Snapshots & Random Thoughts: ALWAYS LOOKING UP

See the Northern Lights in Alaska
Go to New York City & see a Broadway play or two (ACCOMPLISHED December 11, 2010 and November 2011)
Attend the Hill Cumorah Pageant (ACCOMPLISHED July 2011)
See Niagara Falls (ACCOMPLISHED July 2011)
Drive from coast to coast (ACCOMPLISHED May 2010 - Sacramento to Washington DC)
Visit every state in the U.S.
Learn to paint a landscape
Visit Amish country (ACCOMPLISHED February 19, 2011 - Lancaster, Pennsylvania)
Take a photography class
Travel by train in a sleeper car
Serve a mission
Hike a portion of the Appalachian Trail
Hike the Grand Canyon
Climb Half-Dome in Yosemite
Visit the Holy Land
Make and enter a quilt in the county fair
Complete a Marathon (26.2 miles) (ACCOMPLISHED November 12, 2011 - Richmond, Virginia)
Learn to play "How Great Thou Art" on the piano
Ride in a hot-air balloon (ACCOMPLISHED 9/5/08 - NAPA, CA)
Learn to knit (ACCOMPLISHED June 2008)
Complete a Half Marathon (13.1 miles) (ACCOMPLISHED 4/21/07 SLC & 9/3/07 Disneyland)
Learn to Swim (ACCOMPLISHED 9/10/2005)

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

ALWAYS LOOKING UP

I'm reading an incredible book - "Always Looking Up - The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist" by Michael J. Fox. I first heard about this book after watching a Documentary on ABC

by the same name. It was SOOOOO good. #1 - I LOVE Michael J. Fox - #2 - I could use a few pointers on how to be more optimistic, and #3 - I know and love so many people who have dealt with or are dealing with Parkinson's Disease. If you didn't get a chance to see the special on ABC, I would highly recommend it (click on the above link). I'm halfway through the book and have learned so much about this devastating disease. I've also learned that I have a lot to be thankful for.