I think I would like to spend more time at the ocean, especially true as I look out across the frozen lake watching the snow come down and down and down. Warm sand beneath my feet, a gentle ocean breeze, and early morning sun sounds terrific.

Next, I want to simplify our lifestyle with less clutter, less things, and less maintenance work and a lot more free time. More time to walk the dog, play with the cat, read, travel and explore.

My whole life I have wanted to ride a camel and an elephant. I don’t know why exactly, maybe I watched too many Tarzan and Errol Flynn movies with my grandmother as a kid. In spite of being told that it isn’t that much fun, I want to experience it myself.

Another goal is to swim with dolphins. I almost got to once, but my parents started screaming from shore because they thought one of the pod was a shark – it wasn’t. I seriously thought of ignoring them and continuing to swim out the extra 100 feet or so to join them, but I figured I would be putting both parents at risk of drowning as they most definitely would have attempted to save me. The swim with the dolphins encounter on one of the cruises we took to Belize was actually nothing more than getting to be in a pool with them ac they came by for a treat and you got to pet it.

I also would like to cruise the fjords of Scandinavia and South America, visit Spain, go back to Ireland and Scotland, and northern Germany, and travel to China, Japan, and Australia.

And finally, a real high for 2011 would be to have the girls I mentor get their GED certificates and start college. They are working very hard to undo the damage from family dysfunction and a school system in crisis.

So, if I am going to check off these items, I had better get busy making a lot of money, finding somewhere to rent a camel and an elephant, and start practicing my swimming.