If working with you helps me achieve

something on my bucket list, that is just the

​ cherry on top for me!

Personal Goals:

• Become an author – write a darn book and publish it (Oct. 2017)
  
• Become a public speaker (DisruptHR 2016)
  
• Build my own business (2018)
  
• Be part of a podcast/webinar (Dec. 2018)
  
• Attend a retreat; spiritual, yoga, health

​Rockstar Moments:

• Become a published author (more than 1 book)
• Make a best seller list
• Win a professional award
• Do a book tour
• Have a clothing line
• Talk show appearance
• Be on the cover of a magazine
• Be a model (Runway model 2012-2018 for Designs by Ari)
• Red carpet moment
• Travel as an ambassador of an organization

Speaking:

• Speak to a group of more than 2,500
• Speak to a group of more than 5,000
• Speak to a group of more than 10,000
• Speak for Dress for Success
• Speak for RAINN
• Speak at Disney World
• Speak in Washington D.C.
• Speak at a Spirituality conference
• Speak at a CONNECT conference
• Speak at MPI
• Speak at SXSW

Activities without specific location:

• Watch my children as they see the Ocean for the first time
• Make it to as many important events for my children as possible
• Skydive
• Scuba Dive
• Parasailing
• Sleep in a tree house
• Stay at a Bed & Breakfast
• Play Roller Derby ​(2012-2015) – Midwest Maidens Roller Derby, Brookings, SD)
• Get a Motorcycle license (for riding in the desert)
• Shake the hand of an American President
• Meet Jimmy Fallon
• Meet Lady Gaga
• Watch a Roller Derby Championship track side (St. Paul, MN  Nov. 2015)

Broadway Shows to see: ​

• CATS (London 2001)
• ONCE (NYC- on Broadway 2013)
• Hamilton (Chicago, October 2017)
• Wicked
• Phantom of the Opera
• Book of Mormon (Sioux Falls, SD 2017)
• Beauty and the Beast (SIoux Falls, SD 2017)
• Cinderella (Sioux Falls, SD 2018)
• Finding Neverland
• Kinky Boots (Sioux Falls, SD 2018)

North America (Starting Zone)

• Bike the Michelson Trail
• Participate in and finish the SD Kayak Challenge
• See a concert at Red Rocks in Colorado (Trampled by Turtles, Aug. 2016)
• Hike a portion of the Appalachian Trail – hopefully a complete thru hike!!
• Ride a motorcycle in the sand dunes of California Desert
• Stay in Banff National Park – Alberta, Canada
• Eat Lobster in Maine
• Visit Martha’s Vineyard
• Visit Kennedy Space Center
• Swim in a hot spring – (Idaho 2003)
• Attend Burning Man
• See the Smithsonian Museums
• Visit the White House and Mall
• White Water Raft – Idaho (2003), Minnesota (2013)
• White Water Kayak – Idaho (2003)
• Multnomah Falls and Thor’s Well in Oregon
• Hamilton Pools, Texas
• Visit Iceland – hot springs

Visit:

• NYC (Dec.2013) – Times Square, Empire State Building, MoMa, Central Park, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Broadway, Wall Street/Financial District, Staten Island Ferry, Statue of Liberty, Ground Zero, St. Peter’s

          *Want to see Metropolitan Museum and Guggenheim in NYC

• New Orleans (Dec. 2014)- Paddle Boat River Cruise, Live music in Jackson Square, Café Du Monde, Trolley to Garden District, Bourbon Street, Ate a Muffelletta Sandwich

           *Want to go on a plantation tour

• Seattle (March 1999) – Space Needle, Ferry Ride, Science Museum, Chateau St. Michelle Winery tour
• San Fran (Nov. 2014)- Trolley Car ride, Ate Crab, Rogue Public House, Lombard Street, Golden Gate Bridge, Bakers Beach, Moir Woods, Port Reyes Lighthouse, Anaba Winery tasting
   *Want to take an Alcatraz tour and see the Golden Gate Bridge on a non-foggy day
• Denver (Aug. 2016)
• Las Vegas (June 2017)
• Washington D.C. (April 2018)
• Philadelphia, PA (April 2018)
• House on the Rock, Spring Green, WI (Nov.2018)

Places I would really like to see:

• Key West, FL
• Boston, MA (March 2019)
  
• Bar Harbor, ME
• Savannah, GA
• Austin, TX
• Louisville, KY
• Branson, MO
• Nashville, TN
• Charlotte, NC
• Indianapolis, IN
• Galena, IL

Visit all 50 states

• Drive along the Pacific Coastal Highway
• Hike the Pacific Coast Trail
• Hike part of North Country Trail
• Oneonto Gorge, Oregon
• Niagara Falls
• 4 Corners Monument

National Parks: (visit as many as possible)

Alaska National Parks

• Denali National Park  *
• Gates of the Arctic National Park
• Glacier Bay National Park *
• Katmai National Park *
• Kenai Fjords National Park *
• Kobuk Valley National Park
• Lake Clark National Park
• Wrangell-St. Elias National Park
  
  

Arizona National Parks

• Grand Canyon National Park *– walk inside the canyon
• Petrified Forest National Park
• Saguaro National Park
  
  

Arkansas National Parks

• Hot Springs National Park *
  
  

