2012 List

  1. Visit my sister in her own home
  2. Host a Summer Party
  3. Grow LA Fashion Insider
  4. See 10 new movies
  5. Create a wall of frames in my office
  6. No car wrecks or fender benders
  7. Convince Brittany to Drive
  8. Watch a Sunrise
  9. Weigh 180 lbs
  10. Weigh 175lbs
  11. Weigh 170lbs
  12. Weigh 165lbs
  13. Weigh 160lbs
  14. Detox Clense
  15. Take a Picture of a Large Wild Animal
  16. Read Ten New Books
  17. Visit Something Ancient
  18. Set up an Aggressive Retirement Plan
  19. Discover 5 Neighborhoods We Want to Move to in 5 years
  20. Land a Whale with Basically Me
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  22. Walk across a bridge
  23. More Photography
  24. Make more than we spend for once
  25. Elope
  26. Visit a civil war battlefield
  27. Watch a sunset
  28. Eat at least 5 of 25 best burgers according to Food and Wine
  29. Remodel the guest bedroom
  30. Buy a few of my favorite things at Grand Central Station
  31. Bet on the longshot
  32. Grow something
  33. See a Classic Movie on the Big Screen
  34. See someone on the streets wearing our Basically Me
  35. Eat at Son of a Gun
  36. Keep Writing
  37. Learn more Spanish
  38. Lounge by five hotel pools
  39. 120/80 or die
  40. Ship 20,000 pieces of Basically Me in 2012
  41. Learn a new dance
  42. Eat at Animal
  43. Shoot a gun
  44. Organize and protect important documents
  45. Train Ride
  46. Boat Ride
  47. Find a doctor
  48. Passport for Brittany
  49. Eat a hot dog at a stadium I’ve never been to
  50. Attend a Marquette Game
  51. Drink Wine at a Napa Winery
  52. New Desk
  53. Road Trip
  54. Fly First Class
  55. Attend a Bears Game
  56. Take a Class
  57. Start a new line
  58. Eat Seafood with an Atlantic Ocean view
  59. Stay at one of Conde Naste’d 2012 Gold List hotels
  60. College Applications
  61. Hike 5 New Trails
  62. Family vacation
  63. Swim in a Lake
  64. Drive a $100,000 car
  65. Take Devin to a Giants Game
  66. Don’t forget to send out X-Mas cards again
  67. See Basically Me in a Magazine
  68. Play in the snow
  69. Find an animal charity to regularly support
  70. Camp Fire
  71. Have a drink in one of Hemingway’s haunts
  72. Set my watch to six time zones
  73. See a major live concert
  74. Catch a Cubs Game at Wrigley
  75. Couples Massage
  76. Tour some colleges with Brit
  77. Find a piece of art for the dining room wall
  78. Be ready for Tax Season in December
  79. Have a picnic
  80. Eat at a top 100 worldwide restaurant
  81. Visit the Redwoods
  82. Enter a Poker Tournament
  83. Take a nap in a hammock
  84. Draft our Wills, Etc.
  85. Go Somewhere I never would’ve gone if if not for this blog
  86. Attend a sport other than the big 3
  87. Star Gaze
  88. Reroof the garage
  89. Play a round of golf with my dad
  90. More Business Insurance
  91. Eat at Ink
  92. Breathe some life into Cheeseheads
  93. Make Christmas great for someone we don’t know
  94. Revisit the scene of a lasting childhood memory
  95. Eat at Pizzeria Mozza
  96. Eat at Asanebo
  97. Attend a small town festival
  98. Take Brit to a pro soccer game
  99. No TV for a week
  100. Visit a Museum
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