New Years Resolutions?

Happy New Year! I hope you all had as much fun celebrating the arrival of 2019 as we did. We are feeling so excited and happy about what’s in store for us in 2019. As we sit and reflect on the things that we’ve accomplished in 2018, the steps we’ve taken to be together on this journey make us even more excited to see what lies ahead of us this next year. It’s crazy when you see what a difference one year can make. We know that 2019 is going to be absolutely exciting and fantastic for us as a couple. You won’t want to miss our adventures.

How many of us start each New Year’s with grandiose ideas called Resolutions? We so often hear people ask what’s your new years’ resolution? We make resolutions, like lose weight, stop smoking, start working out or make a financial budget and stick to it. Most of us start out with good intentions but seem to fall short on keeping those resolutions. In fact, typically most people quit within 3 to 6 weeks if they make it past the first few days.

As a couple, we decided to take the idea of resolution in a slightly different direction for 2019. We took a look at some of the things we desire to experience over the next 12 months and made a list of those things. Some are easier but for whatever just never did them and some are much larger and take planning. Together we are going to set out to accomplish all of the things on our list before the ball drops in 2020.
I guess some would call it a bucket list…..a collection of goals, dreams, and aspirations we wish to accomplish in our life.

Our list is personal to us. They are meaningful to us as a couple. These are the things that make us greet each day and the planning of our blog with excitement.

I encourage you to set your own “Amazing Experiences to be had List” and see how much excitement it can cause you in 2019

This will be an ongoing blog post throughout the year. We will update as we accomplish things on our list, and even add pictures of some of these fun adventures.

Gary and Michelle’s’ Amazing Experiences to be Had List

~~Attend a New Years Eve Party~~ 01-01-2019 Door County
~~Do a Polar Plunge~~ 01-01-2019
~~Ice Castles –~~ Ice Castle
Attend Sturgis
Go Zip Lining We are planning on saving this for when we go to Niagra falls
Overnight Motor Cycle Trip
~~Get a fitness membership~~ 01-07-2019
A Weekly presence at the gym
Get physically fit by 2020
Try fresh off the boat into the frying pan seafood
Shower in a waterfall
~~Vacation on an island~~ 02-03-2019 (Anna Maria Island)
Enjoy the hot tub in a snowstorm
Learn how to make beer
~~Learn winemaking~~ – 01-01-2019 thanks to Door County Wine
Swim in the ocean
Get a tattoo
Stargazing in the back of the truck
Buy camera for blogging – 02-2019 Right before our St Louis trip
Go to the zoo
Win the Powerball
~~Get passports~~ March 2019
Skiing (snow, water, cross country)
~~Enjoy picanha steak that we cooked, Ok that Gary cooked. He is great in the kitchen!~~ IT WAS AWESOME!
Horseback riding
Take Gary to get a pedicure with Michelle
Michelle get her motorcycle license
~~Have a snowball fight~~ ~ Michelle always wins! Or as Gary say he always lets her win.
Go snow tubing
Go on a picnic
Helicopter ride
Take a Hot Air Balloon Ride
Go to a waterpark
~~Watch a sunrise together~~ ~ The day of the Ice Castles
~~Watch a sunset together~~ ~ The day of the Ice Castles
Leave a love lock padlock
Spend an entire night on the beach
Give a heartfelt surprise to someone
~~Buy a stranger a drink through the drive-thru~~ 06-12-2019 Starbucks
~~Walk barefoot in the rain, stopping for a long kiss with each other~~ 07-21-2019 PERFECT!
Take dancing lessons together
~~Take an unplanned weekend trip, without notice~~ Wis. Dells
Wear costumes for Halloween
~~Read a book on a new subject~~ 10-15-2019 There have been several
Explore a cave – Cave of the Mounds – What a fun trip that was
Go on a cruise
Go jet skiing
paddle boarding
kayaking
learn another language
Eat croissants in Paris
Get married
Quit our jobs and become full-time travel bloggers