{big jumps} Ashley Stock

I am traveling after the Cystinosis (the disease I live with, see my 'About Me' section to the right) Conference that wad held in San Francisco. I am incredibly lucky to be a part of this community! I have been so inspired over the last few days; right now I'm relaxing with my sweet little family for a few days and attemtping to wrap my head around all the new medical information and my heart around all the emotions that come with being enveloped by love from people who live with the same chronic disease, every single day.

I'm invigorated by this "big jumps; chasing your dreams" blog series (scroll down or use the archive menu to read the other amazing guest posts!) and feel so privledged to have this special guest blogging today! Ashley Stock, aka Little Miss Momma, is a ray of sunshine, adorable as all get out, sweet as can be, and just an all around superwoman! I feel BLESSED to have her on the blog today.

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When I think of big jumps,

I think about taking chances,

about having faith,

about living life to the fullest

and taking advantage of the opportunities given to us.

So I wrote a life list.

A list of a hundred things I want to do in my lifetime.

I saw the exercise on one of my favorite blogs,

and I thought now that's a great idea.

And you know what?

I ended up learning a bit about myself in the process.

You should try it.

From the most simple,

to the most extravagant,

to the utterly ridiculous,

these are my
dreams:

1. Run a marathon

2. Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro

3. Spend an entire summer in the Hampton's

4. Century bike ride {100 miles}

5. Meet Ree Drummond and eat some of her good cookin

6. Write a book that people want to read

7. Read every Jane Austen novel

8. Write my love story

9. Be able to see my abs

10. Refinish a piece of furniture

11. Learn to crochet using a pattern

12. Sew my own skirt {a cute one}

13. Learn how to use a Mac

14. Use my DSLR camera on manual

15. Speak at a blog conference

16. Shake hands with the Prophet

17. Read the Book of Mormon in 24 hours

18. Speak Spanish fluently

19. Do my family history

20. Watch the live birth of a baby horse

21. Learn to shoot a rifle

22. Speak at the USC commencement ceremony

23. Have a monthly column in a national publication

24. Get paid to do what I love

25. Build a piece of furniture

26. Have naturally thick hair

27. Spend an entire day in bed cuddling with the hubs

28. Live in Manhattan for a year

29. Run through Central Park

30. Have lunch with Kelly Ripa

31. Make someones dream come true

32. Float down a river in an inner tube

33. Stop drinking soda

34. Grow watermelon and boysenberries

35. Learn to apply liquid eye-liner

36. Do a juice fast

37. Write a thank you letter every day for an entire year

38. Design a shoe

39. Get invited to the Mighty Summit

40. Go ice skating

41. Dig up real dinosaur bones

42. Attend Blissdom

43. Color code my closet

44. Teach a spin class

45. Serve a Church Mission with my husband

46. Have my hair in braids for a
summer

47. Get a teeny tiny peace sign toe ring tattoo {yes, I'm serious--sorry hubs}

48. Take photography classes

49. Own a small book store and
boutique

50. Cook a Thanksgiving turkey {by myself}

51. Make my own baby food {for my future babes}

52. Anonymously pay for someones groceries

53. Leave a $1,000 tip for a deserving waitress

54. Write a children's book about standing up for others against bullies

55. Print a line of greeting cards

56. Have my favorite scriptures memorized

57. Try at least 20 new kinds of cheese {in
France}

58. Have a Gone With the Wind themed party

59. Have a blogger retreat in my home

60. Watch all my children live happily ever after

61. Be able to do a flip on a trampoline {again}

62. Learn sign language

60. Stay in one of those huts over the water in Fiji

61. Buy a house

62. Solve a Rubiks cube

63. Overcome my fear of riding a horse

64. Learn to shoot a bow and arrow

65. Hold someones hand as they give
birth

66. Have a booth at a craft show

67. Have a product I design presented at a Trade Show

68. Make pasta from scratch

69. Do 50 push ups {without resting}

70. Throw a monthly dinner party

71. Take cooking classes

72. Travel with TOMS for their One for One campaign

73. Learn to cut my husbands hair

74. Can my own jam

75. Teach my children to be confident and kind

76. Play in an indoor soccer league

77. Ride my bike through one stage of the Tour
De France

78. Bask in under the Tuscan sun

79. Dress like a cowgirl for an entire week {do cowgirls wear chaps?}

80. Get a black belt in Karate

81. Win a contest

82. Get a home/room makeover from HGTV

83. Fly my nieces and nephews out to California for 2 weeks in the summer

84. Start an etsy shop

85. Collect sea shells from 50 different beaches

86. Have a wall in my home be nothing but my favorite quotes

87. Walk the Great Wall of China

88. Write a song

89. Cook every recipe in my favorite cook book

90. Visit and spend time at the homes of all my sister-in-laws 

91. Make a baby girl

92. Build a tree house in our backyard

93. Travel to all 50 states

94. Have a closet that lets me display all my shoes and purses

95. Mentor a child

96. See Wicked in NY {again}

97. Learn to french braid

98. Go to Disney World

99. Memorize the U.S. Presidents

100. Be photographed in a Lisa Leonard product photo shoot

101. Create life

102. Make a difference

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I would love to know three things on your life list!

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