-Arizona www.grandcanyonlodges.com
70. Shady Dell Trailor Park-Arizona www.theshadydell.com
71. Exotic Animal Resort-Arkansas www.gwpark.org
72. Riddles Elephant Sanctuary-Arkansas www.elephantsanctuary.org
73. Winvian Country Inn-Conneticut www.winvian.com
74. The Argonaut Hotel-California San Francisco www.argonauthotel.com
75. The Innsbruck-Colorado
76. Ghost Town- Colorado
77. Home Ranch-Colorado www.homeranch.com
78. Animal Kingdom Lodge-Florida www.disneyworld.disney.go.com
79. Jules Undersea Lodge-Florida www.jul.com
80. Hamilton Turner Inn-Georgia
81. The Gastonian-Georiga www.gastonian.com
82. The Drake Hotel-Illinois
83. Dog Bark Park Inn-Idaho www.dogbarkpark.com
84. Amish B&B-Indiana
85. Soniat House-Louisianna www.soniathouse.com
86. Boston Harbor Hotel-Massachusetts
87. Houseboat Rental-Minnesota www.voyaire.com
88. Nordic Inn-Minnesota www.vikinginn.com
89. Paws up Ranch-Montana www.pawsup.com
90. Tipi Village-Montana
91. Grand Hotel-Mackinac Island www.grandhotel.com
94. Guest Ranch-N. D.http://www.innsnorthamerica.com/nd/Dahkotah.htm
95. Kokopelli Cave-N.M. http://www.bbonline.com/nm/kokopelli/rooms.html
96. The Bellaggio-Nevada
97. Omni Resort-New Hampshire
98. Treesort-Oregon www.treehouses.com
99. The Chanler at Cliff Walk-Rhode Island
100. Plimouth Plantation-Virginia
101. Trapp Family Lodge-Vermont www.trappfamily.com
102. stockyards hotel Texas www.stockyardshotel.com
103. Driskill Hotel-Texas www.driskillhotel.com
104. dolly partons cabins-Tennessee
108. Bill Cody Ranch-Wyoming
109. Star Clipper Sailing Cruise
110. Hotel de Glace-Canada
111. KONA VILLAGE
112. HERSHEY HOTEL- PENNSYLVANIA-DONE
113. INN BY THE SEA – MAINE-DONE
114. THE ALGONQUIN- NYC-DONE
115. THE ROOSEVELT-NYC-DONE
The End of THE ULTIMATE LIFE LIST
I missed a few days, my 11 month old daughter was super ill-she is back to her normal self and now we can return to our normal lives. Here are the final two sections of my list, I will post the entire list all at one also so it can be seen in its full grandeur that it deserves.