The Late Christmas Movie List.... Oops.

'Tis the season right?

Quick review of movies that we all love this season.

There are always the classics, like:




This is good stuff too:




And of course:



Yeah, I know these are only a few, and I couldn't find clips for all of them, just trailers, but I still love them. And seeing as this is already late coming out, I'm not going to take time to list the many more that come to mind.

Happy Belated Christmas!

My List

My LIST of places (see previous post), in a somewhat geographical order, of the places I'd like to see before I die:

(What are some of your destinations? Have you been to any of mine?)

Ta Prohm Temple - Cambodia
I want to see the trees in particular here
Luang Prabang Waterfalls- Thailand

Sigiriya- Sri Lanka
I want to climb up and stand atop this chunk of granite

Yaku-Shima- Japan
Hopefully I can get a glance of Mount Fuji while I'm over there too.

Guilin Hills- China

Wolong Nature Reserve- China

Mount Lushan- China

Singing Sands, Gobi Desert- Mongolia

Mount Bromo & Tengger Highlands- Indonesia

Komodo Island- Indonesia

The Polar Plateau- Antarctica
And also I'd like to see some of the famous Antarctic Sea Ice while I'm chillin' out down there.

White Island- New Zealand
Mostly I'd just like to fly over it, but if I get the chance I will want to climb around on this volcano.

Fiorland- New Zealand

Mount Taranaki- New Zealand

Cape Kidnappers- New Zealand

Rotorua Geothermal Region- New Zealand

Twelve Apostles- Australia

Nullarbor Plain- Australia

Kata Tjuta- Australia

Great Barrier Reef- Australia

Mossman Gorge- Australia

Rapa Nui (Easter Island)

Bora Bora- French Polynesia

Palau- Micronesia

Mount Kilauea- Hawaii

Mauna Kea- Hawaii

Ascension Island- Off the cost of Africa
I'd of course only go during baby-seaturtle season

The Maldives- Indian Ocean

Ennedi Gorge- Chad

Blue Nile Falls- Ethiopia

Mount Elgon's Elephant Caves- Kenya/Uganda

Murchision Falls- Uganda

Mount Kilimanjaro- Tanzania

Virunga Mountains- Democratic Republic of Congo

Victoria Falls- Zimbabwe

Mana Pools National Park- Zimbabwe

Darkensberg- South Africa

Cape Point- South Africa

Blyde River Canyon- South Africa


Masada- Israel

Dead Sea- Jordan

Cedars of Lebanon- Lebanon

Pigeon rocks- Lebanon

Meteora- Greece

Mount Olympus- Greece

Mallos De Riglos- Spain

Plitvice Lakes- Croatia


Krimml Falls- Austria

Cevennes Gorge- France

Rhone River- France/Switzerland

Mount Vertoux- France

The Ardeche Gorges- France

Le Puy-De-Dome- France

Cliffs of Moher- Ireland


Giant's Causeway- Northern Ireland

Jurassic Coast- England

The Roaches- England

Lochaber Mountains- Scotland

Great Glen and Lock Ness- Scotland

St. Kilda Archipelago- Scotland

Aurora Borealis- Finland

Geiranger Fjord- Norway

Iguazu Falls- Brazil

Altiplano- Bolivia/Chile/Peru

Machu Picchu- Peru

Galapagos Islands- Ecuador

Aparados Da Serra National Park- Brazil

Autana Tepui- Venezuela

Romantic Cremation?

I've been telling everyone for years that I want to be cremated, and I don't think people believe me.

The idea is this:

I have a list of places I really want to see before I die. Sometimes I add places to the list, and other times I reassemble their priority on the list.

Now, as much as I like to travel, I have a feeling I won't quite make it to all these places. So, when I die, those who love me take my remains, burn them to ashes, put them in an urn, and go to each of the places I didn't get around to. At each place they let some of me go, (preferably in a strikingly beautiful spot.) This way I get to 'see' all the places on my list.

But here's the catch, not only do my remains experience the beauties of this world, but those who love me enough to cart an urn around the world have the opportunity and excuse to see the marvels of the world as well. So I'm not entirely selfish here.

This has been my plan since jr. high.... Now that I'm married I'm not quite sure what I want. Well that's not true. Ideally my husband and I die within five minutes of each other, we're burned up together and share an urn. (Why does this sound so romantic to me?) Then together we're spread around all these places, only he gets to add some to the list too :)

Because I HAVE begun to check off some spots on my list, another issue has arisen: I want also to return to some of the places I've been. So when I die, look for the stars next to the check marks, because you're going to be heading there too.

These are my current desires for my remains. If you are truly interested in learning more about my list, stay tuned as I'm about to post some locations and pictures. :)