When we were pulling together gifts for the Mighty Summit, we set a few aside to give away. There will be Summit giveaways on Mighty Girl all this week, but this first one is a doozy. Here’s what’s up for grabs today:
I bought a pair of these perfect ultimate travel shoes a while back, and they’re one of my new favorite things. Tieks fold in half so you can stuff them in your purse, but the quality is amazing. They come in all sorts of candy colors and metallics — plus they pack flat and slip off easily when you’re heading through airport security. The winner gets to choose any pair for $135 and under. I recommend orange.
Photojojo’s Tokyo Dreamer Strap
I can’t believe how long it took me to replace my ugly, logoed camera strap. Photojojo’s Tokyo Dreamer strap really dresses up your camera, and even has a little pocket for extra memory cards or a lens cloth.
Lola Epiphanie Camera Bag by Maile Wilson
Maile was an attendee at this year’s Summit, and she brought along her bright Epiphanie camera bags. I use mine as my everyday purse and have finally stopped busting expensive lenses and gadgets by wrapping them in hand towels and shoving them into an un-padded purse. Now I can have my SLR, my flip, and my phone(s) with me without anything banging together and cracking or getting scratched by my keys.
And that’s it for today. Pretty good, huh? To enter to win, please leave a comment about something on your Life List.
Now for the fine print: Please only leave one comment, because it’s the nice thing to do, and also because multiple entries will be disqualified. I’ll use random.org to select the winner, and I’ll announce who won at the top of this post and in a separate post next Tuesday.
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One that had been on my list for awhile that I have accomplished this year (!) was to be my own boss. Which is great, because I’m kind of the best boss ever. New life list addition? Earn enough to support me and my husband with my business. The three month vacation I’m planning for next year (ALSO a life list entry) may delay that….
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To run the Big Sur Marathon.
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I crossed of “run a 5K” earlier this year. Have been training for, and will be crossing off “run sprint triathlon” on October 23rd. Long live the Life Lists!
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Mine is to go to culinary school, something I am currently doing AND IT IS SO AWESOME. Ahem.
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To make my almost two-year-old son birthday garland.
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On my life list: I want to stay overnight in a windmill in Greece. I’ve even picked out which one I’d like. Thanks for offering the giveaway!
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My husband and I are crossing something off our Life List together at the end of the month: we are moving West-something we have dreamed of for the nearly 10 years we’ve been together. We’re leaving the flat, boring Mid-West for Portland, OR and we couldn’t be more thrilled.
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A few from my list:
– learn how to juggle
– visit every state in the US
– read the Bible from start to finish
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On mine and my husband’s life list: “Touch the snows of Kilimanjaro.” A fleeting experience that would reveal a bit of the breadth and depth of Africa.
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learn to swing dance/lindy hop (i just signed up for my second set of classes – so much fun!)
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When my kids are all in college I will be in my late 50’s. THEN…I’m planning on conning some poor soul into letting me be a roadie for her band for a year. I’ve always wanted to be a roadie!!!
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Learn to drive stick. I just need to do it!
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Long before you had The Mighty List, I had “this thing I need to do”. That’s how I always referred to it. When my parents asked why I didn’t want children, I always had “this thing I need to do” first. I am in a PhD program and I am just about half way through this thing I need to do. Better yet, I am just about to the good part – fieldwork! Nearly everything in my life has been put on hold for this thing, but it’s totally been worth it. My husband, too, is working on his PhD and it’s been an incredible adventure for the two of us to do together (even if we don’t see that much of each other any more).
I do my research on another continent, so I board lots of airplanes, take lots of pictures, and spend an insane amount of time worrying about the right kind of bag to carry.
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I’m a lit professor, so here’s an appropriate one from my life list: 1. Read every Pulitzer Prize for fiction award winner of the 20th century.
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An item on my life list is to go back to school. I’ve started studying for the GRE.
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Throw a kick-ass Halloween party!
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My list is short at the moment because I lak perspective due to newborn sleep deprivation. My list? Sleep for six hours…in a row.
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Take a whole-foods cooking class.
Find a great vegetarian lasagna recipe.
Take a class or private lesson in watercolor painting.
New Year 2012 in Hawaii.
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Writing a book has been on my life list before I’d ever even heard of a life list. My first book comes out this month, and I’m going to be celebrating it. A lot.
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Learn to play the dolsimer
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This is very timely as I am just about to post my list on my site! A few things on mine include:
-Go to Scotland and have an awesome guided historical/ancient sites tour.
-Try glassblowing.
-Learn to enjoy cooking and make food I love.
-Take a photography class.
-Spend several consecutive days being pampered at a spa.
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First. Redo my life list like I said a would when I took it down. 😦
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I want to learn how to play an instrument and sing at the same time.
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Visit Greece!
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Go to Italy (coming true next week!!!).
Write a book with my sister.
Tour the Jelly Belly factory.
😉
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Just want to finish this year of nursing school first, then on to ARNP hopefully.
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Learn how to build a house.
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Visit Naples, Italy, my birthplace.
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Raise bees!
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Those shoes look awesome! I’ve never spent that much on flats, I feel like I can justify boots for that much, living in the Northeast. But they look nice for traveling!
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Learn to ice skate backwards (lessons)
Run in an all-woman charity race
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My life list: I really want to be a midwife. My personal prerequisite to that is having a baby. My husband just quit his job to go to grad school, so for a long time we have felt like its not the right time, or we don’t have enough money, but I think its time we through caution to the wind and just go for it!
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Run a 5K. Just started the Couch to 5K plan last week.
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Watch my daughter read her first book all by herself.
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Have high tea in London!
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Restore my smile (mentally and physically).
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Knit a sweater that I can wear.
Tour Turkey.
Read the classics.
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I really would love to take a weekend spa trip with my best girl friends. Ahhhhhhhhh 🙂
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Take a Mediterranean cruise!
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Throw a “frat party,” adult-style: trompe l’oeille jello shots in delicious thematic flavors.
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To spend a night in a treehouse
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For next year I want to swim to the island at our cottage.
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Co-design and teach a course with a good friend.
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trompe-l’œil, that is. i meant trompe-l’œil!
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Make a proper cassoulet – with the fancy beans from France, and everything but the sausage from scratch.
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Go to a silent zen retreat in northern california.
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I’ve always wondered what bangs would look like on me…& today I found out! Not too bad, not too bad at all 🙂
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I finally took a mini step toward selling things I make. Mini but big all at the same time.
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Three things on my life list (and I’m not even kidding about this): finally find a pair of shoes that don’t kill my feet, learn to use a DSLR, and carry a bag that doesn’t look like I only paid ten dollars for it (even if I did).
Thanks for getting me to dream big, Maggie!
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Circumnavigate the earth. (I’ve gone > 1/2 way and back, but not all the way around.)
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