My new tattoo

I was reading one of the blogs I follow and they had a topic on Tattoo's.

That's when I realized that I haven't mentioned it! In July, I got my first tattoo. Its a Phoenix on fire.

Basically the story behind it is: (Nothing to do with Harry Potter)

I got a Phoenix because A. In Eastern Cultures the Phoenix and the Dragon are thought to be part of the Begin of the universe. The Phoenix, Dragon, Unicorn, and Tortoise are the beginning of everything. The creators if you will. The Dragon and the Phoenix represent man and woman/ male and female/ yin and yang.

B. The Phoenix symbolizes rebirth- strength- and loyalty.

C. I have now been with my fiance' (officially engaged as of 09/20/09) for 3 years going on 4. We love each other so much, and for the few people who know me and all I have gone through in the past 6 years, you know that I am a completely different person then what I was. Thankfully this is a good thing... at any rate, John and I can't always be together and this is a sort of way or reminding myself of what I have accomplished, and where I am going. As well as a way for me to have him with me always (once I get the Dragon done - which represents him.)

So on my right arm, I have a Phoenix on fire and on the left arm I will be getting a Dragon (of water) to tie the two together. They are doing a sort of mating dance together.

So anyway, that's the story about my tattoo.

This is where I got the idea for my tattoo from:


And here is the picture of my tattoo as promised.


In the mean time, WORLD, I am going to marry the love of my life, the most fabulous person that I have ever had the pleasure to meet. I am so excited, and happy it is crazy.

Hungry?

I try to understand why people are lazy. I'm not just talking about oh-I-dont-want-to-exercise kind of lazy. I am talking about people who are to lazy to do the work that is necessary so that they can pay their bills on time every month. Or the people that go to work but only do just enough so that they dont get fired.

Don't these people want to get ahead? Don't they realize that noone is going to feed them success? Personally I have this inner hunger that makes me want to do more, better, quicker.

I just know that there is so much out there, and that the sooner I get my life together the sooner I can get on with doing the things I want to do. I mean who really wants to spend their lives miserable.

Nevermind, I know quite a few people like this. I was told yesterday by someone close to me that I am very intolerant. Although I don't agree when it comes to the context it was used in, I do have to agree that overall I am intolerant of stupid.

Not to say that managing money is easy (it is however necessary).It really bothers me that people complain to me all the time and then ask for my advice- which they then fail to take.

If you don't want my opinion, here is a thought. DONT ASK.

My Bucket List

So, of course John and I were talking about what we want to accomplish together. This is something we do quite often actually. But, with moving around a bit in the last few months and other things that happen... we kinda got sidetracked from working on our Bucket List AKA. To DO List.

So I figured I would make a new list. Which I did

Together John and I are going to actively try to get as many things on our lists done as possible. Of course not everything we want will be done together.

For example: I want to sky dive but he thinks I am crazy- which I am

I'm gonna try to keep my progress updated because I am hoping it keeps me accountable.

Anyway, check out my list and let me know what you think and if you have a list of (100 things or more to do) post the link to it.


