Evolving Bucket List

(as of Jan. 22, 2025)

Here are my short term goals:

  • Get a Wordle-in-One!
  • Online Grocery Shop!
  • Make some Kadaif (A Balkan dessert!)
  • Acquire a Len Salvatori original painting
  • Get a growler of Beau’s Lug Tread Lagered Ale from Vankleek Hill
  • Find my missing brown belt AND board shorts!
  • Take an Alaskan Cruise
  • Long Stay in New Zealand
  • Travel Canada in an orange VW Westfalia Van
  • Get an 8-ender
  • Kayak every lake in Haliburton County
  • Ride a unicycle
  • Effectively Drive backwards with a trailer
  • Visit the Diefenbunker
  • De-bone a turkey
  • Play “Horse With No Name” on a guitar

Goals I have ACHIEVED!

  • Build a snowman doing a handstand     (Jan. 1, 2025)
  • Win Thomas’ Hockey “Gift Card Raffle”     (Dec. 11, 2024)
  • Get the “Four Generation of Dibblee Men” picture     (Nov. 16, 2024)
  • Pose with “The Hip” sign on Tragically Hip Way, Kingston, ON     (Oct. 5, 2024)
  • Get “impersonated” on Facebook     (Fall 2024)
  • Become a Tompa again!      (Fall 2024)
  • Get the “Four Generation” picture with Dibb    (May 22, 2024)
  • Become a Tompa!      (Spring 2024)
  • Try a Caipirinha (with tequila!) aboard the Reina Silva, Santa Cruz Island     (Feb. 13, 2024)
  • Kayak Barrington Bay, Santa Fe Island     (Feb. 13, 2024)
  • Photograph AND Pose with a Blue-footed Booby, San Cristobal Island     (Feb. 12, 2024)
  • Pose with a Galapagos Sea Lion, Gardner Bay, Espanola Island     (Feb. 11, 2024)
  • Small Yacht Cruise to The Galapagos!     (Feb. 10-18, 2024)
  • Do a cartwheel over the equator     (Feb. 9, 2024)
  • Tour Quito, Ecuador     (Feb. 7-10, 2024)
  • Go to the Amalfi Coast, Italy     (Sept. 30-Oct. 8, 2023)
  • Visit Rome, Italy     (Sept. 30, 2023)
  • Visit Albania!     (Sept. 16-30, 2023)
  • Publish a book “All about Me, Tom Dibblee”     (Sept. 13, 2023)
  • Take the First Dad-Daughter Trip (Limberlost)     (June 15, 2023)
  • Go Birding at Point Pelee National Park     (May 16-18, 2023)
  • “Bird” in Florida     (Nov. 18 – Dec. 3, 2022)
  • Get a Provincial Park Pass     (Oct. 18, 2022)
  • Go to Presqu’ile Provincial Park     (Oct. 18, 2022)
  • Get a Daughter-in-law     (Fall, 2022)
  • “Pay it forward” and buy a freshly retired teacher a “To Hell with the Bell” lunch     (Sept. 6, 2022)
  • Walk The Daughter down “the aisle”     (Summer 2022)
  • Attend the inaugural “Haliburton Highlands Sports Hall of Fame” induction ceremony     (June 21, 2022)
  • Take Layla canoeing, Lake of Bays, ON     (June 12, 2022)
  • Create a WordPress Website https://PeepingTom.Dibblee.com     (Mar. 24, 2022)
  • Achieve my first Wordle-in-Two     (Feb. 5, 2022)
  • Dogsled with the family at Winterdance Dogsled Tours, Haliburton, Lake, ON     (Jan. 30, 2022)
  • Create an Instagram account for PrincessLaylaSpam     (Nov. 5, 2021)
  • Get another dog (aka Layla!)     (Oct. 14, 2021)
  • Receive the Fitbit “Stuart Badge” for taking 12345 steps in a day     (June 17, 2021)
  • Get my first Covid-19 Vaccine     (Apr. 19, 2021)
  • Be caller Number 1 for BOBFM’s “Build Your own BOBathon”     (Jan. 29, 2021)
  • Whip up a batch of White Chocolate Blueberry Scones     (Jan. 22, 2021)
  • Solve a Virtual Escape Room (Sherlock’s Escapes)     (Oct. 24, 2020)
  • GET FIRST PLACE in The LimLeader Limriddle Competition     (Oct. 16, 2020)
  • Hike Foley Mountain Conservation Area, Westport, ON     (Oct. 14, 2020)
  • WIN the 2020 Family NBA Pool     (Oct. 11, 2020)
  • Complete the #hikeCRCA 2020 Challenge     (Oct. 4, 2020)
  • Kayak the Nunikani Loop (Alqonquin Highlands)     (Sept. 26, 2020)
  • Visit the town of Harrowsmith, ON     (Sept. 21, 2020)
  • Kayak Camp overnight Red Pine     (Sept. 12-14, 2020)
  • Create a personal Bird Life List     (May 20, 2020)
  • Take and Pass the E-Bird Essentials Course     (Apr. 20, 2020)
  • Use Duolingo to Learn Spanish     (Mar. 21, 2020 – ongoing)
  • Create a knitting project with CABLES     (Mar. 16, 2020)
  • Attend The Brier in Kingston (as a spectator)     (Feb. 29 – Mar. 8, 2020)
  • LEARN and DO the “Dutch Far Hand Reach”      (Dec. 28, 2019)
  • PROPERLY fold a fitted bedsheet      (Dec. 22, 2019)
  • Make Crabapple Jelly      (Sept. 25, 2019)
  • Make home-made brown beans      (Sept. 13, 2019)
  • Visit a winery (and Brewery!) in Picton County      (Sept. 11, 2019)
