We were driving through Mission Bay earlier this week when Oscar suggested that we buy a boat so that we can go out in the water. Instead of a whole boat, we bought ferry tickets so that the kids could experience a boat ride. It was actually our kids’ first time on the water and it was an excellent family outing. We rode the ferry from the downtown boat docks, across San Diego Bay to Coronado. Most people get off to enjoy Coronado, but we just stayed on board for the return trip. Unbeknownst to us, we got the bonus excursion onto North Island Naval Station, where there were lots of military types ready to ride over to downtown. While we were cruising on the base waters we were spitting distance from the aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk, which our good buddy Noelle once drove. The Kitty Hawk is in SD for a short time before its decommissioning…which is probably a good thing from our point of view–it’s covered in rust! Laurel & Oscar loved this trip-check out these happy kiddos.
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Go to the desert to see the winter wildflowers- Canoe around Catalina
- Have a haircut that doesn’t need to blow dried and still looks good
- Teach my dog not to bark at everything
- Feed a giraffe
- Scan all of my old pictures
- Run a 7 minute mile
- Join the Y Adventure Guides
Join a Board of Directors- Go on a multi-day river rafting trip
- Earn a graduate degree
- Take my kids to Washington DC
- Go to South Africa
- Go to South America
- Learn to cut my kids’ and husband’s hair
- Organize a girls trip with my mom & sisters in the next 6 months
- Keep girls trips going so that my daughter and niece can legally join in the fun one day
- Speak more Spanish
- Serve on the pit stop crew of the Breast Cancer 3 Day Walk
Figure out why people wear tshirts that say “College”- Own an electric car
Become a more comfortable snorkeler- Finish the green scarf I’ve been knitting for 10+ years
Do a backyard camp-out with Oscar this fall- Do a night of camping at the Wild Animal Park with Oscar and Laurel
Eat more fish- Go to all of the Balboa Park museums
- Take the kids to the drive-in
- Go to Murphys at least three times per year
- Live in a house with a wrap-around porch
- Spend a lazy summer at a lake house
- Complete a ropes course
- Bake excellent bread
- Have a complete wardrobe
- Be an educated bird watcher
- Join the Talmadge/Kensington trash volunteers
- Buy only original art
- Fix our house’s 80 year old mailbox cover
- Go to more tidepools
- Fly 1st class
- See the Northern Lights
- Watch Born Into Brothels
- Go to obedience training and train an obedient dog
- Own a cat
- Teach cat to use the toilet
- Renew CPR
- Learn how to use a defibrillator
- Go to the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
- Go on a horseback riding trip with Uncle Terry and Aunt Peggy
Whisk Brian away for a surprise vacation- Go to the Hayden Planetarium
- Go to the Rose Bowl Parade
- Learn to play guitar
- Try golfing
- Play beach tennis
- Learn to play chess
- Learn to play bridge
- Hike the Napali Coast
- Hike Mare a Mare Centre in Corsica
- Go to Bran Castle in Romania
- Drink a prestige cuvee champagne
- Grow enough tomatoes and strawberries to share with friends
- Try a new restaurant once a month
- Create 10 good playlists for my ipod
- Finish our state quarter collection
- Fly on a glider
- Improve my posture
- Build a haunted house with my kids
- Pull off a complicated practical joke
- Repair that family heirloom clock and put it on the mantle
- Read Moby Dick
- Start composting again
- Call my sisters more often
Buy a rolling pinBuy a cast iron skilletBuy a pancake griddle- Clean my back teeth better
- Celebrate Christmas without gifts
- Hike the Camino de Santiago de Compostela
- Teach my kids how to play cat’s cradle and Chinese jump rope
- Try acupuncture
- Wear red lipstick
- Buy a beer for Oscar’s soccer coaches
- Plant a camellia in my garden
- Write a letter once a month
- See Barack Obama speak
Make a Christmas wreath- Enter something in the San Diego County Fair
- See the fall colors in New England
- Be a grandma
- Keep my desk cleaner
- Eat more vegetables
- Go to Black’s Beach
- Try offal
Explore Los Angeles- Get a job that pays enough for me to follow through on all of these ideas
- Be a big tipper
Coin a phraseWitness a bad driver getting pulled overRecognize my good fortune everyday






Great pics! What a fun idea!
Love the wind blowing in the hair! Looked like a perfect day.