101 Or More Things I will do before I kick the bucket:
I will...

1.Buy a new: Digital Camera
2.Buy a new:Laptop
3.Buy a new: Flat Screen
4.Buy a new: DVD Player
5.Buy a new: Cell Phone
6.Pay it Forward
7.Make a Dream Board
8.Someone elses testemonial
9.Quit smoking
10.Learn to Ski
11.Learn Photography
12.Learn Pottery
13.Learn to Play tennis
14.Learn how to sail
15.Learn how to ride a horse/ overcome my fear of horses
16.Learn how to fly a plane
17.Learn at least one of these martial arts
(kung fu, Jujitsu, Tae kwon Do, Judo, or Aikido)
18.Learn to play the piano or the violin with some degree of skill.
19.Learn to speak a foreign language
(Languages Im interested in atm: Mandarin,Latin,French-working on it,and ASL)
20.Learn to Paint well
21.Learn Quilting, knitting and crochet
22.Swim with dolphins
23.Go Paragliding
24.Go Skydiving
25.Go on a helicopter ride
26.Try out fencing
27.Go snorkeling in a shipwreck
28.Climb a mountain
29.Drive a racecar
30.Dive in a Submarine
31.Watch the launch of a space shuttle
32.Be an extra in a film
33.Tell someone the story of my life- sparing no details.
34.Have a street named after me
35.Make a difference in at least on persons life
36.Build a Habitat for Humanity Home
37.Donate a million dollars to charity
38.Make a scholarship for entrepenuers
39.Donate clothes I no longer use to a battered womens shelter.
40.Donate books to a hospital
41.Go Green- (Buy canvas bags for shopping, unplug all appliances when not using them, buy organic, grow herbs and vegies, use profucts made of recycled material)
42.Make love on a train
43.Write and publish a book.
44.Charter a Yaht
45.Buy a round-the-world air ticket- and a rucksack and be a vegabond for a while (3- 12 months)
46.Be a member of the audience in a TV show
47.Send a message in a bottle
48.Build a village around a model train layout
49.Create a time capsule
50.Ride a camel in the desert.
51.Plant a tree on my birthday from now on.
52.Take dance lessons to learn- ballroom, waltz, tango and the salsa properly
53.Ride the Trans-Siberian Express across Asia.
54.Go to Oktoberfest
55.Be someone's mentor
56.Shower in a waterfall.
57.Teach someone illiterate to read.
58.Write down my personal mission statement, follow it, and revise it from time to time.
59&60.See a lunar and solar eclipse.
61.Spend New Years in an exotic city.
62.Spend New Years in NYC
63.Get passionate about a cause- and do something to help it.
64.Drive across America- from Coast to Coast.
65.Finish my Will
66.Sleep under the Stars
67.Raft through the Grande Canyon.
68.Buy my own house (or the land to build it on and have it built) then spend time makeing it into exactly what I want.
69.Spend 3 months getting my body into optimum shape.-working on it.
70.Scuba Dive (Off of Australias's Great Barrier Reef)
71.Go up in an hot-air balloon
72.Attend Burning Man
73.Vacation in Marthas Vinyard
74.Spend a week in a 5 star spa
75.Kiss the Blarney Stone
76.Go see the Statue of Liberty
77.Ride a hot-air balloon
78.Ride a gondola in Venice
79.Visit a renaissance fair
80.See the Mona Lisa at the Louvre
81.Visit the: Grand Canyon
82.Visit the: Great Barrer Reef
83.Visit the: Galapagos Islands
84.Visit the: Fjords of Norway and Milford Sound (By boat?)
85.Visit the: Hagia Sophia- Turkey
86.Visit the: Kremlin- Russia
87.Visit the: Pyramids of Giza- Egypt
88.Visit the: Stonehenge- UK
89.Visit the: Sydney Opra House- Australia
90.Visit the: Big Ben, and the House of Parliament- London England
91.Visit the: Louvre Museum in Paris-France
92.Visit the: Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC
93.Visit the: British Museum and Tate Gallery in London- England
94.Visit the: Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam- Holland
95.Visit Athens, Greece
96.Visit Beijing, China
97.Visit Berlin Germany
98.Visit the Lascaux Caves in Southwestern France
99.Visit the caves of Altimira located near Santlliana del Mar in Catabria, North Spain (pretty much the oldes caves ever)
100-106.Visit the 7 Wonders of the world (Machi Piccu, Peru, The Colisseum in Rome, Petra, Jordan, Christ Redeemer, Brazil, The Great Wall of China, Chicken Itza, Mexico, and The Taj Mahal, India)
107.Go to Disney World
108.See the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
109.See Mt Rushmore
110.See a Koala Bear
111.Visit the San Diego Zoo
112.Mush a dog sled
113.Watch turtles hatch and run for the ocean
114.Visit Carnegie Hall
115.Watch the Opening ceremonies of the Olympics
116.Watch a Broadway Play
117.Spend a week on a silent retreat
118.Attend a Native American Sweat Lodge Ceremony
119.The Bernia Express from Chur, Switzerland to Tirano, Italy
120.Go to TED Talks: worlds thinkers and doers who give the talk of their lives in 18 mins
121.Create a financial Strategy
122.Invest in the stock market
123.become a multi-millionare
124.Create a trust fund for each of my children (once I have them)
125.Create a corporation to protect my assets
126.Get married to John- we are engaged
127.Go on a honeymoon
128.Start my own business
129.Create a website
130.Start a blog
131.Get a New Wardrobe
132.Physical Wellness
133.The Perfect Smile
134.Go to Vegas
135.Attend the Las Vegas Convention
136.Go to California (again)
137.Get my Divorce
138.Buy a vacation home.
139.Visit the Balitmore Aquarium
140.Attend a Jim Rohn Seminar
141.Buy a Voice Recorder
142.Buy a Camcorder
143.Go to Alaska
144.Pay off bills yearly
145.Take a tour of the White House
146.Live Free Fund
147.Finish Degree
148.Pay off my funeral expenses
149.Get John to sing for me
150.Go to art school
151.Learn how to sew
152.Name a star
153.Get a dual citizenship
154.Own a Yacht
155.100,000 residual income per year
156.Buy both of my parents a house
157.Help cancer patients
158.Help the homeless
159.Attend the Academy Awards
160.Visit all 50 states
161.Visit every continent.
162.Visit Amsterdam
163.Visit Venice