My 300 List

I figure what better place to put my bucket list than my website. I’m doing this kind of randomly, at least for now. And I have a few that are for my eyes only because y’all will think I’m crazy. Hey- maybe I am. And that’s okay.

Additionally, my goal is to reach at least 300 items on the list. If you haven’t heard the Steve Harvey Speech, I highly recommend it! The reason for that particular number? It helps you to think in large enough numbers to push beyond the typical desires and consider a wide range of aspirations.

Home Life

1. Have the house super clean 90% of the time
2. Get all of the stuff gone that I want
3. Have an inground pool with a hot tub 
4. Host dinners at my house with friends 
5. Have friends who want to come over
6. Have a pretty flower bed in my front yard
7. Get the audio system working in the living room 
8. Add the lights in the living room 
9. Finish framing the doors
10. Get the office finished
    • Electrical done 
    • Ceiling skimmed 
    • A new chandelier put in 
    • Walls textured & painted 
    • Big wall painted 
    • Glass barn doors put on  
11. Get the backup generator going. 😝
12. Redo the front porch
13. Fix the wood pieces on the house
14. Finish the transition pieces in the house
15. Get my shower finished

Travel

1. Boston/NY with mom & the girls
2. Go to a Broadway play
3. Stay overnight at Leo Carrillo State Beach in the van
4. Take Grim to Rosie’s Dog Beach (in LA, CA) 
5. Okenawa with Vaeh 
6. Disney Sea too 
7. Aulani 
8. Havasupai
9. Spain 
10. Italy – even before the cruise
11. Costa Rica
12. New England in the fall 
13. Yearly trips to Fort Wilderness
14. England 
15. France countryside
16. Paris and more importantly (ish) 
17. Disneyland Paris
18. Noah’s Ark
    • Scorpion’s tail
19. Re-do Universal
    •  The Hulk
20. Bio-illuminescence experience (Cocoa Beach, Florida)
21. Florida Keys with mom
22. Dry Tortugas NP 
23. Hike the Narrows at Zion NP
24. Antelope Canyon 
25. Go to Mt. Rainer NP
26. See Twin Falls, ID. 
27. Go to the last Blockbuster
28. Multnomah Falls
29. Portland
30. Seattle 
31. Drink Coffee at the first Starbucks
32. Re-do San Francisco
    • Alcatraz 
    • The Wave Organ
33. Eat at Chez Panisse 
34. Go rollerblading/skating in LA
35. Knottsberry Farms
36. Universal Los Angeles
37. Go to Bali
38. Go to Bora Bora
39. Visit Skaway, AK
40. Eat at Wise Acres Eatery in Minneapolis, MN.
41. New England in the fall
42. Finish all 50 states

Experiences

1. Go on a date
2. Go to all the dog parks 😛
   • Take them to the one in Fort Worth
3. Have a girls’ night/ adult sleepover 
4. Drink good wine
5. Spa day 💕 (as in facials, and then a massage)
6. Go to a wine tasting class
7. Go to a concert at Red Rocks in COLO
8. Take a plunge in a natural hot spring
9. Stay in a treehouse 
10. Fly first class
11. Learn to shoot a gun
12. Go back to Holiday World & Splashing Safari
13. Take dark sky images
14. Meet Brent Smith from Shinedown in person
15. Sell all my cookie decorating supplies (minus cookie cutters)
16. Go to the Wizard of Oz theme park
17. Learn to play piano
18. Learn a second language (Italian? French?)
19. Read the bible in its entirety
20. Go to the drive-thru and pay for the meal behind me
21. Go ziplining
22. Go rock climbing
23. ****************

Business

1. Work T. Denae full time
2. Finish my masters
3. Write a book
4. Start doing public speaking regularly
5. There are clubs! 
6. Get paid to do public speaking
7. Give a TED Talk
8. Do NaNoWriMo in November 2026 

Physical

1. Be less than 120 lbs. 
2. Eat healthy 90+ percent of the time
3. Workout regularly (five days a week for 30 minutes minimum)
4. Run the half marathon
5. Actually surf 🏄‍♀️

Financial

1. Get the van revamped 
   • Decorate it the way I want
2. Buy another good blender (~$400)  
3. Pay off my student loans
4. Pay off my mortgage (~$77,000)
5. Be debt-free 
6. Buy the extra 3 acres behind my house 
7. Buy a MacBook of my own  
8. Put both girls’ cars in their names
9. Save 6 months’ cash in an emergency savings fund