California National Parks

• Channel Islands National Park *
• Death Valley National Park (also located in Nevada)
• Joshua Tree National Park
• Kings Canyon National Park
• Lassen Volcanic Park
• Redwood National Park * – drive through a tree
• Sequoia National Park * – Hug General Sherman (Largest Tree)
• Yosemite National Park *– Climb half dome
  
  

Colorado National Parks

• Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park
• Great Sand Dunes National Park
• Mesa Verde National Park *
• Rocky Mountain National Park *
  
  

Florida National Parks

• Biscayne National Park
• Dry Tortugas National Park *
• Everglades National Park *
  
  

Hawaii National Parks

• Haleakala National Park *
• Hawaii Volcanoes National Park  *– touch cooled lava, watch lava flow into the ocean
  
  

Idaho National Parks

• Yellowstone National Park (also located in Wyoming and Montana)(2003 with Photography trip in College)** – (Sept. 2015)
  
  

Kentucky National Parks

• Mammoth Cave Park
  
  

Maine National Parks

• Acadia National Park * – watch the sunrise
  
  

Michigan National Parks

• Isle Royale National Park * – primitive camp
  
  

Minnesota National Parks

• Voyageurs National Park (traveled through in my teens) **
  
  

Montana National Parks

• Glacier National Park (traveled when I was 16-17 years old with Aunt, Uncle & cousins)** – hike to all the waterfalls
• Yellowstone National Park (also located in Wyoming and Idaho) (2003 with Photography trip in College) (Sept. 2015)**
  
  

Nevada National Parks

• Death Valley National Park (also located in California)
• Great Basin National Park *
  
  

New Mexico National Parks

• Carlsbad Caverns National Park *
  
  

North Carolina National Parks

• Great Smoky Mountains National Park (also located in Tennessee) * – hike AT
  
  

North Dakota National Parks

• Theodore Roosevelt National Park (a few times growing up) **
  
  

Ohio National Parks

• Cuyahoga Valley National Park
  
  

Oregon National Parks

• Crater Lake National Park*
  
  

Tennessee National Parks

• Great Smoky Mountains National Park (also located in North Carolina) *- hike AT
  
  

Virginia National Parks

• Shenandoah National Park * – hike AT
  
  

South Carolina National Parks

• Congaree National Park
  
  

South Dakota National Parks

• Badlands National Park (2012 with Chris, 2014 with the family)
• Wind Cave National Park (2012 with Chris, 2014 with family, but no cave tour)
• Jewel Cave National Monument (Sept. 2015)
  
  

Texas National Parks

• Big Bend National Park *
• Guadalupe Mountains National Park
  
  

Utah National Parks

• Arches National Park *
• Bryce Canyon National Park
• Canyonlands National Park
• Capitol Reef National Park
• Zion National Park *
  
  

Washington National Parks

• Mount Rainier National Park *
• North Cascades National Park *
• Olympic National Park *
  
  

Wyoming National Parks

• Grand Teton National Park * (Sept. 2015)
• Yellowstone National Park (also located in Montana and Idaho)** (Sept. 2015)

​* Parks I really want to see if I can’t see them all
** Places I want to visit again with husband (and kids if possible)

Central/South America (Jungle/Forest Zone)

• Visit Galapagos Islands
• Visit Christ the Redeemer in Rio de janeiro, Brazil – climb to the top
• Visit Machu Pichu, Peru
• Chichen Itza, Mexico (June 1997)
• Cancun (June 1997)
• Cozumel (May 2002)
• Jamaica – climb Dunns River Falls (May 2002)
• Grand Caymen – snorkeling (May 2002)

Europe ( Ancient City Level)

• Study at Oxford University, Oxford UK (Spring 2001)
• Have a beer at an iconic pub – Eagle & Child – Oxford, UK – Tolstoy, Louis Carroll (Spring 2001)
• Stonehenge (Spring 2001)
• London (Spring 2001) – Dali museum, tower of London, london bridge,
• Paris (Spring 2001) – Eiffle Tower, Louvre, Palace of Versaille
• – still want to visit Mont Saint Michel, Normandy, France and see a show at Moulin Rouge
• Venice (Spring 2001) – Canal, Guggenheim
• Florence (Spring 2001) – Duomo, Uffizi, Art
• Rome (Spring 2001) – Trevi Fountain,
• Vatican City – Sistine Chapel and mass in the Piazza with Pope John Paul II(Spring 2001)
• Berlin (Spring 2001)
• Amsterdam (Spring 2001) – Van Gogh Museum
• Prague (Spring 2001)
• Scotland – Giant’s Causway, plant my feet on our land in Lochaber
• Ireland- Guinness brewery, bike the island, Cliffs of Moher
• Spend a night in a castle (Weingut Spindler?) (Spring 2001)
• Greece – visit Pantheon
• Oktoberfest in Germany​

Africa (Desert Level)

• Pyramids of Giza
• Ride Camel in Sahara
• Petra, Jordan
• Madegascar

Far East (Hidden Temple Level)

• Great Wall of China
• Taj Mahal, India
• Ride Trans-Siberian Railroad
• Hagio Sofia, Istanbul Turkey

South Pacific (Water/Beach Level)

• New Zealand (Hobbit Tour)
• Great Barrier Reef – scuba
• Australia –  Syndey Opera House
• Stay in a hut above the ocean (Fiji/Bora Bora)