  • Climb Rock Dunder in Morton-ish, ON      (Sept. 9, 2019)
  • Ride the VIA RAIL “Canadian” from Vancouver to Toronto      (July 8-12, 2019)
  • Purchase a real pair of Cowboy Boots      (July 7, 2019)
  • Knit an Icelandic Cardigan FOR ME (bottom up)!      (May 4 – June 4, 2019)
  • Chat with TVO’s ‘The Agenda’ host Steve Paikin      (May 4, 2019)
  • Consume a Guinness in Ireland      (Apr. 17, 2019)
  • Visit Roblin, Ontario      (Apr. 10, 2019)
  • “Cottage” in Kingston RIGHT ON THE LAKE!      (Mar. 30, 2019)
  • WIN the Monday Night Competitive Curling League in Haliburton (again!)     (Mar. 4, 2019)
  • See Blue Rodeo in concert … again      (Feb. 24, 2019)
  • Knit a Kids sweater (top down)!      (Jan. 24, 2019)
  • Knit a toque!      (Dec. 27, 2018)
  • Make some Flaky pie pastry      (Dec. 20, 2018)
  • Setup AND Use WhatsApp      (Nov. 13, 2018)
  • Replace my “Dumb” phone with a “Smarter” phone      (Nov. 13, 2018)
  • Kayak The Barron Canyon      (Sept. 18, 2018)
  • Finish knittin’ twelve Niece/Nephew Uncle Tom “Hug blankets”      (Aug. 4, 2018)
  • Obtain a new Bigwin Island Golf hat      (July 14, 2018)
  • Go to Webers for lunch on a weekday (July 5, 2018)
  • Paddle the Burnt River from Milburn Road to Kinmount      (May 5, 2018)
  • Determine the name of my 40 year old ear worm (“Guantanamera”)      (Apr. 15, 2018)
  • Take an updated Kehoe/Hedges “Outlaw” picture      (Apr. 11, 2018)
  • Get my Smartserve Certification      (Mar. 18, 2018)
  • Join Costco      (Jan. 11, 2018)
  • Get a Queen’s University ARC membership      (Jan. 4, 2018)
  • Start learning how to play a ukelele      (Dec. 27, 2017)
  • Get AND Use a Spotify account      (Dec. 20, 2017)
  • Start jogging      (Nov. 23, 2017)
  • Get a US Smart Phone      (Nov. 3, 2017)
  • Obtain a US Visa Card      (Oct. 31, 2017)
  • Learn how to knit and purl      (Oct. 29, 2017)
  • Load Stingray Music app on my mobile device      (Oct. 28, 2017)
  • Meet Ron MacLean      (Oct. 15, 2017)
  • Get a PRESTO card      (Oct. 12, 2017)
  • Find the key to my bike lock      (Oct. 1, 2017)
  • Finish reading the Sept-June 2016-17 Echo issues     (Sept. 24, 2017)
  • Golf at Blue Heron Golf Club      (Sept. 21, 2017)
  • Purchase a BBQ Grilling stone      (Sept. 19, 2017)
  • Drink a Mojito      (Sept. 7, 2017)
  • Replace my missing belt      (Sept. 7, 2017)
  • Go up the CN Tower      (Sept. 7, 2017)
  • Attend the “To Hell with the Bell” Luncheon      (Sept. 5, 2017)
  • Retire at 55 years of age      (June 30, 2017)
  • Walk 45,000 steps in a day      (June 10, 2017)
  • Dance “The Slosh” at a public event      (Apr. 8, 2017)
  • Create a “New Google sites” website      (Jan. 6, 2017)
  • Create AND Use a SNAPCHAT Account      (Jan. 1, 2017)
  • Try authentic Thai Cuisine (Chicken Gai Mussaman      (Sept. 4, 2016)
  • Make a Bucket List      (Aug. 11, 2016)
  • Publish another book (The Book of Joan & Chuck)      (Feb. 28, 2016)
  • Dine at a casino (Living Sky Casino, Swift Current, SK)      (Aug. 17, 2015)
  • Create AND Use an INSTAGRAM Account      (July 30, 2015)
  • Make Strawberry Jam      (July 3, 2015)
  • Get AND Use a Fitbit      (May 11, 2015)
  • Publish another book (The Book of Dibb)      (Nov. 27, 2014)
  • Travel to Portugal      (Fall 2014)
  • Publish another book (The Book of Marjorie)      (Mar. 2014)
  • Snorkel in Maui, Hawaii      (Nov. 13, 2011)
  • Helicopter in Kauai, Hawaii      (Nov. 3, 2011)
  • Visit Pearl Harbor      (Oct. 25, 2011)
  • Find a microbrewery in Napa, California      (Oct. 15, 2011)
  • Drive over the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, California      (Oct. 14, 2011)
  • Travel to California      (Fall 2011)
  • Climb Gros Morne in Newfoundland (James Callaghan Trail)      (July 2011)
  • Publish another book (The Book of Jenna)      (Mar. 10, 2011)
  • Create AND Use a Twitter account      (Feb. 20, 2011)
  • Attend Winterlude in Ottawa      (Feb. 16, 2010)
  • Publish a book (The Book of Shane)      (Sept. 23, 2009)
  • Create AND Use a Facebook account      (Summer 2007)
  • Drive out East      (Summer 2004)
  • Golf at Bigwin Island with my brothers (and the outlaw)      (June 30, 2003)
  • Obtain a digital camera      (Dec. 25, 2002)
  • Drive out West      (Summer 2001)
  • Visit Disneyland (Magic Kingdom)      (Mar. 1998)
  • Get married      (July 1990)
  • Buy a house      (June 1990)