2025 Bucket List

Lyssa’s Goals

  • Completed: Try IKEA Swedish meatballs for the first time
  • Completing: Get a primary doc to prescribe and treat me instead of specialist docs
  • Completing: Try local food trucks at gas stations
  • Completed: Try Mikes Hard Lemonade for the first time
  • Completed: Attend Art in Bloom at the Anderson House in DC
  • Completed: Eat a sunny side up egg for the first time
  • Eat a chicken wing in one bite 
  • Try all big five American bbq styles
  • Learn more about architecture and art
  • Go to the National Memorial for Peace and Justice museum
  • Try Sine Qua Non wine
  • Completed: Walk the path from Lorton workhouse to Occoquan regional park
  • Go to Ireland and visit where my grandma’s family is from
  • Go to Federalist Pig
  • Try Honeymoon Chicken 
  • No more k cup purchases
  • Visit the Lewis Ginter Botanical during the holidays 
  • Attend holiday boat parade of lights in Alexandria
  • Go to the New Beverly movie theater in LA
  • Completed: Read a screenwriters book
  • Look into relocation to the UK
  • Go to Paris at Christmas time
  • Completed: Go to Lancaster PA Central Market on a day trip
  • Completed: Try Ovaltine
  • Completing: Commit to scalp health 
  • Completed: Emotional Kindergarten prepping
  • Completing: Start perimenopause health cleanse
  • Completing: Yoga/stretch a day 
  • Spend a month of daycare on a vacation
  • Attend a retreat of some sort 
  • Beach vacation with Lillie
  • Plan dinner with both parents
  • Completed: Go to Accontik Park with Lillie in the spring 
  • Completing: Replace occasional night wine with tea
  • Completing: Expand on culture/thought leadership 
  • Join a gym when Lillie goes to Kindergarten 
  • Completing: Nourish body
  • Completing: Pitch book again
  • Completed: Finalize Lillie’s saving account
  • Completing: Wear a dress once a week/makeup once a week
  • Completing: Play board games regularly as a family 
  • Get a part-time job or volunteer
  • Go on The Today Show to promote my book
  • Completing: Be consistent with all my vitamins
  • Completing: Continue trying to be fiscally responsible 
  • Be more patient
  • Completed: Learn how to make a bed

Kris’ Goals

  • Completed: Start playing UNO
  • Completed: Get a mouthpiece 
  • Completed: Try carrot cake 
  • CompletedGrill when it’s cold outside 
  • Completed: Buy a metal detector for the beach
  • Completed: Watch a full season of the Jamie Foxx Show
  • See a college volleyball game
  • Go back to Paris for lucky number 13
  • Go back to DJ class
  • Have Lyssa drive me around and do my bidding on Father’s Day 
  • Get a smoker 
  • Go to Penny Lanes in Fredricksburg
  • Completed: Watch “Boss Nigger” movie
  • See and bet on horses
  • Visit Green Bay with my family 
  • Make plans by the end of Feb for Green Bay trip
  • Go somewhere to buy a vintage wrestling shirt/Go to Peoples place in Arlington 
  • Try Pappy van Winkle bourbon 
  • Try more foods 
  • Join a league
  • Completed: Watch Band of Brothers
  • Take a class to better myself, personally or career
  • Completed: Watch Intersteller movie
  • Completing: Yoga Yoga Yoga
  • Have Carry The G beer
  • Get rid of the Tesla 
  • Completed: Get my ears cleaned 
  • Get LINX procedure
  • Completing: Take care of me
  • Go to John Cena’s last event 
  • Learn the harmonica
  • Completed: Try mussels 
  • Go to Katz Deli
  • Get a massage at Panda Massage
  • Complete 1 goal from every year I didn’t 
  • Completing: Try a different restaurant each month
  • Completing: Touch my toes 
  • Run in the neighborhood 5k
  • Complete one 5k
  • Make Prosecco gummy bears
  • Sand the deck
  • Go to Jive Turkey